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spurgeonryan said:
Captain_Tom said:
spurgeonryan said:

http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/super_smash_bros_for_nintendo_3ds

Amazing game that is hard to put down, filled with content.

Oh, but the customization is lacking a little and sometimes the 3DS has online connection issues..... Bullshit review! 

Anyone finding any good reasons for this game to not get a 10 or close to it?

Omg dude not every game is a 10.  It is getting great scores.

Agreed, but I expect better reasons, even for a wonderful score that is a 9/10.

What reason?  It has connectivity and screen size issues.  That is a massive problem for a multiplayer brawler.  It isn't a masterpiece, it is a great game.



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Oh god, they gave it a 9. Sweet jesus, sound the alarms.



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spurgeonryan said:

Oh, but the customization is lacking a little and sometimes the 3DS has online connection issues..... Bullshit review! 

Why are those not valid complaints? The game attempts something and doesn't do it to a satisfactory level. Therefore, it shouldn't get a full score. Makes sense to me. 9/10 is still a game worth the money.



4 ≈ One

Shit I hope spurge is being sarcastic. Anyone who seriously says 9/10 is a bullshit score for any game needs to be banned from the internet; possibly forever.



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Euphoria14 said:
ToxicJosh said:
Well. If memory serves, it's -2 for handheld, -5 for being Nintendo, and then -5 for not being that month's primary advertiser.

Or is it +5 if you ARE the advertiser?

It's hard to remember how review scores work sometimes.

Never understood this style of thought. Last gen and even now Nintendo games get some of the highest scores overall as per Metacritic. Many sites even rated Super Mario Galaxy as game of the generation.

I was surprised to see at least 3 sites call Galaxy thier GOTG. I'd have expected that for Last of Us.



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The review scores seem fair to me.
The way I see it the 3DS version was made to make money, as in, making Smash Bros money out of people who own a 3DS and are not willing to buy a Wii U (for themselves or their kids).
But the real deal will be the Wii U version



Yeah review scores seem pretty fair from my time with the demo. Even though I think they did a surprisingly good job putting the series on handheld, the fact is it's just not really "meant" to be a handheld game. The four player multiplayer can be really hard to keep track of on such a small screen, and then there's the circle pad which doesn't always work the best for smash's controls. But it's really good overall I think (again based off the demo), but certainly no 10/10 masterpiece from what I've played. Plus a lot of reviewers seem to be underwhelmed with Smash Run so that could be a reason for knocking points off.