Those reviews are interesting especially how well Red Steel faired and this is the biggest Famistu list I have ever seen. The reason why famitsu didnt give TP a 40/40 - It was too difficult.
Title: RE:Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: JonLeung on November 21, 2006, 10:13:24 AM
Red Steel does seem quite high considering the not-so-favorable reviews elsewhere. Ocarina Of Time and Wind Waker both got perfect scores from Famitsu (which is apparently a rare thing) so it's kinda bad that they didn't like Twilight Princess as much, but hey, that's still an impressive score.
Aside from Internet denizens, no one I know really cares about Famitsu, though, and even to those of us somewhat familiar with it, it doesn't seem to matter as much anymore.
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: blackfootsteps on November 21, 2006, 10:14:13 AM
So it seems that one Famitsu reviewer liked the Wii controls better in Zelda and one liked the GC controls better. Interesting.
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 21, 2006, 10:21:29 AM
Yeah, Famitsu used to be kind of a big thing.....now I just don't care anymore.
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: Ian Sane on November 21, 2006, 10:23:41 AM
"Wii - The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Nintendo): 9 / 10 / 9 / 10 - (38/40) NGC - The Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess (Nintendo): 10 / 10 / 9 / 9 - (38/40)"
YEAH!! All I've heard about Zelda is how the game controls like a dream and how the Wii version is clearly the best way to play. All of this of course exists without the final version of the Cube game so there hasn't been any fair comparisons. Here we have one and the results pretty much are win-win. BOTH versions of the game are awesome so everyone benefits regardless of what version they get. The great thing is that for the two reviewers that preferred one version over another the difference is only one point so it really doesn't matter. So for someone that prefers one version of the controls the other version is still incredible and barely inferior at all. If the scores here applied to everyone's tastes then one could be given one of the two versions at random and they would still love it.
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: Luigi Dude on November 21, 2006, 11:00:09 AM
I wouldn't put to much stock in what Famitsu says, they're one of the most inconsistent reviewers there is.
Plus I love how Twilight Princess gets deducted points for being too hard, now I know that Twilight Princess is going to be the greatest Zelda ever made. Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker were the two easiest Zelda ever made with no real challenge to either of them, yet Famitsu gave them both perfect scores.
This is why I hate Famitsu because they suck at games and will deduct games points for offering any type of challenge at all. So seeing that Twilight Princess does indeed offer a challenge that's too hard for the craptacular reviewers at Famitsu does makes me very happy.
Title: RE:Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: IceCold on November 21, 2006, 11:02:22 AM
Sadly, my trust in Famitsu reviews has also declined of the last year or two..
Title: RE:Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on November 21, 2006, 11:40:32 AM
I think we all are jaded by reviewers especially by US reviewers since the whole inflation of review shtick. Anyways even so a lot of those Wii game got impressive scores. And I think why famitsu mattered because its interesting to get a take from what some japanese people think of games especially ones from western developers.
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: Requiem on November 21, 2006, 12:15:57 PM
I wish games didn't have a review score. As in, they didn't have a number. Putting a number on a review makes it hard for reviewers to keep consistent. Instead, I think reviews should just use a system of words ranging from terrible to must buy. It would keep reviewers from inflating or deflating scores.
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: NWR_pap64 on November 21, 2006, 12:35:29 PM
I'm surprised Red Steel did so well with the Japanese, considering how stereotypical the game is...
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on November 21, 2006, 01:18:39 PM
A game about an american dude fighting in japan made by french people.
CROSSING BORDERS HERE, OH YEAH
Title: RE:Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: Svevan on November 21, 2006, 01:43:33 PM
Title: RE:Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: Kairon on November 21, 2006, 06:18:36 PM
Quote Originally posted by: pap64 I'm surprised Red Steel did so well with the Japanese, considering how stereotypical the game is...
They probably appreciate the game in the same way that they smiled in amusement at Last Samurai and Memoirs of a Geisha. Funny Westerners and their strange conceptions of Japan, these are neat little stylistic curiousities!
~Carmine M. Red Kairon@aol.com
Title: RE: Famitsu's massive review list primarily Wii edition
Post by: NWR_pap64 on November 22, 2006, 03:11:26 AM
Another thing that surprises me about the game doing good (at least in Famitsu) is that from what I know the Japanese aren't hot on American first person shooter games and I heard an urban legend that says the Japanese get motion sickness VERY easily from FPS. Is this even true?
