Schools don't convert letters like that. A D- is equal to 50, since anything less would be a failure on both scales. The difference is that a percentage score shows the magnitude of failure while the letter score doesn't. If anything, I'd say the letter system is guilty of grading on the reduced scale windbane is complaining about.

Disparate ranking systems like this are one of the failures of metacritic.

Wow, I expected this game to do really poorly. Looks like I was proven wrong! Nice

I like the concept of 1UP using letters, but I much prefer numbers because they can go below F. I mean there are times I want to know if something is a 1/10 or a 4/10. Not to mention that they don't follow their grading the way people are familiar with it 90-100 A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, 60-69 D (sometimes lower), 60- F. I realize they do this to prevent grade inflation, but it just doesn't work. This game is absolutely no lower than a high 7's or low 8's, there is really now way in hell anybody in their right mind would call it a 6.7.

I personally like a 5 point/star system where:

0: unplayable
1: awful
2: poor
3: average
4: good
5: excellent

You can include half points but I don't think it is appropriate to break down the scores any further. One of the reasons I like this kind of a structure is that the more fine-grained a score becomes the more people try to make a competition out of scores, and the more meaningless a lot of comparisons become.

GameRankings converted the B- to a 75%. That's better, but I still don't think that's right. To me, a B- is 80-83%.

^^^^^ I think you are right. 75% seems like a dead C to me.

Why is ppl always getting reviews from IGN for Wii, we all know IGN is a bunch of Wii haters  who cant accept his favorite system is not leader machine of its generation as PS2 was in the past.  So as Wii is the system of the masses and its not Sony they are frustrated and declare it is "casual".

Remember last year when Gears 2 came out? Because it was an X360 exclusive they decided it shouldnt be in the game of the year list, "its just a sequel". "MGS4 is the better shotter out there". Men lets face it MGS4 is the best damn PS3 game but for God sake even a noob know it is not a shooter. Now, what happened with Resistance 2? "Oh this game rocks cuz its PS3 exclusive and we can miss it, it deserves been in the top 10 game of the year". Yep partiallity is what i see here.

GTAIV was the best game of 2008,  it was multiplatform, but after praissning it in the review they suddenly started  to flame  it after the download content for 360 was annunced. "buu its not for PS3, it sucks" and we started to hear comments like "GTAIV was a good action game, but a BAD GTA".

They are obsesed with gore, violence and sex. A game without those elements is not a game... its a "casual" software. Just check the wii section, i dont even remember when was the last update... a month ago? The reviewers are partial always saying it is a "kid friendly" machine. But who are the Wiifit buyers...? 6 year old kids....? Games like Tenchu 4 are constantly compared with its predecessor."its not a big advance". You will never find a comment like that in a PS3 exclusive review.

What im trying to say is that IGN is extremely partial with products that are not Sony, especialy with Wii. If you want a true and FAIR review for a Nintendo game look for a non-partial source.

"If you want a true and FAIR review for a Nintendo game look for a non-partial source."

That is why I only read Nintendo Power.

IGN has guys on staff JUST to review Wii games.  They are not biased against the Wii.  Sure, they play all types of games, too, because they are videogame players, but I find them quite fair.

You know what's funny?  You complaining about a review score when IGN scored this game an 80 and Nintendo Power scored it a 70.

Considering the obvious flaws of:
1) digital controls
2) Using analog aiming for throwing shurikens when it doesn't make sense not to use the wii-mote
3) Being part of a series and not innovating past what the previous games in the series has done.

The fact that it got a 8.0 is a testament to the quality of the rest of the game.