That Harris quote is funny for a few reasons.  I mean... what's a game critic's job if it isn't ultimately to let his audience know if they'll enjoy a game or not?  And who's his audience if not primarily gamers?

If "as a gamer" he loves NSMBWii, then shouldn't that also be his critical opinion?  But instead he writes as though critics are looking at issues that wouldn't necessarily matter to a gamer.  That there are "flaws" with this game that won't bother the people playing it, but that must matter to him as a critic, for some unspecified reason.  A higher mission, if you will, or a greater agenda.

This sentence aside and regarding all of these suspect reviews that ping Nintendo games 'cause of "lack of innovation" while praising run-of-the-mill FPS sequels, and lack of online multiplayer while ignoring the shrinking single player campaigns and caustic online environments of some of the competition, I think that it's almost always a mistake to concentrate on what something "lacks" rather than what it provides.

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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146958.html?page=4

April Fools Joke from 2006. They've been shitting on the Wii since before the Wii was launched.

that article basically sums up gamespot

Wow!  I just read the article and that's just amazing.  I guess the analysts and the article writer were slightly wrong :).

There is no such thing as journalism anymore.  It's all entertainment now.

speaking of gamespot.Ive been fighting this trolling or false negative advertisement(which im starting to fear is backed by some vallets behind the curtains) for some time.I wrote this article long time ago after some news from gamespot:

http://www.gamespot.com/users/intro94/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25703262&tag=all-about;blog3

this was one of the worst gamespot news in this year during their anti nintendo wii campaign.

http://www.joystiq.com/search/?q=call+of+duty+world+at+war&invocationType=wl-joystiq&searchsubmit=

"Variables
a = Call of Duty: World at War for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 & PC
b = Call of Duty: World at War for Wii
c = Call of Duty: World at War for PlayStation 2

Proof
If a=b, and variations of c have been known to equal corresponding variations of b, then does a=c? 

... Yes? Well, the problem is c doesn't exist. Call of Duty: World at War will be "next-gen only baby!" Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia confirmed with Joystiq, correcting an earlier report that the game would mark a return of the series on PS2; the first since Treyarch's Call of Duty 3. Despite claims that World at War is "not a different game on Wii" (with, um, a few exceptions) -- and therefore, wouldn't be all that different of a game on PS2 -- Activision and Treyarch have apparently retired PS2 from duty ... for good.""

What is that supposed to mean?

there was a G4 episode where Morgan Webb went as far as saying Super Mario Galaxy was kiddy to the point of being "insulting" to adults while Rachet & Clank was immensely praised and her co-host even backed her statement saying that it was normal for a Wii game.

http://g4tv.com/videos/42314/Game-Break-with-Ratchet-and-Clank-Future/ (around the 2:00 mark)