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Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

ericds33 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:30:07 MST

everyone that keeps saying that the game just got this score for hype is just guessing. the game was completed at the time of this review. they are just releasing more and more info about it. in the mean time they are making copies to fufill preorders. and they want to make sure that the game is localized for the us before it comes out in japan. btw the game cant be postponed anymore because it is already in the back of stores in japan.

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reigningsmashchamp — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:37:44 MST

ridley? meh, MEGA MAN now thats why this game got a 10 out of 10. seriously tho ridley? no offence to all u metroid fans but wtf can ridley do other than bite fly and breathe fire, charizard clone? nahhh i think mega man is gonna make this theee best.

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daizyujin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:52:31 MST

sorry for the double post. Thought the first didn't go through.

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daizyujin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:52:04 MST

I am sure I will love this game. That being said, Nintendogs was fun but hardly perfect so I could care less if Brawl gets a perfect score.

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daizyujin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:46:03 MST

I have no doubt this game is the best in the series but I still don't see a perfect score in Famitsu adding up to much considering one of the other games to get that score was Nintendogs, a game that was fun but hardly perfect. I admit I loved my 3 dogs, for about a month. Those poor things havn't ate in two years though.

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heartless_king — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:47:16 MST

Does anyone recall what SSB and SSBM recieved from Famitsu for us to compare?

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thereturnoftheufo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:41:33 MST

@hitmaker: That's because it was....it was the most content-filled Zelda to date, only rivaled by Link to the Past, even then Wind Waker provided a fresh new style of art, design, and feeling plus it being longer than Chuck Norris' penis, makes it one of the most fine-tuned Zeldas to date. It took forever to finish.

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thereturnoftheufo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:37:06 MST

@heliophage: WTF, there are no breasts on the new Sheik model. She looks just as masculine as before, minus the ponytail.

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thereturnoftheufo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:23:40 MST

@Sabre_Justice:
And? Because size really matters in a video game where everyone's just a trophy, right? When you can take someone who's less than 1" tall, or can't even come up to a ten-year-old's knees in height, or 5x the size of Mario, and put him in, right?
look who made it in. Don't you tell me Ridley can't make it in:

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thereturnoftheufo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:15:13 MST

Doesn't matter whether you think they're good at ratings or not. Famitsu is serious business, especially in Japan. In Japan, if anything gets high-ratings from Famitsu, it's worth a buy. Why do you think Nintendogs sold so well?

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ceilingFANBOY — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:55:28 MST

@funkrusher: Yea, I feel the same way about Halo 3. I don't really mind too much if a game that is a rehash gets a perfect score. In fact, whether R&C, Halo, or Brawl are games that already existed does not make it any less enjoyable. I personally feel that each game, even if it is a sequel, should be graded as though the games before it never existed, because I don't care if the gameplay is the same, as long as it is not the same game and has a different storyline. However, that's not how magazines do it. They always judge based on whether or not it's an improvement of the game that came out. What ends up happening is, say the original Brawl got a 30/40 and was called a good game. If the new Brawl is better, but say only 5/40 better, they are just going to go ahead and say that it is a 40/40, especially after factoring in the false high score from them giving good scores to the games that people like (and let's face it, the only reason that this game gets a perfect score is that it is so anticipated, there are definitely better games that have gotten a lower score). Now, say Halo 2 comes out and it gets a 34/40 to be considered a really good game. Now, if Halo 3 comes out and is every bit as good as Halo 2, but doesn't bring anything new to it, it suddenly only gets a 28/40 for being unoriginal. So now, even though this game is every bit as good, it gets a lower score, and I don't think that is how things should be done. Every game should be graded as though it were a new game, because in reality, any game that is a new game of a series is going to sell to the people who have already bought into the series before. The only people that are really going to need the review are people who have never played the previous versions, and therefore don't necessarily care if it is the same as earlier versions of the game. All that typing, and I don't think I'm still quite getting out what I'm trying to say, but I think I'm closer to having what I think made clear and it at least makes sense in my head.

I'll try to sum it up in a sentence:
I think the only reason why the game is getting a perfect score is because it is an improvement on a game that was already a high scoring game and not because it is better than all of the games that have a high, but not perfect score.

ceilingFANBOY

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Lstormy10 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:44:32 MST

Nice job Kotaku at messing up the facts, probably should fix the mistake you made (only 6 games, not including Brawl, have received perfect scores from Famitsu or only 7 games, including Brawl, have received perfect scores from Famitsu).

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TheDaftPunk — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:28:57 MST

Regardless of how Famitsu reviews games, this does look to be deserving of a 10/10. There is no such thing as a perfect game, only a game who's pros extremely outweigh the cons. While I'm dissapointed by the recent delay, this game looks even better than Melee, and essentially Brawl is Melee with a new features -If it aint broke...

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mikomichan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:18:16 MST

Do Nintendo games ever get a score other than near-perfect or perfect from Famitsu?

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SSJPabs — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:12:34 MST

And this is why Smashbrothers is a series that should be out to pasture?

Or was it just Mario in it?

Seriously, best concept ever.

SSJPabs

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Valaris — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:37:11 MST

Seeing as they took an already fun and addictive game, then added a ton of new features (online play, stage builder, a longer and more varied adventure mode) and polished it, seeing perfect scores like this isn't too surprising.

I really hope that Nintendo utilizes DLC with this game. It would be perfect and would be a nice cash-cow for them. Considering the main reason behind purchasing my Wii was for this game, I would be right there with my debit card in hand.

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pikachumariachi — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:35:54 MST

And just how long exactly is The Subspace Emissary?

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FunKrusher — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:20:01 MST

@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in prof...:

So I'm wondering if you felt the same way about HALO3 or do you just single out Ninty games?

I do agree with you. But in terms of Ratchet & Clank. I feel with the updated version many just felt it was a polished rehash of what came before.

New features/weapons? Sure
Better graphics? Sure
Fun Gameplay? Sure

But nothing terminally groundbreaking (in a sense) to wow people socks off.

With Brawl it seems they improved and expanded on an already solid game.

Giving it online, stage editors, more characters, updated graphics/gameplay (due to being on wii), control options, final smashes and on and on and on.

FunKrusher

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DCSimian — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:18:10 MST

"The new unpredictable factor that is the final smash allows us to enjoy an amazing effect and refreshing feel from any character. The fights are even more intense. The single player modes are abundant and a plus. The Fallen angel Adventure mode's movie and action tempo are good and you just forget time while playing. Im highly satisfied with the game."

Fallen Angel adventure mode? Eh? Something lost in translation or is that what we call the Subspace Emissary?

DCSimian

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BPMΣ — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:38:14 MST

@heliophage:
Okay, so it isn't just me who thinks they see breasts on Sheik... I thought I was going crazy.

BPMΣ

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skullivan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:07:20 MST

@Plunkett:

Actually Hiltz is right. There are six other games that have gotten perfect scores, Smash Bros. is the 7th. The post says it's the eighth.

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ceilingFANBOY — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:50:47 MST

@phinehas: Maybe I was just misunderstanding you, but your first comment sounded like I was only saying it doesn't deserve a 10 out of 10 because I don't like the series but then saying it was a rehash to bash the game. I didn't mean that the game wasn't good, I was just saying that magazines tend to have a double standard on whether or not they knock the score down a bit due to it being a sequel and use it only when it is convenient.

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Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:39:43 MST

@chu-boi: Do you mean that 'now printing' thing? That doesn't mean the game is gold, it means they don't have final cover art.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

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Aiwokote — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:22:29 MST

@thischarmingman: The only reason why I care that the game gets good review scores is to draw the casual or new fan into the franchise. As much as I'd like to believe it, my money alone isn't enough to guarantee sales and production of future series. Hype will do that and reviews are critical in drawing new buyers.

@chu-boi: Personally, I think the North American delay was due to lack of advertisment. The game was set for release on Feb. 10 yet I hadn't seen a single commercial on the air. Even our magazines barely mentioned it. They're probably trying to score more publicity and preorders. Watch, we'll hear more about this game come february. (If many of us won't spoil ourselves with the japanese release by then)

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Hades — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:25:49 MST

Waaaa!!! >.> Do anyone needs another reason to buy this game =D?

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fuchikoma — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:17:49 MST

So in other words, they know that no matter what if they gave it a bad review everyone would have their heads on a platter?

The game's probably awesome... but Famitsu reviews the audience.

fuchikoma

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Nabilac — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:10:57 MST

That's awesome, but we still get shafted while Japan will have the game within 2 weeks.

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PatMan33 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:16:11 MST

Super cool!

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Tonx — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:07:39 MST

A perfect score for what may be a perfect mix of content that we've seen so far... if the gameplay holds up to the content, then yes, a perfect Famitsu 40 is completely called for.

Tonx

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masterage — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:44:02 MST

@chu-boi: RE4 got re-released that same year for PS2 in November/December, so January may be a moot point.

Glad to see that the story mode has legs...and this gives me more time to track down a Wii.

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DarkLuigi is Playing Resistance 2 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:43:14 MST

Speeeking of FFXII has any body beat omega mark XIII, and Smash bros was supposed to get a perfect score before it came out so we could tripp out about it and the hype can go up even more.

Ps: Cant wait for release

DarkLuigi is Playing Resistance 2

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LionheartAce — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:40:51 MST

O_O

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hitmaker — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:36:21 MST

They gave Wind Waker a perfect score. A 40/40 from Famitsu means nothing to me. NOTHING!

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Irenicus-the one and only — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:32:51 MST

Nice score, maybe the game will be super awsome afterall, compared to the gc version.

@Black-Dog-Howls: Nintendogs was something new and a great game, even if one does not like those kinds of games, it is still a great game for those into "that sort of thing". FF12 I agree with, I had no love for that game and the ones before were all much better.

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NotAZombie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:22:52 MST

@savemeaquaman: Dedede can't steal powers. His inhale move is just like Bowser's side be from the last game. All he will do is inhale them and spit them out.

NotAZombie

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Heliophage — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:08:19 MST

Sheik's chest isn't taped down anymore. Isn't Sheik intended to hide even Zelda's gender? At least, now with breasts clearly visible, the argument of whether Zelda's magic changes her gender in addition to her appearance isn't any longer viable.

That's a bit tangent, though. Congratulations, Brawl. Now stop being delayed, please.

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CHU BOI — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:40:12 MST

People, the game is gold in Japan, so Famitsu most likely has review build, which makes the 40/40 quite valid. My guess for the long American delay vs. the 1-week Japanese is to test the online mode and get more out. Japan doesn't game online like the US does (no one COD4's like we do over here!). I can see Stateside reviewers docking points off for having a slightly gimped online game with tons of potential.

Plus, pushing this game back a month makes is easier for journalist NOT to forget it when picking GOTY! The early released GOTY I can recall is RE4 (January?). Any other ones u guys remember? I forget.

How's my "try-and-make-the-best-out-of-this-emtion..." actguys? Good? Cuz I', crying on the inside.

CHU BOI

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Superstar90 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:38:17 MST

Wow, this game is for sure GOTY.... no doubt. All they really need now are more characters (no clones) and online co-op for the Adventure mode.

Superstar90

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Krellie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:34:02 MST

@The_Phiphler:
If you buy an US Wii, you also get the US VC games. Personally, I dont know if there is a major difference in what games that's available.

But, yah, its a bit of extra hassle with power supply, tv cable etc.

ps. looking around at various release dates I found everything from Q2 to TBA. Im quite sure you wont get it in march, but here's hoping for a 2008 release :p

Krellie

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The_Phiphler — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:26:22 MST

@Krellie:
If they are gonna do the same "delay for 6 months" shit that they pulled on us with Melee, Im not gonna let them get away with it...

I should have imported a US Wii, but the things were nowhere to be found when I bought my EU one, and I dont want to mess with updates and VC.

The_Phiphler

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Krellie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:51:45 MST

Seems very popular to bash Famitsu these days.
Suddenly, after Nintendogs (pure awesome, even thou "hardcore" gamers worldwide cant see it..) and FF12 (that cut down on the manga/jpop/nonsense and an audience of otakus fell in tears) has got perfect scores the mag is no longer trustworthy and are "selling out". Aight.

I, for one, (IMO!) think that just makes em even more reliable.

Also, Brawl will score 6-7/10 in a few (respected) swedish gaming mags, couse they all fail to see what makes it so great. Its just another Mario Party with a bit of fighting thrown in the mix in their eyes.

Krellie

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CaptainChaos199 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:40:47 MST

ME WANT HONEYCOMB

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Krellie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:37:21 MST

@The_Phiphler:
lawd, not likely mate ;(
afaik it wont be released until autumn Q3/4 2008 in europe.
I feel for you :(

ps. import an US Wii. NAO!

Krellie

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Callidux — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:35:08 MST

I have no doubt that this is, in fact, a perfect game. Hopefully developers will take note of all the extras and polish being put into the game, and SSBB will set a new standard for games.

Callidux

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Jaysius — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:18:51 MST

It sucks that nobody remembers that these are the same tools that gave Streets of NY a ~31/40, when that happened NOBODY really noticed it,seems except for me, when it happened I thought people would finally wake up and see that these guys don't know what they're talking about.

Streets of NY was nowhere NEAR a 70% game.*sigh*

So this game is perfect? Flawed horrible last gen backgrounds clashing with great looking character models, perfect right? ugh

Jaysius

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Wyld — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:15:13 MST

Despiting disagreeing with scoring games, music and art
I think Famitsu is more reliable than... well, Gamespot.

(would you score Mona Lisa? how much you would score it when it was "released"? Do you even have the right to do so? The Liberty Leading the People painting as well, when it was out it was dissed by every single "specialist" and look now...)

If you don´t have perfect scores in some games what´s the basis of your scoring, eh?

Wyld

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Moonshadow101 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:13:39 MST

Now all we have to do is wait for the actual reviews.

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savemeaquaman — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:41:49 MST

It seems King Dedede will be even more fun to play as due to the fact his standard special move is Inhale just like Kirby. A slower more powerful version of Kirby that can steal opponents' powers, I can't wait.

savemeaquaman

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Saint Anima — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:27:52 MST

40/40 eh? Must have. definitely. I expect nothing but 9's and 10's over here.

Oh. I seems I was wrong about Sheik. Thought she wouldn't show. Sakurai sure wants to please.

Saint Anima

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adillio94 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:24:11 MST

riley is not going to be a playable character he will be like raquaza

adillio94

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:15:18 MST

If it got 40/40 and they're STILL working on it this must be the most awesome game ever.

After release, 4 bucks says that modify the score to 41/40.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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UmeShoryu — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:55:46 MST

@Green-clad Gamer Dude: I know everyone wishes for Megaman but remember this article from a few weeks back.
[kotaku.com]

If there were to be a Capcom character I'd much rather have Ryu appear. Take into consideration that Ono wants SF4 available to as many people as possible I think having an SF character would be a good sign that IV will be on the Wii.

Ryu's Moveset in Brawl:
Neutral B: Hadouken
Side B: Side Kick
Up B: Shoryuken
Down B: Hurricane Kick
Final Smash: Shinkuu Hadouken or Shin-Shoryuken.

UmeShoryu

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Cirno — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:48:19 MST

@Stormrider900: Well put.

I need to sleep too :(

Cirno

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Green-clad Gamer Dude — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:40:23 MST

Well this was pretty unexpected even for Smash Bros. Looks like they managed to squeeze in Mega-man just in the nick of time.

Green-clad Gamer Dude

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ThisCharmingMan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:40:02 MST

Do reiew scores even matter for this game? You all know you'll be buying it regardless, and you also know it's going to be fantastic. Do we really need a magazine to tell us how good it is with a number score? They've spent a LONG time polishing this up, and it's got every geeky little Nintendo reference you could ever want.
/sold

ThisCharmingMan

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Stormrider — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:17:21 MST

@kiigan: The fun of Smash Brothers comes from the fact that it is easy to learn, but there's plenty of depth to it if you want to put more effort into it. With 'real' fighting games, you're forced to learn all of the combos by rote repetition and it's only really fun if you're playing with a person of your equal skill level, so it's extremely difficult for new players to have a good time because the only people who still play traditional fighting games are all ridiculously hardcore about it and will just destroy anybody knew who tries to pick up the game. When you're playing Smash Brothers you can have a good time whether you're just mashing buttons or putting a lot of effort into learning how to time dodging maneuvers properly, the range of your attacks and when to use them, and so on. Not to mention there's the dynamic environments, all the crazy items and tons upon TONS of unlockable to make the game enjoyable over a long period of time. If you want to get every single trophy in Melee it will take you months. The exciting thing about Brawl is that the game has every aspect of Melee scaled up by a factor of five in addition to a LOT of new features like a level editor, saved films, more collectibles, a bigger challenge mode, a more in-depth single player mode, and so on. It's like Sakurai took every possible thing a Smash Brothers fan could ever want and figured out some way to get it into the game.

So that's why I like Smash Brothers and why I'm really excited for Brawl, I can't speak for everyone, but I'm giving you my opinion. Now I'm going to bed because it's past 2 in the morning.

Stormrider

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:16:44 MST

@kiigan: fun characters aside, its one of the few fighting games ive seen in recent years that's got this interesting balance where you can have casual matches with people who dont often game, but dig the franchise characters (ive seen more of that than mario party matches at my place, over the years), and yet the tournament kids adore the game as well, something i dindt know until uh, last year or so. For a fighter with all of two or three buttons, it has way more depth than i'd figured, too.

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MidnightScott17 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:15:23 MST

OMG

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kiigan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:07:22 MST

Despite being a Nintendo fan, I've always found that the Smash Brothers games were a con. I don't see the appeal at all - if you like fighting games there are much better choices, and the appeal of seeing your favourite Nintendo characters in a kung-fu-fighting context is pretty short lived. I really can't understand what people like about it, aside from the Nintendo branding.

kiigan

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RuneX — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:40:29 MST

now, If I absolutely hated all the other smash brothers games, what does this game do for me? Sure, ill still buy it, but is a perfect score gonna actually make it enjoyable? Needless to say, I have my doubts but doesnt really matter in the end.

RuneX

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:37:04 MST

@Squeek: ah, cool - so then, the review gets some validity, of sorts.
again, im happy either way; this is the wii equivalent of MGS4, for me, in that i'm gonna be buying it day 1 regardless of what's said at this point.

TheIrishNinja

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BPMΣ — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:33:13 MST

@aiwokote:
Except Diddy Kong, oddly enough. Unless it's something wrong on my end. [shrugs]
Odd thing:
If you visit the EN_US DOJO without "index.html" at the end, Sheik's post does not appear. But if you do visit index.html, it does.
I don't have this problem with the JP, EN_UK, DE, FR, ES, or IT DOJOs, though... [shrugs] Lazy Americans!

Oh, looks like the issue with Diddy is also only on the EN_US DOJO... LAZY AMERICANS!

BPMΣ

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NotSoCool — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:22:40 MST

Why do people flipflop depending on if they like a game or not? When they gave FFXII a good score, they were paid and FF was blah, blah, blah. Now, people who probably praised them are condemning them now, and people who were upset with that score (FFXII) are now praising them.

Whatever... Good job Nintendo.. I'm sure I'll disagree with it being perfect, but good job.

NotSoCool

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seanj652 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:19:29 MST

The official announcement of Sheik tides me off until the delayed release.

Hears to hoping for new Wii colors announced before that :]

seanj652

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Slash3 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:16:34 MST

I wonder if they've had a chance to play a final copy of it yet, or if the score is based off of preview builds? Which is great when game reviews hype up features that never make the final product cut.

Slash3

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duckmouth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:14:40 MST

"more than ever we can be excited about matches not being related to skill"

Is that a good thing?

duckmouth

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Luke Plunkett — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:11:40 MST

@Hiltz: Theres seven. Its only in the third line of the post. I can see how thats very hard to miss.

Luke Plunkett

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Hiltz — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:57:12 MST

The Gods have spoken.

This makes waiting for Brawl's release all the more difficult.

Apparently, there's only like 6 other games that Famitsu has given a perfect score to and 4 of them come from Nintendo.

Hiltz

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DaveKap — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:53:46 MST

Yes, let us rate a game without testing whether the Nintendo WiFi lags or not...

Though honestly without multiplayer it's probably still a 10/10.

DaveKap

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kurokotetsu — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:51:53 MST

I NEED IT. MY LFE IS COMPLETLY MEANINGLESS WITHOUT THIS GAME. Well now that I finished crying, good thing to see it is getting that good rception. I wonder if it may surpass OoT in gamerankings.

kurokotetsu

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Squeek — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:50:26 MST

@TheIrishNinja (PSN), IrishNinja2099 (XBL): Smash Bros. isn't that huge in Japan. Sure, Melee was a million-seller in Japan, but only just. And as the game sold over six million copies worldwide, they're not even accounting for a fifth of total sales.

Compare that to Final Fantasy XII, which sold more units than the sum of all Melee sales in the first week of launch. And don't even get 'em started on Dragon Quest.

Squeek

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nya-chama — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:49:51 MST

Wind Waker and FFXII 10/10? Seriously?
Lets hope they didn't exaggerate Brawl.

nya-chama

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equin0x — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:46:24 MST

this is a sign of the apocalypse. or the end of my own life, at least.

equin0x

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Zyzex_Remix — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:44:55 MST

Do want. Want want want want want want want want want WANT.

Zyzex_Remix

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Aiwokote — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:43:08 MST

In other smash news, seems like everyone's B moves have been given their official names on the DOJO. Nice addition in my opinion.

Aiwokote

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

AdmiralRupert — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:40:04 MST

Considering I enjoy many of the games they gave perfect scores to, I am encouraged.

It doesn't really help the sting the additional delay left, but it's better than nothing.

AdmiralRupert

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

TheIrishNinja — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:34:53 MST

@bangbangblah: mebbe, but which FF, outside of VI, had a better story? none that come to mind, for me, unless you count tactics.

TheIrishNinja

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phinehas — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:34:39 MST

@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in prof...: I'm having a hard time seeing the connection between your second comment and your first one, but I'll just chalk that up to me not seeing things sometimes.

Regardless, I agree with your second comment, at least the part where each game should be considered on its own merits - taking into account how they worked on and added to the previous formula (if nothing was added or changed, games tend to fade into nonrelativity - I can't say for Ratchet & Clank, since I haven't played it, though.

phinehas

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TheIrishNinja — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:33:46 MST

ok, so not that i dont think the game's gonna be awesome as hell (outside of friend code use), but the earlier article on how famitsu gives out complimentary scores to appease fanboys, id never seen that one. that kinda takes from anything they give a hugely popular series, and this feels like it falls under that.

meaning, its likely a great game, but i dont know how much this review really counts.

TheIrishNinja

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devmas — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:23:09 MST

@Nate128: I don't think they could have had their hands on a finished build. They delayed the game, saying that they needed more development.

For some reason, I'm all for delaying a 40/40 game, just to make it randomly better.

devmas

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ceilingFANBOY — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:20:43 MST

@phinehas: I was more going on about how with games like Ratchet & Clank, a lot of people knocked it down because there have been R&C games before, rather than rating the game based off of how good the game is, and this game, even though it is Nintendo, should be held to the same standard. I wasn't saying anything about the quality of the game.

ceilingFANBOY

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Flowen — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:18:46 MST

Yeah, so i'm gonna miss sakurai, Don't think the fanboys are gonna let him live much longer, poor guy! Its brawl on time this time or Sakurai's gonna be outta time! How dramatic! But eh, I can wait one more month in the name of a more perfect game, online smoothing and whatnot. We all blamed sonic for the first delay, so I blame shiek for this one. Cursed top-teir people, always having to piss on a good game. Oh well. Hears to what is it now? 54 days?

Flowen

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Nate128 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:17:07 MST

*edit: "reviewed it". It's too late.

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Nate128 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:16:36 MST

So seeing as how they revealed it, they must have their hands on a finished build, right? So how long 'til the secrets get leaked, then? I don't mind waiting until 2-3 in the morning for the latest dojo update but it'd be nice to have one big spoiler party, y'know?! March seems like years away.

Nate128

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Fyren — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:15:14 MST

Ridley would be such a win. No one can deny that, even haters got to admit that much.

Fyren

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

blkpaladin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:14:42 MST

Technically the delay is less then month, even less if you consider Feburary, even with this being a leap year is the shortest month of the year with 29 days.

blkpaladin

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Elrinth — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:11:39 MST

Awesome... Looking forward to play the game! :D
Still have Metroid Prime 3 Corruption, Resident Evil 4, Phantom Hourglass (currently playing), Tales of Phantasia (currently playing) to finish before I get any new games :) Oh and I recently bought the King's Quest and Space Quest collections... Gah... Too much games, too little time. :D
btw, did Wind Waker also recieve 40/40?

Elrinth

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incazteca — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:10:38 MST

Gah... just went from must buy to definite absolute must buy

incazteca

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Cor-Wii — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:06:04 MST

So the game is delayed here but is still coming out in japan on time? Ouch! But I guess I can't complain looking at PAL.

Cor-Wii

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Vyse24 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:05:19 MST

I can handle the delay. I've already waited 6 months. What's 1 1/2 more?

Vyse24

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devmas — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:05:18 MST

@Sabre_Justice:
Ridley used to be, well, tiny. I would embed the image here, but I don't know if I'll get in trouble, so...

Ridley of old

devmas

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Sureshot — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:59:31 MST

@mayamayouidiot: Wikipedia knows these things!

Only seven games so far have received perfect scores. They are listed in chronological order:

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, Nintendo, for Nintendo 64)
Soulcalibur (1999, Namco, for Dreamcast)
Vagrant Story (2000, Square Co., Ltd., for PlayStation)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003, Nintendo for Nintendo GameCube)
Nintendogs (2005, Nintendo, for Nintendo DS)
Final Fantasy XII (2006, Square Enix, for PlayStation 2)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008, Nintendo, for Wii)

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Plan303e — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:58:53 MST

@Sabre_Justice:

What @Chanaluss: said.

And no fanboyism here, I'm just resounding with the demands. I would've actually prefered Megaman, only because I played his games more.

And what would his Final Smash be? Hyper Megaman from his Marvel vs Capcom appearances?

Plan303e

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Sureshot — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:58:07 MST

Give.

Sureshot

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mayamayouidiot — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:57:55 MST

Is anyone nerdy enough to know the other 6 games that have gotten perfect scores? I'm just too curious.

mayamayouidiot

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Madhotdog — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:56:19 MST

@CitizenTian: Reading that at 8 in the morning I thought you said Shrek was conformed for brawl ¬_¬

Madhotdog

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phinehas — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:54:57 MST

@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in prof...: "rehash of an existing game"

Your definition of "rehash" is technically correct, but the way you say it makes this game sound feeble and dirty as if they just threw a bunch of stuff in a pot, some old, some new, stirred it, and presented it as a mediocre meal, filling, but not delectable. I reject that implication.

If it's not your thing, no problem, but this is on track to be the best of the series yet, and that's saying something.

phinehas

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bangbangblah — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:48:06 MST

Wow, FFXII did NOT deserve a perfect score. It was a really good game, but the storyline could've been soooo much better.

bangbangblah

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Chanaluss — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:47:39 MST

@Sabre_Justice:

Kirby is supposed to be 8 inches tall and Olimar is smaller than a soda can, so i figure they could resize Ridley to fit the size of bowser, and then we could all be happy. but then again, this is my blind hope towards Ridley

Chanaluss

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Witzbold — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:47:24 MST

*head aesplodes*

Witzbold

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The_Phiphler — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:46:18 MST

Omfg... You can not believe how excited I am about this game now, and I live in Europe :(

I hope ther retailers are correct when they say it will be out before the end of February.

The_Phiphler

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ceilingFANBOY — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:44:40 MST

Way to go with the making me realize that I remember articles from a month ago. :-/

They sure seem to be getting liberal with their use of perfect 10 scores, especially considering this is a rehash of an existing game. I still have this feeling that if the Wii weren't doing so well, then the score would not be a perfect ten.

ceilingFANBOY

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Aiwokote — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:43:55 MST

@aiwokote:

Hmm . . . seem to be missing a 4th review score, but that's all Kashi has in the smashboards post. Weird.

Aiwokote

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:42:00 MST

@Plan303e: He's too big to be a character you idiot fanboy! Jeez, how many times must it be said...

Maybe Megaman.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

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Aiwokote — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:41:46 MST

Character Update on Dojo: Shiek

Ok, so the sting of the delay is subsiding a bit but not so much.

At any rate, here's kashikomarimashita's (Smashboards) translation of the actual review.

***

Wii
*
Nintendo
January 1, 2008 Sale Date \ 6,800 (sales tax inc.)
Variety Fighter/ Action
*

You can control tons of characters like Mario and Snake. Up to four players can battle at once. Cooperative mode is added in. Online battles are also possible.
*
Target Players: Anyone can enjoy this one
*
Average Play time: That depends on how you play this game
*
This time single player has tons of content. The adventure mode is quite long and fun. And the story presentation is amazing. As for the fights, with the strong unpredictable factor that comes with final smashes, more than ever we can be excited about matches not being related to skill. The controls and sound are also satisfying.
Score:10
*
The new unpredictable factor that is the final smash allows us to enjoy an amazing effect and refreshing feel from any character. The fights are even more intense. The single player modes are abundant and a plus. The Fallen angel Adventure mode's movie and action tempo are good and you just forget time while playing. Im highly satisfied with the game.
Score: 10
*
The powerhouse cast and gimmicks! The dynamic detailed character movements! The must see final smashes! There are tons of battle stages. The single player mode is also extremely satisfying. There is a stage edit, and you can browse through the detailed information in the game.
Score 10
*
End Translation
*
*
*
Ok first things first. I believe Famitsu reviews are the combined total of 4 reviewers with the highest score each can give is a 10.

I especially like the review that states the Adventure mode (likely Subspace emissary) is long. This game deserves an epic single player to diversify the fun of the game.

Having a delay still blows though.

Aiwokote

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jive238 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:40:36 MST

Does that mean they actually played it or are they just saving themselves the trouble and handing the score out now so the aren't interrupted when they actually get the game?

jive238

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Black-Dog-Howls — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:40:35 MST

They gave Nintendogs a perfect score. Every score is subject to suspicion. Even whatever score the games I like get.

I liked FFXII but that was clearly an 8.5 Famitsu, clearly.

Black-Dog-Howls

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CitizenTian — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:39:34 MST

Well, they already updated the site tonight, and Sheik's officially announced!

CitizenTian

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Cirno — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:39:29 MST

Oh snap.

Cirno

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Plan303e — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:38:40 MST

Perfect score, you say, Famitsu?

Translation: Ridley confirmed for Brawl.

Plan303e

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PogiJones — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:36:55 MST

I can't! I can't handle it!

NNNNNNYYYYAAAAAAAHHHH!
*face rips in half*

PogiJones

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crunks — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:36:54 MST

Must have.

crunks

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

heyyywrestler — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:35:05 MST

And I haddddd to give my Wii away to my nephew.

heyyywrestler

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Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:34:47 MST

Has it even been finished yet?

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

D00MsDave — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:34:22 MST

Ahg.
Cool.

D00MsDave

Smash Bros Gets Perfect Score In Famitsu

Fyren — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:33:17 MST

Bahhh!, blarghhhh.

/explodes.

Fyren