First Super Mario Odyssey Review in! (EDGE)

[Peach_buggy]

KLXVER said:

Peach_buggy said:

As far as i understand it, EDGE gets 1st review exclusivity with Nintendo. Not sure if it applies to all of their games but i know it did to BOTW too. As for breaking the embargo date, it was a leak, possibly leaked as the magazine went to print. Not sure if the magazine is physically out yet. I went to 7 stores looking for it without any success last week. Am gonna try again today.

and what was the score for BOTW? If this happens all the time, then I guess its just something I have to get used to. Can you name some Nintendo games that EDGE didnt give a perfect score to that came out much earlier than other reviews?

Not off the top of my head no but the first i heard of it was from their BOTW review. EDGE are extremely well respected though, both in and outside the industry.  That is also the 1st time i've heard someone question their integrity. (Well apart from a few posters here and elsewhere after their BOTW review). I think we can agree that making accusations of a professional, massively respected review site on a forum is silly fanboy stuff. I guess Nintendo chose EDGE for their exclusive 1st review on both games because they know EDGE is the most respected respectors of what is quality out there and Nintendo have enough confidence in the quality of their games to do this.