@ xdemon720x & "Really? An 8 for yet another Sudoku game bombarding DSiWare?"

It seems you didn't reed the review...

@ #42 Atomic Wii Man & "Is RUNNER 800 points in America too?"

Yes.

Ah, Photo Dojo... Way too overrated on Nintndolife. I'm really, really disappointed of it. Why can't you play with two DSi against each other? It would be so much more comfortable. Or why can't you transfer the photos between two DSi? It is also too simple. For me at most a 5/10 game.

I find the score is a bit high. For me the game is more a 6, and again it seems that many reviewers judges the 'Game & Watch' titles because of the memories, and not because of the gameplay.

Fair score. To me this review seems to be one of the few Game & Watch reviews on Nintendolife (, if not the only one,) which scores the game just out of the gameplay, and not because of some great memories...

For me Vermin is at most a 5/10 game. It is way too easy (even on Mode B), nothing special and because of that just boring to play =(.

From me MM4 would get a 9/10, it is just another great game of the series.

(Nintendolife still needs the possibility to give user scores =(.)

Wohoo, Mega Man 4! I can't understand how somebody could call this game the worst in the series. Why? It's another great Mega Man game.

A question to those who have 'Airace' & 'Airace - Tunnel': Is the complete "Airace: Tunnel" game in this one?

Thanks in advance for an answer =).

I would give the game an 8, because for me it isn't as good as MM9 was.

@ andrewschuman88 (#82): "both Nintendo and Microsoft have holds on DK64 so it can't be re-released"

This is wrong. Only Nintendo has the rights to release the game, so it's just a matter of time to see DK 64 on the Virtual Console.

I would give it at least an 8, too. It's just a very, very fun game.

@ V8 Ninja (#1): "You'd think something that combined Time Crisis (the time limit) and Sin & Punishment (gameplay-wise) would come out as a winner, but I guess it comes out as above average."

Above average would be a 6, not a 7 .

Great, I think I will buy it on the release date =).

For me 'Portrait of Ruin' is at least as good as the previous game and definitively deserve a 9/10.

I'm really disappointed of Photo Dojo. Why can't you play with two DSi against each other? It would be so much more comfortable. Or why can't you transfer the photos between two DSi? =(

At first I believed the news...=(

One word: awesome. I think this will be a must buy for me, even if the gameplay would only be half as good as the graphics.

For me the score is too low, too. I think this game deserves at least an 8, especially because the table is so perfect designed.

After some playing, I cannot (yet?) agree with the review/score. The presentation is very good, no question, but for me the gameplay is just mediocre =(.

For me Bit.Trip Void is the worst of the series so far. I don't like the music as much as the music from the first two games. Also I find Void too easy. I played through Level 1 & 2 without "dying", so my overall playtime was much lower than with Core and Beat.

I agree, this look absolutely awesome!

What's so wrong with WaltzElfs opinion? I agree with him that the responcibility of a game review is to critique, not describe.

The review doesn't mention the hard mode after completing the story mode, where the old stages have to be managed in a more difficult way.

I would give the game an 8.

@ HugoSmits: Do you know if there is already a European release date?
Thanks in advance for an answer =).

Two new Art Style games, YEAH! (Or should I say one new and one remake?^^)

Either way: WOHOO!

I think I will buy it as soon as it hits Europe =).

Mmh, besides Cheat Code Central also GameTrailers.com gave the game an average score (4.8). Too bad, and I hoped that apart from Nintendolife this game would get good scores, too.
So my desire to buy is alas not high anymore =(.

@ oldkid: "So, why on earth anyone who still have to play Ace Attorney should not welcome this series for the gem it is?"

It is not so that the game isn't welcome, it is just how the game was released. Was it really so hard (for this high price) not to make the game better?

It is simply incomprehensible, and this is what the score implies.

@ "So if Capcom had managed to port this to the SNES emulator on VC the result would have been acceptable. But since it's on wiiware, it's not acceptable anymore?"

Right =). A VC game stands for originality, and you want a VC game to be the original one. For a WiiWare game you simple can and have to expect more.

@ "And if they had released it on VC, they couldn't have add the fifth case in the first game since VC doesn't support DLC in any way."

But it would be cheaper . (If there would be an english version, of course^^.)

@ oldkid: "Well, what Capcom should have done?"

Are you serious about that?
For example they could have give the game at least a graphical overhaul. The actual game is just pure laziness, deserve the 3 points drop, and is for a port and WiiWare game relativ expensive, too.
(Remember, a SNES game, which you can compare to a GBA game, costs 800 points.)

@ oldkid: The difference is: There was a lot of work in the games you numerated, which you cannot say about Phonix Wright...

@ SKTTR: 1000 points for a lazy port of a port isn't cheap...

Of course you have to take into account that a WiiWare title is a download game and much cheaper than a retail one, anything else would make no sense and would be unfair, too. Also that doesn't mean that a game with a 9 doesn't deserve it.

You can't compare Golden Sun to Phoenix Wright. The latter was already like a port, while GS was in view of the presentation a AAA-title.

A lazy port deserves such a score.

@ PhoenixRising: If you look at other reviews of World of Goo and Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH you should notice that these games are generally highly regarded, not only on Nintendolife...

Maybe your taste is just a bit different.

@ Manfred: Too bad, but thanks for the answer.

Awesome! Day 1 download for me =).

@ Manfred: Is there a release date for Europe?

If you look at other reviews you see that Nintendolife is not the only one who gave the game a low score. Many are annoyed at the graphical realization.

Art of Balance looks interesting.

I also don't understand why MM4 should be worse than 5 and 6. For me it is still a very good game.

The video just show one stage, look at the screens to see others environments and opponents, too:

http://dsiware.nintendolife.com/games/dsiware/airace/screenshots

For such a lazy port I absolutely understand the review and the score.

@ Corbie: Why do you gave the game back in 2005 a 6.5/10, and now a 9?

http://web.archive.org/web/20051203020627/http://www.super-nes.com/earthbound.htm

It is btw. very strange, that the original site isn't available since the comment of rayword45 (11.) (http://retro.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/12/earthbound_retro#comment356701)...

You wrote in the review linked:

I've seen this game rated as highly as a 9.9 on some reviews on the net, and that I just can't understand. I mean, sure the storyline of this game is extremely funny and refreshing, but other than that, the game is just way too plain when it comes to graphics, music, and even gameplay. To me the game relies too heavily on the gimmicky style of the story and puts way too much emphasis on cracking jokes and being silly when it should have put more emphasis on the gameplay. My recommendation is that if you like rpgs, give this game a try. But be forewarned, this game is more of a novelty and should not be bought with the impression that it's going to offer a serious gameplay experience that many fans of more serious titles like Final Fantasy III and Chrono Trigger have come to expect from an rpg. This game is good for what it is. A light-hearted parody that's more funny than it is fun.

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I think I'm not going to buy it because it seems to be very, very short =(.

I am very disappointed and expected so much more from the whole animations...

For me several animations from amateurs are a lot better in view of humor and quality.

I absolute agree with the review and the score, Reflect Missile is awesome!

If I wouldn't already own Electroplakton, I would buy all DSiWare games of the series^^.

Looks very interesting, I'm looking forward to it.

Looks good and interesting.