Current song: “Don’t Matter” by Akon
Yes ladies and gentlemen, apparently the newest iteration of The Legend of Zelda series in the Nintendo DS is a smash hit with the Japanese people. The Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, known for it’s harsh reviews, gave Phantom Hourglass an almost perfect score. They way it works over there is that they have 4 reviewers, and they each give the game a rating based on a 10-point scale. Then they add each reviewer’s individual score and that’s how they get the “out of 40″ score for the games reviewed in their magazine. Phantom Hourglass’s individual reviews were 10, 10, 9 and 10. According to the Wikipedia article, only 15 other games in history have ever gotten 39/40 from Famitsu.
What does this mean for me? It means I’m going out to buy this game as soon as it comes out! Actually…maybe I’ll wait some time before getting it, since I still have to beat a couple of DS games (Final Fantasy III and the Japanese version of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings that came with my special edition DS Lite) and I’m supposed to be saving money to get a new car also, so yeah…now that I think about it I might hold off on getting this game for a while. Maybe I’ll wait until it becomes a “Players’ Choice” and I can get it for a cheaper price? I dunno, we’ll see.
-JaDe
[Famitsu Scores Zelda DS Almost Perfect via Kotaku]
Current song: “Get It Shawty” by Lloyd
