I wouldn't even say he's got "Best 2D platformer" anymore, as both Rayman Origins and LBP Vita recently blew any recent Mario game straight out of the water, both games trumped Mario in terms of level design, creativity, art style, music and sheer fun. Nintendo just stopped trying, sadly.

Oh, I know that, I've been saying the same thing for years. Nintendo's games are still great, but whilst my tastes have developed and matured since childhood, their have not, they still make the same games today as they did back then. That's fine, today's kids need those kinds of games too, but it sadly doesn't change…

Which is...Precisely what I've been saying. GTA4 lost a lot of the fun elements that made the series so popular, Saints Row took those and ran with them to make a more purely fun experience, even if not technically a better game. People didn't like it because it was better than GTA4, but because it was more of a fun…

His input to the industry isn't up for debate, there's no denying that he's perhaps done more for the industry than any other single developer, which is precisely why I'd have no qualms over calling him the most influential developer, but he, and Nintendo in general, have been coasting for a long time now. They're…

Better graphics? It looked like shit and its animations were even worse. o.O

I'd imagine that Nintendo have finally milked all life outta him. He's just bones now. D:

You know there's an edit tool, right? Look just after the last word of your post, it's really hard to see but it is there. :)

Oh, the quality is always there. No doubts about that. Sadly, it's all just so damn similar, all the time. Same enemies, same worlds, same level themes, same music, same premise, same amount of levels. There's just no surprise there at all anymore, especially with the NSMB games, those are by far the biggest…

I wouldn't say I "missed out" on anything. A lot of people hear are claiming that SR2 was the best of the bunch, and after downloading that for free via PS+ and sinking some time into it, I honestly found absolutely nothing of value for me. Well, almost nothing, I liked one of the radio stations; throwing some Opeth…

Calling Miyamoto the top developer in the world is a bit much, like, a lot much. One of the most influential? Absolutely. But his, and Nintendo's games in general, lack a whole lot; originality, story-telling, characters with character, genuinely new worlds full of new thrills. They've been coasting on their success…

The two inFamous games already filled my need for open-world superhero shenanigans, and Second Son will be the next one to do so. Saints Row just never really felt worthwhile to me, it handled poorly, it felt cheap and nasty compared to other games out there and the sense of humour really didn't do it for me.

Honestly, that sounds more like your fault than Nintendo's. I get it, I wouldn't use a Wii U right now if someone gave one to me for free, there's just nothing of value on the platform that you can't get elsewhere, but we all know how console launches work; you buy at the highest possible price, and have absolutely…

Your proposition of a new Nintendo console will never happen, not like that. If they did, then they'd be the most expensive platform on the market, and they'd have absolutely no third-party support because they'd stick with PS4 and the next Xbox due to their would-be huge install bases, so the new Nintendo console…

I'm not so sure. Most people would quite happily never utter the name "Colonial Marines" again, let alone play more of it, be it free or not.

"But, the system does have several heavy-hitting titles on the way, including Rayman Legends, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and the Wind Waker remake."

Agreed, they're popping up more and more.

It sounds like Colonial Marines is beyond repair, to be honest. No amount of patches could fix that one.

Agreed. :) The 360 has thrived for precisely the reason you mentioned, "My friends have one and play online with it", and that came mostly from it being available a year before the PS3. That headstart let MS get their flag in the ground, and suddenly friends of those early buyers bought their 360s just to play with…

He's supposed to be a dick. The appeal is that in, well, just about every other game ever, you play the good guy. The guy that "does the right thing" with selfless acts of heroism and whatnot, that's cool, it's fine, but sometimes it's great to do something different. God of War provides that, it lets you play as an…

It's not just because of that FF sale; those charts show every month that those old Final Fantasy games are always the top-selling PS1 titles, and the PSP charts are usually very similar too.