This is pretty common. You brag about what is happening at the time. Why would they advertise the WiiU with negative reasons...?

"Nobody is buying our WiiU, so could you please?"

I was wondering when I first saw this ad how they made the comparison work, but it makes sense now that I see the addition about userscore. Fact that Vita makes up almost all of the "competitors" games in this comparison indicates to me at least that getting a high userscore isn't about having polished games that noone can deny the quality of (as some would suggest) but that if you want high userscores on metacritic you just need to be on a platform that has less people trolling said scores.

All that said, Nintendo can and should use arbitrary lines in the sand like this for quality games if it makes them look better. That's the PR's job.

THAT is a very valid point moreso than most I read in this thread, it is where people questioning Nintendo on this ad, should have started!

Nintendo can argue back that they are looking at the actual situation & the current value that they offer to customers compared to its competitors (after all it's not their issue, it's their competitors) .

Nevertheless it remains a valid point, but people in here seam more interested in defending their "team" by throwing tantrums at each other & the "flawless" I'm right , you're wrong "evidence".

Simple & to the point Qwark!

Sure, if it looks good.

GTA V and TLOU being games from last year, are excellent games and with updates are competitive against other new games.  Those review scores are for the new version because they deserve it.

Mario Galaxy 2 being a Wii game from 09, would need a lot of updates, but if it deserved a 97 today then why wouldn't it count?

I really think the main reason for those games to exist is simply the lack of retrocompatibility that both had, so for me is not like getting a new masterpiece, is the same game , but you can´t play it on the new generation so they made a 1080 port with some Dlc to support the 60$ of the title, if we are counting this ports, well, we can count every great game that wii had because you can play it on WiiU, and you don´t need to buy it again, not the same graphical quality, but the same good game for free if you already have it, or for 10 - 15 $ in a much larger library than just 2 ports. 

It would be okay for Sony/MS to do it, right kids? So why not Nintendo?

No, again those games deserve their scores THIS year, not 5 years ago.  To someone who hasn't played them before it makes zero difference compared to a brand new game.

To someone who hasn´t played Mario glaxy 2 makes zero difference to play it now, it´s still great, an doesn´t cost 60 $

Sure, but it wouldn't rate well as an 8th gen game.  It was a 97 on Wii, but in 2014 it wouldn't score as high as say SM3DW without a re-master.

GTA V & TLOU remakes can stand toe-to-toe against just about any 8th gen game.

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