Well I think that it's about time that I started posting around here.
First off, congratulations Yahtzee, the show is still good even after 30 weeks, which is something to be proud of in regards of the Internet standards, but that being said, you're not always professional in your reviews.
This topic in not about SSBB itself, I mean liking a specific game is still a matter of choice. I never loved any of of the Tekken or Soul Calibur games, but then again, I always felt that Namco never made anything original in the last 15 years that wasn't ripping some other game. Now am I part of a minority that doesn't like these 2 franchises? Yes, but do I have the credentials to comment, fuck ya! I played well over 70 versus fighting games in my lifetime ranging from 2D to 3D, spanning across multiple platforms and arcade boards, so I've earned the rights to speak about what's good and what's not.
You have the freedom to choose which genres you like, I mean I don't like sports, racing and FPS (yes, that includes Half-Life), but then again, I'm not a fucking game critic. Reviewing a game about a genre that you don't like however hurts your journalism integrity more than you think.
You made well of staying clear of JRPGs (regardless of stating your PPOV on them) but for you to come out and say that you don't like fighting games for X reasons and then reviewing one (or should I say bashing on one) a few moments afterwards, that shows a real degree of unprofessionalism. I'm personally surprised that you don't like fighting games because I was under the impression that you didn't like long commitments to a game and that spending to much time reading and not enough time hitting wasn't your cup of tea.
For the records, one could use the term button mashing for most games, I mean like it or not, you're bound to hit to right buttons eventually by hitting all of them in a random pattern, but for most games, no professional player will be beaten by a button masher with the exception of perhaps 1 or 2 games out of 200 >_>
As for the commitment part, most fighting games don't require to know many moves. If you're thinking of games such as Dead or Alive, the characters don't have that many moves, most of them are combos which you can just determine how they go by looking at the characters and figuring out what they're most likely able to perform (Heavy Vs Fast). Sure, some games have way to many characters and way to many moves (DBZ games), but Smash Bros. is not one of them, in fact, this franchise is pretty basic when it comes to fighting games
Smash Bros. is pretty easy to learn and once you've master the basics, the outcome of the game can be determine by the items you pick up or environment you play in. Sure you, can play without items in basic stages, but then you have painfully long combats where the winner only wins because his opponent missed dodging the same fucking move he did for the past 5 minutes >_>
Anyway, I'm getting off topic here. The point is, you obviously have limited tastes in game genres and you should stick to reviewing what you like because I'd hate to have post this again when Street Fighter IV comes out.
Peace
