If I recall correctly, the reason Sonic CD wasn’t re-released earlier is not because it sucked, but because Sega had long lost the source code for the game, and thus couldn’t re-release without rebuilding the entire game from scratch. It turns out that some random guy actually had said source code and Sega actually bought it from him to make the re-releases.

Mario for Dummies? You want to know what was really Mario for Dummies?

MARIO.

The gameplay in ANY Sega game was infinitely better than what Nintendo offered. Alex Kidd, WonderBoy and the Monster Land Games, Sonic, etc were all better platformers than Mario or the like. Phantasy Star blew Final Fantasy away in all aspect. Look at the animation, story and gameplay of any of those games compared to FF and you’ll see how inferior FF was.

The original PS was better than FF6 and PS4 completely demolished it. Sure, the SNES may have had more color than the Genesis, but look at the level of animation in PS4 compared to FF6. FF6 was nothing but a bunch of static sprites that shook a bit when hit. PS4s characters actually moved.

And the story of FF6? Pathetic for the most part. Was I supposed to be impressed by an octopus or supposed tyrant that were nothing more than bad stand up comedians? I’m not saying there weren’t parts that were pretty awesome, such as the opera scene. But then they blew it by introducing the lame comedy that had no place in something that’s supposed to be epic.

This doesn’t mean all Sega games were great and all Nintendo games were bad. But overall, the great Sega games always beat out their Nintendo counterparts. You know it’s true and you’re arguing in vain against it.

But again, if you want to argue about Sega being for dummies, just remember one thing. Any time a Nintendo supporter tried to say Nintendo, they would say it “Intendo.” Nothing exemplifies the average Nintendo gamer more.

tl;dr version: people who like Sonic are all Scientologists.

tl;dr

Also, just to be clear, my husband never sent me to argue on his behalf. I did that of my own volition, since the comment window was left open, and I was the one who pointed him to this article in the first place.

While I do wear pants, sometimes I’ll *GASP* wear a dress. Like right now!

I will also admit, publicly, that I read IGC/Kairi’s comment after mine the wrong way. I thought she was being passive aggressive; apparently that was not the case.

My whole point with the journalism thing was this: if you write poetry, you are a poet; no matter if you are compensated for it or not. If you write fiction, you are a writer; no matter if you are compensated for it or not. If you write about news in gaming, you are a game journalist; no matter if you are compensated for it or not. You can call yourself whatever you like; that is your prerogative. But I was speaking in technical terms. So, technically, someone calling you a gaming journalist wouldn’t technically be wrong.

As well, my husband was being sarcastic with that comment, so all of this is really a moot point.

I just like arguing.