They gave it a 7/10, stating that a few flaws (namely difficulty being too low and combat being somewhat repetitive) kept it from greatness.

So, let's look at a breakdown of the reviews.

Positive:
Nintendo Power
Game Daily
GAJ-IT
Famitsu

Negative:
IGN

It seems more and more like IGN is the outlier.

indeed this game is not as bad as ign states.

Eh, who knows what'll happen? I remember when keeping an eye on Sonic Unleashed's reviews on metacritic. The average score (Wii) went from 70something to 66. The 360/PS3 versions had it worse.

We'll see what happens.

Not remotely. And I'm finding out that it gets better as you play on, because there are all sorts of unlockables that will make fans of the older games smile. I won't spoil anything, but it's amazing.

uh... famitsu and NP arent really good indicators of reviewers and who is gadjit?

^^^ nintendo power only reviews nintendo console games, what benefit would they have of giving all nintendo console games (let alone those not even made by nintendo) a positive score

You consider a 6.5 positive? Do you have any standards at all?

26/40 for FAMI socer is never a postive one.
It always mean the game bombs heavily.

You can't disregard every review that isn't IGN. People did the same thing to Maxim when they reviewed (I think Resistance) all those months ago.

Although I ususally trust IGN for reviews, they are not infallible.

To me, a 6.5 is about average, or slightly above. Not a bad game, but not a great one either. It's pretty close to what Nintendo Power and Game Daily rated it, and remember that it's two 7s and 2 6s. So excluding IGN, you have an 8, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, plus the review from GAD-JIT (I've never heard of them, which is why I don't really care about their score; it's just the only other review I could find).

It shows that opinions are varied about this game, but the overall impression is that it's a well-made one.