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Nintendo News - Review Scores & Disparity | ReviewDisparity

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Nintendo News

177

Total Reviews

Journalists

76.5

Average Score

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-10.5

Metacritic Disparity

+2.2

Combined Disparity

+0.8

Average of both sources

Scoring Pattern

Lowest Score

100

Highest Score

13.5

Score Spread(variance in their own scores)

Review Timing

93 early (53%)71 launch window (40%)13 late (7%)

Review summary

Updated

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Jul 23, 2026

Based on 177 scored reviews, Nintendo News gives games an average score of 76.5/100. Nintendo News scores games 10.5 points lower than Steam users and 2.2 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 177)+

Splatoon RaidersbyNintendo News Staff
Jul 23, 2026Launch window
90/100View review
Metacritic 92/100 · -2.0 pts
Yoshi and the Mysterious BookbyNintendo News Staff
May 22, 2026Launch window
85/100View review
Metacritic 79/100 · +6.0 pts
Donkey Kong BananzabyNintendo News Staff
Sep 2, 2025Launch window
90/100View review
Metacritic 89/100 · +1.0 pts
Sonic X Shadow GenerationsbyNintendo News Staff
Oct 30, 2024Launch window
80/100View review
Steam 96.9/100 · -16.9 ptsMetacritic 89/100 · -9.0 pts
Super Mario Party JamboreebyNintendo News Staff
Oct 15, 2024Early review
85/100View review
Metacritic 82/100 · +3.0 pts