@ Riot Of The Blood. yeah because metroid prime and resident evil 4 reviewed *so* badly

4% makes a huge difference. it is the difference between an awesome game and a masterpeice. there are 106 games in between SMS and SMG. the difference is clear, most people who have played both will stress to you that SMG is noticably more fun.

the reason SSBM was rated down was because of the relatively weak single player component 

The numbers are real but the comparison you make is twisted to fit your purposes and there have been lots of posts that proved you wrong but still you continue with your flawed analysis and that´s what makes you fail as a human since you don´t want to admit the failure in your reasoning allthough you have been proven wrong.

I think Rol isn't really serious hes just playing around. I have to disagree with your underscore theory though, I think gamecube games weren't underscored and I also don't believe this is the case with PS3 either.

Never mind. 

It wold be best that I don't debate with you Nintendo fans...

Hey Crazy... what you don't get is... even a crappy mario game is an above average platformer.

I mean Mario Sunshine is better reviewed then any Ratchet and Clank game.

Wait you are saying the legs have same attach rate?

When SMS launched, there were 1,5M GCs in Japan ( soruce: http://vgchartz.com/japweekly.php?date=37458)

When SMG launched there were 3,8M wiis in Japan (source: http://vgchartz.com/japweekly.php?date=39390&console=&maker=&disp=American+Name&boxartz=1)

During its first week SMS sold 338K. This means about 23 % of all GC owners bought SMS in its first week. Impressive huh?

During its first week SMG sold 260k. That means about 7 % of all Wii owners bought SMG in its first week.

During its first 6 weeks, SMS had sold 622K, which means about 42 % of all GC owners had bought SMS.

During its first 6 weeks, SMG had sold 505K, which means about 14 % of all Wii owners had bought SMG.

Further math, would unfortunately, be unfair to SMS since SMG would get Chrismas boost.

I fail to see how 14 % = 42 %. I thought it was a third, but hey, I'm just 14, I'm probably wrong...

Yeah, the only real problem with reviews now a days is fun doesn't appear to be factored in anywhere.  It's all technical review mostly.  Even Gameplay in a lot of reviews really just boils down to "Controls" mostly and not fun.

Let's now add SM64. That should be intresting. Unless it was pack-in, which I have no idea whether it was or not.

SM64 was a launch title, and sold 292K out of 300K N64s. This means 97 % of the gamers bought Sm64. So to make a fair comparison, we can only do this to SmS and more a year into the future.

After a year, 1.4M copies of SM64 were sold. There were 2.2M N64s sold. This equals about 64 %.

After a year, SMS had sold 810K copies. There were 2.3M GCs. This means about 35 % had bought SMS.



With help of these facts, we can draw many conclusions:

1. SMS had great attachment rate. It didn't sink a lot even through one year, only from 42 % to 35 %. Not many games had a that small loss.

2. Sm64 was owned by more people, in difference no consoles, than SMS ever was.

3. The number of Mario platformers sold decreases each gen, in difference to number of consoles sold.

4. Mario is getting less popular. Less people bought Wii because of Mario, than ever before.

a) u are seriously mistaken if u think that FF has close to the potential user base as Mario...a little hint: the vast majority of people do not like RPGs, while the very vast majority of people who have ever owned a console have owned at least one platformer

b) there is a HUGE difference between being a 90% title and being the highest rated title for a system...the great majority of new Wii owners will consider getting SMG...obv most won't, but it'll be a consideration at least

c) Master Chief is nowhere near the 2nd or 3rd or 5th most recognizable video game character...your average consumer has never heard of Master Chief...I didn't even know of Master Chief until a month or so ago, and I've been a gamer since '87. I knew of Halo obviously, but didn't know Master Chief was the character's name. Lara Croft, Sonic, Pokemon and others are much bigger.

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Yeah, the only real problem with reviews now a days is fun doesn't appear to be factored in anywhere. It's all technical review mostly. Even Gameplay in a lot of reviews really just boils down to "Controls" mostly and not fun.

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I agree. When dev's are talking, there are really very few who say " we wanted to make this game as fun as possible" they instead say " we wanted to make this game as GOOD as possible.

I however, feel this is not the case for many of Nintendo's first party games, and that is why they are not being as good recieved anymore. Shigeru said that the most important thing about Twilight Princess, was to create a world that ANYONE could enjoy, and feel was fun. He