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Nintendo's reviews at an all time low for the past 10 years
- Thread starter TI82
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Had you told me this in 2013, i would've laughed hard. Now, after seeing all the gratuitous hate the game is getting on the internet, i'll be very surprised if its metascore will be above 78-81. Luckily i don't give a damn shit about reviews, especially after last gen, so it won't really be a problem for me if reviewers will shit on my most anticipated game. Maybe then i won't like it, but i'll be the judge of that.
Agreed.
I would put Chibo Robo on the unfairly shunned too, it's a really nice platformer with solid controls.
A lot of reviewers seem to like the game so it should review fairly well, but we'll see.
TheMoon
Member
Might as well throw in Code Name STEAM being slaughtered at least in part by incompetent reviewers (yea, McElroy, shots fired
).When you have full priced shovelware like the two AC releases this year, you tend to look crappy in the review department. Hopefully the lukewarm reception of these two titles makes Nintendo put forth at least a tiny bit of effort before trying to extract $40-$60 from its users.
Visualante2
Member
Edge magazine
6.92 - 2015 - 12 titles
7.55 - 2014 - 11 titles
7.17 - 2013 - 16 titles
7.42 - 2012 - 12 titles
7.67 - 2011 - 13 titles
7.08 - 2010 - 18 titles
6.83 - 2009 - 16 titles
6.75 - 2008 - 15 titles
7.08 - 2007 - 22 titles
7.17 - 2006 - 20 titles
One more issue left which could change that. I could go back further if someone wanted but I got a bit bored.
6.92 - 2015 - 12 titles
7.55 - 2014 - 11 titles
7.17 - 2013 - 16 titles
7.42 - 2012 - 12 titles
7.67 - 2011 - 13 titles
7.08 - 2010 - 18 titles
6.83 - 2009 - 16 titles
6.75 - 2008 - 15 titles
7.08 - 2007 - 22 titles
7.17 - 2006 - 20 titles
One more issue left which could change that. I could go back further if someone wanted but I got a bit bored.
Happy Home Designer has been well received. It's most certainly not shovelware.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I would rather have a few excellent games and some turds than just a bunch of mediocre stuff.
tenderbrew
Member
Its also a year where games like Codename STEAM, Kirby, and Yoshi got slaughtered by traditional outlets and are all excellent.
Also, stop including HHD in the apparent year end rushed titles. Game is great.
Also, stop including HHD in the apparent year end rushed titles. Game is great.
Bartholomuse
Member
2010 was such a balls out year, and that was when the Wii was considered to be in it's twilight years.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
That's a weird way of saying "Nintendo sure put out a lot of shit games this year, huh?"
Weirdly enough as far as I'm concerned this is one of Nin's best years in recent history. Mario Maker is awesome, Splatoon is awesome and Yoshi is adorable.
Weirdly enough as far as I'm concerned this is one of Nin's best years in recent history. Mario Maker is awesome, Splatoon is awesome and Yoshi is adorable.
It's easy to forget that Other M reviewed pretty decently. It really wasn't until it was in the hands of gamers that you saw the vitriol and the retrospective articles about "hey, this did suck ass!" popping up a short time thereafter.
Haven't played Yoshi yet but I thought Kirby was pretty meh, and I say that as a big fan of the series who was excited for Rainbow Curse.
I'm not quite sure why people are including Codename Steam in a list of games that are hidden gems.
I'm not quite sure why people are including Codename Steam in a list of games that are hidden gems.
Probably because there are a group of people who bought and enjoyed the game.
higgsboson1997
Member
No way - the previews have been way too good for that.
The OP stat is currently made up from the lowest number of software releases they've put out in a while though, I'd agree with you if they'd increased output by 25% and review scores had dropped in inverse proportion.
Even when you add in delayed titles and those yet to be released this year, it would still end up as about average in terms of number of titles released.
There's literally only 2 titles left from Nintendo in 2015. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon on the 3DS and Xenoblade Chronicles X on the Wii U.
tenderbrew
Member
Do this for other major publishers as well so Activision games can be averaged out with their licensed trash.
Its a bad metric.
Its a bad metric.
Holy Order Sol
Member
it's TI82 what did you expect
A minor difference, mostly because they put out some games everyone knew were gonna bomb to fill out their schedule before NX hits next year. Not really seeing an issue here. If this happened three years in a row, then something might be up.
Now, if your point was that they should've invested some of their Wii/DS-era money into getting some more developers onboard as to avoid this 'problem', then I'd agree with you.
Now, if your point was that they should've invested some of their Wii/DS-era money into getting some more developers onboard as to avoid this 'problem', then I'd agree with you.
sammyCYBORG
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A bad year for Nintendo games is reflected in the reviews, hardly a shocker.
They're clearly winding down in prep for the next console.
They're clearly winding down in prep for the next console.
When two of the company's planned tentpole releases get postponed so that they don't have to be rushed, as well as one of the key titles released this year being less dependent on initial impressions as opposed to later impressions, it's going to look somewhat skewed of course. It is definitely a weaker year in general that is arguably compounded by Nintendo banking all of their chips in the preceding year when they had their biggest hitters. It's a loss that they can afford to take at the moment though.
It's a rather boring statistic regardless. Xenoblade, Paper Jam and most likely even smaller titles like FAST Racing Neo are bound to bump up the Metascore average by a few clicks to hit the 70s range. Although it still constitutes roughly five points lower than an average, it's not necessarily emblematic of a bigger issue.
I will say I got a laugh out of the oxymoron in the thread title.
It's a rather boring statistic regardless. Xenoblade, Paper Jam and most likely even smaller titles like FAST Racing Neo are bound to bump up the Metascore average by a few clicks to hit the 70s range. Although it still constitutes roughly five points lower than an average, it's not necessarily emblematic of a bigger issue.
I will say I got a laugh out of the oxymoron in the thread title.
TheSlySoul
Member
Activision would score bad because of Tony Hawk 5.
I am curious what Microsoft would have scored. They had a great year as publisher.
Benzychenz
Member
Spieler Eins
Member
2010 really was the last amazing year from Nintendo all around, no lies detected. Even more so with actual 3rd parties, both DS and Wii were great that year. Ever since then, the best you could hope for was only their handheld not sucking.
Twilight Gap
Member
The first two mystery dungeon games were stellar IMO, but they reviewed very poorly. If Super Mystery Dungeon is anywhere as bad as Gates to Infinity, I doubt it'll put a dent in that average.
Looking forward to seeing how it does though.
Looking forward to seeing how it does though.
TheMoon
Member
Yup, this.
Even ACAF I keep hearing more and more people say it's actually fun to play as a board game. Though it's clearly nothing to write home about.
I think the new game is supposed to be a lot better, but I'm sure sure if that'll reflect in the score.
Anyone who calls the Wii a critical flop is insane.
Some Nintendo games got unfairly wrecked in reviews this year. Triforce Heroes really had a messy reviewer setup from what I understand, with online MP being a mess for reviewers to get set up with. So that's really Nintendo's fault I guess, though I'm not sure what a good solution would have. been. Sigh. It's such a wonderful game, too. Then stuff like Stretchmo gets pretty much ignored, BOXBOY! also.
Oh. YWW is another one. I can't imagine how a reviewer could give the game anything less than an eight in good conscience.
Oh. YWW is another one. I can't imagine how a reviewer could give the game anything less than an eight in good conscience.
If you want to take the numbers for accurate analysis in relation to quality, maybe. But I think for around estimation on the critical reception of their games I think it has enough merit to discuss it.
What games? Splatoon and...
Data derived from
And yes, I know that 2015 isn't over yet. But there are only two titles left for 2015, Xenoblade Chronicles X and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon.
So, let's assume both will match the scores of their previous titles (which Xenoblade is unlikely to do given import impressions) that would give us a +149 for total score (90 theoretical for Xenoblade, 59 theoretical for Mystery Dungeon) and a 29 for total hardware in 2015.
Which leaves us with 70.2 average, still the lowest in the past ten years. Just some food for thought, could be because the extremely low software output this year or because of low quality titles such as Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis.
Devil's Third?
I do not. Especially when a bunch of games got delayed, they still had a TON of excellent titles this year. Both in the US/EUR and in Japan.