NintendoWorldReport's Scores

  • Games
For 4,811 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 56% higher than the average critic
  • 7% same as the average critic
  • 37% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 3.1 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 100 Mario Kart DS
Lowest review score: 10 Charlie's Angels
Score distribution:
4847 game reviews
    • 39 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Overall, Beyblade: Metal Fusion is a big disappointment for me. The extremely ridiculous storyline is just uninspired, and the battles get monotonous. Fans of the franchise may gain something out of it, but everyone else should stay away.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    The Deer God is a tough sell, its visuals and music can’t help make this game any less frustrating. If you have a lot of time and more importantly a lot of patience maybe this game is good for you, but as it stands, I would stay clear.
    • 39 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Inkheart does offers two-player wireless play (mini-games only), assuming both players have a copy of the game, which is kind of insulting. I really can’t, in good conscience, recommend this DS game to any but my worst enemies.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    A terrible game. It's in 3D, and the Burnout tracks are scaled down well, but nothing else about the game is worth sitting through. It's slow, boring, and poorly put together, three things that the Burnout series is definitely not known for.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Darts Up is straight up better on the Nintendo 3DS. While you can play Darts on the big screen, you will be mostly looking to the little screen anyway.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Ultimately, Dragon Blade Chronicles is a wasted opportunity.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Outbreak is sort of a fun mode, but it does get old quickly, and everything surrounding it is unexplained or prone to error messages, and I can see it becoming kind of gross in a free-to-play way. Blades of Time is bad, and you should not play it.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    R.B.I. Baseball 2017 is the sacrifice bunt of the Switch. It has a purpose in theory and might have been acceptable in its current form several years ago, but more efficient ways are on the way to get a sports fix. And with Baseball Stars 2 hopefully coming from Hamster and the fingers-crossed dream of mine that Super Mega Baseball 2 will touch 'em all including the Switch, we won't be lacking for smart baseball options. In a simulation game, I'd at least like to bring Youppi back to a baseball stadium, but that'll have to wait 'til next year.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle originally started out as a PlayStation Vita game, and would have released there a few months ago but for NIS America's desire to do a simultaneous multiplatform release. A game of this quality wouldn't have been acceptable on the Vita, and being on the Switch is only serving to expose its myriad flaws to more people. If you need to see girls beat the snot out of each other on the Switch, there's already plenty of better options.
    • 38 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    What little merit PixARK has is thoroughly overshadowed by how blatantly unfinished it is. It’s astonishing that a Minecraft knock-off would be listed on the eShop at a higher price than Minecraft, but it’s truly mind-boggling that the actual game is in such a sorry state. Do not play PixARK.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 45 Critic Score
    I came for the appealing art style with the hopes of finding a competent 2D platformer, but ultimately that failed to happen. This already short game doesn’t offer up enough variety to keep it engaging for very long and some mechanical issues only further dampened the experience. Couple all that with very limited replayability and what you’re left with is a forgettable game.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 15 Critic Score
    The simplistic design and superficial gameplay are sure to turn off everyone, including the young girl target group, and especially horse owners.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    As it stands, the only thing this game was running was out of ideas.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    A hollow experience that can’t even deliver on its admittedly hokey premise with some mindless bug-bashing fun. The controls are awkward, methodical, and frustrating, while the visuals are a big step back, even by the standards of last generation’s hardware.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Game Party 3 can be fun with friends, but in the end, the lack of variety of the game selection and wonky controls hold it back from competing with the top dogs of mini-game genre.
    • 37 Metascore
    • 65 Critic Score
    Urban Champion is by no means a great game, but if you're willing to shell out $4.99, it can be a fun diversion when you just don't have a lot of time to sink into more robust titles.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 70 Critic Score
    This fast-paced samurai side-scroller can be hard at first, but after a few rounds it becomes a game worth coming back to.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Swords and Darkness is a functional game, and that’s the best thing that I can say about it.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 50 Critic Score
    Twisted Fusion is a good game with a solid structure that woefully lacks a lot of polish. A lot of fun can be had and a nice sense of adventure pervades the game, but sadly the whole thing is held back by the choppy camera, frame rate, and overall production quality.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 35 Critic Score
    Overall Monster Jam: Crush It is a hot mess of a game that is coming to eShop in a state that’s simply baffling. While on paper the license mixed with the various modes sounds like a lot of fun, the execution of not just the graphics but the overall gameplay makes it feel more like a game from a previous generation and I’m not only talking about the previous one. It’s really hard not to believe that this has been slapped together and is being sent out to market to simply ride on the assumption that Monster Truck fans, and more likely their parents, will buy it on sight. That’s a shame and especially when you throw the $40 asking price onto the package Crush It is a disappointment.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Hollow, as a game, is an effective horror experience plagued by some poor goal communication with the player. It has clear issues but at its core, Hollow is a technically impressive game built on generally good gameplay. As a port to Switch, this game is unfortunately an abysmal mess.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Balan Wonderworld will leave you with a sense of wonder. A nagging sort of wonder. The kind of wonder that makes you wonder. Wonder how a game could so masterfully miss literally every opportunity to treat its players with a modicum of respect. Wonder how a very well known publisher could stomach having it in their library. Wonder what in the world happened with the Switch version. Wonder where your $60 went.
    • 36 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Due to the shoddy, strategically lacking gameplay and the absurd, nonsensical plot and concept, Beyblade on DS should be ignored by everyone except for die-hard fans, if they even exist.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    Psyscrolr is a poorly-designed game that you should not play.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 15 Critic Score
    Red Colony very much feels like a first draft of a game, from graphics, to script, to programming, that was somehow released on the eShop as a finished product. This would be like buying a puzzle, finishing the border, and declaring it completed. Frankly, I’m not sure how anybody could look at this game and think it was ready for prime time. If the bugs weren’t there, it might get by on its “so bad it’s good” appeal, but in its current state, it’s a disaster. Homie Rollerz, you finally have some competition.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 30 Critic Score
    WWE 2K18 is just painful to play. Almost everything about the port is poorly implemented, causing me to just feel utter sadness.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    The game tries to be a tamer Outlaw Golf, but its attempts at humor are utter failures. If a game is trying to sell itself as being crazy, wacky, or some other adjective in the vein of kooky, at the very least I should crack a smile at some point after playing it for ten plus hours.
    • 35 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    No matter how low this game gets on the eShop or in stores, it's not worth the time or effort to play it.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 25 Critic Score
    The concept of JCB Pioneer: Mars, in isolation, is potentially interesting. The Switch version, however, presents so many obstacles to gameplay that I feel comfortable calling it unplayable. The release of games like this and ARK: Survival Evolved draw into question the existence of Nintendo’s quality control. Products like this are an embarrassment to Nintendo’s digital offerings.
    • 34 Metascore
    • 20 Critic Score
    Probably one of the worst DS games I have ever played. With mini-games that border on unplayable and little-to-no variation in gameplay, there is truly no fun in this game.

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