5th Gen Famitsu's 40 out of 40: Now you KNOW it's good?

[Surmonter]

Wow. That is intense. Especially considering there are only 15 40/40 games out of the many years Famitsu has been rating games ; Black and White now making their 15th. O_o;

Go Pokemon. :D

I know that this has been said, but wtf is Nintendogs doing with a 40/40 score? >/
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Nintendogs is amazing :(

I am really excited for this game now. More-so than I was before!

Too bad I have to wait until I am nearly 18 to play them. :( Adulthood. GO AWAY! ;_;

 

[austy14]

Nintendogs is amazing :(

I am really excited for this game now. More-so than I was before!

Too bad I have to wait until I am nearly 18 to play them. :( Adulthood. GO AWAY! ;_;

Oh, poor you. It's ok, pokemon's for grownups too! :D

Anyways, yeah kinda surprised on perfect scores. I mean yeah, great games and all, but that perfect? Even a 39/40 woulda been great. But they got the 40/40, so let's hope they live up to it!

 

[vibratingcat]

I think BW sounds great, but I'd not give it a ten just because it SOUNDS great. Have these people actually played the game? O_o; Either way, I don't think I'll be giving it 10/10 once I do play it; most of the Pokemon thus far don't appeal to me at all.

Famitsu gets the games early on, i think it's the same for other game magazine companies in america.

I think, looking at that list, if the games were re-reviewed, Nintendogs would be the only game that would come down. When that game was released, the technology in the DS was pretty highly advanced, and the uniqueness and gimmicky nature of the game is what warranted the high score. I think all the others are justified, so don't let the fact that Nintendogs is up there detract from the achievement that appears to have been made here with Black and White.

exactly. when i first so nintendogs my mind was completely blown. it was pretty much the reason why i got the ds. but since it was only really based on technology, it has aged real fast. it was great in its time.
i really trust the famitsu's reviews as i love most of their high rated games. I bought peace walker partly because of the 40 and it is one of the greatest games i have played. pokemon is definatelly my favourite franchise of all time and to see one of its games get the 40 is very exciting. XD

 

[Fushigidane-Chan]

10/10/10 across the board just means that Famitsu just got a **** ton of money from advertising. You can never really take game rating companies seriously anymore because they will just keep getting paid to say things are awesome.

Black and White would sell a tremendous amount of copies, regardless of whether or not Famitsu gave the games a score of 40.

 

[Sage Harpuia]

I don't consider very much famitsu score because I don't like their review method: I mean, there are some contradiction: this pokemon episode was praised for having a fresh feeling when it's not so new (don't get me wrong, I'm super-excited for the changes that has been done, but I will give it a perfect scores when there will be real changes); Instead Super mario galaxy or metroid prime 3 have scored 38 and 31 even if they are more revolutionary and, at the same time, able to give a lot of fun like a pokemon game.
Instead Dragon quest IX that is the same, episode after episode, has scored 40(?). I mean there are other reviewer more reliable and, in the end, only trying the game yourself can give you the score more fitting for your tastes.

 

[blue]

Not surprised by this score, the screens videos and trailers look awesome, can't wait to receive my copy! :)

 

[Tater Tot]

k, I really thought this game was gonna suck... mainly because I didn't like Diamond or Platinum. Maybe this will actually be good. :P

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Clearly none of their reviewers took into account that the main protagonists need a visit from the fashion police.

In all seriousness, this changes nothing. I am still adamant about not buying these games. There's too much I don't like... the new Pokemon designs, the new trainer designs, the fact that I can't fall back on my old standbys for my team, the fact that we have MORE "childhood friends" (read: wimpy attitudes) as "rivals"... and all of that outweighs anything that I may have actually liked about the games.

Amazing how far a little advertising money will get you :P

 

[Volroc]

my comment to XanderO abotu D/P vs Platinum

Spoiler:

I find it funny that Platinum got one point higher than Diamond and Pearl when everyone I know hates Platinum with a passion. Most of my friends sold theirs without completing the game because they didn't like it and kept their Diamonds and Pearls.

i hate diamond and pearl with a passion, worse games ever, they were even slower than Red,Blue,&Yellow
they were complete failures, & the story was horrible, they had horribly choppy graphics, the sound quality was crappy, the wild pokemon was just plain horrible, no fire types, no diversity at all, & the gym leaders teams were pathetic.
the whole games were terrible, i cant wait til i get my soulsilver in the mail, im gonna sell my diamond so fast it wont know what hit it.

Platinum fixed all those problems& added a far better storyline, that actually made sense, where as in Diamond&Pearl it was chopped up between a couple places, a few encounters, & ended abruptly at the spear pillar

i already knew this gen was gonna be fontastic, so hopefully they werent paid :D cuz i have high hopes for this gen, considering gen4 was just horrible.

 

[Xander Olivieri]

my comment to XanderO abotu D/P vs Platinum

Spoiler:

i hate diamond and pearl with a passion, worse games ever, they were even slower than Red,Blue,&Yellow
they were complete failures, & the story was horrible, they had horribly choppy graphics, the sound quality was crappy, the wild pokemon was just plain horrible, no fire types, no diversity at all, & the gym leaders teams were pathetic.
the whole games were terrible, i cant wait til i get my soulsilver in the mail, im gonna sell my diamond so fast it wont know what hit it.

Platinum fixed all those problems& added a far better storyline, that actually made sense, where as in Diamond&Pearl it was chopped up between a couple places, a few encounters, & ended abruptly at the spear pillar

i already knew this gen was gonna be fontastic, so hopefully they werent paid :D cuz i have high hopes for this gen, considering gen4 was just horrible.

I still have my Plat, HG, and SS but I stopped playing them after I beat the E4. I hate all three of these games. To me they just plain suck. I still play D/P though. My competitive teams are being raised on those and I don't plan on ever picking up the other three again.

I was glad they took out the fire types. I don't like fire types at all. As for the Gyms, I never lost to a Gym Leader until the D/P series. So for me, the D/P gyms were the hardest I've battled against.

Reason I don't like HG/SS is because its just polished Second Gen games with Crystal and Yellow thrown in and given D/P's graphics. I'm praying they don't remake Ruby and Sapphire just so they don't kill my love for that region.

So since the higher rated ones I seem to hate, I hope Black and White can survive more than a week at my house. I really like the systems for it and it be a shame for me to just stick it into my game bag never to be touched along with the other games.

 

[Bay]

Clearly none of their reviewers took into account that the main protagonists need a visit from the fashion police.

In all seriousness, this changes nothing. I am still adamant about not buying these games. There's too much I don't like... the new Pokemon designs, the new trainer designs, the fact that I can't fall back on my old standbys for my team, the fact that we have MORE "childhood friends" (read: wimpy attitudes) as "rivals"... and all of that outweighs anything that I may have actually liked about the games.

Amazing how far a little advertising money will get you :P

I actually think Cheren might make an interesting rival. I don't know, but I think it's cool that we have a rival that is smart, will give advice, and make sure you're not slacking off.

To be honest, I'm quite not surprised. This is exactly what I expected of this game, and this lets me know that the overall Pokemon designs, while some of them are cheesy and whatnot(and even some of them that are unrevealed), managed to stand out enough to the Famitsu reviewers enough for them to give it a perfect score. :D

Congrats, B/W!

Even though there are a few Pokemon designs I'm not a fan of, I don't think designs should detract you from playing the games. Besides a lot of the new Pokemon revealed I'm excited for, there are quite a few features and such that I think is cool and will make the gaming experience much greater.

Anyways, this is quite interesting the games got a perfect score. But eh, I plan to get the games somehow anyways, good reviews or not. :P

 

[Spinor]

I've had a feeling from the beginning that these games were going to be successful. I believe that this 40/40 rating is complete and honest.

Of course, I'm not saying this game will not be a victim of *YourMileageMayVary*. In fact, it's inevitable that the people that can't get their heads unstuck from the past no matter what will obviously spass and hate on this game. If you are not interested, don't even bother. If you decided to drop Pokemon because you only liked the older games, then we don't want to hear your moronic dribble spouting into our ears over these games. Get with the times or get out.

I say Your Mileage may vary because people are loving these games for the exact same reasons people are hating it. As I said, if you are the hater, you are thinking too irrationally. I love the new Pokemon designs. Others think they're crap. Get out and pick back up that damn Game Boy, that is, if its electronic circuits are not ashes yet.

You have to look at this rationally and all roundedly. This Pokemon game will be the best Pokemon game yet. Many people will say that on release day. No ands, ifs, or buts. Do not challenge my reasoning until the games actually come out.

What makes a game good anyways? A game is good based on how much you are satisfied from it out of your expectations IF and only IF you are interested in the game, and seek its entertainment. Of course you nostalgic people are going to say it sucks. You are dividing 0 by 0 by 0, which is completely stupid.

 

[Livewire]

I really didn't need a magazine rating to tell me whether the games are going to be good or not. Unless you live in a Cave, then you already know about the amazing features and details we've been told all summer long. I knew B&W was going to be a good game months ago.

 

[560cool.]

Famitsu gave them 40/40...?
In my opinion, this will up the sales. A lot. Just figure it out, Famitsu regulars (which are not Pokemon fans) will read that review and be like : "wtf, perfect scorr !!! omg, need to go pik up da games".
Well, you get the idea. And the franchise will get extra fans ! ^___^

 

[revelp8]

In fact, it's inevitable that the people that can't get their heads unstuck from the past no matter what will obviously spass and hate on this game. If you are not interested, don't even bother. If you decided to drop Pokemon because you only liked the older games, then we don't want to hear your moronic dribble spouting into our ears over these games. Get with the times or get out.

THIS!

I am friggin ecstatic that these two games got 40! Its going to re-revolutionize the whole aspect of touch games and the potential of these little handhelds consoles can do.

 

[lucaspontes]

I hope they didn't overrated it.

 

[LethalTexture]

I hope they didn't overrated it.

Well, knowing the scores they gave previous pokémon games, which I feel were justified, I'm feeling quietly confident that thier judgment of Black and White will be accurate too. however, it does beg the question of whether all future games will be let downs in comparison.

 

[dieter57]

i don't analyze the games that much. just the pokemon.
i catch, train, and destroy.

 

[CZbwoi]

It is pretty amazing to see that only 14 other games got perfect scores from them.

This shoots down all the criticism people had against B&W in my book.

 

[Livewire]

I hope they didn't overrated it.

Trust me, Famitsu is literally never wrong when it comes to ratings. I think they got it right. And the over 1 Million pre-ordered copies of B&W seem to agree with them.