Wii Features

As the de facto figurehead of this little medium of ours, Mario is a tough dude to hate on. He’s adorable, his games are stellar, and he still stands proud as a shining beacon of everything that’s right in the land of vidjagames. But we take our Week of Hate responsibilities very seriously at GR… this must be done. We took a deep breath, poured ourselves another glass of Maximum Strength Haterade, and managed to unearth a few ghastly Dry Bones in the fat plumber’s closet.

GR's Week of Hate climaxes with Hitler, media morons, South Park, your tales of nerdom, and oddly enough, a Wii game we actually don't dislike

Apparently, the time is right for the Wii to finally get that glowing fighting sticks game set in a galaxy far, far away. Well, that’s according to Jason VandenBerghe, director of Red Steel 2. Now, while that might get the midi-chlorians of millions of Wii owners all hot and bothered, we’ve got five reasons a lightsaber game would suck more than a dinner date with Jar Jar Binks.

Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver is out in the UK today, so we thought we'd celebrate by pitting some tiny Pokemon against some of gaming's biggest and baddest bosses.

What creature could possibly take down Poseidon's Water Horse boss in God of War 3? Could a tiny Pokemon really beat Psycho Mantis from Metal Gear Solid? Sure - if you know which type to use.

Just as we thought it was all going so well. Jack Thompson is nothing but a vaguely amusing anecdote to tell the grandkids. All the biggest entertainment launches are for games. The industry is forking in more cash than Hollywood on a daily basis. Games are mainstream and no-one’s clueless any more.

Or so we thought.

Take your gaming from passive to savage in one easy article. Follow our five step plan to being an angry gamer and you'll be an obnoxious prick before you can scream "STOP SNIPING YOU ASSHOLES!" into the headset. If you want to be a jerk, GamesRadar's got you covered.

The week of Hate is in full swing, thus it’s high time to turn some much needed attention to the iPhone. “Top X iPhone games” articles are a hit everywhere, but no one seems to notice they say the same thing over and over again, or are patently wrong. Why? Because Apple fanboys link them around, post them on Facebook, and Digg them into the stratosphere. It’s doubtful most of them actually read said articles, but just like any fanboy, they love to see their platform validated.

It is a known fact that people who play RPGs are depressed gamers who like to sit alone in their dark rooms and play slow games. Sounds awfully pathetic, so let’s make fun of them! That way, we can be sure that they’ll stay in their rooms and not bother the rest of us with their pungent brand of geekiness. Or so we hoped when we made this video for last year’s Week of Hate. Looks like we successfully saved vs. Righteous Indignation!

True, there are many reasons to love the Legend of Zelda franchise. Its first appearance on NES was a breakthrough that still influences game design to this day, and it’s timeless story of a young hero and a princess in need of rescue will softly whisper through the ages. For all its greatness, though, it is far from perfect. Strictly for the haters, here are five reasons to hate on Zelda games.

After beating platform fanboys with the sarcasm stick during the first Week of Hate, we needed a new gimmick for Week of Hate 2. Genre fanboys seemed the next logical step, so we tuned our banjo and fired up the AfterEffects. We read somewhere that people who play first-person shooters are prone to going off on suicidal killing sprees and/or are also trying to compensate for their undersized man organs. Seems like a group of people we should antagonize further. Twang!