I really hope you're not being serious with that post.. >_>

Dead serious. GOTY 2012

You have to be kidding... Really?? >_> >_> >_>

It has a hell of a lot less characters (which often leads to less gameplay variety, because what you're doing is always the same but the way you're doing it is different) plus a fewer number of gameplay modes than DW8XL.

That doesn't seem more "fleshed out" to me.

It's nothing to be ashamed of.  It's the first Hyrule Warriors game they've made, whereas they're on their 8th (plus expansions) on DW which gives them more scope to refine and improve.  But still, it's definitely not as fleshed out from what I've seen.

Only 36? Man, what a fiasco. /semi jk

Not trying to downplay famitsu (well, a little) but they scored FF13-2 with 40/40...

Yeah Im yet to see any intresting new gameplay elements at all.

As for being more fleshed out DW8XL featured like 5 story modes with bonus what if missions, Ambition mode which had you try to conquer all of China building up your empire, a challenge mode featuring 5 different challenges, a bodygaurd system allowing you to take up to 3 bodygaurds into battles with you, a unique weapon for every character with 6 versions of that weapon, 83 characters, weapons had 1 of 3 affinites being Earth, Heaven and Man giving battles a rock, paper, scissors effect, you could carry 2 weapons into battle, any character could use any weapon but were given bonus combos if they used their specific weapon, I could go on and on about this but I think Ive proven my point enough

Panty shots, why no reviewer gave it a nine is beyond me.

Are you certain that's how it works?

News to me (and I suspect I'm not alone).

That's a surprisingly high score for HW. The game grows on me more and more...

Capcom pays Famitsu. So does SE. 

I think I'll trust this one because they also gave xenoblade a 36/40.