No-one is ever going to accuse The Escapist‘s Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw of being a Nintendo fanboy. He doesn’t understand the fuss about Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and only reviewed it because his fans kept begging him to.
Whether or not you find his apathy to be borderline gaming blasphemy, he’s spot on about the stupidity of having to unlock characters and features in a party game. Everything should be available from the get go, thus ensuring that everyone gets to play as their desired character, drastically increasing the chances that a fun time will be had by all.
