Which Vita port was butchered?

Probably. Either way they got some nice extra points for managing to make the first game vindicated by history.

Soooooooooo what you are saying right now is NSMB2 is higher in quality simply because SS's aesthetic design? The flash look is entirely on purpose and yes that means it was a lot cheaper to make but doesn't mean it is of less quality. If anything it only shows value.....which is right on the money with it's cheaper price.

For example, Angry Birds is of great Quality and does exactly what a game like that should. Its Value on the other hand dictates it should be priced cheap to free, as no one would bat an eyelash at if for $40 but for $2 its a steal.

You forget that NSMB2 is just another sidescroller in the very long line of 2D sidescrollers in the series. By your logic, LBP Vita and almost any other Vita retail title are 12/10s because their budgets are assuredly larger than NSMB2 and most other games on 3DS.

Yet they are wannabe console games.  In the end they take a design tailord to an amazing HD experience, condense it, shove it into a hand held, add almost no extra features and a few gimmiks and call it a day.  In fact, its the fact that they had lower standards on a ahand held that got Uncharted:Golden Abyss such a high score in the first place.

Mario/Zelda started on home consoles, but ANY move to a handheld is tailor done to that system.  Super mario 3D Land made a 3D mario that would never exist on a home console because of its emphasis on smaller levels and using 3D as an important factor.  Zelda, instead of making bigger and bigger more cinematic games, made mostly 2D Zelda games until the DS came out.  When the DS came, it used the tried and tried art style of the Wind Waker along with once again, smaller more easaliy jump in and jump out temples and just a different expereince from Zelda completely.

The ideas stated in the article are messed up.  When you make a new game for a dedicated handheld, and when you take a game port it and have get crippled in the process, most people would prefer the new game.  If you can't port it properly don't call it a PS3 on the go. 

Oh Please do tell how NSMB2 is somehow different then NSMB Wii, or how Super Mario 3D Land is doing things not possible in Mario Galaxy, or how Zelda OoT is not an exact remake of Zelda OoT because I have to see this when the horse shit starts pouring out of your mouth and ears.

The Vita Uncharted,AC, etc are no more downported console wannabes than all of the 3DS games are. Like I stated before, the Vita entries developed them exactly how they should be in a handheld arena. Smaller missions yet still plenty of them for the long haul, utilize handheld exclusive functions, etc. 3DS games are not magically different, other than the fact these were based of HD games and we have yet to see an HD mario.

Oh, I can see that Uncharted is in the 8 range thanks to Metacritic. I guess that review scores were absolutely fair for that one.

As for Liberation, you have proven to me that the game doesn't have much ties to the main series and doesn't maintain the quaility of plot or combat of the console games. I can see why reviewers were disappointed by a console point of view, but from a handheld point of view, I'm sure it's an acceptable, occasionally buggy Assassin's Creed Pocket Edition.

No matter what, my point isn't that the franchises in question haven't made adaptations (or concessions depending on the point of view) to exist on Vita. The point is to say that they are not the best candidates for adaptation, and if they were adapted to meet the potential of Vita, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Mario had difficulties adjusting to handhelds, as well as many other popular franchises at the time. Zelda was released much later in the GameBoy's lifespan, and by that time Nintendo had a good idea of what makes an excellent handheld experience. The result was a game very different in structure and design from its console bretheren, yet retaining hallmarks of its series, genre, and charm. It was also executed near-flawlessly, which is far more than I can say for Liberation, Golden Abyss, or even Resident Evil: Revelations on the 3DS. Adaptation to a portable system isn't easy, nor is it even desireable in some cases (I'm reminded of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and all its glowing critical acclaim). So I argue that the best step forward is to be more selective of which IPs get an exclusive Vita game, so that the ones best suited to the platform actually make it on the platform. LittleBigPlanet was a good choice, I say. You know what would trump all of that? New IP, or a franchise reboots that might as well be new IPs. I've heard rumors of a Syphon Filter game exclusive for Vita, which in my honest opinion would be very good at showcasing what can be done on the system that other systems, not even home consoles, can't (or at least probably shouldn't).

There's no "like" in Sony's ads. If Sony is indeed saying that graphics are enough to claim that Vita offers "console quality on the go", then fine. But I'd also wish that they'd be more specific.

Oh, so all the negative reviews for the game were just consequence of Activision not sending free copies to magazines before release. I get it now: having to pay for the game led every single journalist to take revenge, it's obvious!

Also, reviewers are biased because they don't understand that Sony didn't really mean it when they said "console quality on the go". They need to read between lines!

And, and... It shouldn't matter if a game is much worse than a very similar kind of game on consoles, because is a handheld! The Vita is a handheld, and as such, every single game should receive extra points. But not in the case of the 3DS, the 3DS sucks! Rehashes of Mario games and Angry Birds!!! hahaha LOLOLOL XDXDXD IT SUCKS IT SUCKS!!!



*sigh* Can't believe this guy (Buramu) is 36 years old. Such a fanboy... What is even more unbelievable is that Yoshida thanked him for being an idiot. The last part of his response is shameless: "Good point on how Vita games often compared to console games." Isn't that what you wanted hypocrite-san???

The Vita should change their slogan to

Console quality on the go.*

If you don't like the game, that is your opinion. But back to what we spoke of before, that reviewer stated he DID think SS was a better game than mario........yet rated it lower. Doesn't make sense. Its value has nothing to do with the score because prices change constantly.

Soooo just like in every other thread, the "Vita is Doomed" brigade comes in just for the shits and giggles and stir up trouble. All you have is your jokes and riducule but no decisive argument that can't be shot down in seconds. Looking @ you JWeinCom and Naninho

Obviously you didn't really even read the article. He does not seriously blame scores on not sending out review copies, rather he was being cheeky about it. Grow up.