Hey, I'm only basing things on my experience. What a typical 12yo kid wants to play now days is kinda scary, content and substance-wise. Some years ago, a kid about that age was looking at the PS2 case with his mother. She was buying him his birthday present. The kid looked bewildered/uncertain and mom was much worse than that. I pointed out Okami, it was a few weeks old at the time. He looked at the box and then at me, quizzically. I guess he thought it looked childish and stupid. I told him it played much like a 3D Zelda and had really neat and unique gameplay, an interesting story based on Japanese mythology, along with lots of color and a great visual presentation to match. With all that, it was pretty well set apart, for a PS2 title. I figure I said something that spooked him, as he quickly told his mom that he wanted Spy Hunter with "The Rock" wrestling guy on the cover... *sigh* Lost another one. Slippery buggers.
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