Lower than I expected but still great score nonetheless. Was expecting it to review much better after the positive word of mouth of Splatoon 1. Sometimes sequels to initially misunderstood games like these review much better. (Next time hopefully they add a full campaign mode).

Between this, Overwatch and Titanfall 2, I'll be set for awhile with shooters.

Only bad thing is by the time I get a Switch Nintendo will probably have started charging for online.

I don't think you get what I'm saying though, as I never said MK8D wasn't a bigger package than MK8. Also yes MK8 most certainly had the DLC tracks already even if not part of the main package. Just because they're included in MK8D doesn't suddenly make them new.

lol, we just had this conversation. But your arguments don't hold up well.  Mario kart 8 was easily the best mario kart in years, so it getting an 89 made sense. Splatoon was very bare bones when it came out, and while I found it to be very enjoyable, not everyone did.  I'd say an 81 was fair.  Lol, skyward sword.  Skyward sword was mechanically the best zelda, and it easily the best motion control game at the time.  This was also the time that getting a mid 90's score was rather easy, so Zelda getting a 93 made sense.  And GTA V sold 10's of millions, bad games don't sell that much lol.  You have to realize that it's not because of the franchise, but because of the developers that games are getting these scores. Naughty dog learned a lot from the first uncharted and since then has consistenly put out phenomal games.  

It just happens that many of the franchises are made by the same devs.

Yep, and you will put around d 2000 hours into it he he 😉

I'm just saying that when you mentioned MK8's score of 88, it didn't have the DLC at the time. The critics scored it as the vanilla game. I'm not saying they were new in Deluxe, but once added in along with new battle mode and more new characters, it presented a more complete and bigger package when Deluxe released.

MK8 has the word Mario in it, so it get's rated higher than it should.

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It doesn't apply since not everything with Mario in it are rated highly. But when a Mario game does get a really good score, it usually deserves it. Unless you really didn't care much for 64, Galaxy, 3D World, NSMB, Mario Kart, Smash Bros., etc.

TBH, I was amazed that Splatoon 1 got an intial 81 Meta score on release. It was so bare bones compared to what eventually would come out with updates to the point where I would say a 75 seemed reasonable.

That being said, with Salmon Run, more online features, all the weapons from the first game and more, and better local play (not couch but with other systems), I expected it to be bare minimum 85. 84 to me seems low if we're basing it off of the first one.

GTA, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Uncharted, among others have had multiple games with 90+ scores. This is not just Mario/Zelda/Metroid. If you think Nintendo games aren't as good as others think then more power to you.

I can't believe some people are actually suggesting a 84 is a low score