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That's not such a bad reaction. The only truly bad reaction would be complete indifference. Better than them pretending to be edgy or "cool." I think people respond better to honest cornballs than they do to serious edgy crap pretending to be hip.

@AzatiS:

No, I agree with you. I don't think Arms is a AAA game, but I also think it looks like a great game. From my perspective, you have broken down game releases into three categories.

- AAA games (Games with a high budget/ marketing push)

- Good/Decent game

-Shovelwear

You see the problem with this breakdown from my perspective? The problem is that a game cannot be better than good/decent if it doesn't have a high budget. I think Arms looks extremely fun but I don't believe it has as high a budget as other titles releasing this year.

I understand then that from your definition, Arms won't be AAA caliber (which we can say includes critical reception). That's fair. The game looks fun and hands-on impressions have been highly positive but it's up in the air whether or not it will perform highly with critics, and it certainly doesn't have that all important hype pushing it. I draw issue, personally because critical reception means very little to me nor does it have as strong an impact on me (Especially when this critical reception is assumed upon an unreleased game...)

@AzatiS:

Generally speaking, I think Splatoon scored quite well among critics. It seemed to be in the 8's and 7's region with a few 9's and 10's.

Your arguments against Arms is complete conjecture though. I think it's only based on your preference in games and the impression you got from viewing the game. You might put a wee bit too much solace in critical reception to decide how you should feel about a game.

This is what I got from quora when I googled AAA games

"In the video game industry, AAA (pronounced "triple A") or Triple-A is a classification term used for games with the highest development budgets and levels of promotion. A title considered to be AAA is therefore expected to be a high quality game or to be among the year's bestsellers."

Nothing to do with critical reception. And Wikipedia:

"An AAA game (usually pronounced "triple A game") is an informal classification used for video games with the highest development budgets and levels of promotion. AAA game development is associated with high economic risk, with high levels of sales required to obtain profitability."

We had this conversation before and I was of the opinion that there was a level of confusion regarding the definition of AAA games including critical reception, but generally speaking it has everything to do with the budget and the marketing.

What about games with very small budgets that receive high critical acclaim? Are they AAA too?

You're entitled to feel how you wish to feel and it's important to be honest with your impressions. If you see a game like Arms and feel that it's not for you, that's fine. It's less constructive to slot an unreleased game into a Good/Decent category, one which you haven't played and one which has been receiving positive feedback from hands-on impressions on the grounds that the game doesn't look like a high-budget action/adventure title. Games are allowed to be something different from the high budget blockbusters and still be considered a significant release. It's a matter of preference. I think Arms looks way more appealing than Horizon: Zero Dawn for instance. It's just my preference.

What the ... !

You calling ARMS AAA ? You still dont get what AAA is even after you read yourself what is AAA !? What dont you get to explain you further !?

SCORE doesnt define a game as AAA . People like you that confusing SCORE with development values/budget etc . Thats why im reffering to AAA games as AAA caliber to give emphasis to what im talking about for people like you . If that helps you to understand since you are indeed confused what AAA stands for , lets call ARMS NOT an AAA CALIBER game and move on.

Debating if an apple is an apple while we link what apple is from credible sources is as ridiculous as it gets.

ARMS is nowhere near to what an AAA game is. It screams it isnt all over the place. AAA game is defined by the things you posted NOT its final score or sales or even worse, previews!!! You can have an AAA game that didnt meet to be of that high quality it aimed for and having very low budget being 9/10 all over the place. So what ? If an indie or a low budget game scores 10/10 , sales 100M copies and people having alot of fun is an AAA game ? Read above again what AAA stands for.

When you get this , we can continue. If you dont want to understand , fine. Lets call AAA every 9+ game out there and move on , im not willing to debate over this , its pretty silly.

Im amazed you linked what AAA stands for and you still debating over this though , thats the first time i see this

Arms can be a great game or not , we dont know yet. Just wait. Thats something we dont know yet.

And no i didnt broke down game releases into three categories , i said plain and simple that for EVERY single AAA Nintendo game you getting since Wii era , youll be getting another good/decent and 10 shovelware. You can go and check for yourself , the lists are up on metacritic. And im not talking about scores here alone. I consider AAA titles that they didnt met 90+ average like MARIO KART for example.

How many AAAs Nintendo offered this generation for example ? How many good games ? How many mediocre to shovelware means games that werent even near to AAA standards nor met anything above 75 score wise . Do the math for Wii that was the king of what im talking about and then check Wii U that isnt looking that bad because it has very very few games in its library. Though even with 180 games in total , half of that is what im talking about while many of its "mediocre/good games" are indies or 10 years old games.

So back to my original point. Why to spend 360$ for Switch and Zelda when im not sure ill be getting more AAA titles than Wii and Wii U had in total thru their entire lifespans ? For those 4-5-6 AAA games that most likely Switch will get in 4-5 years which then preference/taste kicks in and from those ypothetically 4 to 6 AAA games Switch might be getting , i might want to play one or two ?

You get the grip now ? Thats what Wii was about , thats what Wii U was about. Those 4-5 games in total. Well im not willing to spend 600$ for 3-4 games i like sorry