Nintendo Life's Scores

  • Games
For 5,853 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 45% higher than the average critic
  • 18% same as the average critic
  • 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: 100 Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Lowest review score: 10 153 Hand Video Poker
Score distribution:
5861 game reviews
    • 71 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Puzzle Bobble Galaxy really pulls out the stops to deliver a must-have Puzzle Bobble experience. It still commands a decent price, but it's definitely worth picking up regardless of cost, whether you're a fan of the series or just like a good bit of puzzling on your DS.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    For 200 points Sudoku! 50 For Beginners is a pretty sound purchase: it has enough to keep the player occupied for a decent amount of time and really is a very good introduction to Sudoku.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    The game controls flawlessly, especially with the addition of manual movement, and is another worthy entry in the Monkey Island series.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    The Three Musketeers: One For All! is difficult to recommend without also reciting a litany of flaws, but, in the end, we feel that those flaws are forgiven by the many things this game gets just right.
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    • 40 Critic Score
    The presentation is as basic as you can get with no options and no ability to play anyone besides the computer. Although the computer is a competent foe, these games are generally prized for their social aspect and get old quickly when played alone.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A sports package that's absolutely chock full of sports gaming goodness and enough replay value to keep gamers coming back for more. You might find sports packages that offer up a more in-depth gameplay experience for an individual sport , but you'd be hard pressed to find a package with more variety and fun than the one found in Wii Sports Resort.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    With a fantastic script and localisation, greater variety in the tasks involved and dozens of moments that will bring a beaming smile to your face, Little King’s Story outdoes Miyamoto’s garden game on every level. The King is dead – long live the King!
    • 65 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    NEMREM has a great deal of replayability as completing certain puzzles under the assigned restrictions can be pretty challenging, especially in later puzzles.
    • 56 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    The lack of any difficulty options and the lacklustre multiplayer mode does not do the game any favours, but for many it could provide a nice little diversion at a low price.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    One word sums up the gameplay in the latest Final Fantasy spin-off for WiiWare - deep. There’s absolutely no way you’ll be disappointed with the sheer number of things to consider throughout the game.
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    • 50 Critic Score
    The bottom line is what is on offer here doesn’t represent good value for 800 Nintendo Points.
    • 47 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Summing it up Bit Boy!! is a great concept for a game and it was interesting to see the interpretation of each gaming generation. The core gameplay in Bit Boy!! isn't terrible, but features serious flaws in the sheer volume of enemies on screen at one time and also the amount of life-sapping dead ends – a hallmark of poor game design.
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    • 10 Critic Score
    If you've played Incoming! for only thirty seconds, you've gotten just as much out of it as if you've played for several hours.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    But in the end Ant Nation is just a fun, quirky game that most people with a sense of humor and at least a passing interest in strategy will get some pleasure out of.
    • 31 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    CID The Dummy is a rather disappointing experience and a prime example of the recent trend of “shovelware” that seems to have befallen the Wii. There are little to no discernable areas of good quality in the game and at best it may pass an hour or two before you become at best confused and at worst utterly completely frustrated.
    • 77 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    On paper, maths might seem like a boring idea for a game, but this installment of the Art Style series has proved the skeptics wrong – it's just as good as Skip's previous efforts. It may be a little hard to get into at first, since you'll need to get used to fast flipping and combining of numbers, but when it clicks you will be entertained for quite a while. Yet another success for the Art Style games!
    • 78 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Gameloft have set the bar for other developers to aspire to, with a huge amount of detailed gaming squeezed from the 800 points asking price with 28 licensed cars, 8 real-life cities and a decent-sized career mode.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It's good, but not exactly worth getting very excited over. If you've never played a Puzzle Bobble game before it's worth getting, but if you've played multiple games in the series this one really won't do anything special for you.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    While some of the new has obviously worn off the BIT.TRIP experience and the high level of difficulty will likely turn some gamers off right from the start, it's still difficult to fault BIT.TRIP CORE's unique and engaging gaming experience.
    • 61 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    Lacking any realistic sense of the story of Heracles, or the experience of chariot racing, this game would at first glance seem to be a disappointment. However, what we have instead is a passable Mario Kart clone that offers some new twists to its racing, some new battle mode levels to play with your friends, and ultimately a full PS2 game in one budget priced download.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    It’s just a shame that this feels more like a continuation rather than a fully-fledged enhancement.
    • 48 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A bit of a let down and feels like a step backwards in terms of gameplay as the game itself is little more than one massive scavenger hunt with most of the storyline progressing through bland, boring cut-scenes.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Hudson have pulled it off again and created yet another quality FPS which was developed in Japan! If you played Onslaught and sorely missed more online multiplayer modes, then this should be an instant download.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    It isn’t a must have title by any means but genuinely interested players should find enough redeeming qualities to make this one worth a download.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    It’s difficult to recommend Silver Star Reversi wholeheartedly, however its core gameplay and frugal price make it difficult to dismiss.
    • 69 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    If you've only got a Wii, the game's worth a purchase, but if you're a multi-platform owner you can definitely do better in terms of FPS games.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Anno: Create a New World is a pretty rare beast: a sim game with a story mode that's accessible to newcomers yet has sufficient depth to appeal to veterans. Whether you're a longtime simulation game player or just curious, you should definitely go pick this one up!
    • 46 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Drill Sergeant Mindstrong features quite a few interesting gameplay ideas, but they ultimately become too weighted down with the overly simplistic play control and mediocre audio/visual presentation to be of much enjoyment.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    A very charming puzzle experience.
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    • 60 Critic Score
    While it still retains many of the negative aspects of past titles, it should appear quite clear that it is the definite installment in the series.

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