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StarDoor on 21 February 2017

Wright said:

It's because the amount of reviews that will go into both versions. Switch will receive much more than WiiU's, and as thus, a discrepancy can be created even with the smallest difference, because of numbers accounting for more (or less).

The quickest example I can think of: Final Fantasy XV has an 81 in metacritic, but the Xbox One version has 84 despite both versions being largely the same (and the later performing slightly worse!). This discrepancy is caused because of the amount of reviews poured in. In this strange case, though, the superior version scored less, so it highlights the fact that numbers can change that much.

Doesn't this just give more credence to the Wii U version scoring higher than the Switch version because it will have fewer reviews? For reference, Twilight Princess scored higher on GameCube (16 reviews) than on Wii (73 reviews).

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Flilix on 21 February 2017

96 for the Switch version, 94 for WiiU.

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Zisbest on 21 February 2017

I have a feeling of 92.

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yoshidino on 21 February 2017

Unhappily, I would say 84, not more. I hope I'm wrong.

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Wright on 21 February 2017

StarDoor said:

Doesn't this just give more credence to the Wii U version scoring higher than the Switch version because it will have fewer reviews? For reference, Twilight Princess scored higher on GameCube (16 reviews) than on Wii (73 reviews).

Depends. The problem with this dissonance is that it can work both ways; given the hype that not only Zelda has, but the fact that it comes with a new console, will make reviewers score the WiiU version much worse in comparison to highlight the next-gen factor with the Switch one, so that could indicate why WiiU version will score much less.

Of course this isn't exact science: there's chances of the WiiU version scoring higher using the same principle. I just merely wanted to point out why this discrepance happens in the first place and why it isn't so rare.