Metacritic has provided a new analysis featuring publishers who’ve released games in the past year, comparing the best and the worse, based solely on the quality of their 2018 releases.
Within this analysis, Nintendo ranked fourth on Metacritic’s 2018 rankings with their best-overall release being Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch, Best New IP for Octopath Traveler for Nintendo Switch and Worst Overall Release for Kirby Battle Royale on Nintendo 3DS. Metacritic has provided an overview of Nintendo’s ranking, listed below:
Nintendo tied Sega for the largest number of titles released in 2018. (Square Enix had more total products, but fewer distinct titles.) While its ranking and average Metascore declined a bit compared to the prior year, Nintendo had two games scoring 90or more in 2018: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Bayonetta 2, both for the Switch. Nintendo also launched two well-reviewed new IPs last year (including its new Nintendo Labo cardboard-to-game series), though the better of those (Octopath Traveler) was developed by Square Enix rather than in house.
We’ve included the full 2018 rankings, below:
- Capcom
- SEGA
- Electronic Arts (EA)
- Nintendo
- Ubisoft
- Sony
- Square Enix
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Digerati Distribution
- NIS America
- Plug in Digital
- Focus Home Interactive
- THQ Nordic
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