The Famitsu, Japan’s (and maybe the world’s) biggest video game magazine, has tested Zelda Skyward Sword (the newest Zelda game for Wii) in their newest issue. And apparently, they liked what they played: as the first game this year, Zelda Skyward Sword scored a perfect 40/40 score.
The four testers gave away ten out of ten points each, making the Wii title the third in the Zelda series to get a perfect total score. In fact, Ocarina of Time for the N64 was the first game ever to get the 40/40 from Famitsu (in November 1998). Zelda: Wind Waker, which went on sale about four years later on the Gamecube, received the same rating. → Read More
It’s the middle of the year, and the Famitsu [JP], Japan’s (and probably the world’s) biggest video game magazine, decided it’s a good time to release the top 10 of the best-selling video games in Japan in the first half of this year, apart from a list of the top selling titles this week. → Read More
Who said Japanese players don’t appreciate video games made outside their home country? I just went out to buy the newest issue of the Famitsu, Japan’s leading video game magazine (which came out about 3 hours ago/it’s currently 3am Thursday over here), and saw what you see above: L.A. Noire, one of the biggest game titles this year, missed the perfect review score by just one point. → Read More
Japan’s biggest gaming magazine, the Famitsu [JP], has given Nintendo’s newest Mario game New Super Mario Bros. the highest honor in the latest issue. All four editors who tested the game gave 10 points out of 10, resulting in a perfect 40/40 score. → Read More
Japan’s biggest gaming publication, the Famitsu, has rewarded another RPG for a Nintendo system with a perfect rating today. After giving Dragon Quest IX 40 out of 40 possible points, all four Famitsu editors testing Monster Hunter 3 (aka Monster Hunter Tri) think it’s worth receiving 10s from each reviewer, too. → Read More
Japan’s (and probably the world’s) most renowned gaming magazine, the Famitsu [JP], has given Square Enix’s RPG Dragon Quest IX a perfect score in the latest issue. All four editors who tested the game gave 10 points out of 10, resulting in a 40/40 score. → Read More
Simpler times Is Microsoft footing the bill for the upcoming Xbox 360 port of Final Fantasy XIII? We’ll find when the next issue of Famitsu hits, which, say several “insiders,” has a cover feature on the game. One of the topics discussed therein, how and why Square Enix decided to bring the game to the Xbox 360. There’s also more word on the game’s release date—in Japan by next summer, in the U.S. by the end of 2009—and a debate about the game’s graphics. Famitsu, if you’re not familiar, is probably the most respected Japanese video game magazine, and not one that peddles around cheap rumors to sell a couple extra copies. If it comes out that Microsoft is in some part funding the port, would you even be surprised, or angry? Didn’t Microsoft give Rockstar a big sack of money to make Grand Theft Auto IV DLC exclusive to the Xbox 360? → Read More
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