Yet another 10/10 masterpiece from Nintendo. How do they do it so consistently?

I'm still waiting for my delivery. Physical media sucks.

why does /v/ get assmad when a game from ubisoft, ea, sony, activision, microsoft, or almost any other company gets good reviews, but when a nintendo game gets good reviews, /v/ cheers?

>>715703403 (OP)
Less than 5 Californians worked on any part of this outside of marketing after the product was complete

>>715703646
/v/ doesnt. Its paid jeet shills. Theyre getting paid to lie and pretend or even have a switch2.

>>715703646
Nintendo has an infamously poor relationship with American journalists so seeing them rise above that simmering resentment is cool

I'm genuinely surprised IGN rated it that high because it's not that great

>>715703403 (OP)
>How do they do it so consistently?

Talent and a desire to make great games above all else.

>>715703403 (OP)
>successor to super mario odyssey
so it's garbage.

>>715703403 (OP)
I can't take Nintendo reviews seriously, they never match my experience. Good for them that they love it, but they would love it no matter what it was. Not exclusive to Nintendo, either.
Not even implying they're paid shills or whatever, but there is a clear deficit of diversity of thought in game journalism. Everyone likes the same things for the same reasons, you never see a challenging opinion, a point of view you wouldn't have thought of just by watching trailers. No wonder people only care about the number when there's nothing of worth said in the text.

>>715703403 (OP)
Bingbox fanboy reviewer, by the way.

>>715703403 (OP)
>smashing return
So it's actually shit?

They in effort to the idea of gameplay element progression, so that every level and mechanic progressively feels novel and thought out as the game goes along.

That's why the Sony Walking Netflix Sim took off, because studios don't know how to invest into the idea of novelty through gameplay, so they use a framework instead (RPG, Third Person Shooter, etc.)

>>715703403 (OP)
>How do they do it so consistently?
By paying reviewers.

We know this for a fact because they all gave BotW 100% scores despite the empty world and a borderline unplayable framerate

We also know this for a fact because they always criticize a lot of things in their 10/10 reviews. They are paid to give a high score, not to not say anything negative

Bananza isn't even a 9/10 game. You know after playing it for 30 minutes or even after watching a trailer. It's an extremely casual, mind-numbing collectathon where nothing really feels like it matters and the environments are just insultingly generic and uninspired

>>715703403 (OP)
>successor to mario odyssey
are they retarded? why is this being pushed? it's two different ips with completely different gameplay

>>715704135
There's not much of worth dissecting a game in a few hundred words, or even an 11 minute video.

To really get the juice out of a game, you need a few weeks to let the game settle, the /v/ posts, the YouTube essays, THEN the actual opinion comes out.

>>715704763
It's almost definitely Nintendo marketing. Odyssey was a big hit and they know DK needs to ride Mario's coat tails

>>715704701
>BotW 100% scores despite the empty world and a borderline unplayable framerate

Have you seen Breath of the Wild? You can cut down a tree and jump on it to cross a river. Other games are sleeping when it comes to that level of interaction.

>>715703886
IGN giving it a high score means nothing anymore. They've been handing out 9s and 10s like candy because “industry relationships” trump actual critique. Game wasn’t bad, but it’s got that padded-out level design, paint-by-numbers “nostalgia” gimmicks, and zero real challenge. Feels like they rated the brand, not the product.

this game has so much soul, it's bursting at the seams with it...

>>715704803
While I agree with you, that's why reviewers get early access. They didn't start playing on release date. They had the exact same time with it as all the people we'll be seeing writing those opinions in a few weeks.
It's quite literally a skill issue on their part.

>>715704135
>I can't take Nintendo reviews seriously,
You sholdn't. They are completely and utterly moneyhatted (directly or of course indirectly), very similar to Sega reviews around the 2000s. Destroying generic terrain isn't very exciting

>>715704701
>By paying reviewers
>We know this for a fact

LOOOOOL

>>715704891
You can literally do this stuff in Dawn of Mana on PS2 and no one gave a shit

>>715703403 (OP)
Looks really fun, this is coming from someone who still thinks the Switch 2 is a huge waste of money and super overpriced.

That being said, the Switch 1 library was pretty shit and there were so few great games, that I barely used it, even when I could pirate on it. I will wait for an emulator or when its hacked to play like the 5 games I might enjoy (on the original I'd say it was Mario, Metroid Dread, and I honestly cant recall any others) but yeah, the Switch 1 was a port machine, and I imagine Nintendo can't magically make the Switch 2 anything but a bigger port machine with 1 decent game every 2 years.

>>715704891
you never have to do this because of the bad ubisoft open world design

>IGN

>>715705056
LOOOOOOOL

>>715705161
>you never have to do this

Yes you do.

>>715705082
You're right why even do anything then, some PS1 game from 1875 has done it already anyway.

Bloodborne's just a Castlavania 64 clone too.

>>715704953
Why is he covered in leaves?

>>715704150
LMAO. tendies will brag about a 10/10 rating from this pedosky fag.

Troon game and Nintendo is pozzed today. This troon flag screenshot was suddenly everywhere before the game was even out

>>715704701
>We also know this for a fact because they always criticize a lot of things in their 10/10 reviews.

There can't be a perfect game. A 10 score is impossible. This is especially evident when games get perfect ratings. If they complain even once, it's not perfect

>>715705161
The bad Ubisoft world design that makes you use the core items and has a whole ass tutorial area as well as a billion puzzles littered everywhere.

>Try to play DK
>Get my Pro Controller out
>It won't turn on
>"It definitely had more than 50% power when I last played with it a few weeks ago"
>Its battery drained while not even being on

>>715703403 (OP)
by following in sonys footsteps in making games for journalists, not gamers

>>715703646
Nintendo is just so fucking relentlessly autistically Japanese. They literally hang bushido calligraphy in the executive boardroom. They do whatever the fuck they want, all the time, forever. Over 130 years old. They do the complete opposite of what everyone else in the industry does. The Western journalists try to smear Nintendo time and time again, and yet they always overcome and stand victorious. The Switch 2 is the first 10th gen console, and the only console besides Switch 1 that isn't just a glorified PC.

In this era of massive layoffs in the gaming industry, Nintendo is constantly talking about hiring new people. New people who are almost never let go, because they'd rather train their staff and have them stay with the company for life, mentoring the younger devs when they get old. This is how you still have the same four guys who made original Super Mario Bros working on Super Mario Bros Wonder nearly 40 years later.

Nintendo is like Apple if Apple actually did "Think Different". They build their own games, optimized for their hardware (Tears of the Kingdom Sw2 edition is bafflingly like 21 GB), and all their first party games stand the test of time as original and innovative titles that influence the entire game industry.

Nintendo always has been and always will be, the king. Gameplay above all else, forever.

>>715705082
BOTW is an open world game. Cut down trees to solve problems is just one of the many cool things the game can do.

BOTW glider came before fortnite and pubsg. Almost certain those games were inspired by BOTW. Same when Fortnite added more fire interactions.

>>715705368
>played with it a few weeks ago"
>Its battery drained while not even being on

How's it feel to have 88 IQ

>>715705368
That's actually normal. You're only noticing now because it's probably the first time you didn't feel like playing a console for a long time. I have to charge my Dual Shock 3 every time I feel like playing the PS3 which is fairly often for how old it is but not nearly as often as I play on PC.

>>715705428
>BOTW glider came before fortnite
hehehe

>>715705252
maybe LITERALLY once but i'm sure there are workrounds even for that and this shouldn't net you a perfect score lol

>>715703403 (OP)
Yeah i'm sure this tendie fag was the right guy to get an unbiased opinion on a nintendo game lol

>>715705394
Nintendo needs to go back to considering challenge part of gameplay, because it is. They're still as great as ever in making games that control amazingly, arguably better than ever. But they forgot challenge in the 2D era and as a result a lot of their games can be kind of mind numbingly boring.

>>715705394
It's a sappy post, but Nintendo are just too far ahead of everyone in terms of gameplay.
They're about 10 years ahead of everyone else. Everyone else are still making games for 2014, and Nintendo broke that mold with Breath and others, and they're about 10 years ahead.

Even From is 10 years behind, they're still making Dark Souls 1, they haven't really figured much out.
>Oh Elden Ring has more spectacle and you can ride the horse
Cool.

>>715704891
Nigga I want to SEE cool stuff happen. Not do it myself.

>>715705618
>open world slop
>broke the mold

>>715705341
>unironically listing the korok trash as a positive

>>715703403 (OP)
I legit hope it wins goty.
>>715703530
imo it's worth it. I pre ordered the physical for gears reloaded which knowing my luck will probably get here a week late. Idc, i'm not giving snoy extra money digitally for me to essentially renting it.

>>715703886
>I'm genuinely surprised IGN rated it that high
it would help if you'd take a look who actually reviewed the fucking game, retard. This loser is a die-hard tendie manchild

>>715705629
True true. Sorry bro, here's a 7 minute segment where you hold up on the analog stick and the character walks in pain through snow particle effects while the disembodied voice of their lost mother presses them on.

>>715705394
Noooo not the shitskins

>>715705379
This is also true

Bear in mind the same reviewers who give Bananza top scores absolutely hated Tropical Freeze for being too "frustrating" (despite being very easy compared to classic DKC games). Tropical Freeze is easily one of the best 2D platformers ever and has a shitty low Metacritic score because of these freaks

Their reviews aren't worth dog shit and you actually have to be skeptical when they love a game

>>715705264
I fully agree with you and From games are indeed copypasta shit with the most basic gameplay ever

>>715705327
True but I don't think a game needs to be perfect to be a 10/10. But it's the type of flaws they mention and gloss over that are relevant. You can't give broken games like BotW on launch (and arguably to this day) or also Elden Ring on launch where scaling didn't even work properly and you could rush through the entire game spamming that ice stomp attack a perfect score. It's just obivously $$$

>>715705707
fuck the golden knights

>>715705573
>blue sky

This shit is so pathetic and hilarious

>>715705513
>thinking Sly has any original idea whatsoever

>>715703646
>I wasn't using /v/ for the past 24 hours

>>715705673
Dissenters make fun of gimmicks because it's easy.
>Ahh look at this dumbass game gluing shit together shit is whack
But the reality is that the rest of gaming doesn't even know how to develop a game design framework in the world and story to even facilitate that sort of thing.

I don't even need to argue for it, it just speaks for itself.

>>715705789
i bet nintendo internally believes that the soulless country returns is better than tropikino just because of retarded journos

>>715705436
>>715705510
It is absolutely not normal for rechargeable batteries in controllers to drain themselves after a few weeks without being used. I could pick up my Switch 1 Pro Controller right now and it would have a charge. My PSPs can be turned off for a year and still have a charge when I return to them.

>>715705082
I still remember E3 2016 and how /v/ was adamant this had to be scripted because a Nintendo game just couldn't possibly have better interactivity than their big boy cinematic experiences.

>>715705513
Again that’s a very limited 3D platformer. Large open world games don’t have gliders or the ability to climb everywhere.

BOTW pioneered both. It’s extremely hard to have that level of interaction and freedom in an open world.

Back on topic, Nintendo is once again pushing boundaries. Everything in Bananza uses voxels.

>>715703646
Because Ubisoft, EA, Sony, Activision, Microsoft, and everyone else make movie games or political screeds.

>>715706012
Alright bro. Posts like this make me want to leave the website, no fucking joke.

>>715705870
>haha I bet the people who criticize Donkey's redesign feel stupid now because Bananza has the crocoiles
What a retarded point. It's Bananza SHILLS who argued that "Rare Donkey Kong is dead, Nintendo hates it." Everyone else knew Bananza is lliterally a love letter to the Rare games. They changed DK's design because of Miyamoto autism and it's absolutely fair to think the new design sucks or at least isn't perfect

Kudos to him if he didn't browse /v/ for the past 24 hours, this website is absolute garbage with an average IQ of 90

I dont know. I gotta pick mine up at Gamestop in about 9 hours. At least the Amiibo is coming from Amazon while I'm at work. I'll be sure to give my wry, expert opinion on this release.

>>715705960
Probably not, Tropical Freeze got a pretty good Switch port right away while the Returns ports are half-assed trash. At least Retro themselves are definitely aware that TF is a superior sequel

>>715706052
>Everything in Bananza uses voxels.
wow, outcast in 1999 used voxels for everything too
wow, minecraft has bananzas destructibility and much more interactivity
wow, nintendo can only copy what others do and streamline it into slop like apple

>>715704701
>Bananza isn't even a 9/10 game. You know after playing it for 30 minutes or even after watching a trailer. It's an extremely casual, mind-numbing collectathon where nothing really feels like it matters and the environments are just insultingly generic and uninspired.
Doesn't that description also applies to Animal Crossing, which is one (if not the one) of the best selling games from Nintendo?
I'm not saying Bananza is good, what I am saying is that these kind of reviews ARE NOT FOR YOU. Maybe they should say "if you liked Animal Crossing and Mario Odyssey then this is for you".

>>715706165
>this website is absolute garbage with an average IQ of 90
That's generous, I wouldn't put it above 75.

>>715705368
The Wii and the Wii U had this issue as well lmao, you'd have to recharge the controllers (or replace the AA's on the Wiimote) because somehow the controllers lose their charge while not being on.

>>715705902
>game design framework
was TotK really that innovative?

>>715705573
>>715705707
Jesus Christ...

>>715703646
I don't care about reviews, they're all biased and 99% of them are retarded goyslop consumers so their opinion doesn't matter anyway

>>715706237
That's two completely different games. Though I would hope Animal Crossing doesn't have 10/10s thrown at it

>>715706303
>TotK really that innovative

Yes.

>>715706132
I literally just picked up one of my PS5 controllers that hasn't been charged or turned on in over a year, and it still has charge. What level of tendie cope is this?

>>715705848
Its the happy place.

>>715705707
How should he design his appearance? Like J.P. from Grandma's Boy?

>>715706394
>final faggotry
Opinion invalidated

>tendies would rather jerk each other off over a game's IGN review sclre than play said game
subhuman slave caste

the negative influence of minecraft, skyrim, and asscreed on japanese gaming, and nintendo in particular, cannot be overstated

>>715706303
devs from every corner were fucking losing their minds at the dungeon where you build bridges over rivers of lava or some shit.

>>715706394
>EVEN
they say this as if anyone gave a shit about Final Fantasy these days

>>715706303
It's unparallel. There's nothing to even compare it to, aside from like Bananza and Odyssey.

>>715706394
>even a retarded homosexual who doesn't understand anything about gameplay can't stop playing TotK, therefore it's innovative
Wow buddy

>>715703403 (OP)
Playing it now. It's good, but far from their best. Odyssey is much better, obviously.

>>715706490
I remember when I was in line for the Wii launch and referred to Twilight Princess as "8.8" and no one had a fucking clue what I was talking about.

>>715703530
not sure why anyone goes physical with switch shit. tiny shit box, tiny shit cartridge, and then it loads significantly slower than digital.

>>715706461
>>715706589
>>715706630
Seething schizos lmao

>>715706303
>was TotK really that innovative?
It didn't reinvent any wheel and probably isn't as influential as BotW was but it's still easily among the most innovative games in recent years, yeah. Ascend and how seamless it is alone is brilliant and something I'd love to see in a lot more games

It's an endless cycle of nostalgiawank carried by branding

>>715706943
FF was never good buddy

>>715706920
Switch games hold their resale value.

>>715706012
Maybe I just never went long enough without using a brand new controller to compare, but at least with my old DS3 it does happen.

>>715706995
>ascend
it's this kind of mechanic that's only as good as the game's world though. wouldn't be very impressive in your average iny indie game or some mario parkour

>>715706391
Animal Crossing has a 90 on metacritic with 19 10/10s.

>>715706995
>no-clip on
>innovative

>>715707026
keep coping schizosissy

>>715703403 (OP)
they took like 9 years to make it though, that's a long-ass gap between games

>>715703530
stop getting shit delivered if you want to play on release day, just pop down to the shop

>>715707423
>can't even argue back
hardcore coping, sneeding, chucking and sucking on an unprecedented level

>>715703403 (OP)
There are no 10/10 games. There's absolutely no shot it has no imperfections and issues.

>>715706394
>producer
lol. lmao.

>>715707119
>>715707264
Obviously presentation and context matters and TotK letting you do it anywhere in a huge organic world, the animation being cool and the ability not feeling out of place in Zelda helps
>exploring a cave and then popping up on top of a mountain instead of backtracking
>bypasising the Lost Woods by literally swimming through the Earth's crust
>all those shrine puzzles
It's pretty amazing and almost weird it wasn't done before like that. Definitely felt like a reminder that Nintendo is above everyone else when it comes to gameplay innovations

>>715705618
>but Nintendo are just too far ahead of everyone in terms of gameplay.
>They're about 10 years ahead of everyone else
All of their games are piss easy anon, what are you talking about?

>>715705707
Nintendo Bonus, nothing to see here folks

>>715707932
>games are only good if they have artificial difficulty

>>715705394
And yet all their games are fucking shit.
Why would I care about their company culture one fucking bit when all they can produce is fisher price tier garbage?

>>715703403 (OP)
Most AAA companies have people doing 30 minute drives to journalist offices, offer them deals and write up faux reviews.

>>715705394
Cultist

>>715707932
Mechanically, there's nothing like it. The difficulty is for 22 year olds on internet forums to stroke themselves with, only matters to an extent.

The problem with difficulty is you start to enter a death spiral. I thought Twilight Princess was too easy, it wasn't the harrowing Ocarina sequel I wanted that was gonna make me sweat.

But now look at From; they have to keep making the games harder and harder and harder, and they've reached a point where the mechanics of the game can't facilitate the difficulty anymore.

>>715707932
Tendies are like those faggots who were trolled during a museum
>Change the label
>Fans praised the art
>Put the original label
>They bluescreen
Hell meteoidfags are still seething about HK and classic tomb raider, they only care about brands

I get why you would be hyped for this as a kid but I'm getting older and it just looks exhausting to me, woooow! you can destroy everything look at all these colors and blinking lights and the funny monkey!

>>715705394
>They do the complete opposite of what everyone else in the industry does.
Yeah, they totally don't have
>paid online
>tons of remakes, remasters, dlcs
>rampant censorship
>"pro" version of their console to spill more money from their zealot fans every two years

>>715704150
>nooooo games should be reviewed by people who hate them!!!
Okay, I’ll review your favorite game and give it a 0/10 because you’re gay and have shit taste. That’s a totally fair and useful review, right? He’s the best guy for the review because he’s a tendie. The only people curious about this game are other tendies who think like him and like similar games.

>>715707759
10/10 doesn't really have the same connotation of perfection as "100%" does even if it translates to that. Rating games in % is dumb for that and many other reasons. Ofc games get 10/10s was too easily now

10/10 used to be ultra rare with revolutionary games like OoT and there is no way Bananza is up there. But 9/10s are so overinflated (and 5/10, which should mean average, means total shit game) that I understand why we also see more and more 10/10s. Famitsu scores aren't reliable at all but their 40/40 system is good and maybe a solution for this. Even if we hand out 10/10s like it's nothing, at least 40/40 is still rare (or should be)

>>715708421
It's really just a well-polished 3D platformer with a unique mechanic that the whole game is built around.

Nintendo is probably the only AAA developer to use processing power to try and create new and interesting gameplay ideas rather than photorealistic skin textures and hair follicles.

>>715708570
Your perfect score reviews are meaningless when you're an actual fandrone specifically of the platform you're reviewing games for. This is true for the vast majority of sites that review Nintendo games.

>>715705707
>>715705573
>>715704150
>nintendo bonus doesnt exist

>>715708719
Ok marketer

>>715708727
Nintendo is a lot like apple.

>>715708632
40/40 from famitsu stopped meaning shit a long time ago, arguably the moment oot cracked it

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, N64)
Soulcalibur (1999, Dreamcast)
Vagrant Story (2000, PS1)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002, GameCube)
Nintendogs (2005, DS)
Final Fantasy XII (2006, PS2)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Wii)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008, PS3)
428: Shibuya Scramble (2008, Wii)
Dragon Quest IX (2009, DS)
Monster Hunter Tri (2009, Wii)
Bayonetta (2009, Xbox 360)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009, Wii)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010, PSP)
Pokémon Black & White (2010, DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011, Wii)
Skyrim (2011, PS3/Xbox 360 – Japan release)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011, PS3/Xbox 360)
Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012, 3DS)
Yakuza 5 (2012, PS3)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (2013, PS3)
Grand Theft Auto V (2013, PS3/Xbox 360)
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015, PS4/Xbox One)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017, Switch/Wii U)
Dragon Quest XI (2017, PS4/3DS)
Death Stranding (2019, PS4)
Ghost of Tsushima (2020, PS4)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023, Switch)
Street Fighter 6 (2023, PS5/PS4/Xbox/PC)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024, PS5/PS4/Xbox/PC)

>>715708719
70$ for a 5 hour game is a dealbreaker
i will get it when i can find it for 30$, maybe

>>715708805
>Seething 4chan troon forever malding over Nintendo

I'm going to play DKB co-op with my qtpi 8/10 and then fuck her into a coma. And then play more DKB while you spend another weekend on 4chan seething in Nintendo threads.

>>715708865
>nintendogs
holy based

>>715708886
>5 hour game

Who are you trying to convince schizo? lmao

>>715708865
>JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (2013, PS3)
this will never not make smile

>>715707932
>the quality of a puzzle design is determined by how hard it is to solve it
No.

>>715708865
>Street Fighter 6
>Infinite Wealth
Wtf

>>715708865
>Nintendogs
>DQIX
>Brawl
>Tri
>XIII-2
>Stranding

>>715708982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wgdM0o9V3c

>>715708126
>artificial difficulty
Here's some "organic difficulty" for you

>>715709060
I'm already 3 hours in and I'm only on the 2nd world. Glad I'm not a schizo.

You'll never get to play this masterpiece but you will spend your waking life OBSESSED with it. LOOOOOOOOL

>>715703403 (OP)
wrong. its a 9/10
its ALMOST perfect, but with that one tiny glaring flaw of DK's redesign.
the new one is objectively ass.
original DK is "cool with a little goofy", the new one tries to be "goofy with a little cool"
the concept on its own is a decent idea but the redesign is too goofy and smothers any possible trace of cool.
>uh buh goofy alone is fi-
no, DK is supposed to be the radicool franchise. its a square peg in a round hole.

>>715706132
Then leave you fucking retard. I can pick up a flashlight with the same battery technology months without being used and it has 99.9% of the charge it had when I put it down.

>>715709250
>being proud you are playing a children's game as an adult

>>715703403 (OP)
Solid 7/10 not a system seller

>>715709515
Why are you obsessed with "children's games" then?

>>715709363
>its ALMOST perfect
Hulk gameplay is not close to perfect

>>715709552
>not a system seller

Yeah those Switch 2s are all just sitting on shelves.

>"challenge level"
>slowly moving conveyor belt with spikes
>you can just dig outside of the belt and crawl on the outside to the exit
nice "game"

>>715709649
The system seller is the big red logo

>>715709613
hulk ultimate destruction gameplay is a 9,tf u on. its just the mission design that brings that gane down.

>>715709694
>you can just dig outside of the belt and crawl on the outside to the exit

>Lateral thinking in game design is bad!

Not the smartest are you?

>>715709595
i like discussing video games, especially those i will get soon
why do you feel special for playing a childrens game?

>>715709779
It gets repetitive before the tutorial is over

>>715709882
Seems to me that Donkey Kong Bonanza is better design and has more creativity and thought put into its design that all your "adult slop". And it's more fun to actually play.

>>715709887
I can't relate to that at all, there's so much cool shit and combos you can do in that game

>>715704701
>by paying reviewers
I've written reviews for multiple outlets before and can tell you definitively that this is, the vast majority of the time, not true. It's ESPECIALLY not true for Nintendo. How retarded do you have to be to think they need 10/10s for people to buy their product? They're one of the most well-known and well-regarded developers in the world, not some small indie studio.

Occasionally, though, a company may stop sending review codes to a particular outlet if that outlet gives one of their games an unfavorable review. This is more common for smaller outlets because it's a lot less conspicuous and companies can get away with it more easily. Why risk some no-name website lowering your Metacritic score when you could just not send them a code and nobody will notice? I know for a fact that Sony does this. Nintendo might as well. Whether you think that constitutes "paid reviews" is up to you (I don't think it does, but it's definitely shitty), but no major developer is sliding outlets cash under the table for positive reviews. I guarantee you that.

>>715710048
>trust me bro
stfu nerd, your uncle never worked for ign, gamespot and co and never will

>>715709951
why are you so defensive? i said i will get bananza too
i just dont feel special for playing any childrens game
games that pose a level of difficulty and skill like rhythm heaven or picross 3d do give me a level of satisfaction, but a nintendo platformer is just mindless fun, akin to dynasty warriors game
why do you feel special for playing this childrens game?

>>715710048
"Paid reviews" is a coping mechanism for 4chan schizos. It allows them to safely disregard the acclaim for a game on a rival system.

>>715710228
You don't own a Switch 2 and you'll never play this masterpiece. But you will continue to seethe about it every day.

>>715710143
I've never written for IGN or Gamespot but I know people who have. Fun fact: IGN makes their writers go out of the way to dumb down their reviews as much as possible. A friend of mine wrote an article for them a couple years ago and almost any word above a 5th grade reading level was edited out so that they could "appeal to as much of their base as possible." So even if IGN reviews aren't paid for, their worthless for other reasons.

>>715709041
>throwing Tri in there
Monster Hunter is great and it was the first dejanked one with normal controls, less rehashing, good presentation

>>715710048
>How retarded do you have to be to think they need 10/10s for people to buy their product?
How retarded do you have to be to think it makes no difference to Nintendo if the only two games the Switch 2 has right now have 90% on Metacritic instead of 79% with word of mouth being they are "OK" instead of "OH MY GOD LOOK AT THOSE PERFECT SCORES!"
>>715710048
>Occasionally, though, a company may stop sending review codes to a particular outlet if that outlet gives one of their games an unfavorable review. This is more common for smaller outlets because it's a lot less conspicuous and companies can get away with it more easily. Why risk some no-name website lowering your Metacritic score when you could just not send them a code and nobody will notice? I know for a fact that Sony does this. Nintendo might as well. Whether you think that constitutes "paid reviews" is up to you
Yes this obviously is an example of how they buy good reviews. DigitalFoundry got an early copy, uploaded their review, got hundreds of thousands of views and will easily make 10k total just with that video. Play nice, don't be overly critical and you swim in cash.

>>715710802
>DF
Not to mention they get paid by Nintendo to post literal ads and a review isn't much more than an ad today. All their videos are sponsored
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V10wHzV5zp0&t

>>715710802
Is it that hard for you to believe that people genuinely love the games?
>b-but they're shit!
Okay. That's your opinion. Anyone older than five understands instinctively that opinions can differ.

>>715703403 (OP)
Buy bribing journos as per usual KWAB.

>>715704701
Absolute retard take. Anyone who's worked in the industry knows Nintendo does the least out of any of the big publishers to gladhand reviewers.

You wanna look at shill reviews, look at shit like the people reviewing Civ7 getting flown out to hang with and meet the team (and thus put faces and names on the game you're judging), with a big expensive media tour and accommodation.

>>715703403 (OP)
/v/....lost

>>715703530
Got my delivery. Gonna start playing.

>>715703530
>oh no, I have to wait 2-8 hours longer for a video game!
>thats worth losing a lifetime of access later by going digital!

when they pull the eshop down and delete the game from your system, / the system is too old to run anymore, you wont remember that 2-8 hours wait

>>715713380
me too but im still at work
I plan on suckling on her feet and cum tributing it for you guys

>>715713380
Jesus christ, how old are you?

>>715708780
>7/10 too much water
correct, the larger media hates nintendo
>b-but this one cherry picked literal who sai-
the larger media hates nintendo.

>>715713528
How are you going to download all the patches and updates on your dusty Switch 2 in 30 years time anon?

>>715704701
>You know after playing it for 30 minutes or even after watching a trailer. It's an extremely casual, mind-numbing collectathon where nothing really feels like it matters and the environments are just insultingly generic and uninspired
yes, and thats called the tutorial level, its meant to be easy at first.
this has been a thing for over 35 years, anon.

>>715713680
I thought /v/ was nothing but 50 year olds, like me?

>>715713587
I'll be checking /gif/ for the thread, you had better fucking deliver.

>>715705327
giving a 10/10 doesnt mean the game is literally perfect and flawless, anontard.
stop being retarded. 10/10 just means its a top of the chart experience. Stop being retarded.
if 10/10 meant perfect, then there is no 10/10. only X/9, but then, 9/9 would be perfect and thus impossible.

stop being retarded, learn to read how they rate games and stop being retarded

has the ost been uploaded yet?

>>715713717
I'm sure it'll be on the switch 4 switch 2 classics app by then.

>>715705327
>>715705789
have you niggers ever thought, that maybe, the reviewer didnt care enough about some minor setbacks when discussing the full picture?

>>715705593
they make toys though, you are a grown man

>>715705303
Those are fur tufts. Hes an ape, and is covered in hair we call fur.

>>715703403 (OP)
So an 8/10 once you control for Nintenbias

>>715705368
>>715706273
how are people THIS retared?
is AI actually replacing school?

>>715714029
>I'm sure it'll be on the switch 4 switch 2 classics app by then

So why are you screeching about Physical copies then? They're worthless. Christ I can't even connect my old consoles to any modern TV.