There was that one movie where it was featured prominently, but that was nothing more than really good product placement. No where near the equivalent of your own brand of soft drink.

If you checked, the 2 most reputable reviewers actually gave the lowest scores on MGS4: Eurogamer and EDGE.

Also, Imo less popular sites/mags are more honest since they aren't as pressured or moneyhatted by publishers.

Actually, that entire movie is a Nintendo ad, not just a SMB3 ad. Have you ever watched it? It's awesome! Nintendo solves family problems, brings people together, gives lives purpose... it's pretty much the best film of all time.

EDIT: The scene where Lucas plays Rad Racer with the Power Glove is legendary to the point of necessitating the creation of its own parallel universe in order to keep our universe from being crushed beneath the incalculable force of "coolness" therein.

I saw it a long time ago, so a lot of the details are fuzzy. I do vaguely recall seeing a power glove used and thinking it would be awesome to play like that (not so much fun in reality). I mostly remember the video game tournament at the end which is the only time you really see SMB3 on screen. I also have the line "He's going for the Warp Whistle!" stuck in my head now. I kinda hope I just made the line-up, but it is terrible enough to have actually been in there I think.

There is no concrete proof that reviewers are pressured to give a game a high score.  Ever heard of Advent Rising and Killzone?  Both of those games received a lot of hype yet you did see them getting high review score.

I never played Advent Rising and barely heard of it, so I don't know. But Killzone was nowhere near a good game, and it still got an average of 73%.

My 4 most reputable reviewers gave to Killzone:

Gamespy: 6/10

EDGE: 6/10

gamesTM: 6/10

Eurogamer: 5/10

Well below the average.

But yes, there's no concrete proof of publisher pressure.

 There was that one movie where it was featured prominently, but that was nothing more than really good product placement. No where near the equivalent of your own brand of soft drink.

Actually, that entire movie is a Nintendo ad, not just a SMB3 ad. Have you ever watched it? It's awesome! Nintendo solves family problems, brings people together, gives lives purpose... it's pretty much the best film of all time.

EDIT: The scene where Lucas plays Rad Racer with the Power Glove is legendary to the point of necessitating the creation of its own parallel universe in order to keep our universe from being crushed beneath the incalculable force of "coolness" therein.

I never played Advent Rising and barely heard of it, so I don't know. But Killzone was nowhere near a good game, and it still got an average of 73%.

My 4 most reputable reviewers gave to Killzone:

Gamespy: 6/10

EDGE: 6/10

gamesTM: 6/10

Eurogamer: 5/10

Well below the average.

But yes, there's no concrete proof of publisher pressure.