Famitsu gives New Super Mario Bros Wii a 40/40

http://kotaku.com/5411569/famitsu-awards-new-super-mario-bros-wii-a-perfect-score

Thats the 3rd wii games getting a 40/40

the other 2 being SSBB and Monster Hunter Tri

thoughts?

I really want this game, I tried it out at gamestop and boy did I have so much fun with it, gotta get it asap!

Maybe they aren't handing them out like candy. There might be a slight possibility that the games are actually, you know, good?

Maybe they aren't handing them out like candy. There might be a slight possibility that the games are actually, you know, good?

shoryuken_

Not surprising, the game looks pretty good and Famitsu hand out 40s like candy. Arbiterisl33t69

A 40/40 from Famitsu really doesn't mean anything. They've been handing them out like candy lately.

Slashkice

Hivemind?

[QUOTE="shoryuken_"]

Maybe they aren't handing them out like candy. There might be a slight possibility that the games are actually, you know, good?

abdu4

Different scores from different review sites means different things. You shouldnt think that Famitsu40/40 = GS 10/10.

[QUOTE="abdu4"][QUOTE="shoryuken_"]

Maybe they aren't handing them out like candy. There might be a slight possibility that the games are actually, you know, good?

Zerocrossings

Different scores from different review sites means different things. You shouldnt think that Famitsu40/40 = GS 10/10.

[QUOTE="Zerocrossings"]

[QUOTE="abdu4"]if you want to believe that it deserved 40/40, ok then.abdu4

Different scores from different review sites means different things. You shouldnt think that Famitsu40/40 = GS 10/10.

Well, i wouldnt blame them if they did. :P

[QUOTE="funsohng"]you mean fourth famitsu gave 428: Fusa Sareta Shibuya de 40/40 tooImSwordMan

NSMBWii deserves a 40/40 from Famitsu.

The games superb, definitely GOTY material (for me, anyway, before I get laughed down). Games that make me feel like this only come about a couple of times each gen. Nintendo have done a fantastic job with the franchise this time round - both platformers are godly.

The only game I've seen get a 10/10 on Gamespot that I thought really deserved it was Metal Gear Solid 4.jalexbrown

[QUOTE="jalexbrown"]The only game I've seen get a 10/10 on Gamespot that I thought really deserved it was Metal Gear Solid 4.charizard1605

[QUOTE="jalexbrown"]The only game I've seen get a 10/10 on Gamespot that I thought really deserved it was Metal Gear Solid 4.charizard1605

Don't like this game, think its terribly overrated.

Get it if you're not sick of gameplay from '92.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="jalexbrown"]The only game I've seen get a 10/10 on Gamespot that I thought really deserved it was Metal Gear Solid 4.jalexbrown

It deserves perfect scores because it's simply the best game ever in its respective genre. That doesn't mean it's the best game ever.

It deserves perfect scores because it's simply the best game ever in its respective genre. That doesn't mean it's the best game ever.

Bigboi500

Don't like this game, think its terribly overrated.

Get it if you're not sick of gameplay from '92.

Optusnet

That's what makes Mario, it's not overrated in the least, that's just a funny word kids like to use when they don't like a game, from now on just say I don't like the game ok?

Love the gameplay I still play Mario on SNES all the time Mario games are gaming, but I suppose some people can't appreciate non-HD gaming anymore... it's a shame really.

"easy to understand "where all begins" to give max review"

So... Barely better than Blue Dragon and no better than Final Fantasy XII? :lol:

This if the fourth perfect score this year from Famitsu, an extremely uncharicteristic number. I suppose most/all of the games given 40/40 are good games, but I think this is the first case of it not scoring amazingly well in the West.

[QUOTE="Optusnet"]

Don't like this game, think its terribly overrated.

Get it if you're not sick of gameplay from '92.

sensfanVone

That's what makes Mario, it's not overrated in the least, that's just a funny word kids like to use when they don't like a game, from now on just say I don't like the game ok?

Love the gameplay I still play Mario on SNES all the time Mario games are gaming, but I suppose some people can't appreciate non-HD gaming anymore... it's a shame really.

Mate, if I was a kid,I wouldn't have lived through the pinnacle of Mario's 2D presence. There is anoticable upgrade from Super Mario Bros to Super Mario Bros. 3, and then again to Super Mario World 1 + 2.

The New Super Mario Bros series is not an upgrade but more a love-letter to those who hadn't grown out of the exact same old stuff that Mario had been doing iteration after iteration. That's awesome if people dig it, but apart from the odd power-up, it doesn't 'upgrade' or 'further' the ground-work that the NES and SNES titles laid out. That's why I was really disappointed with NSMBDS and feel underwhelmed playing this one.I'm really referring to level design here - remember Miyamoto said the game's levels were built around a single player experience but playable with 4 people.

20 years of not only a repeat of formula, but of set pieces, doesn't ring 'great game' to me.

Could this really be as good or better than Super Mario World :shock:

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

It deserves perfect scores because it's simply the best game ever in its respective genre. That doesn't mean it's the best game ever.

Toriko42

I think I'm going to go buy this game today.

This will be pretty much the only game I have actually bought in a very long time, so I will of course judge it accordingly; as a game I have spent my hard earned money on and that I just hope is good enough to justify my purchase.

If this game disappoints me I won't be buying another game for a very long time.

It will be interesting to see what I think of it...

Could this really be as good or better than Super Mario World :shock:

Darth_DuMas

I'm not yet convinced of this at all based on what I have seen so far, and likewise I suspect it probably won't be as good as SMB3 or Yoshi's Island either, but I've pretty much decided that I'm going to buy it today so I guess I'll find out soon enough...

It does look like it will be very good in it's own right but I just don't feel it will be quite as brilliant as those other 2D platforming masterpieces.

Don't like this game, think its terribly overrated.

Get it if you're not sick of gameplay from '92.

Optusnet

Sweet JEEBUS this must be old but...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsZCxsIrVP0

Super Skills indeed. Look what they did with Luigi.... O________O

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

It deserves perfect scores because it's simply the best game ever in its respective genre. That doesn't mean it's the best game ever.

Toriko42

Super Mario Galaxy didn't even get that score and its a much better game.

It deserves perfect scores because it's simply the best game ever in its respective genre. That doesn't mean it's the best game ever.

I think I'm going to go buy this game today.

This will be pretty much the only game I have actually bought in a very long time, so I will of course judge it accordingly; as a game I have spent my hard earned money on and that I just hope is good enough to justify my purchase.

If this game disappoints me I won't be buying another game for a very long time.

It will be interesting to see what I think of it...

http://kotaku.com/5411569/famitsu-awards-new-super-mario-bros-wii-a-perfect-score

Thats the 3rd wii games getting a 40/40

the other 2 being SSBB and Monster Hunter Tri

thoughts?

I really want this game, I tried it out at gamestop and boy did I have so much fun with it, gotta get it asap!

ImSwordMan

I've been demanding a new 2D Mario for YEARS now, so of course I bought this right away. It is a great game, and the best part is my wife was a big gamer in the 2d days but has never really gotten into newer games. So it's good we can play this together. The game is really good and definitely brings me back to the SNES days of gaming.

The game is very much reminiscent of Mario 3 in the way the words and bosses and powers all work. And much like the GS reviews points out, it gets TOUGH. I'm on world 3 and I'm sure my wife and I have died 30 times each, if not more already. But it isn't the bad/cheap sort of tough.

My only beefs with the game are the lack of Yoshi, and when yo DO get Yoshi, it isn't the Yoshi from Mario World. He doesn't have powers from eating turtle shells. But regardless, I'd still would've liked more Yoshi. The graphics in this game are made of 3d, even though they are presented in 2D, and I personally think that results in the graphics NOT being as good as they could have been if they were 2d animations. The game doesn't have that same pop that Mario World has. But maybe that is just me. I'm playing the game on an HD big screen and that tends to make a lot of Wii games look a little worse than they really are. My other beef is although the game is multiplayer, the levels weren't really designed with that in mind. The levels are GREAT, but when you are playing with more than one person, you get in each others way a lot and will die almost as much from someone getting in your way as from actual enemies.

But those are all minor complaints. The game is fun, challenging, full of secrets to find/unlock, and long overdue.