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Core gamers - ruining gaming one review at a time.

This game is crack melted and injected straight into the eyeballs. The single player game is meh; the multiplayer game is better; but the creation mode is fantastic. I would love to see this thing run on a system with some power. The block limit in creation mode is putting a cramp in my shrapnel showers. Best game I've bought for the Wii since Wii Sports.

"My name is Donnie, and you suck at Nintendo Channel."

Lessee, I'm a notorious game unfinisher...

- Zelda TP - Saved in the sky cannon room, got tired of sitting on hold with Nintendo, refuse to restart.
- Zack & Wiki - Sword fighting in a puzzle game? I quit.
- Super Paper Mario - Um, the levels all feel the same after you get used to the 2D-3D flipping coolness. Lost interest.
- Smash Bros. Brawl - Is not a good action game no matter how badly it wants to be played that way. I'll get around to unlocking characters in Brawl mode eventually.

And I'm getting a little tired of games that you can't fully "beat" unless you play them for months on end like an OCD freak. I'm looking at you, Warioware, Raving Rabbids and SM Galaxy...

When are news outlets going to quit letting gamers write game business articles?

By all measures of the horse race, Nintendo is crucifying the competition. It's doing it with 5yo hardware and a gimped online strategy. And it's making gobs o' cash doing it, leaving the nerd masses puzzling until their puzzlers are sore.

Wii is not a "lie;" Wii does not have a single marketing problem; Wii is slaugtering the rest of the gaming industry with a product aimed laser sharp at its target demo - loyalists, casuals and backslidden Xer gamers. "There HAS to be a problem, right? There's not? Let's make one up!!!" Give it a rest.

Wii will slay again this Christmas. It will bow out in two years after Animal Crossing, a new IP and one last Zelda game. And then we'll see Super Wii, and it will be three GCs ducktaped together, and it will kill the market again until Nintendo gets too big for its britches a second time with the introduction of the $800 Nintendo God Box.

And, yet again, we have a hardcore gaming site trumpeting useless information in an attempt to bluff their understanding of business by making an apple/orange comparison.

Software tie-in rates are only of interest to three parties - Sony, Microsoft and retailers. Nintendo couldn't care less, because - oh yeah - they make a PROFIT on every Wii that leaves their production line. Software tie-ins are important to Sony and Microsoft, because their gaming divisions have yet to turn or just barely turned a profit. They are dependent on software sales to stop the bleeding.

The old model of "sell the razor at a loss and overcharge for the blades" does not apply to Nintendo. They have to have a minimal software attach rate to keep the retailers happy, but with Wiis disappearing from shelves like bread before an ice storm, no retailer can afford to ignore Nintendo. Sony and MS could end up completely overshadowing Nintendo's install base (unlikely) and STILL not make nearly as much cash.

Now, go find a really interesting statistic: How many CONTROLLERS is each game company selling? I'll bet you Nintendo's attach rate for controllers CRUSHES Sony and MS. Rag on casual games all you want, but I'll bet you they move the Wiimotes.

"Morgan - spare us the anti-Joystiq crap. It does nothing to make you look cool."

And defending Joystiq for being tools does not become you either. That whole third graph was a load of shwag-protecting CYA. I could hear MS's public relations office cracking the whip from here.

Question: Who gives a flaming barrel of horse shit about who Nintendo hired to feed you press releases and give you no-comment comments?

The only people who give a good goddamn who answers their press inquiries at Nintendo are you...not the readers. Please, fellatiate the press hacks elsewhere. This is a family blog.

Someone give that video editor some Ritalin. Looks like they re-edited 30 seconds of footage from Capcom into a few minutes.

"Then again, that added expense could become a liability down the road if and when the current Wii mania eventually starts its downturn."

Ha. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, keep on wishing, you hardcore twats. It's deja vu all over again. I can't wait until next year when you're still trying to call the top speed of this train. "I swear, any day now, people are going to stop buying Wiis like they are made of solid crank! It HAS to stop!"

Sorry, kiddies. Despite desperate claims from Sony that it will pull its head out of its ass eventually and save hardcore gaming, the writing is on the wall. It's old people and casual time from here on out.

Word to Sony and Microsoft - get cracking on a FPS/MMORPG that can be played with a beer in one hand and special controller in the other. Cuz that's the only way you'll ever make money on your mammoth investment in those two waffle irons you call systems.