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• Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NSW / Wii U) – 10 / 10 / 10 / 10
• Dragon Quest Heroes I-II (NSW) 9/9/9/9
• For Honor (PS4/XBO) – 8/9/9/9
• Blaster Master Zero (NSW / 3DS) – 8/8/8/8
• The Brookhaven Experiment (PS4) – 8/8/8/8
• Ys Origin (PS4) – 7/7/8/8
• Super Bomberman R (NSW) – 8/7/8/7
• Pirate Pop Plus (Wii U / 3DS) – 6/6/6/6

Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the 24th perfect score from Famitsu in the magazine's history.

(Via Nintendo Everything)

For reference, here's a list of games they gave a perfect score. They don't give these out as often as people seem to think.

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
• Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
• Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., for PlayStation)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo, for Nintendo GameCube)
• Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)[2]
• Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, Konami, for PlayStation 3)
• 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (2008, Sega, for Wii)
• Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (2009, Square Enix, for Nintendo DS)
• Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Capcom, for Wii)
• Bayonetta (2009, Sega, PlatinumGames, for Xbox 360)
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Nintendo, for Wii)
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, Konami, for PlayStation Portable)
• Pokémon Black and White (2010, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011, Nintendo, for Wii)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011, Bethesda Softworks, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) – the first western developed game to receive a perfect score.
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011, Square Enix, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012, Nintendo, for Nintendo 3DS)
• Yakuza 5 (2012, Sega, for PlayStation 3)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (2013, Namco-Bandai, for PlayStation 3)
• Grand Theft Auto V (2013, Rockstar Games, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) – the second western developed game to get a perfect score after Skyrim.
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015, Konami, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017, Nintendo, for Wii U, Nintendo Switch)

Countdown until I put the review thread up:

Countdown until reviews drop:

 

[ZAMtendo]

YAS.

 

[skypunch]

Means nothing. Very eye-rolling.

 

[ryushe]

Expected.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

That Bomberman score is like a 4/10 from Famitsu.

 

[TheDinoman]

I mentioned this in the other thread, but while I'm sure BOTW will be great, a 40/40 from Famitsu doesn't really mean a whole lot these days, lol. I 100% expected them to give this game a perfect score.

Didn't Nintendogs of all games get a 40 from them?

 

[BitStyle]

Nice. Glad to see that Blaster Master and Bomberman did pretty well too.

edit: or maybe not. Does Famitsu generally score 9s and 8s pretty often?

 

[Kouriozan]

Glad about Dragon Quest Heroes 1+2, I am hoping we'll have localization news soon.

Didn't Nintendogs of all games get a 40 from them?

Hey, that game made the DS explode in popularity

 

[TheChocoboCadet]

It's pretty crazy that we all know Famitsu is crap, yet it seems to get its own thread more often than it deserves.

That said, 40/40 is certainly not a bad sign! But it probably doesn't mean anything either.

 

[Breads]

Good to know it's as good as Nintendogs.

 

[vareon]

The Famitsu cover is amazing.

(pic from Nibel's twitter)

 

[13ruce]

I mentioned this in the other thread, but while I'm sure BOTW will be great, a 40/40 from Famitsu doesn't really mean a whole lot these days, lol.

Didn't Nintendogs of all games get a 40 from them?

Nintendogs was awesome

 

[skypunch]

Good to know it's as good as Nintendogs.

This will never get old.

 

[sasliquid]

As good as FF13-2 confirmed

Spoiler

/s

 

[Forearm Star]

I don't doubt that the game would get high marks. I just don't trust the source. If we're going to call "checks cleared" for one game, gotta call it for all.

I'll wait for the rest of the 10s to trickle in

 

[HunteronX]

Means nothing. Very eye-rolling.

Are you salty, my friend?
Well, Famitsu sometimes do give high scores, but 40 is still a 40.

 

[Killyoh]

Nice cover!


But don't forget that Famitsu reviews are actually four tweets put together.

 

[oti]

The Famitsu cover is amazing.

(pic from Nibel's twitter)

Damn. Reviewers really make it seem like this shifting point for Zelda and video games in general.

 

[skypunch]

The Famitsu cover is amazing.

(pic from Nibel's twitter)

That is such a romanticised piece of artwork that it's actually cheesy.

 

[chrono01]

As good as Nintendogs?

OH YES!

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Bomberman got robbed.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Are you salty, my friend?
Well, Famitsu sometimes do give high scores, but 40 is still a 40.

He's not wrong, the one concerning thing is Bomberman's scores, I was hoping for higher but I'm still holding out hope.

Edit: just to clarify 40/40 is great but famitsu is not the first outlet I trust with reviews.

 

[daxgame]

Means nothing. Very eye-rolling.

wow took 2 posts

 

[Jim_Cacher]

Congrats.

Btw, I bought the issue on amazon for the 42 pages long feature article.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Awesome!

 

[Yukinari]

Famitsu could review the Glover 2 beta and still probably at least give it a 30/40 for being a video game that functions. Nice cover though.

 

[The Emperor]

As good as FF13-2 confirmed

Spoiler

/s

I mean XIII-2 is better than the recent Zelda games so tis a good sign.

 

[TheDinoman]

The Famitsu cover is amazing.

(pic from Nibel's twitter)

I like this cover a lot.

Anyways, just for reference, here's a list of all the games Famitsu gave a 40 to.

Hey look, MGS4 and MGS5 (aka GAF's faaaavorite games) are on here, hehe.

 

[FelipeMGM]

That Bomberman score is like a 4/10 from Famitsu.

no, its a 7.5/10

EDIT: Or maybe you are mocking them, IDK

 

[cw_sasuke]

2 more days.

 

[Joelstinton14]

That is such a romanticised piece of artwork that it's actually cheesy.

Bloody hell you are miserable aren't you

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Means nothing. Very eye-rolling.

Unless they give xenoblade 2 a 40/40 in which case you'll be furiously screaming to the skies about the greatness of famitsu.

Bloody hell you are miserable aren't you

You know if it was shulk and the xenoblade 2 protagonist in the exact same shot , skypunch would love it.

 

[Beegeous]

Looking forward to the translations.

 

[RalchAC]

I mentioned this in the other thread, but while I'm sure BOTW will be great, a 40/40 from Famitsu doesn't really mean a whole lot these days, lol. I 100% expected them to give this game a perfect score.

Didn't Nintendogs of all games get a 40 from them?

As a kid who couldn't have a dog when the game was released, Nintendogs was the best thing ever. The game totally deserves that score.

Spoiler

I dropped it in two seconds once my father and I convinced my mother to get a real one though.

 

[wrowa]

Unless they give xenoblade 2 a 40/40 in which case you'll be furiously screaming to the skies about the greatness of famitsu.

Only if it has a British dub.

 

[Forerunner]

 

[wild wild rice]

Blaster Master with striahgt 8's

 

[casey_contra]

Nice! Hype levels reaching maximum capacity.

I actually really like how famitsu reviews games... can't wait for some translations!

 

[MrDenny]

Famitsu gave FFXIII-2 40/40

 

[frankie_baby]

Its the dogs that did it

 

[Verder]

The Famitsu cover is amazing.

(pic from Nibel's twitter)

THATS VERY 🤔🤔🤔🤔

 

[Dragner]

Famitsu gave FFXIII-2 40/40

XIII-2 was the only decent FF since X tho.

 

[Skux]

Yeah the Famitsu review scale is notorious for score creep. When Nintendogs gets a 40 there's really nowhere else to go unless you break the scale.

 

[Gambit]

That cover is hyping me a lot more than the review score.

Awesome cover

 

[Mechazawa]

Ys Origin has a worse score than Gundam Crossfire.

F A M I T S U

 

[test_account]

wow took 2 posts

This is brought up in basically every Famitsu review score thread, nothing unique or specific regarding Zelda.


Seems like Zelda is a great game regardless!

 

[silva1991]

That cover is amazing.

 

[ar4757]

If only famitsu review scores meant a damn

Still glad nonetheless though

 

[Cerium]

Failing Famitsu gave Breath of the Wild a 40/40! Same score as Nintendogs! Means nothing! Sad! #FakeReviews

 

[Carl]

Nintendo spending that money