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mushroomboy5 said:
The_Joker_Product said:
Marks said:
The_Joker_Product said:

How typical Zelda gets a high score, no different from Mario always getting those kind of scores even though theyre obviously no match for HD games.

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Yeah I always wonder about Zelda/Mario reviews if they are accurate or if the reviewers just have their nostalgia goggles on too tight. 

For sure, if you took a Mario game and swapped the characters for some new original characters instead it would never get the high scores it gets. People whine about all the COD games being the same but how many times does Bowser kidnap Peach and you have to go save her from a castle, its even the exact same plot for Mario Land 3DS.

Yes and if you're observant, or can be bothered to look, you'll see Mario 3Dland has (so far) received slightly lower scores than other Mario games, as did the recent 2d Mario games, while Galaxy 1 and 2 received near universal acclaim. If anything, Nintendo have fallen(slightly) from grace in recent times with the critics especially during their wii years so saying a game recieves a high score just because it has Mario or Zelda in it is total bs.

So no, I disagree and would say the Nintendo games that recieve the higher scores are usually outstandingly good and deserve them.... and yes, I've played Arkham City and enjoyed it immensely and am currently struggling through Uncharted 3 (just so you don't think I'm a nintendo fanboy!!!) and I'll probably buy Skyrim as well (but, goddamnit, I draw the line at forking out cash for another COD!!!!)

Well I enjoy them too man I had a lot of fun on NSMBW playing with my family and friends. I admit I haven't played SMG or SMG2 though. I just don't see how a game that's just running and jumping can be a 98 when amazing games with great story, graphics, voice acting and gameplay like Uncharted 3 or Arkham City are like 93 and 95 respectively. Those are still amazing scores but I'm kinda thinking that a Mario game shouldn't be higher. As a platformer I'm sure its worth a 98, but just as as game in general maybe that's a bit inflated.