| Azuren said: And I never said it would get a bad score, or that 82-86 is a bad score. I said if it gets over 90, then it did so on the basis that reviewers are scared to give a well-received Nintendo game anything but a 90% or higher. |
Splatoon was well-received, and so was Mario Kart 8. Both received under 90. Zelda, Smash and 3D Mario are usually guaranteed to go over 90, but that's also true of GTA or Naughty Dog games...reviewers might simply like those series, not out of fear. Take those franchises out and it's rare for other Nintendo games to go over 90. Bayonetta 2 is the only one on Wii U that did, and it wasn't developed by Nintendo. Fire Emblem: Awakening is the only 3DS game outside of Zelda and 3D Mario to top 90. Not a single Pokemon game scored 90 on 3DS, and I'd say those games are pretty popular. I'm not seeing a pattern where reviewers are scared to go under 90 for Nintendo games.
