GameDaily: Five Reasons We Stopped Playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl
GameDaily does not shy away from controversial post, and this may be one of them. The question does stand. How many of you are really still playing Brawl? Here is one of the best reasons, I think they came up with.
Mario Kart Wii came out too soon
Nintendo chose to release its Mario Kart Wii about a month and a half after Brawl. As a result, we dropped its fighting game and picked up our Wii Wheels. Furious kart-racing (with superior online play) has replaced the supposed triple A killer app. Matt Casamassina, IGN’s resident Nintendo guru, remarked in his Brawl review that “you will still be playing and consequently loving Brawl in the months and years to come.”