I mean, wii u isn't getting a plentiful supply of games, so there's going to be a lot of excitement of a retail exclusive.
Wii u gamers are probably the most patient gamers ever and could overlook the technical flaws moreso than most reviewers who are multiconsole players.
Finally, this game may get the 'its so bad it's good' treatment especially with the lengthy Dev times, and would almost have a cult following moreso than other wii u exclusives out of blue I.e. Wonderful101

They went into this forewarned. It's not buyer's remorse, it masochism.

Devil's Fourth confirmed?

I don't trust either.

Bad game?

tell me that again.

Exactly what I thought and I dont blame them.  After spending 60 without looking at reviews, you have to find ways to enjoy it.

Breaking News: There are people who still enjoy games even if they're bad.

It's like massive gaming droughts and a huge lack of third party content can lower expectations or something.

They also loved Sonic Boom, you know.

If you're really trying to argue that there was some magical mystical time when reviews had zero opinion associated with them, and thus, no bias, I have some really bad news for you. Do you not understand what rating a game on its merits means? What scoring things like visuals, sound, fun, or otherwise implies? It means they are using their own personal measures and experience to grade the game against their own personal scale of good. It is still a completely biased system because they are still reviewing the content as they perceive it. They didn't magically find a method that eliminated bias, and then decided it was no good and drop it. They didn't count the polygons and precisely measure movements, or use some perfect scale for determining music quality in both output and composition. There is no standard measure for fun. I have no idea how you got the idea in your head that reviewing anything has ever been an unbiased affair. As soon as you start assigning scores, or grading the content in anyway, whether it be with your own words, letters, or numbers, you are using personal opinion, and thus, bias.

If you feel bias is more obvious now, okay. I mean, it comes down to how you perceive it and how it aligns with your own personal biases. omg look at how it all ties back around to one central idea. In the end, bias is everywhere, always. If you can come up with a way to flawlessly eliminate bias that doesn't come down to straight up making a list of irrefutable facts that don't actually review the game in any conceivable way, I invite you to revolutionize the industry.

People have differing tastes and differing opinions. Look at the Metacritic site itself, the scores cover a broad range. same is it with gamers. Some love even games, that most despise. That doesn't really say a thing. Obviously under the people purchasing the game the percentage of lovers will be higher (as people chose the games they purchase after their tastes). So MIiverse praise doesn't say much about universal appeal and doesn't prove the reviewers were biased or such things.