Let’s-a have-a Luigi catch’a!

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1. Yes, SO AWESOME!!! Now that's HARDCORE GAMING!!!

2. BADASS GAMING!!! Lets see someone do that in halo!

3. Luigi must have prune skin after all that Yoshi slobber.

4. I think this video just sold me on the game….

5. This game keeps getting better and better.

6. That's was Amazing! It screams hardcore the good kind called casual.

7. This one game reveals the hardcore/casual division as what it really is, marketing BS. Everyone who has been gaming since the NES is going to want this game. Everyone who HASN'T GAMED SINCE the NES is going to want this game.

   In fact, the only ones who would deride this game will be the vocal online gamersphere; the self-defined HARDCORE. And NSMBWii will reveal just how small a part of the total makret the gamersphere really is.

8. Looks like a heck of a fun time, the only issue I will have is getting 4 people over to actually PLAY together in the same room.

   Most of my friends and family that I used to play SNES and N64 games with, side by side in the same room, are now miles away ,time zones away really. Its not like we are still in school , coming over after school to play together like in the good old days.
   My friends are collage graduates, with careers and girlfriends and and some with kids and Wives, all over the globe now, actually. Those good old days of playing side by side are looong gone, now replaced with the Great times of online multiplayer, online voice chat and online party modes.
   To bad this game doesn't have any of those features, it would have made it even better than it already is now!! Oh well I will enjoy it as mostly a single player experience because of its lack of online… still cant wait for this one!!!

9. Some people have too much time on their hands…

   I wish I was one of them XD

10. I bet Nintendo stuck 3 of their employees in a room with no food or water and told them they could not leave until this was completed.

11. "In fact, the only ones who would deride this game will be the vocal online gamersphere; the self-defined HARDCORE."

    Because the vocal online gamersphere isn't a market segment?

    I think the "self-defined hardcore" are what you're talking about when you use the term.

    They are a very small group, but they are *a group*, and much like the most fanatical elements of any other culture, they tend to act as evangelists and policy shapers. They keep people informed, they help them sort out what's good and bad, they're powerful drivers of word of mouth. And they expect certain things in order to keep them happy.
    The trick is not to diminish or ignore that group, but to subvert it; they are a strong force if you can channel their passions in the right ways.

12. @Eolirin

    Yes, they are a tiny segment of the larger market, but the industry has been pandering to them for years as if they are the ENTIRE market. They have demanded that the industry cater to them, EXCLUSIVELY, and have derided anything that does not meet their strict criteria. Their definition of videogames has been so very narrow in the past, and when Nintendo tried to expand that definition, the gamersphere became furious. Meanwhile, Nintendo has reached a much broader audience and incredible profits, proving that the market desires more than HD graphics and epic time-sucks.

    As for your claim that the online hardcore "keep people informed" and "sort out what's good and bad," I must vehemently disagree. The gamersphere mimics industry PR and derides anything that does not fit their strict definitions of what a videogame should be. The gamersphere has labeled WiiFit as "BAD," yet it has still sold millions of copies to many satisfied customers. Doesn't that mean it is "Good?" Many Wii games review badly but sell well; customers are happy with Carnival Games and WiiFit. Reviews mean nothing when the review is part of the gamersphere, for his opinion is formed before he powers on the Wii.

    My frustration with the gamersphere is their belief that THEY are the driving force of the industry. MW2 sold 4.7 million on day one, but I would bet that only a tiny fraction of those customers are HARDCORE. Most are what the gamersphere would label "casual" gamers who only buy a few titles a year, and play a few hours a week with friends. They buy GTA, Madden, Halo, and COD because those are the biggest, most-hyped games in the marketplace. But, the gamersphere will use those day-one numbers as proof that the hardcore is the driving force of the industry. And it is simply an illusion.

    For many years, gaming was HARDCORE, because THOSE WERE THE ONLY TYPES OF GAMES BEING MADE!!! If you did not like FPS games, or time-suck RPGs or frustratingly difficult action games, then you did not play videogames because there were no titles that appealed to you. But with Wii Sports and WiiFit and NintendoDogs and Brain Age, Nintendo has revealed the truth the gamersphere doesn't want you to see: VIDEOGAMES ARE FOR EVERYONE! And with this revelation, the role of the gamersphere dictating the direction of the industry has been reduced to insignifigance. No wonder they hate Wii.

13. …WOW!!! Almost speechless here! That was one of the most breathtaking things I've ever seen! Simply unique and fantastic! 😀

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