Nintendo’s 2023 releases see a wave of review bombing on Metacritic

Unfortunately, it seems nearly every day we see a reminder as to why the internet is a not-so-great place. Today’s example comes from evidence of a concerted effort to review-bomb Nintendo’s 2023 Switch releases.

As noted by ILovethegameAC on Famiboards, it appears that in recent weeks, Nintendo’s 2023 Switch releases have been hit with a review of extremely low scores from users. This isn’t a case of honest opinions or reviews, but instead, waves of 1s and 0s.

The lineup of games getting bombed includes Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, Bayonetta Origins, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 4, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Fire Emblem Engage, and Metroid Prime Remastered.

Metroid Prime Remastered is especially noteworthy, as the game’s user score was originally incredibly high, but the bombardment of 0s brought the score down to an 82 for now. Obviously most would agree that an 82 isn’t bad by any means, but with a score average in the high 90s shortly after launch, you can see just how far things have fallen.

As far as we know, Metacritic hasn’t commented on this matter. The review aggregator has been under attack from review bombings for years now, but things seem to have grown much worse in recent months, with Metacritic recently sharing a statement that they’re working on new tools to combat these bombings.