ya know whats sad....

If super meat boy had come out on the wii instead, it wouldn't have been reviewed by GS or most other sites/mags, wouldn't be in any best of 2010 lists, and would have gone generally ignored. Super meat boy spent nearly 95% of it's development life as a wii exclusive, but in the last couple months it got moved to 360 instead because of nintendo's idiotic file size constraints. Every time it was mentioned on this board over the past year it was mocked and ridiculed as a stupid shovleware game not because of how good or bad it was, but simply because it was only for wiiware.

I promise you, if it had stayed as a wii exclusive it would had been this obscure game no one cared about that would never get a review, despite being the same game (all be it with a litle less bonus content).

It's true

You may have a point there...

Nah I don't think so. A good game stands out even on the Wii. The hype maybe would have been poor but still the sites that did reviewed it would still have done so especially since there is so few interesting stuff on Wiiware. If people think there are games on the Wii that get bad reviews left and right, but they think that they are OMG hidden gems that are totally underrated, they are simply fanboys. Nothing wrong with that, except if they get annoying, and anyways stuff like that always happens and in all systems.

I on the other hand think it would have been way overrated if it went to wiiware simply because standard and quality on wiiware is low, thus it got the score it deserved on different platforms.

Oh stop whining it is a brilliant game and deserves accolades. You have no proof as to how people would recieve it if it were on the wii. It's not like wii platformers have not got publicity even this year. Kirby, SMG2 and DK were never far away from the limelight. You seem jealous it is out on 360 and pc instead.

Just get it on PC if you're that bothered. It's amazing.

The sad thing is that is actually true.

I on the other hand think it would have been way overrated if it went to wiiware simply because standard and quality on wiiware is low, thus it got the score it deserved on different platforms.

wootasifwoot

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I on the other hand think it would have been way overrated if it went to wiiware simply because standard and quality on wiiware is low, thus it got the score it deserved on different platforms.

ZIVX

Not necessarily score wise and I did not limit it to just gamespot. I meant the whole appreciation for the game could have been a lot higher than what it should be, kind of like Mario games, no offense to anyone who disagrees.

Your argument is actually pretty good and accurate. The problem is Wiiware is like Xbox Live Indie Games... It takes a special game and a good publicist to get noticed. Wiiware's reputation for shovelware is well earned.

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[QUOTE="wootasifwoot"]

I on the other hand think it would have been way overrated if it went to wiiware simply because standard and quality on wiiware is low, thus it got the score it deserved on different platforms.

wootasifwoot

Not necessarily score wise and I did not limit it to just gamespot. I meant the whole appreciation for the game could have been a lot higher than what it should be, kind of like Mario games, no offense to anyone who disagrees.

So the argument is that if SMB was on wiiware, it would be over-rated, even though it's the exact same game. But on the 360 it deserves a high score?

Probably true... sucks to be Wiiware :P

So the argument is that if SMB was on wiiware, it would be over-rated, even though it's the exact same game. But on the 360 it deserves a high score?

goblaa

SMG most assuredly wouldn't even be the same game if it was a Wiiware developed game. As far as the OP, I do agree, but we can only blame Nintendo apparently. It probably was better for the developers though, exposure wise the way things worked out.