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"Altogether now.... SIGH! (2+ examples of pure ignorance)"

I love my mum (aw!), so when she asked me if I "wouldn't mind" going to Caerphilly (just north of Cardiff) to help her with shopping related stuff, I agreed... despite past experiences of "helping" my mum ending in me lugging bags and bags of heavy stones from Focus to my mum's Ford Focus (!) and subjecting my spine and emotionas to severe traumatic goings on.

We finished shopping, so I decided to have a quick look in Woolworths and WHSmiths at the Gamecube and Game Boy Advance games. Oh yeah, quick tip: if the sale in Caerphilly's Woolworths is the same up and down the country then you'll be able to pick up the following GBA games for under £20 each:

- Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars
- Earthworm Jim
- GT Advance
- Iridion 3D
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX
- Super Street Fighter II: Turbo Revival
- Tetris Worlds
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
- Wolfenstein 3D

Anyways, back onto the story. While browsing the GBA games and looking like I knew what I was doing (HA!), my attention was caught by two young kids, who couldn't have been any older than 10 years. OK, what you are about to hear is a shocking example of how ignorant some people can be towards certain games consoles, and how they can display a complete lack of knowledge towards games up to an almost embarrassingly high level. Ready? OK, here goes:



1st kid - "Hey look, Luigi's Mansion! This looks good."
2nd kid - "Oh, that's for Gamecube. It's rubbish!"
1st kid - "Have you played it?"
2nd kid - "No."



Then the two kids walked off towards the PS2 stand, leaving me holding a Wolfenstein 3D box in my hand and foaming at the mouth in utter anger and disbelief.

OK, first point: Luigi's Mansion is NOT, I repeat NOT, rubbish. Granted, I haven't played it for too long (a few minutes in Dixons and that's about it) and it just didn't grab me as well as Smash Bros Melee or Wave Race... but it's certainly NOT a rubbish game. Second point: Note the 2nd kid's unique ability to possess "complete and expert" knowledge of a game he's never played? Bull! He is obviously either a PS2 or X-Box fan who thinks that Sony and Microsoft can do no wrong (no disrespect to PS2 and X-Box owners intended, but to be fair a lot of them are completely ignorant and brainwashed when it comes to their consoles).

So, after I'd calmed down and browsed some more, I moved onto WHSmiths. While they didn't have as many "bargain buys" as Woolworths did, I did spot these two GBA delights:

- Lady Sia for £12.99(!)
- Final Fight One for £19.99

So, again, I stood there browsing through the Gamecube and GBA games... then two boys who looked around 15 years old wandered over. Before I go on, the following facts need to be pointed out:

- they both had skateboards
- they both spoke in an INCREDIBLY strong Welsh accent

One of them had 40 quid to blow, and was on the lookout for a new Gamecube game. His friend was (wisely) urging him to buy Super Smash Bros Melee (nicely!) while the one wanting a new game was "um-ing and ah-ing" over whether or not to buy Spider-Man: The Movie. OK, here's a sample of the conversation they had (strong Welsh accents will be provided to the best of my ability):



1st kid - "Hey look, Spiiiiiider-Man!"
2nd kid - "Oh, that'll be rrrrubbiiish if it's anything like the PSOne Spiiiiider-Man game."



The Spider-Man game on the PSone may be crap (as much as I'd hate to admit it, being a Spidey fanatic) but that's only because it's being run on a dodgy console well past its' sell-by-date.



1st kid - "Oh rrright. What shall I get then? What's Suuuuper Monkey Ball liiike then?"
2nd kid - "Oh that's crap! What kinda game has mooooonkeys in balls anyway? Rrrrrubbish! It's probably crap!"



Argh! Notice the word "probably"? Meaning he hasn't even played it and is judging the game by its' title alone(!). He clearly has no knowledge of the Gamecube or Super Monkey Ball whatsoever, or he'd know that its' one of SEGA's most innovitive and addictive games ever.

So there we have it, ladies and gentlemen (and Mystique and Edgy)... at least 2 prime examples of how ignorant and downright / uninformed some people can be when it comes to consoles and games.

Beware these people, or you may end up missing out on a perfectly brilliant game.

*gives CDouch an Atomic wedgie*

Go on, Naff off...

Woooooooooooooo you said Woolworths, that's where I work.

*This pointless piece of unwanted information was brought to you by CDouch*

arix wrote:
> Nintendo tend to base there games around the younger 'uns. There's
> only a select few titles which are gruesome tuesome.

Oh would you shut the hell up and get your facts right.

Fact of the matter is you can't judge a game by its cuteness (or goreyness... if that's even a word...) because Carmageddon was pretty damn gory and was very crap (well, the console versions anyway... some of the PC versions were ok) and Conkers BFD on N64 was very very cute on first appearance, but anyone saying it was aimed at 10 year olds blatently hasn't played the game.

Oh, and film liscences used to all be crap. Now they are mostly average. Which is an improvement I suppose, but I'm still weary of them. Goldeneye I reckon continues to be the best game based on a film...

Anyway... I am rambling, so goodbye, goodnight, good luck... and good hunting!

Nintendo tend to base there games around the younger 'uns. There's only a select few titles which are gruesome tuesome.

Dark Mark wrote:
> Granted, I haven't played it for too long (a few minutes in Dixons and
> that's about it) and it just didn't grab me as well as Smash Bros
> Melee or Wave Race... but it's certainly NOT a rubbish game


"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44"
Hypocrite Hyp"o*crite, n. F., fr. L. hypocrita, Gr. ? one who
plays a part on the stage, a dissembler, feigner. See
Hypocrisy.
One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of
winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming;
one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false
pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or
piety.

Ant, you have been polluted way too much.

You can't say anything wrong against the PS2. I have changed so much since I came here and accepted other platforms... you can't hear anything good about the GameCube.

Shame :(

Microgarlicbread wrote:
> Ant wrote:
> Want to know what really sucks? I'll tell you what: The GameBoy
> Advance.
>
> It sucks so much, that there is nothing even left to suck. It may as
> well blow.
>
>
>
> Unbelievably overhyped, a collection of
> around 2 good games, means I wasted quite a lot of my birthday money
> on something that's more useful as a toy for my kittens than for my
> entertainment purposes. Hell, I'd rather play In Cold Blood than my
> GBA. Yes, IN COLD BLOOD, POSSIBLY THE WORST GAME EVER!
>
>
>
> Are you sure you aren't describing an X-box there? :)


I could be, but I've only played it for around 10 minutes. I'm a PS2-man myself.

Microgarlicbread wrote:
> Ant wrote:
>
>
> So, all you Nintys looking forward to Animal Forest? *sniggers*
>
> Yes, and it's Animal Crossing actually.

Yes, but it's called Animal Forest on SR's database, actually.

:'(