namely, whats with the ridiculously low scores 1up are giving Wii games!?

Skate it:

And that's a small taste of the poor control scheme. The slightest twitch or turn of the Wii-mote creates a wholly new effect -- and frequently, it's one you don't even want. It's even worse on the Wii Balance Board; by default, the turning is overly responsive, even after reducing the board's sensitivity. However, this makes it harder for the device to register a trick.

Castlevania Judgement

As a fighter, Castlevania Judgment employs too many design ideas that are neither well planned nor well executed. It's a strange misstep for the beloved series, one that Konami hopefully learns from.

I can understand differences in ratings, but surely that is the type of score you give a shovelware game like carnival games or the brothers in arms port? IGN love skate it and were raving about it in the podcasat, and 1up rate it as one of the worst games on the Wii. Now i want to try these two games, because i cant believe they are that bad!

1Up gave skate it a D, cause they said the controls suck. Metacritic scores an F as a 0, a D as a 25, C = 50, B = 75, A = 100.

Personally, I view their D as below average, but still functional, where as a 25 looks like complete garbage (which should get an F)

Anyways, IGN said they liked the controls, but they were tough to master. Also, I'm surprised they rated it so high, since they seemed to like Shaun White better, but only gave that a 8.4

Metacritic also gives a score of 100 for grades of 'A.' Last I checked, they can give A+, which should be 100. Metacritic's scale is way off.

Everyone knows 1UP used to score on a scale where 5 was average, but fans couldn't handle it because they assume reviews are based on the grading scale used in school. All the sudden metacritic is assuming their grading is still based on C being a 5 when every other publication is using 7. Very odd. Even so, A should be 95 at most, not 100.

What they said.

1Up scores for average games are generally the lowest on Metacritic because of Metacritic's scoring translation system.

Gamerankings translated the same 1Up score for Castlevania Judgement to a 63%, which makes a lot more sense than a 16% for a D.

I've been upset with EGM/1UP for a while in regards to their Wii reviews. Other than some of the biggest and best games, they seem to really dislike Wii games. I think these are two perfect examples. I still think their magazine is one of the best but I have virtually no respect for the reviews and their feelings on video gaming.

I also don't like the idea of using a grade score as in A,B,C,D,F. This isn't school, games shouldn't be reviewed as school homework. For an industry and a magazine trying to reach out to adults, it seems silly to use elementary school scores. I think 1-10 is the best way to review a game other than written word. I wish they would go back to using their old version of reviewing games.

uhm... And the rest of the world usually goes for 1-10 and 1-100 scores in school.  Does that mean that game scores are a reflection of school for us? 

They never should've used those stupid A - F scores anyway (in school either).

In any case, it does seem to be a metacritic problem, but it doesn't look like they're going to adapt anytime soon.

also 1up tends to not like wii games that have differnt control then two analog sticks

The numbers are open to interpretation as well.  They told people over and over that a 5 was average, but people don't listen.  They think 7 is average.  Why?  Because of school.  Numbers or letters, it's the same thing.

Just to show it is not complete anti-Wii bias

Wii Music got an A- from 1UP and a 5/10 from IGN.

Basically, the Wii does a lot of things differently and some reviewers don't always understand that.

But if you are able to accept it, you can have a great gaming experience.

Mike from Morgantown