To quote cklmb, "Have you played the game to know..."?

Please, don't accept reviews as gospel if you like them.

That said, I'm betting this is in fact a mediocre game. But rhen, the music genre isn't a favorite of mine.   

@Legend. Actually, and correct me if I am wrong, Lair reviews were mixed in what they said about the game.

When you compare Gamepro and 1up, you see that both complain/praise the same things, but the scores given are different 8/10 vs 3/10.

Just read both reviews - the difference in scores seems completely subjective. You like it - with the flaws - 8. You hate it - with the flaws - 3.

Ahh well, such are reviewers.

(note - that game does sound sort-of crap though ;) .. was wondering how deep the moves are, and how good the kareoke / detection is... and lack of online hurts it as well).

@shams,

Thats what I have been trying to say. THAT is what happens with a lot of Wii games. Same complaints/praises, but different scores.

With Lair, and I am waiting for someone to correct me if I am wrong, the complaints/praises were different, and in line with the score given.

It depends on who's doing the review but I've seen several 1up Wii game reviews that just hate on the controls and say they don't work when from personal experience they work perfectly and add to the game which is nowhere near as bad as claimed.

3/10? Ouch.

Wiimote-intensive games have generally gotten very mixed reviews. I think that's fair to say, without calling "Wii bias" on specific sites. (I'm sure I've heard IGN, Gamespot and 1up all accused of being biased against each of the three next gen systems.)

Elebits, Cooking Mama, Wii Play, SSX Wii (which is the last game from the studio which did Boogie, IIRC). I'm not going to look up the numbers, but to my recollection all of these got very mixed reviews. Don't recall any 3/10s, though.

1UP:

Scarface - 6.3 (its a 8.0 IMO)

Strikers - 7.5 (its a 8.5 IMO) 

Pokemon - 4.5 (its about a 6.0) 

The Bigs - 5.5 (closer to a 7.0)

RE4 - 8.0 (WTF?)

MP8 - 5.5 (7.5 IMO)

SSX Blur - 5.5 (WTF???? Closer to an 8.0)

Sonic - 7.5 (got this completely wrong, closer to a 6.0)

Heatseeker - 4.0 (very harsh)

...should I go on?

Just pick any game, and compare the "gamers score" to the editors score. Or try comparing to the IGN scores. How can you possibly say they are nice to Wii titles? RE4 - 8.0???

 I agree!

Whoops, completely missed the second part (dead tired-- been getting dicked around by the mechanic all day). I do defend them a bit because I know and appreciate the incredible amount of work they put into every one of the EA Sports and I defend them because they aren't as bad and not varied (not sure how else to say that) as people make the games out to be.

And yeah, I didn't expect Wii fans to gather behind this game especially since most of the gaming population (even Wii fans) laughed at how bad the game would be when this video was released (though I still liked it-- it made me laugh).

I added the GameRankings averages in bold.

Edit: Anybody want to do this for more games? I'm lazy.