This is why people prefer professional reviewers

[Veknoid_Outcast]

Veknoid_Outcast said:
Has this happened a lot previously with Nintendo games?

I know Xbox and PS exclusives often get attacked by rival fanbases via user scores, but it always seemed Nintendo was too irrelevant to those fanbases to trigger a similar reaction.

Like look at these:

http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/the-legend-of-zelda-a-link-between-worlds

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/super-mario-3d-world

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/mario-kart-8

http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/fire-emblem-awakening

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/splatoon

All of these games' critical and user scores agree within a few tenths of a point. No one bothered to spam them with 0s. Is it just the 98 score that's whipping people into a frenzy?