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[Hero of Legend]

Great games make great gifts, and there are more great games on Nintendo platforms than anywhere else!

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/546017145721999360

Nintendo? Firing shots? Well now!

Bayo 1 and 2 in the graph makes me smile. Weird lack of DKCTF, but most shockingly, no ORAS. (Edit: nvm, DK and ORAS aren't at least 85, weird)

 

[CoolZombie]

It's true as well.

 

[Sendou]

Bayo 1 and 2 in the graph make me smile. Weird lack of DKCTF, but most shockingly, no ORAS.

DKC:TF has Metascore of 83. ORAS is the same.

 

[NewVegasDog]

Oh wow, they even mentioned some niche games like PQ and VLR.

 

[Omikaru]

I guess they're not even counting Vita at this point, as Virtue's Last Reward is on that system too.

Edit: Never mind, I thought they were talking about exclusives. Seems Rayman is on there too.

 

[Makonero]

Company markets itself and its product!

Why is this news?

 

[Hero of Legend]

DKC:TF has Metascore of 83. ORAS is the same.

That is true. Still. I'm surprised by ORAS not reaching that score. Huh.

 

[Vylash]

very true

 

[opticalmace]

Using user score as a determining factor seems kind of weird.

 

[Zombie James]

I like how they only include retail games.

 

[Crayons]

They put VLR on there, sweet mention but it's also on Vita.

 

[Lunar15]

*and DKC, but don't listen to metacritic.

 

[BorkBork]

Wow a VLR shoutout.

(Great game)

 

[sensui-tomo]

I guess they're not even counting Vita at this point, as Virtue's Last Reward is on that system too.

and it didnt have that game save destroying bug the 3ds had either.

 

[fluffydelusions]

 

[Karsticles]

Company markets itself and its product!

Why is this news?

Nintendo very rarely compares itself to other companies publicly.

 

[shadyspace]

True.

 

[NotLiquid]

I guess they're not even counting Vita at this point, as Virtue's Last Reward is on that system too.

They aren't claiming they're exclusive. Rayman Legends and Bayonetta are on the image too.

 

[Hylian7]

They aren't wrong.

(Unless we are counting Steam, but it does say other CONSOLES)

Also it's nice to see Nintendo acknowledge VLR. That game is great and it still saddens me to this day that we likely will never see ZE3.

 

[Storm Kyleis]

Bayo 1 and 2 in the graph makes me smile. Weird lack of DKCTF, but most shockingly, no ORAS.

"Retail games for current generation systems with a Metascore of 85+ AND a User Score of 8.5 or better as of Dec. 19, 2014"

 

[LegendofLex]

Using user score as a determining factor seems kind of weird.

How, exactly? Critics can be swayed by conflict of interest, users can't.

 

[BrokenFiction]

Company markets itself and its product!

Why is this news?

I never feel like they market themselves enough. They've certainly got the bank for it.

 

[Canucked]

That's great. I hope my partner got the hint and I get a WiiU for Christmas. I want the Toad game.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

They really love metascore, theres only two games on that list that I find appealing enough. 2014 was not a good year for ninty (which some of those games they have arent even 2014 games).

 

[Omikaru]

They aren't claiming they're exclusive. Rayman Legends and Bayonetta are on the image too.

I realised this seconds after I posted. *slaps self*

At any rate, good to see they are acknowledging great games like VLR and Persona Q.

 

[Josh7289]

Well, I agree. It's interesting that they backed it up with data from Metacritic though.

 

[-Horizon-]

:x

 

[Floridian]

They didn't lie.

 

[Seik]

I can agree with that, so far their line-up this year and for 2015 is very, very solid.

 

[Phediuk]

lol @ using Metacritic user scores as a measure of anything.

 

[Hero of Legend]

"Retail games for current generation systems with a Metascore of 85+ AND a User Score of 8.5 or better as of Dec. 19, 2014"

Yeah I missed that exact number. Surprising that DK and ORAS didn't reach 85.

 

[Schrade]

They may be great for Nintendo fans but there's not a single thing there that interests me.

Edit: I take that back. Rayman Legends is probably something I may try some day. But I don't think that's exclusive to Nintendo stuff, right?

 

[LunarKnite]

Just checked Metacritic for VLR on the Vita, and it's actually at 84 for critic scores.

 

[Coffee Dog]

Well, it's pretty much the only selling point of the console.

There are a lot of very well recieved games on the Wii U, get the word out.

 

[oti]

Nintendoe's what the others don't?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Curious as to what the eight great games on the other consoles are... Also Rayman and VLR are on other platforms. And the original Bayonetta.

That said, my WiiU/3DS library has some fucking amazing games.

 

[Hindl]

They aren't wrong.

(Unless we are counting Steam, but it does say other CONSOLES)

Well steam also doesn't have console generations, so you could pull from the last 10+ years and further back as companies port older games.

But yeah can't disagree great list. This time next year those "other consoles" will have quite a few more titles to stick on that list tho

 

[AniHawk]

luigi's mansion's logo was really kept inside a black square?

 

[spookyfish]

Why does the "Song of Storms" play in my head when I read this?

Spoiler

"Spin spin spin spin!"

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

They should have used SMB2 Japan poison mushrooms rather than stars for the other consoles.

 

[Corpekata]

How, exactly? Critics can be swayed by conflict of interest, users can't.

Maybe not conflict of interest but there's plenty of deluded fanboys that make reviews on there (see the bombing of DmC's user score within minutes of release when very few people could have played it).

 

[JordanN]

So Nintendo is doing list wars?

Not sure if antagonizing MS/Sony is really the best idea.

 

[Barry Burton]

At this moment in time, I'd have to agree with that statement.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Rayman Legends is a little peculiar... found it better on PS4 myself-

 

[cws]

They arent wrong, but i dont like this kind of ads.

 

[Silky]

True.

Even though Mario Kart 8 is pretty bad.

 

[Coffee Dog]

They may be great for Nintendo fans but there's not a single thing there that interests me.

Shooters/RTS only gamer?

 

[RPGamer92]

Did the save glitch for the 3DS version of VLR ever get fixed?

 

[lumzi23]

Want to argue but 'tis true.

 

[test_account]

On a more serious note, there are indeed many great games on Nintendo platforms.