The amount of text bubbles in Pikmin 2 seemed reasonable, and could be accelerated by clicking a button. I think the over-tutorializing only started in Pikmin 3, when Nintendo started outsourcing development to Eighting.
It's been a while so I might be misremembering this, but I think a similar thing happened to the Luigi's Mansion series with LM2 when they started outsourcing to Next Level Games.
At this point I'll be surprised if he's still alive.
I'll name a lesser-lauded episode to try and keep things interesting. "The Ensigns of Command". It's a bit of a slower episode, but it sticks the landing, both with the Sheliac and with Data's mission.
We use a custom one that's just 'ACK'
I don't think I've ever tried Osmow's, but it's hard to throw a rock here in Ottawa without hitting a shawarma place. The flavours of a shawarma are truly amazing; it's miles ahead of any other fast foodstuff. (provided, of course, you like garlic.)
I guess they're assuming that comic fans don't care as much about Whedon's alleged behavior? (Or at the very least, believe he's served his time, so to speak?)
It's gonna take a bit for me to get used to the new font for Store/Library/Community/...
Ok, but how unskippable is the tutorial?