Your main criticism seems to be that Capcom's games are derivative. You admit at the beginning of the article that Capcom is not the only company that does this, but I submit to you that every game developer does and that the vast majority of all releases are derived from other games. Nolan Bushnell stole pong; Space Invaders is a rip off of Breakout; every Japanese RPG ever is derivative of early US RPGs; and the list goes on.
Keranu's not saying that Capcom is the only company to make non-original games. He's simply demystifying their games on a title by title basis. When the Crapcom series is finished you can better judge what he's trying to get across overall.
There is a very small list of games that I would consider to be wholly "original", and they were all made in the 80's.
At no time did Keranu discuss "wholly original" games.
Furthermore, your disparaging comment about 1943 kai as an "update" made be pause. (Apparently a game can't be rated on its own merits? Perhaps you think that a sequel/update has to have a certain number of original elements to qualify as a new experience?) It leads me to believe that a future article will criticize the Street Fighter series, although I hope I am incorrect. People who are not fighting game fans can laugh, but each one of the five versions of SF2 is drastically different. The subtle differences between moves changes the dynamic of the games.
I do not disagree with your sentiment, but in my opinion the fact that you focus on Capcom instead of the industry as a whole undermines your argument.
The Street Fighter series will likely be a target in an upcoming volume, but fans (not necessarily teh most(!) diehardest) of Capcom and SFII trash both on a daily basis for the same reasons Keranu singles them out.
I believe that SFIICE and SSFII were worthy upgrades, but the Turbos aren't drastically different. Personally, I think that there's nothing wrong with the updates Capcom and other companies make to their street fighting series. Most opinions from what I read online seem to differ.
Keranu isn't focusing on Capcom while ignoring the industry as a whole. The reason he's taking Capcom to task, is because he feels that they are the highest regarded of the worst offenders. But either way, this stunning article is about
Capcom. Nobody criticizes the review of a shooter series or game because they did not choose to review the entire genre as a whole.
