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manuel on 13 March 2012

I don't think everybody really understands Famitsu's rating scheme.
It's not a fleshed out review like you expect from Western magazines.
4 editors are asked to give a score. And if all 4 like the game and give it a 10 each, then the game gets 40 points.

So a 40/40 from Famitsu should really not be taken very seriously.

It still means that the game can't be utter crap.



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MattyPeq on 13 March 2012

Wow. Now the hype bar has risen...
Can't wait for other opinions on the game.



NintendoPie on 13 March 2012
manuel said:
I don't think everybody really understands Famitsu's rating scheme.
It's not a fleshed out review like you expect from Western magazines.
4 editors are asked to give a score. And if all 4 like the game and give it a 10 each, then the game gets 40 points.

So a 40/40 from Famitsu should really not be taken very seriously.

It still means that the game can't be utter crap.

Makes sense. Weren't they also getting paid for good scores though?



manuel on 13 March 2012
NintendoPie said:
manuel said:
I don't think everybody really understands Famitsu's rating scheme.
It's not a fleshed out review like you expect from Western magazines.
4 editors are asked to give a score. And if all 4 like the game and give it a 10 each, then the game gets 40 points.

So a 40/40 from Famitsu should really not be taken very seriously.

It still means that the game can't be utter crap.

Makes sense. Weren't they also getting paid for good scores though?

Not directly of course.

But they live off advertising and big publishers usually have a lot of advertisments in the magazines, so... You can figure out the rest. ;P

(Good scores make it more likely for game makers to buy ad space...)



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mushroomboy5 on 13 March 2012

Well hey I'll be getting it!



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megaman79 on 13 March 2012

Controls are absolutely never a negative in Famitsu reviews.

Maybe they used the Frankenstick, or maybe the game is that good.



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menx64 on 13 March 2012

Impressive, I made my preorder a while a go so this just add a little bit of hype to it. I hope it sells well in Japan and worldwide.



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Teo on 13 March 2012
BasilZero said:
Pretty impressive, though I doubt it would be 40/40 in the West (when it comes to reviewers), I think Famitsu like scoring it would be around high 20s/low 30s.


I know right? Skyward sword is such a medicore game.



sepoer on 14 March 2012

Well... Bayoneta got a perfect score from famitsu.
I hope Kid Ikarus will doing great.



NintendoPie on 14 March 2012
BasilZero said:
Teo said:
BasilZero said:
Pretty impressive, though I doubt it would be 40/40 in the West (when it comes to reviewers), I think Famitsu like scoring it would be around high 20s/low 30s.


I know right? Skyward sword is such a medicore game.


If you say so ;p

Uh, no. You need to play more of it if you think that!