Scores inside!

Japanese gaming publication, Famitsu, have reviewed the Wii launch lineup in Japan. Due for a release on 2nd December the lineup includes the likes of Zelda, Red Steel, Elebits and Trauma Center. Here are the scores:

Necro Nesia (Spike): 8,7,6,7 - 28/40
Super Monkey Ball (Sega): 8,8,8,7 - 31/40
Wing Island (Hudson): 5,6,6,5 - 22/40
Kororinpa (Hudson): 6,6,6,6 - 24/40
SD Gundam Scud Hammers (Banpresto): 8,8,9,8 - 33/40
Ennichi no Tatsujin (Bandai Namco): 7,7,7,6 - 27/40
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou (Bandai Namco): 7,7,7,5 - 26/40
Red Steel (Ubisoft): 8,9,9,8 - 34/40
Trauma Center (Atlus): 8,9,8,7 - 32/40
Elebits (Konami): 8,8,8,8 - 32/40
Super Swing Golf (Tecmo): 8,7,7,7 - 29/40
Odoru Made in Wario (Nintendo): 8,9,8,9 - 34/40
Zelda Twilight Princess (Nintendo): 9,10,9,10 - 38/40
Crayon Shin Chan (Banpresto): 7,8,7,6 - 28/40

We're particularly impressed with the Red Steel score, despite the game having mixed reviews. It appears to be a love/hate thing, along the lines of marmite, or the more trivial mushy peas on toast, which is very nice I might add. The review of that will be in the next podcast.

IGN also had this to say: For the interested, the GameCube version of Twilight Princess scored 10, 10, 9, 9 in this issue. All but one of the reviewers were different, so it's hard to say which version the magazine preferred. The reviewer comments seemed to suggest that the GCN version, while lacking some of the freshness of the Wii version, offers a feeling of precise control thanks to the standard control system.