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This Week's Famitsu: Zelda's flawless, and Chunsoft & Spike do the fusion dance

T

Takao

Banned
News:

[PSP] Compatible Hero Revival Appears First on PSP; Includes Battle Dodgeball Revival
[PS360] Dead or Alive's Ayane Appears in Musou Orochi 2
[Wii] Zelda Skyward Sword Rated Perfect in Famitsu
[ALL] Spike Merging With Chunsoft

Reviews:

[NDS] FabStyle (Tecmo Koei) - 33/40 (8, 8, 9, 8)

[360] Metal Gear Solid: HD Edition (Konami) - 33/40 (8, 9, 8, 8)

[Wii] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo) - 40/40 (10, 10, 10, 10)
[Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Bandai Namco) - 31/40 (8, 8, 7, 8)

[3DS] FabStyle (Tecmo Koei) - 36/40 (9, 9, 10, 8)
[3DS] Pachipara 3D (Irem) - 24/40 (6, 7, 5, 6)

[PS3] Saint Seiya Senki (Bandai Namco) - 32/40 (8, 8, 8, 8)
[PS3] Metal Gear Solid: HD Edition (Konami) - 34/40 (8, 9, 9, 8)

[PS360] Batman: Arkham City (Square Enix) - 37/40 (10, 9, 9, 9)
[PS360] City Maker 4 (D3 Publisher) - 29/40 (7, 8, 7, 7)

[PSP] 7th Dragon 2020 (SEGA) - 35/40 (9, 9, 9, 8)
[PSP] Pop 'n Music Portable 2 (Konami) - 32/40 (8, 8, 8, 8)
[PSP] Little Battlers eXperience Boost (Level-5) - 33/40 (8, 8, 8, 9)
[PSP] Weiss Schwarz (Bandai Namco) - 28/40 (7, 7, 7, 7)
[PSP] Strobe Mania (D3 Publisher) - 27/40 (7, 7, 7, 6)
[PSP] Uta no Prince-sama (Broccoli) - 26/40 (7, 7, 6, 6)
[PSP] Detective Club (Boost On) - 26/40 (7, 7, 7, 5)
 
N

Nuclear Muffin

Banned
Not sure if want Spike Chunsoft. So long as Chunsoft is left alone to their own devices and they just get bigger budgets to work with...

Good to see Nintendo's marketing money being put to good use in both the west and the east!
 
G

Grimmy

Banned
http://andriasang.com/comyyi/

Batman Arkham City (PS360): 10, 9, 9, 9
FabStyle (3DS): 9, 9, 10, 8
7th Dragon 2020 (PSP): 9, 9, 9, 8
Metal Gear Solid HD (PS3): 8, 9, 9, 8
Metal Gear Solid HD (X360): 8, 9, 8, 8
Little Battlers eXperience Boost (PSP): 8, 8, 8, 9
FabStyle (NDS): 8, 8, 9, 8
Saint Seiya Senki (PS3): 8, 8, 8, 8
Pop 'n Music Portable 2 (PSP): 8, 8, 8, 8
Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Wii): 8, 8, 7, 8
City Maker 4 (PS360): 7, 8, 7, 7
Weiss Schwarz (PSP): 7, 7, 7, 7
Strobe Mania (PSP): 7, 7, 7, 6
Uta Prince-sama (PSP): 7, 7, 6, 6
Detective Club (PSP): 7, 7, 7, 5
Pachipara 3D (3DS -- from Irem): 6, 7, 5, 6
 
B

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Nice scores for FabStyle 3DS.

George Claw M.D. said:
Aren't they the same company?

;p
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Nope. Konami does Mega Man, and Capcom does Castlevania, independently.
 
I

Inferno313

Banned
Wow. Nice scores for Batman. For some reason I don't really think of Famitsu giving good reviews to western games, what are some other ones they really enjoyed?
 
H

HaRyu

Unconfirmed Member
Inferno313 said:
Wow. Nice scores for Batman. For some reason I don't really think of Famitsu giving good reviews to western games, what are some other ones they really enjoyed?
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I think they once gave a perfect score to a western FPS or two, dont recall w/c ones though. There's a list of the perfect scores somewhere, I think.

EDIT: My mistake, they didn't. Here's the perfect score list:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)[9]
Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)[10]
Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., for PlayStation)[10]
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo, for Nintendo GameCube)[10]
Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)[10]
Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)[10]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)[11]
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)[12]
428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (2008, Sega, for Wii)[13]
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (2009, Square Enix, for Nintendo DS)[14]
Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Capcom, for Wii)[15]
Bayonetta (2009, Sega, for Xbox 360)[16]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Nintendo, for Wii)[17]
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, Konami, for PlayStation Portable)[18]
Pokémon Black and White (2010, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)[19]
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011, Nintendo, for Wii)
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A couple of western FPS games got a near perfect score of 39, but no Western game has yet to get straight 10's... well, except the recently scored Arkham City game... :p
 
G

Grimmy

Banned
I'm quite happy with the Saint Seiya Senki score - just hope it turns out fun. I used to be such a Saint Seiya fan when I was a kid...
 
G

grcd

Neo Member
Famitsu used to give 40/40 very rarely. Still, this will do I suppose. I am sure it is going to be a great game.
 
B

Brazil

Living in the shadow of Amaz
Inferno313 said:
Wow. Nice scores for Batman. For some reason I don't really think of Famitsu giving good reviews to western games, what are some other ones they really enjoyed?
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Famitsu gave Modern Warfare 3 10/10/10/9 last week.
 
I

I'm an expert

Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Man I love FF12 but how the heck did it get a perfect score..
 
A

Alrus

Member
That's a surprisingly good score for FabStyle. Why the much better score for the 3DS version, I wonder. Isn't it only supposed to be an up-port?
 
S

Sn4ke_911

If I ever post something in Japanese which I don't understand, please BAN me.
gdt5016 said:
I hate myself for asking this, but does this count on metacritic?
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It's weird. It counted on Wind Waker but not on Twilight Princess.
 
H

HaRyu

Unconfirmed Member
Sn4ke_911 said:
It's weird. It counted on Wind Waker but not on Twilight Princess.
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Really? Did Metacritic ever count any other Famitsu reviews, or was it just Wind Waker?
 
M

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Ok, confirmed.

Famitsu is promising a feature on Kingdom Hearts 3D for next week's issue. A blurb in the back of the magazine this week says to expect details on the game's new worlds.

The next issue of Famitsu officially hits on the 24th. Famitsu info usually leaks out one day in advance of street date, although because Wednesday is a holiday, we may get the details as early as Tuesday.

Kingdom Hearts updates often include interviews with Tetsuya Nomura, and Tetsuya Nomura interviews often include little bits about Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It's fast approaching the time when Nomura should tell us that Versus XIII won't be at this year's Jump Festa, so even if you're not into Kingdom Hearts, be sure and check back next week!
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All aboard the Lord Nomurasan hype gummi ship!
 
Smiles and Cries

Smiles and Cries

Member
I would like the see a western publication take on this review formula

4 reviewers on a game on the 10 scale

hey Giantbomb don't you have 4 guys we can trust? wait u gave SS a 4?
 
GhaleonQ

GhaleonQ

Member
I love that Chunsoft-Spike news, especially if it means that Spike does more graphic adventure stuff and Chunsoft does more not-graphic adventure stuff.
 
T

Takao

Banned
GhaleonQ said:
I love that Chunsoft-Spike news, especially if it means that Spike does more graphic adventure stuff and Chunsoft does more not-graphic adventure stuff.
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Dangan-ronpa looks like something Chunsoft would make.
 
X

X05

Upside, inside out he's livin la vida loca, He'll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca
I'm surprised that the Wii is the system with most perfect scores in Famitsu.
 
M

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
There's a scan floating around from Jump about KH3D... and it shows a little (very little) image of one of the new worlds, a Pinocchio world.
 
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