Shams: read my post earlier, IGN will probably rate the game 7.5, 8.0 at best.

You obviously almost never played a Smash Bros titel, but we already knew that because you said so yourself, It really isn't comperable with Street-Fighter, Virtua Fighter or Tekken. It is totally different (like even more different than a motor-cross title to gran-turismo).

 You've got no evidence to support that.

Even if IGN whines about certain controls, I don't think there's any reason IGN would rate it that low.

Also, just curious, how many online fighters are on consoles currently?  Virtua Fighter 5?  SF2 on XBLA?  I can't think of any others.  Not that online play is that revolutionary for a fighter, but SF4, Tekken 6, SC5 aren't out yet, so online play is pretty new for fighters. 

Huh? Am I missing something? As far as I know, IGN has given more than 30 10s... It's not the first on consoles, (SC, a couple of Zeldas)

It's the first this gen, if that is what you meant.

On topic: There is no way that this game can get 95% score, I personally believe it will be 89-91% on GR. But remember, as I've said earlier - GR is biased.

 Haha you know this how?  Did you even listen to the whole podcasts where Bozon and MATT were there, not the previous podcast where the non Nintendo editors where giving their comments, Bozon doesnt like the Wii remote as a controller, Matt however uses it a lot and says it works and it takes some getting used to and theres only a few things he didn't like, and they both said how its their 3rd favorite Wii game behind Metroid 3 and SMG, which was a 9.5 and 9.7, the reason for the low score of Guility gear was because it was a PS2 port with nothing but Wii remote functions added which were not even good, if they added a reason to get it instead of the PS2 version it would have scored higher, please read into what you're posting about...

Exactly, Guilty Gear was a PS2 port, I forgot that. All it had was different controls, and the different controls were not good according to IGN. Sure there were classic controls, but when the new controls were the only new thing...IGN got harsh.

And while it was probably too harsh, it made some sense.

To rate an original Nintendo Wii game with 480p, 16:9, full soundtrack, etc, improvements times a million over Melee, etc, etc...I don't see how this could suffer from the same control criticisms. If IGN rates Brawl down because of the Wiimote only or Wiimote/nunchuck controls...it won't be a whole point down...probably a half point at the most.

^exactly Guilty Gears didn't even have added online play or anything, being a shabby PS2 port does not gain you points, you can't reference a port score and compare it to an original game made specifically for the Wii.

Well, its bound to get a few reviews under 100%, so the average a few weeks from now will probably still be good but not exceptional.
I predict somewhere around 90%, 92% max after all reviews are in.
It just takes so much for all critics on the globe basically to like a game that much.
Ocarina of Time has 99%, don't anyone tell me that this game deserves better reviews...

I look at SSBB and I see these aspects:

Massive single player mode WITH 2 player cooperative play
Up to 4 way VS mode with options for 3 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1 and free for all
Huge character selection roster of major video game icons
Uses damage instead of a health bar, BUT can be SET to a health bar play style
Simple play style that doesn't bog down with randomly determined chain combos
4 different control options all of which have fully customized control setups
Online play WITH spectator mode
Ability to create customized stages
All sorts of other stuff like trophies, stickers, training mode, photo snapping, virtual console demos, tons of songs, costumes, item frequency adjustments, training modes with cooperative play, PC, and more.

What the heck else can you ask for from a game? Maybe one or two other characters that didn't make the cut? Even my favorite games, I've had things I've said "if only they had included this or this, it'd be perfect" I'm hard pressed to find ANYTHING I can think of that could be added to this game.

Oh, I will point out that I haven't actually PLAYED the game yet, but seriously, the pure AMOUNT of different options, and the ability to play online and create custom stages basically mean this game has infinite replay value, and I'll pretty much be guaranteed the ability to play against a real person almost ALWAYS. There's no way for this to get old.

If no game should get 10/10, then why would the scale go from zero to ten?

Have you played it? ;)