An Open Letter to Nintendo

[phil_]

So, can I be the guy who says "Games aren't easier or shorter, you're just older and don't replay games anymore?" 'Cause I'm willing to be that guy, at least today.

Seriously, I was reading some journalist complain about how Mario was released last year instead of this year. It's just mind boggling. Hey, guess what? It was a great game last year, and it's the same game it was when you left it. Go play it again, like you did when you were 10 and life revolved around Super Mario World.

I mean, I know he can't because he has to play new games to write reviews, but, still, a year is not a long time between Mario games.

I guess what I'm saying is that I have fun with my games, and I actually play them more than once. I still (and I think it's rediculous that I have to use "still" there) play Brawl, and it's still awesome. I play through Rock Band, even though I've unlocked all the songs, because it's fun to play. Hell, I still occasionally play Wii Sports, because the tennis game is still fun, the golf game is still fun, and bowling's still fun. What I'm saying here is, yeah, there are good games out there, and if you play them like when you were a kid, you can have fun like when you were a kid. Except you won't die as much. Well, unless you play merciless games like Dokapon Kingdom that that several weeks to finish a game and will repeatedly leave you naked and dying in the woods. Or just dead. Or destroy your rare item that took planning from the beginning of the game to obtain and laugh at you for it. It's a mean game.