G4TV, GamePro, and BGB review Wario Land: Shake it! (All reviews here)

Reviews, Oldest to Newest:

Famitsu: 8/8/7/8 aka. 31/40 aka. 77.5%

Official Nintendo Magazine: 88%

Gameplayer: 70%

Edge Magazine: 60%

Nintendo is famed for sprinkling around mechanics other developers would build entire games on, but here the effect is quite irritating ... Wario, a tilt-controlled spaceship, mine carts, flaming Wario - some appear for less than five seconds, while bombs and swing vines are regurgitated blandly throughout.

Perhaps this is part of the Wario "joke", a parody of Mario's sublime pacing for a parody of the sublime Mario himself. Put it down to Wario's shambolic ways, however, and how do you explain the tiresome structure elsewhere that has you replaying levels to satisfy bonus criteria? Not losing health, collecting gold, killing one specific enemy - yes, they lenghten an otherwise SIX-HOUR GAME, but such nitpicking doesn't fit with the overall "ah, fuggetaboutit" ethos. That your only reward for doing so is a measly sound test is more galling. Whatever happened to the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach of WarioWare Twisted's 200-something bonus trinkets?

Shake is at its best when emulating the obnoxiousness and buffoonery of its hero. That it occasionally bows to his stupidity is an unexpected disappointment.Edge Magazine

Eurogamer: 70%

NGamer (UK): 74% (Graphics: 9, Audio: 6, Gameplay: 7, Innovation: 5)

Something of a step backwards for a franchise usually oozing creative oomph ... There are challenges and moments of occasional brilliance, but they're smothered in overall simplicity.NGamer

IGN AU: 83%

IGN: 84%

Nintendo la Rivista Ufficiale: 90%

Nintendo Power: 80%

G4 TV: 80%

GamePro: 80%

BGB: "have a try" (not "must buy")

wow...But oh well, I'm still getting it

65% on Gamerankings. Wow that blowsair_wolf_cubed

Really?!

Danm that sucks

I hope it gets AA on GS though

The GameRankings average is that low because they didn't add in the Official Nintendo Magazine score for some reason yet. The average isn't significant with only two reviews.

Never heard of Gameplay and at EDGE is more important to read the review, than just looking at the score...MangaPicture

Which is exactly why I quoted the review. ;)

Edge and Gameplayer underrate instead of overrate. How can Edge overrate Wii games, being -11%?

I will still probably buy this at some point, definately not for $50 (if that's the retail price).

Edge and Gameplayer underrate instead of overrate. How can Edge overrate Wii games, being -11%?

JonasJuice

"Overrate" is marking a game above the GameRankings average mark for that game. Edge does that 10.4% of the time.

EDIT: Added Eurogamer's review to the list, which was just posted today on their site.

It's a shame, because everything that was shown had serious potential. But I'm not surprised by the length of the game.Wintry_Flutist

Really? I am pretty shocked, especially since it is selling for $50. LostWinds was a 2-4 hour experience and people complained about paying $10 for that.

EDIT: Added Eurogamer's review to the list, which was just posted today on their site.

[QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]It's a shame, because everything that was shown had serious potential. But I'm not surprised by the length of the game.clicketyclick

Really? I am pretty shocked, especially since it is selling for $50. LostWinds was a 2-4 hour experience and people complained about paying $10 for that.

It was clearly a very short game, and Wario World wasn't any different.

Hm... And yet no one said they thought it would flop in my thread "Which Future Announced 2008/2009 Games Do You Think Will Flop???".GamerBoy53

:P Well, I wanted to say it, but I figured I'd get flamed. I also wasn't convinced it wasn't just my own bias. In any case, I don't think it will flop. I think it will get a low 70s average. Other people's predictions?

High 70% or Low 80% after the next few weeks, imo.

I'll buy this anyway. Seems like a true Wario Land game again , finally.

It's a shame, because everything that was shown had serious potential. But I'm not surprised by the length of the game.Wintry_Flutist

[QUOTE="Wintry_Flutist"]It's a shame, because everything that was shown had serious potential. But I'm not surprised by the length of the game.TwilightSoilder

ive got to agree, when i first heard of this i thought it had DS all over it

Edge also sucks.

Other scores were about what I was expecting though.
Haziqonfire

You really can't trust wii reviews

Edge also sucks.

Other scores were about what I was expecting though.
Haziqonfire

But none of the reviews will change my mind,im still buying.

The reviews don't affect me at all. It is a 2-D platformer therefore you really can't expect the game to be 15 hours long otherwise the developers would have to either create 200 levels or make 20 stages that last at least 45 minutes each, and by doing that players would drop the game before getting close to the end. I think reviewers have a hard time giving a socre to a 2-D game that is a full fledged title on a 7th generation console.

The reviews don't affect me at all. It is a 2-D platformer therefore you really can't expect the game to be 15 hours long otherwise the developers would have to either create 200 levels or make 20 stages that last at least 45 minutes each, and by doing that players would drop the game before getting close to the end.

Pierst179

You're right, although Super Paper Mario was technically 2D and yet was about 15 hours. It's not so much the length I object to, but the length for the price. A 6-hour game should not be $50.

(And I coulda guessed that you and SuperSmashBro1 were still going to get the game, given your avatars. :P)

I never trust edge...but the game is supposed to be more replayable than normal.

This is still a day one purchase for me.famicommander

This.

...but ouch though.

This is still a day one purchase for me.famicommander

I never liked the Wario games I think he should die now haha even the Wario Ware games are fun but very unorginalDavidRswii

Wait, you're saying Wario Ware is unoriginal??

*UPDATE*

Added two more sources: Famitsu and NGamer.

Famitsu gave the game 8/8/7/8 (31/40), which is 77.5%.

NGamer gave the game a 74%. Broken down by category - Graphics: 9, Audio: 6, Gameplay: 7, Innovation: 5

Something of a step backwards for a franchise usually oozing creative oomph ... There are challenges and moments of occasional brilliance, but they're smothered in overall simplicity.NGamer

NGamer reviews it in their October issue, which most people don't have their hands on right now, so I don't have any scans. When I get them, I'll quote the review more in full. Right now, I only have a snippet of it. Anyone have this mag?

LATEST REVIEWS:

Nintendo Power: 80%

G4 TV: 80%

GamePro: 80%

BGB: "have a try" (not "must buy")