Metroid Prime (GameCube) – the first 3D game in the series – is the highest rated game of the franchise, receiving average review scores of 97%. However, the 1994 instalment Super Metroid (SNES) is often cited as the best game of the series: in 2002 was even voted best game of all time by 12 editors from Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011
The Western RPG with the highest critical rating is Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn, which scored an average of 95% over 30 reviews on score aggregator Metacritic. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition 2010. The game is closely followed by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 94%.
With an average online review score of 91%, Batman: Arkham Asylum is the most critically acclaimed superhero game ever released. The previous record holder was Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) on Dreamcast, with an average review score of 90%. Batman: Arkham Asylum’s achievement is all the more impressive because superhero spin-off titles are typically reviled by games reviewers and often suffer from a lack of development time because their launch dates are timed to support the release schedule of a movie.
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God of War: Chains of Olympus has an aggregate score of 91.29% on GameRankings and 91% on Metacritic, making it the most critically acclaimed game on the platform. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
According to review aggregator websites Metacritic and GameRankings, Advance Wars: Dual Strike for the DS is the toprated strategy game on any current handheld, with an average review score of 90%. Following on the heels of two successful outings on theGame Boy Advance, Dual Strike was the popular franchise’s first DS entry and won several awards, including IGN’s Best Strategy Game for the DS. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
With an average review score of 94%, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is the highest-rated Nintendo DS game. However, less impressively, it is also the worst-selling Grand Theft Auto title since the series made the transition to 3D back in 2001. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamer”s Edition 2010
The most cricket World Cups won by a captain is two, by two players, Clive Lloyd (Barbados) for the West Indies in 1975 and 1979, and Ricky Ponting (Australia) for Australia in 2003 and 2007.
The most heavily cratered moon is the outermost of Jupiter’s four large moons, Callisto, which is an ancient relic whose surface is 100% covered with impact craters. No evidence of any other geological processes have been discovered. Its distance of 1,869,000 to 1,897,000 km from Jupiter means the ambient radiation is low for the Jovian system. Coupled with the geological stability, this means Callisto is a likely first target for future human exploration of the outer Solar System.
The largest recorded number of livestock killed by a single bolt of lightning is 68. The Jersey cows were sheltering under a tree at Warwick Marks’ dairy farm near Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia, on 31 October 2005. A further three were paralyzed for a few hours, but later recovered.
On 14 February 2001 (Valentine’s Day), 34 couples from 22 countries simultaneously exchanged wedding vows 10 metres (32.8 ft) underwater near Kradan Island, Southern Thailand. This was organized by Trang Chamber of Commerce and Thai Airways International. Only couples holding international diving licences were qualified to participate. Couples received waterproof certificates before taking off their mouthpieces and indulging themselves in an underwater kiss.