Have not played one of those in quite a long time.  Its amazing what you can figure out how to do in those games.... :)

Famitsu uses 4 different reviewers for each game and the 4 numbers are the overall score given by each of the 4 reviewers. The 4 scores aggregate together into a score out of x/40.

It tons down the bias (negative or positive) of any particular reviewer... just like Game Rankings or Meta Critic aggregate scores try to do.

New game design reviewed under deadline = unfair scores

Game design understood, now appreciated... sequel gets higher scores (plus sequel was better in many things).

Fixed. 

Not really, it's on PS3 as well but the op only posted the Wii U review. With Koei's fan base and Online VS mode Via PSN, the PS3 version should fare better.

I would argue that nearly any reviewer or reviewing agency for videogames are like this.  I started not caring much about scores (or at least not letting it dictate whether or not I should buy a game) when I started seeing great games get low scores (coming from pretty much anywhere) and horrible games getting great scores.  

But famitsu is really obvious with the bullshit. I mean Tekken Tag 2 on Wii U is literally the same game from PS360 + additional content, but gets a lower score. Monster Hunter 3G gets HD textures, 1080p, free Online Multiplayer and 3DS Crossplay and gets scored less. Also, their 4 reviewer system is great in theory but blatantly misused in this case. I mean, have you ever seen the individual scores to actually diverge by more than 1 or 2 points? It's like 4 clones of the same person review the games every single time. It would be way more believable if one of them would pull a Sterling once in a while.

I mean, really?

Resident Evil 6 (PS3/360) – 10/10/10/9

Really? REALLY? How big is the chance of getting 4 completely unbiased people to independently review the game and absolutely LOVE it?

so the crapper version of Ninja Gaiden is better than the better version of Ninja Gaidon?

lol

Really good scores..

Tekken Tag might be the exact game as the other versions, but with a crappier online experience and fewer people playing online, as well as a different controller, I could see why it could get a lower score.

In addition, the versions of TTT2 may have been reviewed by different people.