I'm sort of glad its a 9.5.
As good as the game is, it doesn't sound "perfect" - and that leaves room for improvement. I'm betting that both Galaxy & Brawl - being quite different games though - end up "better" games, and deserve a better score.
It will still fall into the "best 20 games ever" category - which isn't a bad start. Its still the first year on the Wii, and we now have two pretty awesome games - Metroid & Zelda - with 2 more to come. All in the first 12 months.
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