Paper Mario: Color Splash - Metacritic: 78

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HintHRO said:

Goodnightmoon said:

The guy that played that game (which is a different one btw) happened to like it, so what? Other critics and youtubers liked it too, just not the majority. Gamexplain has been negative about many Nintendo games as Twilight Princess HD, Mario Tennis, Amiibo Festival, Star Fox Zero, Mario Party 9 and many others.

This game is getting good reviews, get over it.

Sticker Star got good reviews too, but it's still the most hated PM game everybody wished for was the last one. We will not fall for it again tho. Color Splash will sell terrible and hopefully popping the bubble Nintendo's living in right now. It happened with Farce and it will happen with this one. 

Two main differences here.  One, Federation Force got ok reviews, not good.  Two, FF was actively moving away from Metroid.  FAR away.  While CS is moving towards th original Paper Mario style.  It is still separated from TTYD, but it is closer none the less, being praised for ways it returns to form while FF was praised only for things Metroid fans aren't looking for.  Also, consider the reviewers, not the review site in many cases.  In this case, the reason Gamexplain's review is impressive is because Andre absolutely HATES Sticker Star, something he has made vocally clear with every single video or demonstration of Color Splash since and including its unvailing.  So for him to like this one a lot means something went right.