Lets look at it this way. If Tom Brokaw was reporting on a story one night. About some war the US was about to get involved in. He decides to state his opinion on how can't stand by the decision made by our president. He has a right to his opinion. Now what if you found out that years ago. He was totally behind another president who made the same decision. Yet that time he felt the decision was correct. Even though the circumstance are exactly the same. Wouldn't you want to know why the all of sudden change of heart? Wouldn't you question his opinion. Maybe he doesn't like the new president. Either way it would  make anyone question his credibilty.

That sad thing is these people are our peers. They represent  the world of gaming and gamers. When she can total enjoy games that have childish behavior as in Ratchet and Clanks fart and burp gun. Starring characters straight from a kids Saturday Morning cartoon show. A robot and Kat thing. Yet she can't get with a game that has bright colors and star babies. Ya that's some one I want to represent my hobby to the world. Some one I want to be on TV and talk about gaming issues on Oprah. If we can just finally realize that video game journalism is a joke. A made up job that video games fanboys created to make them selves look important. We be better off. Things like this is another reason why Mainstream media doesn't see video games as art.

Here is another retarded comment. I can't play games like GTA 4 and Red Dead due to their volience, but I love me some Madworld.

Ya retarded just like her opinion.

Guess ya got me there :/

See I'm actually the opposite stance from Morgan in that the colorful cartooniness is actually part of the appeal of Galaxy 2 to me. Gritty grey and brown games like Gears and Fallout 3 are fine once and awhile (and are actually a couple of my favorite games this gen), but the industry nowadays is just littered with so many of those style of games, that a colorful game like Galaxy 2 is refreshing to me. I think if anything, we need MORE of these "cartoony" games and less of the gritty brown and grey dark games.

The fact that is her favorite game is amusingly the biggest refutation of her opinion in this thread.

With the rest mostly just being personal insults... which... eh.  Even if true just makes you look bad.

I've really got no opinion.  Don't watch G4.

Anyone who claims there should be more mature themes in a Mario game needs to get their head checked.  Next they'll be asking for Wind in the Willows to be sexed up.  It's just plain ridiculous.

she never really said she wanted mature themes just a change in the formula.

Well then I think we're in agreement.

She definitely is entitled to her opinion. I'm just saying that the way in which it was expressed makes her come across as flighty, unintelligent, and anti-critical. When Adam asked her about what she thought about the GAMEPLAY MECHANICS, she had absolutely no response.

You have to admit, that in of itself is pretty pathetic. 

Well one, I didn't make the thread. And two, isn't that what message boards are about? Voicing your opinion?

I don't know where she gets the diversity thing. There is TONS of diversity in the game. I can however, see the argument they said about how it's in many ways very similar to the 1st Galaxy. Though that's not really a bad thing to me..

Mature theme or appearance (which is implied by the claim that it's 'too cartoony') amounts to the same thing.  Furthermore, if Mario hasn't changed formula over the years then I don't know what game has.  

There is nothing stopping Nintendo creating another platforming franchise with a significantly different formula to Mario, but they don't want to mess with Mario too much. There is no point in them changing the formula beyond recognition, it just doesn't make business sense to potentially alienate a ridiculously large fan base.  Stating it should change makes as much sense as saying Mickey Mouse is too cartoony and should change.  No it shouldn't!  If a particular individual feels they have outgrown Mickey Mouse, they should just watch something else.

Agreed 100%.