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Collection of every DS-game reviewed in Famitsu
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Deleted member 1235
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this one is missing 6 points for an unknown but incorrect reason.
jerrymaguire
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thanks for that. meteos' score... waaaaaaaay too high!!!
Angela Liu
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Nice list, Bo130!
Hm..... any GAFers ever try out Bobble Bubble DS? (Soon to be Bubble Bobble Revolution?) Is it really as bad as I've heard? Should I just stick with my GBA "Old And New"?
EDIT: Tsk, I of course meant "Bubble Bobble DS." Had a dyslexia moment there.
Hm..... any GAFers ever try out Bobble Bubble DS? (Soon to be Bubble Bobble Revolution?) Is it really as bad as I've heard? Should I just stick with my GBA "Old And New"?
EDIT: Tsk, I of course meant "Bubble Bobble DS." Had a dyslexia moment there.
AdmiralViscen
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jerrymaguire said:
Why?
typhonsentra
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Remember when we used to have to pretend Yoshi's Touch N' Go was a good game?
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I paid for it on a spur of nostalgia. I think I'm up to about level 41 not sure if I'll ever get to the end. The old one that's included is included perfectly and is better than the new one.Angela Liu said:
The new one is OK fun though. Not worth full price.
Pureauthor
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I am sick and tired of the people who bitch about Famitsu giving Nintendogs a 40/40.
Leaving aside all other claims to their credibility (or lack thereof), Famitsu did not review this game on a hardcore gamer basis, because that would be the absolutely wrong criteria for a 'non' - game such as this.
They reviewed it on the basis of what it is - a pet sim. And in this aspect Nintendogs knocks down all the competition - and then steps on them. The fact that it received 40/40 for being the best pet-sim down the pipe in who knows how long should not be of surprise to anyone.
You tell me - if they had given Nintendogs a sub-25 score on the basis that there was no goal, no overarching plot and not enough character development, would you consider them more or less credible than the 40/40 it received for what it was?
(But I agree, Advance Wars is 6 points short.)
Leaving aside all other claims to their credibility (or lack thereof), Famitsu did not review this game on a hardcore gamer basis, because that would be the absolutely wrong criteria for a 'non' - game such as this.
They reviewed it on the basis of what it is - a pet sim. And in this aspect Nintendogs knocks down all the competition - and then steps on them. The fact that it received 40/40 for being the best pet-sim down the pipe in who knows how long should not be of surprise to anyone.
You tell me - if they had given Nintendogs a sub-25 score on the basis that there was no goal, no overarching plot and not enough character development, would you consider them more or less credible than the 40/40 it received for what it was?
(But I agree, Advance Wars is 6 points short.)
JonathanEx
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I think everyone is whining about the wrong things:
Pokemon Dash | 8 / 7 / 8 / 8 | 31/40
WHAT. That's an average of 7.75/10. For POKEMON DASH.
Pokemon Dash | 8 / 7 / 8 / 8 | 31/40
WHAT. That's an average of 7.75/10. For POKEMON DASH.
Cheesemeister
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Bo130 said:
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Joe Molotov
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You know, at least sometimes EGM will give a score lower than 5.
chrysostom
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Haven't played it... but how many games honestly deserve a perfect score? I have a feeling Nintendogs isn't one of them.Bo130 said:
I hate falling block puzzlers.
Bump these up a couple points.
Too high. This game is boring.
Sounds about right.
34 is way too low. 39/40 sounds about right.
Bump it up a point or two.
That's about right.
Too low!
Too low, but it is Japan after all...
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Wtf @ the dawn of sorrow score. A couple points more, it should have been.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
typhonsentra said:
not that hard, really, considering how fun it is
nelkon and parker
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Wario touched score is way too high. It gets old real quick, which is such a shame cas I loved the others.
Chris Remo
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Fixed.jerrymaguire said:
Man I love that game so much.
Walter Matthau
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Bo130 said:
I think *most* of the score makes semi-sense, but this one just seems way to high. I mean who would honestly give this game a 10 after playing Twisted? Some of the other scores look a little high, but you have to consider that during the DS's infancy, these were the best games.
moneyhats on Pokemon Dash
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Deku said:
Exactly.
Saying "Nintendogs scored higher than Phoenix Wright? But I liked Phoenix Wright more!" misses the point that the Nintendogs review has nothing to do with the Phoenix Wright review. They're being reviewed for what they are.
As a non-game virtual pet simulator, what would you improve about Nintendogs? It's pretty much the best virtual pet simulator ever made, and to improve it you'd just be adding expansion packs; more dogs, more toys. There are no game-breaking flaws. It is what it is.
On the other hand, as an FPS, Metroid Prime: Hunters is a solid but certainly unspectacular entry. 7/8s means "Good game, play it, probably even buy it, but it's not perfect". It wasn't.
Metroid Prime Pinball is not a better game than Sonic Rush. Metroid Prime Pinball is a better pinball game verus other sin the genre than Sonic Rush is. This is why Metroid Prime Pinball has a higher score.
I would contest the WarioWare Touched score, since it is easily the "smallest" of the WarioWare games, has the least variety, and really is a rushed entry. Given 6 more months, the game could have been fleshed out a good deal.
This thread reminds me of people who bitch about Roger Ebert because he gave American Pie a better score than Fight Club. Anyone trying to compare the two reviews has missed the point; you don't ever choose between American Pie or Fight Club. No one would say "Gee whiz, which should I watch?" You watch both movies for different reasons. Compare American Pie to Road Trip and There's Something About Mary, not Fight Club.
These reviews are the same.
AdmiralViscen
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mug said:
Japan is Nintendogs' lowest-selling market.
Kind of hard to take them seriously after seeing Pokemon Dash so high, but other than that they're pretty accurate--at least in the sense that the good games tend to hit the 32+ mark, although the exact numbers from there on are kind of sketchy (probably because of their scoring system). Meteos, ACWW, and Mario Kart are approximately right, Mario Kart is about right, NSMB is too high, Mario and Luigi is too high, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Tetris DS are right, Advance Wars is too low, Kirby and Peach are right, Castlevania is too low, Metroid Pinball is maybe one point too high.
How Mega Man ZX and Mario 64 didn't break the 32 mark is beyond me, though.
How Mega Man ZX and Mario 64 didn't break the 32 mark is beyond me, though.
Honestly there is no need to update this thread. It's your own personal business if you want to keep track of the DS reviews, but the majority of this board really doesn't care about Famitsu reviews. People look for the latest reviews because Famitsu usually reviews games before they reach out shores, but few really care about them after that.Bo130 said:
I don't know about you, but I like to be able to compare sequels and such when reviewed in Famitsu, and I still want to share the list with you. The list has been updated, still includes all DS-games, same format. Underneath is a list of all Wii-games now as well. I hope some of you can use it .
Don't discuss Famitsu in here, just the scores. Some of us agree with them and some of us don't - if you don't, then no need to come in here in the first place Enjoy.
. Don't discuss Famitsu in here, just the scores. Some of us agree with them and some of us don't - if you don't, then no need to come in here in the first place
Enjoy.
Community Forum
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I knew I had already read thru this thread.