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I think every Mario spin-off game should be forced into the bargain bin on day one no matter how fun. Basing them around Mario is just pure laziness on the part of Nintendo and it seems unnecessary.

Does anyone really think Mario is such a multifaceted and absorbing character that he deserves to be explored fully over the course of 50 titles about racing buggies? Be honest here! Wouldn’t you have more fun if they actually created some new characters whose lives are somehow linked with buggy racing or tennis instead of following Mario around through his every activity like a documentary crew? I don’t eat a bowl of Frosted Flakes and then want to see Tony the Tiger playing with a dildo on a webcam or watch a movie about him solving crimes on the mean streets of New York.

Zach Parsons, The Five Worst Gaming Articles of 2005

That really, really sums it up. I guess it goes without saying that I still want a Wii, eventually, but it’s not like they have trouble coming up with new characters every once in a while — they’d probably come up with more if they didn’t have the warp pipe to go back to so much.

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