Nintendo Life's Scores
- Games
For 5,857 reviews, this publication has graded:
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45% higher than the average critic
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18% same as the average critic
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37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 67
| Highest review score: | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | |
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| Lowest review score: | Lawnmower Game: Racing |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2,261 out of 5857
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Mixed: 2,820 out of 5857
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Negative: 776 out of 5857
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Sadly, what we see here unfortunately is a rather bland and dull attempt that will struggle to keep your attention, forcing a football theme into it as a way of trying to draw people in.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Dec 22, 2010
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There's nothing we can say about My Jurassic Farm that we haven't already said about My Farm and My Exotic Farm: they're indistinguishable from one another aside from a new coat of jagged-polygon paint.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Jul 16, 2014
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Even for fans of the equestrian world, Horse Vet 3D offers too little to justify a recommendation.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Oct 16, 2014
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Namco Bandai has published a number of surprisingly solid titles tied to their Shōnen Jump properties in recent years, but they've indisputably missed the boat on making One Piece Romance Dawn anywhere close to worth playing.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Dec 5, 2013
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It doesn't have enough steam to keep its engine running - it's safer to call a cab or walk home.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Aug 13, 2015
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Taking a balanced look at Aeon Must Die!, we really struggle to see exactly what anyone could get out of it. It's repetitive, ceaselessly uninteresting and frustrates on a fundamental level. We've certainly played worse games and it deserves credit on some level simply for having so many ideas, but none of them are good — or, at least, none of them are executed with the requisite level of skill that would make them work. It's a shame, because with more refinement, more of a tight clutch and a willingness to throw out what doesn't work, we feel like Aeon Must Die! could be pretty special. As it stands, there's no level on which we can enthusiastically recommend it.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Oct 18, 2021
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- Posted Sep 17, 2014
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Greater options for customisation would have helped a bit, as would options for differing control styles, but ultimately Deca Sports 3 is flawed enough at its core that no amount of additional features would help it much. Sorry, sports fans.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Jan 12, 2011
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Do yourself a favour and don't get on this train.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Apr 12, 2016
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Boingz is a classic example of a very unique and original game play idea that's ultimately ruined by its poor execution.- Nintendo Life
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Gun Gun Pixies is a bad game. It’s a terrible third-person shooter, a clunky platformer and an incompetent visual novel, all wrapped up in an embarrassingly puerile attempt at titillation. Usually, this type of game can be saved somewhat by at least having some humour about itself or some level of self-awareness as to how bonkers or puerile it's being, but Gun Gun Pixies can't even manage that. It’s hard to believe anyone would choose to offend themselves with this kind of thing but, if it is your bag, you should still be put off somewhat by the fact that everything it attempts to do, on a purely technical level, it does very badly indeed.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Sep 16, 2019
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Fall of Light: Darkest Edition should have been the best way to stalk dungeons and experience Souls-like combat before Dark Souls: Remastered Edition finally restores its humanity on Nintendo Switch, but it’s a destiny that’s never claimed. The poor voice acting will make you cringe, the broken combat will make you rage and the visual compromises will likely make you put your console away and have a well-earned lie-down.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Sep 3, 2018
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Waifu Impact makes the mistake of assuming that the promise of fan service is enough to carry a game through its runtime, however short. This game takes the Fortnite formula, dips the character controls in digital treacle, strips it of the multiplayer aspect that makes that game fun, and doesn’t add anything worthwhile. It feels more like a proof of concept, with no story or characterisation to speak of. Most importantly, it just isn’t fun to play. Even for the low price from the eShop, the joke here wears thin within half an hour.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Apr 29, 2022
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Unfortunately, Nickelodeon Kart Racers is simply not good; derivative mechanics, a pathetic character roster and awful performance make this a bargain bin experience that you’ll be glad you missed. If you absolutely have to play a racing game with Nickelodeon characters, then by all means, go ahead, but we’d highly recommend you take a pass on this sorry effort.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Nov 6, 2018
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It seems like those who would be most willing to keep up with the dragging tasks of Life with Horses 3D are the big-time equine fans. However, these same fans would also be most disappointed in how lifeless the world can be and how impersonal treatment of and interaction with the horses can feel.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Dec 30, 2013
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There are no two ways about it: Hot Wheels: World’s Best Driver is not good.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Jan 20, 2014
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An exercise in frustration. Though it looks and sounds great, it suffers from shoddy hit detection, hard-to-read fonts, and moments of slowdown that make precision platforming nigh impossible.- Nintendo Life
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- Posted Mar 3, 2015
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Kotodama could have been a perfectly fine mystery school adventure if it didn't leave you blindly groping in the dark through repeats of repeats for a tiny morsel of fresh content. Failing that it could have been a decent brain-teaser if only it had the depth of even the most casual of free-to-play phone puzzlers. It could even have been an actually erotic visual novel if your lead's "People I've met but without their clothes on" fantasies ever went anywhere, real or imagined. Kotodama is in every way too much of not enough; the individual elements do not work well on their own nor gel together to form something new and there is no unique fusion going on here, nor even a basic feeling of quality to the individual elements. Pick whichever part intrigues you most about this title then seek it out elsewhere.- Nintendo Life
- Posted May 31, 2019
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- Posted Jul 26, 2016
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Hysteria Hospital leaves a pretty bad taste and a craving for some morphine to make the painful gameplay disappear.- Nintendo Life
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We can forgive a game for being too ambitious for its own good, trying something bold, and possibly falling short. The trouble with Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire is that it tries to deliver something we’ve seen before and still manages to fail at it. Even if you stripped out every technical issue, improved the camera, and polished up the visuals, you would still be left with a painfully average gaming experience. Sky Oceans doesn’t even crash and burn – it fails to leave the runway.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Oct 10, 2024
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- Posted Nov 10, 2012
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Anyone looking for a survival horror experience on their Wii U will definitely want to set their sights on the infinitely superior ZombiU instead.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Apr 1, 2013
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If you're able to get through the wonky nausea-inducing camera work, Tiny Galaxy does at least offer plenty of content.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Aug 5, 2015
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We fail to see what is so therapeutic about a game that is composed of nothing more than repetitive wrist movements and button memorization.- Nintendo Life
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Vroom in the night sky offers so little content and such poor communication that it is hard to think of any reasons to recommend this to anyone. Technically the game works – there are no major bugs or glitches, levels and items unlock as you'd expect and pressing accelerate makes your bike go forwards – but that doesn't make it enjoyable. Steer clear of this one and save your hard-earned cash for other titles that deserve your attention.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Mar 10, 2017
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The problem with Wizard Defenders is that it's executed so poorly, with harsh difficulty levels that make even the Tutorial unbeatable and sticky, temperamental controls that infuriate in the process.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Dec 19, 2012
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Save the DSiWare Points and skip over this Samurai — you’ll have far more fun splurging on a puzzle book and a pair of geta instead.- Nintendo Life
- Posted Aug 18, 2014
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As for the difficulty, it's almost non-existent considering this game will put you to sleep long before it becomes any kind of a challenge – in fact, if you're on the market for a new sleep aid, this will probably pay for itself after the first couple of weeks.- Nintendo Life
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