Mario Smash Football Comments by Kristan Reed

I am convinced that by publishing an 8/10 review of a non-Microsoft game for a non-Microsoft console on XBox 360's launch day, EG are once again demonstrating their obvious bias against the XBox 360

Oooh look, a big lonesome "1" in the ars*!

*average reader score

The gameplay videos I saw looked rather nice.

Talha - please dont start people off....

as it is there is already a dodgy reader score...

This is one of those games that reminds you of why you started playing videogames in the beginning: because they are FUN. Just like Sega Soccer Slam, this is outrageously fun in multiplayer, and a great if alittle bit short and shallow single player game. And not only the game has an over the top attitude, but it is also very easy to pick up and play (unlike i.e. NBA Street, which is a great game but that needs much more practice to get into). There will be complainers. People that will complain aout the Ninty chars, about the cute looks and about the lack of realism... just force a GC pad in their hands and see what happens.

And, yes, it is obviously a review made to diss the XBoX360, Talha. But, you know, this XMas one could buy an XBox360 and a game of choice, with next gen graphics and previous-gen gameplay (PGR? Do you remember the first game of this series came out with the Dreamcast? And it was... exactly the same as its fourth installment...) and or a GC and ten or more games... many of which are recognized by critics and the lucky gamers that played them as some of the best games ever made... as a famous VG announcer says: "choose your destiny".

P.S. Before anybody says I'm a Ninty fanboy... same reasoning could apply to a Ps2 or an XBox (even if admittedly the XBox has less exclusive killer games), only that everybody and his mother seem to have a PS2 right now, so...

Wow... I had wanted to make a witty ironic comment about this surely showing EG to be anti-xboxish, but it seems the fanboys got their rear in gear... with the second comment already! You people are a sharp bunch!

???

I heard/read this game sucked!

I'll wait for the budget release..

Talha, why not stop visiting/reading the site if you dislike it so much? You sound like a whiny arse.

neuroniky I have to agree to an extent. People are quick to dismiss the cube as "dead" and rush out and pre-order a 360.

For at LEAST the next year (easily) there are more great games to be played on the cube (or indeed the ps2 - i dont count the xb as most of the best games are on ps2 or pc anyhow), than will be released on the 360 in the next year.

And the bonus is, us non-early adopters will get this games cheaper. Then when we DO upgrade, the 360 (if we still want one) will be cheaper, with (hopefully) decent games on it. If it's not, i'll do what i did this gen, and go for the other two.

But unfortunately, gamers see any game which was released more than 3 months ago as "old news" and not worth buying?!? I keep reading gamers moaning there's NO WAY they can afford all the decent chrimble games, and how there is always a drought around summer?!? ERm.. Well why not, during the summer months, buy the games you wanted (but couldnt afford) during the winter months (at a knocked down price)?!? Seems crazy to me.

People have had plenty of chance to catch up on essential Gamecube releases this year, lols.

Note: I also specified ps2.

But then again. Its not as if you need much time to "catch up" on essential 360 releases is it? HA HA

Just realised Talha's comment may have been a joke, if so I apologise. I hardly read the comments section these days as it seems to have turned into an EG bitchfest. Bias this, poor review that :/

Why is it that this fun footy game has a nice looking pitch yet PES5 has a pitches that look like table cloths and dartboards?

Three Mario reviews on the front page, oh my!

Are you being serious, or just trolling? It would help if you explained your problems with EG. I might take you a little more seriously, then.

Anybody remember Nintendo World Cup on the NES and original Gameboy?
I used to love doing the super overhead kicks from the halfway line and watching the ball fly like a ballistic missile into the net. So has the game play evolved from then as it seems the same?

Better than Kameo, then?

Saw some vids of Mario Smash Football on IGN - it did look very amusing, especially with the character voices and sound effects. Just hearing Wario's exclamations while he's playing brought a smile to my face :-)

Hahaha Gouki, I get the joke now. You're just pretending to be an idiot, right?

EDIT: OH NOES, HE DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE

Right?

Also, I'm loving frod's comments, as always. Keep it up!

" Let the on onslaught begin."

Say what?

@Rankin and Co: I don't believe it guys. Will I have to print 'Sarcasm' in font-20 letters if I plan to make more comments like this? I would have if I knew the programming required....

Get a life - it was meant to be a JOKE. You guys are proving to be surprisingly easy cannon fodder.

@Slurpy: Take the comment in its spirit - I have no plans to be responsible for World War III. As it is, certainly I am not a half-wit here.

I'd buy this if only I had friends :'(

OH THE PAIN

Don't know what this game has to do with Xbox, but sow far I've enjoyed it quite a bit. Too bad one of the wavebirds around here got broken so currently it's only a 3 player games at max. but it's still hell lot of fun. Easy to approach but difficult to master, this game actually has lots of tricks you don't notice at first. Need to play still more and unlock more fields / players / cups to see what it's really about but 8/10 sounds like a fair review to me.

bengalibengali is right - just try reading the comments from top to bottom. Brain rot, guaranteed.

LOL Winding up game nerds is like shooting fish in a barrell.

Its soo easy, it's getting to be just not fun.

Right.. I'm off to laugh at people who've bought a 360 to play the same-old games with prettier graphics.

It's funny, frod. Most of your oh-so-satirical posts are on the Nintendo-related threads. Why don't you spread them around a bit? They're quite valuable.

In same boat as Decoded..

/sulks..

Oh! And I thought you had me on ignore. How does it feel to be a troll? Good?

Jebus, what's happening to comment threads these days?

the worst part is, many people think my initial comment was serious and failed to get the joke completely. And now, apparently nobody has read my clarification and the thread is dominated by two giants quarrelling.

Duh!

Meh

will buy this game

As good as Halo then?

Talha, I never take you seriously ;-)

@Genji: Thanks for making me feel even BETTER.

Duh! and Duh! :((

This game is great. That is all.

I like your comments, though, Talha. You seem like a very level-headed person, not like some people here. There's intelligence behind your humour. I like that.

If anything, Ninty make unapologetically fun games. It somehow comes very naturally to them, unlike other devs.

@Genji: Why thanks man. That made my day. As for the intelligence part, usually it is not bad, but at least today I seem to be one of the smarter people around - shame (don't giggle). And I thought only I couldn't get jokes sometimes, due to English not being my first language.

@talha
What is your first language, again? I think I read it somewhere before. My first language is Australian.

Oh, and hi frod!

*waves*

@Genji: It is Urdu, actually. Needless to say, I am in fits after reading about your 'first language'.

Talha and Genji, can you guys just get a room ALREADY?!

@caligari: Hey, you are welcome to join us.

Ewww Talha, are you calling me a voyeur?

/grabs his DV camera

Gosh no. I am just calling you.

I'm only interested in his mind, I swear!

/displays heterosexual badge

In fact that's an incredible comment from an obvious Nintendo fan, to be honest.


That's because they make great games. If they started making games for other machines, it wouldnt bother me in the slightest. I'm a fan of nintendo (and sega) games, dont give a flying fig about the hardware (well apart from the revo, but that's because it's doing something different).

Now if any of you sony/microsoft fanboys want to admit to being a fan of their GAMES (and not the hardware).. feel free.. so i can laugh at you.

So ner ner ner ner ner... Have fun with yer endless racing and fps games (which are the exact same with prettier graphics), i'm gonna get this after reading this review (i was put off up until now as it was supposed to be crap).. and then animal crossing ds/sonic rush/etc etc.. Fun fun fun!

smelly you are a sad sad boy

@Smelly: You are looking rather sad, bro. No one is actually a fan of any console - we all are fans of the STYLES of games our consoles offer. XBox offers games close in style to PC games (largely), PS2 offers a whole range thanks to its huge installed base, ranging from downright stupid to unparalleled brilliance. We all get quality shooters and racers and simulators and sports games between these two.

Now don't complain, you asked for it: What does GC offer? Mario Kart for our racing pleasure? Mario Smash Football as a footy sim? Not that these games are bad in themselves - the worst part is your sick insistence that only the types of games offered by Ninty are any fun.

And if it is so, why GC sales are so pathetic? Why the newbie XBox beat the mighty Ninty? Chances are, people wanted serious, engaging, deep gaming experiences to go with their consoles without Mario staring them in the face. Just look at the likes of Halo, PGR, GT, SotC, MGS - nothing on GC matches these games.

So laugh at us all you want - it is even funnier with your Nintendogged insistence that only games with tiny characters, primary color palletes, plink-plonk sound effects are funny. This attitude is in fact so funny, it is not even funny anymore, just sad.

Having praised Ninty's originality and bravery elsewhere, I categorically state that I am all for Ninty's style of games. It is just that they are not the only game in town, as you seem to believe.

Laugh all you want, but you will laugh alone. If you don't believe me, keep reading these comments. Here it comes. EDIT: It is a pity the thread has gone so long that many people will miss your real juvenile mindset. I just hope they see your post at least.

I have all the current gens and have to agree with Talha!
Smelly you are obviously a ninty fan boy! I love my game cube but more hardcore gamers use PC's / Xboxs and on the whole(not entirely) most gamecube games of late have been more about short term fun than suck you in and spit you out longterm gameplay!

\glances at latest comments

Oh guys, does this really have to decend into a 'my consoles better than yours' debate?

@Hog lumps: Look again. It is not really that, and even if it sounds like it look how it got started.