So Shaun White Snowboarding is coming exclusively to the Wii this year and I wandered over to IGN (who really knows why, as they seem to publish rubbish recently) and read their review. It got a 7.6, which is respectable (higher than PS360, lower than last year Wii), but this is what really stood out.

So, do you agree with IGN's latest statement that seasoned gamers wasn't extream realism and no longer enjoy arcade style games? I don't really need to post my thoughts, as a seasoned gamer I like pretty much all styles of play and actually prefer arcade games myself.

Oh, and I'll throw in that this is one of the worst reviews I've read at IGN, because they gave so few details (7 total paragraphs, each maybe 3 sentances long) and spent more time mocking it than anything. Considering I loved the last one it would have been nice to actually read a review on it.

Well, Wii owners do believe that if a game has colors and isn't focused on the most detailed facial graphics.....then it's a kid's game and therefore should be on the Wii. LBP for example

It's been that way for a while now with this "core" nonsense. It's BS but it still exists.

Simple and kids do go well together, and unless there is another layer below that simplicity, than it can be labelled as a kids game. Shallowness should be associated with kids, and casual gaming too

New Super Mario Bros (and Wii) is simple fun with stylized graphics, I press A to jump, and B to run, but I wouldn't consider it a kids game.

Honestly, I'm more frustrated that no one is giving it a meaningful review. I just read Eurogamers review and they spent the entire first page trashing the game along with the last game, while mostly just complaining that it isn't a sim.

After watching that video review, this game strikes me as a crappy/watery/easy version of the SSX games from last generation. Arcadey is great, the original ssx games were very aracdey. The thing is, they weren't insanely easy or blatantly aimed at kids (exaggerated artstyle, ingame adverts, simplistic gameplay) and required some skill to place first in later races and trick competitions. If the reviewer managed to beat this in a day, something tells me the "for kids" label, though overused, is probably suitable to this game. Of course none of those factors necessarily make it a kids game, but the way they come together here are pretty obvious. As others have said, being a game aimed at kids doesn't mean others are precluded from enjoying it.

I read his characterization of the game as: This game is worse than SSX, SSX: Tricky, and SSX 3 in almost every way, only buy this if you want something easy or for your kids. "Seasoned gamers" probably want something that provides enough challenge/depth to take them more than a couple days to complete.

The only people who think that arcade-style gameplay and stylized graphics make a game "for kids" are kids themselves, either age-wise or mentally.

I agree that 'seasoned gamers' may want a more deep snowboarding game, but I think anyone can still enjoy a arcade styled game. If it's fun, people will enjoy it.

Mario Galaxy is a game for kids. Not just for kids but for kids too. So its a kids game the target market aimes on kids (and a lot games are aiming for adults and kids). But I never understood why kids-game is almost a curse word for videogames.

Thats nothing bad. I think that kids can have a good taste when it comes to games.

If its not brown and doesnt have guns its a kids game.

not what i think but the general perception.