Judging by the first few pages at least, this perception comes mainly from "pre-order canceled" level bait comments made by non-Nintendo fans who never cared about the game to begin with. You're playing right into their hands.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Are you trying to compare an idiot to a genius?
Yes genius can make mistakes. But Ill still choose genius over idiot cuz that idiot gave Lighting Return 37/40 lol.

This graph also shows how on point metacritic is

They're both way off sometimes. I tend to trust Famitsu for Japanese games and Metacritic for the rest.

Look at Nier.
Metacritic: 67
Famitsu: 85

That's a huge overlook by the west. Glad I didn't trust Metacritic. But overall I trust Metacritic more.

What? Demon's Souls = Sonic 06? I don't usually say this, but, this is wrong. It's normal that reviewers have very different opinions about a game, and I respect that, but, this is objectively wrong.

idk what famitsu is doing, but they are doing it wrong.

I don't really base my decision to get a game one review alone. I try to check out different opinions to get an overall feel of the game. So I'd say Metacritics over Famitsu. Who prefers one review over a range of varying opinions?

neither, I honestly find Meta to be a crock of shit and I can see what said shit has done to gaming in general as well as the gamers who stick with such a site.

Couldn't care much about Fam but it's still the same at the end of the day.

I don't use either and never will since I base my own purchases from looking into games myself, footage and port information from the likes of TB/Jim/Joe/PCG and other sites that generally do reviews that I can read and compare from.

I personally see flaws in both but I do trust Metacritics more