This has been made a big deal out of, just because it's Nintendo. If Sony were the ones acknowledging the Metacritic scores, most gamers and media would be screaming "SONY DOMINATIOOOON!".
2014 was the year when Metacritic scores got their "boom", suddenly everyone wanted to know how the reviews were going and what the average was, because if it wasn't "green", it wasn't good or worth buying... But then the beloved western developers and publishers began to practice their shady tactics and the quality of their games went down, Nintendo the struggling and unpopular kiddy company delivered (as usual) high quality games that deserved those Metacritic scores... But they mean nothing to the community anymore because they're not naughty dog or rockstar.
I say good for Nintendo, if there's something that can't be denied is that they have one of the most consistent group of developers in the business, and their games usually reflect that.







