Super Paper Mario (Wii, Nintendo): 9 / 9 / 9 / 8 - (35/40)

Furu Furu Park (Wii, Taito): 6 / 6 / 6 / 5 - (23/40)
Lise no Atelier: Ordre no Renkinjutsushi (NDS, Gust): 6 / 5 / 7 / 6 - (24/40)
Gakuen Alice: WakuWaku * Happy Friends (NDS, Kids): 5 / 4 / 6 / 6 - (21/40)
Nodame Cantabile (NDS, Bandai Namco): 6 / 7 / 7 / 6 - (26/40)
Ouran Koukou Host Bu (PS2, Idea Factory): 7 / 7 / 7 / 6 - (27/40)
Fate/Stay Night (PS2, Kadokawa Shoten): 8 / 8 / 7 / 6 - (29/40)

Good job for Super paper mario, definitely a game i will be picking up in the forthcoming weeks...

Yeah, its good to see it doing well, I dug Paper Mario back on the ole' N64, but on another note, has Idea Factory ever made a critically well recieved or well selling game?

I don't even know the dev...

Outside of Super Paper Mario and possibly Fate/Stay Night, Japanese gamers had a rough week. Kalent, as far as I know Idea Factory has yet to make a critically well received game.

Not familiar with Idea factory, but the title indicates that it's a game based on the anime of the same title.  They tend to be not so innovative games (much like movie adaptations here) so they are generally not as well received but have a core following from the fans of the original media

35 (for SPM) is pretty good. I was hoping for a 36 or 37, but this will do. Should get the Japanese public to take notice of the game.