November 2nd, 2011

The review scores from Nintendo Power

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Nintendo Power has a ton of reviews in their latest issue, and there’s plenty of scores for games on the 3DS, most of which aren’t too bad. Of course, Super Mario 3D Land comes out on top, but Cave Story 3D, Shinobi and Pokémon Blast Rumble also score well. Check them all out after the break.

  • Super Mario 3D Land: 9.0
  • Shinobi: 7.5
  • James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes: 5.0
  • Pokemon Blast Rumble: 7.5
  • Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures: 7.0
  • Captain America: Super Soldier: 5.0
  • Go Vacation: 7.0
  • Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic: 5.0
  • Fishing Resort: 7.5
  • Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy: 7.5
  • Nano Assault: 7.0
  • X-Men Destiny (Wii): 2.5
  • X-Men Destiny (DS): 2.0
  • Back to the Future: The Game: 6.5
  • Rayman Origins: 9.5
  • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games: 7.0
  • Spiderman: Edge of Time (3DS): 6.0
  • Spiderman: Edge of Time (DS): 5.0
  • Spiderman: Edge of Time (Wii): 7.0
  • Fossil Fighters: Champions: 8.0
  • Cave Story 3D: 8.0
  • Pac-Man Party 3D: 4.5
  • Michael Jackson: The Experience: 5.0
  • The Sims 3: Pets: 7.5
  • Centipede Infestation: 6.5
  • Disney Universe: 4.5
  • Samrat

    Just as I predicted…
    Well not exactly, but around the same.

  • 1-up Dude

    YAY,Mario got tha best! XD

    • Samrat

      No, Rayman Origins did…

    • protoave14

      We’re talking 3ds here. This IS a 3ds blog last time i checked

    • Samrat

      It is for the 3DS.

    • FJ LInk

      As far as I know, the 3D version hasn’t been released yet.
      It’s the same game, anyway, so I think it’ll get the same score or a similar one =F

    • Jibba Jabba Wabba Fatty Ding Dongs

      Can someone explain how rayman actually beat mario. I think the person who reviewed that game game needs to have their head checked.

    • Okami

      @Jibba Jabba Wabba Fatty Ding Dongs

      Maybe because he/she who revieved the games have actually fully tested both, which you haven’t.

      And people do have different opinions.

    • Natto1995 (2191-7700-8073)

      I have Rayman 3D sooo might as well get Rayman: Origins

    • Holonboy

      Didn’t Ubisoft already announce the 3DS version of Rayman Origins is going to be different from the console versions (Wii, in this review)?

      So even though this is a review of Rayman Origins, it’s a review of the Wii version, not the 3DS version, so you can’t quite compare it to Mario 3D Land yet.

    • George Tirebiter

      @Jibba Jabba Wabba Fatty Ding Dongs

      Since Mario has to live up to his own legacy, it’s not surprising. It’s a great Mario game that everyone should buy, but it only lives to localize most of what’s come before to a portable device rather than push the series forward. Mind you it’s a great representation of what’s been achieved with Mario over the years, and it even takes Galaxy and sidescrolling concepts of level design back to a standard 3D Mario game, but it doesn’t do much more than that. It actually would have been perfect for his 25th Anniversary last year.

      Rayman Origins, meanwhile, could be considered a grand realization for the series that pushes it forward by doing something different. While it draws on the original 2-D sidescrolling PSX game, it never limits itself with the past. Just as importantly, this affirms how well Ubisoft’s new UbiArt Framework…well, works. I really hope this set of tools deeply influences game presentation for years to come. It’s a pleasure to see that jaw-dropping surprise during Ubisoft’s E3 ’09 conference become the success I’d hoped for.

      Both are great, that’s a given, but one successfully pushes the boundaries. Still, that earned .5 is a bit awkward. :P

  • protoave14

    Predictable, but good

  • RottenCurry

    Wheres Skyward Sword Review?!!!!

    • J

      it was in the last issue

    • RottenCurry

      No it wasn’t, and if it was what was the score.

    • RottenCurry

      Oi, I know, u r thinking of The Official Nintendo Magazine, which is totally different

    • George Tirebiter

      @RottenCurry You’re absolutely right.

      And just for convenience’s sake, here’s all the reviews so far:

      Edge: 10/10
      http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/legend-zelda-skyward-sword-review

      ONM: 9.8/10

      Games TM: 9/10 (on a whole-point scale, aka no .5s)

      As far as the full reviews, they all offered the same kind of high praise. For instance, most of the Games TM review could have been mistaken for a 10/10 review.

  • http://Lol daniel

    Wow there are so many games coming out, I don’t know which one to get. any suggestions?

    • Samrat

      SUPER MARIO 3D LAND. PERIOD.

    • http://Lol daniel

      Thanks

    • MrKoopan

      MARIO KART!!!!

    • yoyo

      battlefied 3 >:3 nya!

  • Yrukdfh

    There is a typo. You misspelled “but” as “bu”. Just before the words “Cave Story”

    • http://www.wiipals.net/Forum/members/turbopikachu-22921.html TurboPikachu

      Oh noez! It’s teh end of teh worldz! D:

    • Marcos

      who cares if he spells something wrong, you still know what word it is…

  • http://passid.ca/186686 Jay

    So do i get Cave Story or Shinobi

    • http://Lol daniel

      Cave story is AMZING.

    • http://Lol daniel

      Sorry amazing

    • http://Lol daniel

      Sorry for writing so much I’m new to this. Add me please 3437 3137 2936

    • Free of Birth
    • Total911

      Yeah! Pay attention, Daniel! You need to go kill Alexander!

    • http://3dsblog COWS SAY QUACK

      @daniel no offence but we 3ds bloggers went through a phase of add mee and you got mario kart so add me but its nice to share but i like my friends to be well friends

    • http://Lol daniel

      Sorry I didn’t read the article at the time

  • http://Lol daniel

    Maybe bu is a new word?

    • Guy with the stuff and the thing

      It’s the sound a pig makes in Japanese!

  • Rentaline

    Wow. Rayman did better than Mario.

  • yoyo

    wtf i didn’t get my new nintendo power issue

    fucking! nya! >:3

    • http://YouTube.com/khfanlizzie lizzie1238

      Same here :(

    • wut

      me three

    • it’s me, Mario!

      are you a cat, right?

    • Xarreno

      Nya, reminds me of Bowyer from SMRPG. Not sure if your referencing that though.

    • yoyo

      it’s from a anime called tokyo mew mew

  • Skylighter

    I wonder what they said about assault horizon legacy…

    • http://Lol daniel

      7.5

  • Free of Birth

    I expected Rayman Origins would go well, and it did.

  • http://www.en.gravatar.com GameManiac

    One of the games got a 2.

    How pitiful.

    Glad SM3DL got a 9.

    Should also get Pokemon Rumble Blast.

    • Belinni

      Has an X-Men game ever been good?

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

      @Bellini X-men and Spider-man: Arcade’s revenge on the sega genesis

    • Leqaf

      @Bellini X-men Legends

    • Belinni

      I love how no one can ever get my name right, internet name or not.

      Totally forgot about the days when licensed games were good. However I would say Legends was only an OK game, after 3 playthroughs I don’t think many people would want to touch it again, especially if they notice how restrictive the game truly was.

  • bonesawisready

    To be fair, Rayman Origins is coming out in a few months for the 3DS, apparently it is stealing the show with its reviews/impressions from critics this holiday. I don’t know if I can wait to pick up Origins on the 3DS, but it would make sense since I can get 1, 2 on 3DS

  • Brian

    Totally getting X-Men Destiny for the DS now, look at the score bruhh.

  • http://YouTube.com/khfanlizzie lizzie1238

    Man, I was really hoping for a Skyward Sword review! Now when I finally read it in a month, I’ll have already played a good chunk of the game :(

  • Xuphor

    Pokemon Blast Rumble? Don’t you mean “Pokémon Rumble Blast!”?

    You make a 3DS blog, and got that wrong twice? Huh?

  • Ty

    Cave Story has been reviewing really good. It’s gotten 2 90s and 1 100. Nintendo Power is the first to give it a score lower than 90, but it’s not very surprising.

    On the other hand, Pokemon Rumble: Blast has been reviewing pretty poorly. It’s gotten 1 72, 2 70s, 1 65, 2 60s, 1 56, 3 50s, and 1 46. Nintendo Power is the first to give it a score higher than 72, and that’s not surprising either.

    They tend to be harsher when reviewing 3rd party games, but softer when reviewing 1st party games. That’s why I don’t really listen to their reviews. I tend to take them with a grain of salt.

    • MrPinochle

      Yeah, very true. If Rumble Blast was third party it would’ve gotten like a 6. I believe that is the score it deserves. There is no way that game is as good as Shinobi.

    • TechTris

      Actually,PRB deserved that score. The gameplay had multiple variations,new Pokemon to choose from more often,and the gameplay is fast and feels fluid,and the new gameplay modes give it something new to look forward to. The music is Amazing,and the Replay value is high,due to all the World ranks,EX battle royales,and the Legendaries you can get on certain stages 5% of the time. But,the game did have occasionaly repetitive gameplay,and the post-story mode does seem to be a bit slow.

    • LaLaLa

      It took me a week to beat, But it’s fun to replay levels on multiplayer.

  • Palkiasv

    Glad that Rayman Origins, Super Mario 3D Land, and Cave Story 3D got a good score…But why Is Pokemon Rumble Blast low rated? It looks amazing.

    • Jezzy

      because its more of a mini game not a full game kinda thing :/ when they rate graphics on the game the score goes to shit even tho thats the style and its sapose to look like that and 7.5 isnt that bad its like a fun game but it coud be better :D

    • MrKoopan

      it’s a huge ass game, i can’t let it go, it has an amazing story too!

  • http://www.hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

    Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy: 7.5

    i would have gotten this game if it had online battles. the same with starfox. but ace combat looked awesome. hey maybe there can be a downloadable thing to make it go online. i mean, downloadable content is coming soon anyways.

  • yoyo

    x-man got a 2! man people don’t know how to make a good movie/show game anymore like snes and sg days the movie games was good what happen?

  • MrPinochle

    Wow I have to get Rayman Origins. Soooo……if it got a 9.5, that means SS has to get a 10! =D I do hope so.

  • Jezzy

    im suprised spyro origins got so low :P

    • Jezzy

      made a mistake was thinking of rayman origins when i sayd that i mean spyro skylanders :P

    • KonjikinoSora

      I’m not. The game looks pretty cheap. It seems like a gimmick to convince all of those little kids who collect toys to buy a video game based on them.

  • Natto1995 (2191-7700-8073)

    WooHoo Pokemon Blast Rumble at 7.5!!!!
    I would give it at least a 8.0 ^^

    • Peter

      Me too!

    • LaLaLa

      8.5 If you play multiplayer. :D

  • Mr. Catz

    Why did Edge of Time (3DS) get a whole point lower than the Wii port? Weren’t the basically the exact game?

    • http://3dsforums.com/members/natto1995-11925/ Natto1995 (2191-7700-8073)

      the wii might have better graphics or sumthing

  • Mayker

    No way did Skylanders offer enough content to deserve 7 out of 10.

    • yoyo

      yeah it deserve a 9 out of 10 :3 nya!

    • tim

      way true

  • http://3dsforums.com/members/natto1995-11925/ Natto1995 (2191-7700-8073)

    Ok people that know pokemon thats awesome!!! XD
    And for people that don’t
    1 Pokemon = Pokemon
    2 Pokemon = Pokemon! NOT POKEMONS!!!
    Why do people say Pokemons?!?!?!?!

    • Peter

      I’m a fan, thank god on Wii it’s easy to type- Pokémon! Fan since R/B, CAN’T WAIT FOR GRAY!

    • tim

      same here!!!!!

  • Bonny

    Davids Kinda Slow…

  • tim

    poor score for pokemon rumble blast

    • tim

      c’mon this game should do better, i have and it’s awesome.

  • tim

    Disney universe sounds and looks like one of the worst games ever, i want the actual characters, it’s more fun

  • Mountain Man

    Can’t Nintendo do something about all the shovelware?

  • 1-up Dude

    oh,mario didnt get the best,oh well it still got a awesome rateing :3

    • LaLaLa

      Because it’s a awesome game! :D

  • LaLaLa

    Was Skylanders reviewed on the 3ds or wii? :D