Dorks vs IGN

[A Black Falcon]

That read was... interesting. Don't be surprised if IGN never even gets wind of that guy's response though.

They'll hear of it, I think. Nintendorks has been around for a long time now, after all, and back in '99 (before all the downtimes killed their readerbase) they were actually a IGN affilate... I just wouldn't expect a response. :)

As for the IGN article, yeah, I didn't exactly find myself agreeing with it. Sure, Halo 2 is big. But why should Nintendo make another SSBM unless they have a good reason? I can't think of anything they could add to the formula, you know, other than online, and Nintendo has made its opinion of that quite clear. So what would be the point? More characters and levels? SSBM already has quite a few... I just don't see the point outside of "it'd sell many copies" and that isn't a good reason to make a game. It just doesn't make a whole lost of sense...

And the point about it not just being SSB to counter Halo but also Zelda and Metroid is a really good one. Yes, Microsoft also has other big titles -- like Fable -- but Halo 2 is their centerpiece while Nintendo spreads it out among more franchises. And I think Metroid Prime 2 will compete well with Halo 2, like Prime 1 did with Halo... the added multiplayer mode should help. Though it better have LAN support! :)

It really does look like the IGN article was a panicked reaction to thinking Nintendo needed an "answer" to Halo 2. Either that or he really wants more SSB... but the first one was answered by Nintendorks and the latter one just doesn't make a lot of sense unless the impossible happens and it goes online, so IGN's article is shown to be flawed.