Ocarina of Time has finally been pummelled into second place

Sorry Link, there's a new 'highest ever rated game' and that game is, drum roll please... Super Mario Galaxy. It has an AVERAGE rating of 9.7 out of 10.

Which is pretty damn impressive you have to admit.

I do have it, and it is good. But the only thing that lets it down is something the game has no control over, the controller. My wrists still ache after pointing the wiimote at the screen for over 2 hours so i have to play it in bursts.

Then i just put smackdown 2008 back on.

I've been playing Smackdown for, at a guess, over 10 hours so far and how many achievements do i have to my name? None, nada, zip, zilch, bugger all, Planck constant, the square root of zero, any number minus itself. In one word, fuck all.

Then i had a look at the achievement list for it. It's bloody stupid. How hard do they want to make it. Some of them i don't even know how to do!

Below is the list of achievements for Smackdown 2008 (i didn't know the secret ones until now, some of them might actually be possible):

1. That's gonna leave a mark
Powerbomb an opponent on top of a steel step in any match type. 20 Points

2. Possession is 9/10 of the law
Steal your opponent's taunt 3 times in any One on One match. 20 Points

3. Put'em in a body bag
Turn your opponent's entire limb damage meter red in any match type. 20 Points

4. I'd like to thank the academy
Defeat a Powerhouse Superstar with the Possum Pin in any match type. 20 Points

5. You've got a bit of red on you
Get busted open by your opponent on legend difficulty in any match type and win. 20 Points

6. Who says originality is dead
Create an original CAS, ring entrance and created Championship. 20 Points

7. King of the mountain
Place first in every type of tournament in Tournament mode. 20 Points

8. If it bleeds..
Bloody every ECW Superstar on the roster. 20 Points

9. Submission-sensei
Win a Normal Submission match without having your Struggle Submission hold broken once. 50 Points

10. Stop yapping and fight
Argue with the referee 4 times in a match and win. 20 Points

11. That's one for the record books
Eliminate 20 opponents in a 30-Man Royal Rumble. 20 Points

12. Now that's hardcore
Bloody and defeat a Hardcore Superstar on legend difficulty in an ECW Extreme Rules match and win. 20 Points

13. The best there was..
Win a 20-minute Ironman match on legend difficulty without surrendering a point to your opponent. 20 Points

14. A fighting champion
In ranked online matches, defend a CAC title 5 times against 5 different players within 24 hours. 75 Points

15. Gold digger
Win a Created Championship 10 times in ranked online matches. 70 Points

16. On fire
Win 30 consecutive ranked online matches. 75 Points

17. Escape Artist
Wiggle free from every Ultimate Control Grapple at least once. 20 Points
Secret

18. What The..."
Preview the Mexican Stretch Turnbuckle move in Create a Moveset. 10 Points
Secret

19. Secret Achievement
Secret achievement. 10 Points
Secret

20. You've got guts
Complete a ranked online title match. 20 Points
Secret

21. Send'em back to Louisville
Lose to an opponent who has more limb damage than you. 10 Points
Secret

22. Now offering non-stop flights
Stand on a ladder and suplex your opponent out of the ring in a ladder match. 20 Points
Secret

23. Rope a dope
Perform a succesful springboard attack off each side of the ropes. 20 Points
Secret

24. This year's inductee
Play as a GM in 24/7 Mode and obtain the GM of the Year Award. 350 Points
Secret

25. On The Job
Lose 5 consecutive ranked online matches. 10 Points
Secret

26. Better luck next year
Be the first Superstar eliminated in a 30-Man Royal Rumble. 10 Points
Secret

What a wasted opportunity

The more I play Smackdown vs Raw 2008 the more i see a wasted opportunity that i'm very surprised they haven't done yet.

Where's all the trash talking you can do? You can invade someone elses fight but it would be cool to get the mic and call your rivals out from the main stage. Or trash talking to the audience where you have to whip them up into a frenzy, then your opponent could come legging it down the ramp and you could have an impromptu fight right there and then with no rules. Or ambushing your opponent on the way to the ring.

There's so much here that i'm so amazed they haven't even attempted anything like it. It's not like they can't put it in the next version. Christ, a new one comes out every 6 months.

Nevertheless, still a great game, but it could just be so much more.

And how the hell do i turn off entrance movies, the damn things take so long to load and they get very tiresome very quickly.