Let me rephrase: I was of the opinion that past Mario titles depicted in three dimensions had recieved perfect scores from Famitsu. I thought I read it somewhere, but was wrong.

It's a review. No game is guarenteed a perfect score. That literally makes zero sense. But whatever lol.

I think no website today is a good reference for reviews. All around the internet we always find rushed reviews and reviewers that barely know something about gaming development or - even - are able to understand games are entertainment products. Some reviewers even aren´t able to tell different games styles !

I recentely saw the IGN review for Ace Attorney, which is basically an interactive novel with puzzle sections... and the reviewer gave the game a low score because it has too much text... wait... it´s a INTERACTIVE NOVEL, not an Rpg or a traditional puzzle game.... the guy doen´t even know the differencce.

Now, I may sound biased, but there are only two places where I believe we can find a better balance on reviews criteria and uniformity of their presentation: the french site jeuxvideo.com and the British magazine GameMaster. I know many people will disagree, but I do think those two are quite balanced on their reviews, at least they seem to focus less on personal taste and more on personal experience and technical matters with the games they get.