The latest edition of Japanese gaming publication Famitsu is out and they have reviewed the long-awaited Star Fox Zero. As with all reviews from the magazine there are four reviewers who each score the game and then it is given a total. With regards to Star Fox Zero the game received an impressive 9/9/8/9 and its companion title Star Fox Guard received a slightly less favourable 7/8/8/8. Here’s the games reviewed this week.
- Star Fox Zero (Wii U) – 9/9/8/9
- One Piece: Burning Blood (PS4/PSV) – 8/8/8/8
- Nil Admirari no Tenbin Teito Genwakukitan (PSV) – 8/8/8/8
- Star Fox Guard (Wii U) – 7/8/8/8
- Bullet Girls 2 (PSV) – 8/8/7/7
- Kamigami no Asobi: Ludere Deorum Infinte (PSV/PSP) – 7/7/7/7
- Raishi Konpeki no Syou (3DS/PSV) – 7/7/7/6
- RV-7 My Drone (3DS) – 7/6/6/6
- Magic Hammer (3DS) – 7/6/5/6
- Hello Kitty and Sanrio Friends 3D Racing – (3DS) – 6/6/6/5
Thanks, shuhei yoshito
Star Fox Zero looks great, so I’m glad its first review is highly favourable.
The score for Guard is promising too, that looks interesting.
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Eat it up, haters!
Famitsu’s scores are anything but reliable, so I’m not too thrilled about this. Also, I’m predicting a ton of mixed reviews from Western journalists due to the weird nature of the controls.
Agreed. Famitsu can be shit when it comes to scores. Remember when Sonic Lost World got a 36/40? Or how about the time they rewarded Final Fantasy XIII-2 a perfect score.
Anything gets a +30 on Famitsu. I’ve seen some 28s, maybe some 25s, never anything under 20.
Sonic Boom got a 26, so i guess not everything…
36, not 26.
Uhm…. No. 26, not 36. 6/7/6/7.
http://gematsu.com/2014/12/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1358
You call yourself a Nintendo Military Strategist?
Whoops. I misread, I thought you wrote Lost World, not Boom. My bad.
I’m hearing some really promising noises about this game. Some will moan about the controls, but I’m predicting not less than 80.
I hope you’re right, but taking into account that it’s an on-rails shooter with focus on replayability and a non-conventional control scheme, I seriously doubt the reactions are going to be extremely positive.
I just hope I can master the controls where I never have to look at the gamepad screen, I could care less about cockpit mode and I want to see Starfox on my big HDTV. That’s what I hated about rainbow curse, the graphics looked so much better on my HDTV but I was forced to look at the gamepad the whole time.
You can switch gamepad/tv views with just one button and never have to look at the gamepad during your entire playthrough.
That sounds like a mega disorientating way of playing!
If you’ve been a sniper in any fps ever, it’s no big deal.
Well it’s a bit different to that, because you’re moving from a third to a first person perspective instantly, rather than just zooming in.