Why Do People Hate Nintendo? - Retro Bird
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- I discuss why people hate Nintendo as well as why it's loved and where all the backlash to it's popularity comes from.
Why Do People Hate Nintendo?
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The Wii can also use component cables and go up to 480P with those cables, which is technically "Enhanced Definition" and not standard definition. But that's still not High Definition like the other consoles of the time (even though many PS3 and Xbox 360 games didn't have native HD resolutions). All technicalities aside, the point I'm making in this particular video is that the perception around the Wii is that it was in standard definition and the Xbox 360 and PS3 were in high definition.
To be honest , my brother Hedi was a big nintendo fanboy who used to draw mario everywhere and he is now making a mario bros clone for android devices , just because he wants to be hired by nintendo (in kyoto, Japan) , because he wants to meet Shigeru Myamoto , he really loves the dudes working there and he actually have Satoru Iwata's picture on the wall (nintendo manager who died in 2015 , he used to cry and pray for Satoru Iwata) .
He even has Yamuchi's (nintendo founder) photo on the wall too .
He made a game about the girl he loves , see his youtube channel " Hedi Dev " . He is 16 as for now .
@@Tn-games21 Nintendo actually frowns on people making Mario clones. It's probably not a great idea to do that if he wants to work for Nintendo... at least if he plans to release it.
3° party Suport make also Many Crapy games for a system!
Consoles like SEGA Master System, Turbografx and WII U have a more Clean Library of games without the 3°Party Suport!
It IS high definition unlike other consoles of the time
Wii was in high definition while the Xbox 360 and PS3 were not
I've been a gamer for over 30 years. NES was my first gaming experience back in 1986. As much as I love PS and PC gaming but my true love has always been for Nintendo. The best thing about them is that they're not afraid to do things outside the box plus they're always proud with their identity that games is for everyone. Despite their ups and down over the years I'm glad they're still here fighting in the console business. Hoping for another great year for Nintendo in 2020 and beyond.
I love your positivity! Right on👍
Cartidge Bandit Really?
Who pioneered the now-standard D-pad, shoulder button and analog thumbstick?
Who made an adapter for playing portable games on a TV console?
Who made rumble a quasi-standard console experience?
Who brought touch screens to portable gaming?
Who popularized motion controls?
Who made the first major console to incorporate all of these features in one elegant package and sell like perfect hotcakes for it?
And who's doing this TODAY, because they're actually still in the console business?
You get one guess.
Cartidge Bandit CD games: NEC, with the PC Engine CD add-on in 1987.
TV games on a portable: NEC, with portable PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 models.
6-button controller: Nintendo, with the standard SNES controller. Shoulder buttons count and are easier to access all at once. Sega's 6-button controller wasn't until 1993.
16-bit console: NEC. PC Engine/Turbo Grafx-16 again.
Portable with TV tuner add-on: Sega. But the Game Gear was too battery-hungry, so it hardly mattered then.
Backwards compatibility: Atari. The 7800 could play VCS games.
16-bit-to-32-bit jump: Sega. But it was ALREADY partially a 32-bit console, so it's a Schrödinger's jump.
Developed the launch day: The F does that even mean? If you're talking prerelease hype, that was nothing new.
Celebrity games: Sega. But they're just as much a pox on the industry as they are a boon.
Most arcade ports: Sega. They ARE primarily an arcade company, after all.
Clamshell boxes: Atari. Gatefolds are a progenitor of plastic clamshells.
3rd revision: NEC.
Still making the popular console in Brazil: Brazil's most popular console is actually the Xbox 360, so that question has no answer.
Still making the most popular console in the Americas: The Nintendo DS holds the title of most popular portable and the PS2 is the most popular TV console in the Americas. So, again, no answer.
Best game of 1991 award: Oh, wow, that means SOOOOO much more than all of the best-game-of-the-year awards that Sega DIDN'T win! It only counts when Sega does it! Yup, yup, yup!
Online gaming: Depends on how you define it. Nintendo took a stab at it with the Famicom with DLC for some games, but Sega briefly had a stint with online multiplayer with the Genesis.
Broke Nintendo's dominance: NEC did it in Japan, then Sega did it in the West. Dony was the first to do it worldwide.CD games: NEC, with the PC Engine CD add-on in 1987.
TV games on a portable: NEC, with portable PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 models.
6-button controller: Nintendo, with the standard SNES controller. Shoulder buttons count and are easier to access all at once. Sega's 6-button controller wasn't until 1993.
16-bit console: NEC. PC Engine/Turbo Grafx-16 again.
Portable with TV tuner add-on: Sega. But the Game Gear was too battery-hungry, so it hardly mattered then.
Backwards compatibility: Atari. The 7800 could play VCS games.
16-bit-to-32-bit jump: Sega. But it was ALREADY partially a 32-bit console, so it's a Schrödinger's jump.
Developed the launch day: The F does that even mean? If you're talking prerelease hype, that was nothing new.
Celebrity games: Sega. But they're just as much a pox on the industry as they are a boon.
Most arcade ports: Sega. They ARE primarily an arcade company, after all.
Clamshell boxes: Atari. Gatefolds are a progenitor of plastic clamshells.
3rd revision: NEC.
Still making the popular console in Brazil: Brazil's most popular console is actually the Xbox 360, so that question has no answer.
Still making the most popular console in the Americas: The Nintendo DS holds the title of most popular portable and the PS2 is the most popular TV console in the Americas. So, again, no answer.
Best game of 1991 award: Oh, wow, that means SOOOOO much more than all of the best-game-of-the-year awards that Sega DIDN'T win! It only counts when Sega does it! Yup, yup, yup!
Online gaming: Depends on how you define it. Nintendo took a stab at it with the Famicom with DLC for some games, but Sega briefly had a stint with online multiplayer with the Genesis.
Broke Nintendo's dominance: NEC briefly did it in Japan with the PC Engine, then Sega did it in the West with the Genesis. Later, it was Sega in Japan, then Sony in the West.
Marketing: Most successful, certainly, was Sega. Gotta give due credit. But the marketing was also rather shallow, at least in America, and xenophobic. Sega is infamous for infighting between the West and Japan despite being founded by Americans in Japan. Nintendo's was consistently good barring their weird tryhard N64 days, and even then they pushed Pokémon, practically an industry in itself, with aplomb.
Friendly to gamers: Microsoft. Sega may be friendly to fangame makers, but that's to get out of doing the right thing with Sonic, which they're now positioning as a joke franchise.
And Sega wasn't always supportive of unofficial games, though they did allow the Game Genie to be a licensed product for their consoles. Whoopie-do.
Edgier company: Yes, Sega. But leading to the creation of the ESRB, which benefitted everyone, Nintendo included. And Midway made Mortal Kombat anyway, so it's only partially a Sega thing. Also, Sega had its own share of "kiddie" games on its systems, and, Western censorship not withstanding, Nintendo systems had unique dark games. Or do RPGs not count to you? Not every edgy game is XTREEEEEEAM or hyper-gory.
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@@joyasmusicales603 So up is down and left is right to you. Gotcha.
@@joyasmusicales603 And it isn't what you deluded yourself into thinking it is just because you're in your own little Sega bubble. I give credit where it's due with EVERYTHING, and Sega IS significant, but it's FAR from a LONE pioneer.
I know someone who's a Nintendo hater but he seems to know nothing about Nintendo or gaming before the year 2000. 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
Haha. That's actually pretty common.
@@RetroBirdGaming Yeah like he said the only thing he gives Nintendo credit for is the folding design of the DS since it protects the screen from scratches to a degree. I pointed out a lot of innovations Nintendo did for gaming and he gave me a blank look. I told him I'm just pointing out the facts, it has nothing to do with fanboyism, and what I'm pointing out he can research himself.
@@ironinquisitor3656 Haha I can imagine the conversation.
And also they just care about graphics so much
@@ninomartinvillamor3688 Yup pretty much.
The Wii also started the misconception that "Nintendo hardware has never been powerful and always behind a generation from the competition." Some people actually believe that just because they have done that since the Wii. Despite the fact that a little research on the specs of their pre Wii consoles show that misconception is wrong.
Yeah, a lot of people think the PS2 is more powerful than the GameCube. PS2 discs can hold more data than GameCube discs but the hardware itself is more powerful for GameCube.
Retro Bird True, but the difference in media size tended to matter more than the difference in power, plus PS2 controllers were clearly superior input-wise to GCN ones. And plenty of people seriously think that PS1 and Dreamcast discs store more than GCN discs just because of their physical size differences even though the opposite is true due to the different data densities of the disc types.
It's a muddy question. The major consoles of the third to sixth generations were about equally capable in different ways. As an example, the Genesis had a superior main processor and superior resolution to the SNES, but the SNES had more color depth and RAM, plus its specialized hardware let it pull off advanced graphical and audio effects with greater code efficiency than the Genesis.
Yea I remember people saying that about the Gamecube too, even if it was wrong. But when Nintendo’s response to not having a DVD player was “we’re a game company,” it felt tone deaf, especially when the Gamecube wasn’t much cheaper than the Xbox and PS2 and had DVD players, the other two systems felt like more bang for your buck. It also helped justify having a game console on the family TV and not just in the kid’s bedroom/play room. I know my parents bought my brother and I a PS2 *because* they wanted a DVD player for their TV and the PS2 was a better value proposition.
Retro Bird: "people saw Nintendo as strictly for kids" *shows footage of Castlevania III*
Cheeky
Hahah. Glad you noticed that.
I enjoy that one bit there.
"The Genesis was branded as edgier and more adult." Shows Sonic The Hedgehog. Known for being quite colorful and family friendly.
"The Super Nintendo was seen as more family friendly." Shows Castlevania 3 footage.
...Yeah, sometimes things are much more nuanced than how many people see things. XD
One small correction to the Wii segment, there were official component cables that you could purchase that made the Wii look much nicer and cleaner. I bought them soon after launch and the difference was huge. Any time I went to someone else's house to play Smash Bros Brawl, I could tell immediately if they were using composite cables because the image was so much blurrier and less defined.
Yes, I've always used those component cables myself. It could still only go up to 480P even with component cables, which is technically "Enhanced Definition" and not standard definition. But that's still not High Definition like the other consoles of the time (even though many PS3 and Xbox 360 games didn't have native HD resolutions). All technicalities aside, the point I'm making in this particular video is that the perception around the Wii is that it was in standard definition and the Xbox 360 and PS3 were in high definition.
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Even though I'm a huge Nintendo fan I skipped on the Wii U. Was waiting to get it for BOTW but the game kept getting delayed and by the time the official release date was established the Switch was announced as well was BOTW as a launch title. So I just got the Switch. Then Nintendo has slowly been porting the Wii U games to Switch with improved versions of the games. So there is less reasons to own a Wii U other than for game/console collecting.
Yeah, I have actually heard the same story from others. I bought mine a year in because I stumbled across a great deal to get a brand new one for $100.
I got my Wii U this year... had very little interest in it while it was still alive, I had moments were I would think about it and then chose not to bother, I'm usually at least a console generation behind anyway and that opens up to get the system as it's dying and everyone's bored with it. But with the Wii U there were no store clearance or anything, so had to get it used, got really lucky to get one with a pristine screen, not a single scratch not even a small light one (which was just a gamble).
As a hacked machine it is very nice, it plays everything Nintendo all the way back to Game & Watch through emulation or in hardware as Wii and Gamecube (the latter using Nintendont). It's just a great emulator box, and it's nice to be able to play all of it as a handheld, and I would argue it's way more comfortable to hold than the Switch since it's not intended to be portable outside the house. A hacked Switch might be very comparable though - only it can't run Wii and GC; Nintendo DS emulation will not be with two screens and I'm not sure you can use the joycons as a substitute for a light gun, like you can the Wii-motes - also not as easy to do and still requires hardware to make it happen as far as I know.
Looking at game library the Switch is miles ahead of it though, that's just undeniable. I'll get into it once it's dying off. 😄
To be honest , my brother Hedi was a big nintendo fanboy who used to draw mario everywhere and he is now making a mario bros clone for android devices , just because he wants to be hired by nintendo (in kyoto, Japan) , because he wants to meet Shigeru Myamoto , he really loves the dudes working there and he actually have Satoru Iwata's picture on the wall (nintendo manager who died in 2015 , he used to cry and pray for Satoru Iwata) .
He even has Yamuchi's (nintendo founder) photo on the wall too .
He made a game about the girl he loves , see his youtube channel " Hedi Dev " . He is 16 as for now .
The big thing I remember people hating about Nintendo was their policies for streaming. When streaming started getting big, I remember streamers constantly complaining about being flagged by Nintendo for streaming their games.
*1* Children who are so immature, they mock others for what they play to stroke their egos
*2* Fanboys who spite Nintendo for taking spotlight away from their console of worship
Unfortunately, it's not just children who do it.
The Switch is definitely a step in the right direction. The lack of 3rd party support on the Wii and Wii U lead to the backlash. While it's true the Wii's library is mostly shovelware, there are some great games on the system. It has one of the best 3D Mario games ever made. The Wii U however just didn't do it for me. The Switch is what the Wii U should have been.
Some amazing B-Roll shots in this video. We've all tripped over a power cord before.
The Wii definitely had some great games once you got past the shovelware. And thanks, I fall on the ground for my viewers!
And now the Switch has that 3d Mario game I assume your talking about Super Mario Galaxy.
@@MajorChipHazard316 Yeah, Galaxy is pretty dang good.
I hate them because they shut down the Miiverse without not valid reason and people just letting it slide over them pisses me off to this day.
I take it you were a big fan of the Miiverse :)
@@RetroBirdGaming it was the only way of communication, and Nintendo just removing it was the most retarded idea.
Well it was the fans that made Nintendo turn off miiverse. You saw how weird their posts are right?
It's the fans falt for posting weird stuff
I'm trying to listen to your videos while I'm working but I cannot, CANNOT, afford to miss all your double takes throughout the videos.
Hahahahahahahaha I was at the end of your video where the retro bird yeah song comes on. There was no lyrics just the instrumentals, and I was singing the lyrics with the music perfectly. That was funny...
Haha all right!
I have a friend who thinks Nintendo is for kids and that the switch has "no games on it." I don't think he is even aware of how Nintendo pretty much invented a lot of huge parts of gaming nowadays.
Yeah, unfortunately your friend isn't the only one who thinks that way.
i think your friend needs to understand to respect other gaming community's and what games they play....
@@albysunil2489 aka they should just enjoy games instead of arguing about them lol
Well its either mario games or zelda that are good but the rest i dont like and wherever i look to find good games i come out empty handed the game library sucks ..
My last nintendo was the wii
@@justdavy1 Tons of great titles on Nintendo consoles. You just have to play them. Any first party Nintendo title is amazing. They don't produce bad games. Ever. Then third party gaming is great on the switch. Lots of good titles and they go with you wherever you want.
To be honest, there is more hatred against Nintendo not for their games, but their decisions and draconian hold on their IP.
In early 2013 we were burglarized and lost about $10k worth of electronics and jewelry. Some of what we lost included a Wii, a backwards compatible PS3, and our copy of Castlevania SOTN which was inside of it. Our homeowners insurance cut us a decent check that covered most of it and for my birthday later that year, my wife surprised me by buying me a Wii U Deluxe. That console may not have had the best 3rd party support, but I sure did enjoy the hell out of Nintendo's first party releases for it and I have some really special memories of 5 player Nintendoland with my wife and 3 kids. The Wii U was also the first console my son, born in 2010, had ever really played. It was his introduction to Mario and so many other awesome Nintendo franchises. So while most other people have no trouble at all forgetting the Wii U, it will always have a very special place in my family's history.
Our kids (our oldest son, especially) kinda entered their gaming prime with the WiiU. It is still a system which gets use in this household. I understand the dislike for it, in general, but when you have kids, and they can take that thing and play it in their room and free up a TV for other stuff...that was a game changer for parents, and I'm sure for the kids, too. "Fine, I'm going to my room!"
For me it was just the lack of a large library on the SNES of more mature type games. The NES, Sega Genesis, PS1, Sega Saturn, and PS2 had this area covered.
Demon's Crest and Super Metroid are a couple suggestions I could make with darker tones, depending what you consider to be "mature".
I've still been avoiding Super Metroid for whatever reasons. Demon's Crest might've been one if the best looking games on the SNES but had some gameplay hiccups and the difficulty at the end was on another level. The SNES had too many bad sports game and kiddie platformers.
@@Lookwhatthesandsdonedidtome Ahh, I see. Just wasn't your jam.
In the 90s, it was mainly that Sega was cooler, Nintendo carts often cost more money, and the gameboy was monochrome.
And than the PlayStation was even cooler and truly made gaming interesting for adults.
@@zetmoon I'll argue with the adults.. I think it made it interesting for the adults that *already* grew up with video games
The wii made it interesting for adults that got introduced to video games for the first time
I really hate people Who call them selves "Nintendo fans"and they say "THEYRE STILL SELLING 30 YEAR OLD GAMES OSJRONF" those arent fans. They are other console fanboys trying to feel better about them selvs.
You mean people who feel Nintendo focuses too much on selling their older games? Nintendo has an extensive back catalog of games that people still want to play, so it makes sense to me.
@@RetroBirdGaming yeah but they mean like games like botw shouldnt Be made because they come from an old game series.
Oh, I see what you mean.
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From what I've seen most people hate Nintendo either for their business practices (taking down fan games, DMCA-ing people who upload their music, being behind on more common tech features like online servers, etc.) or they hate Nintendo because of the games that don't get made and\or are vastly different than what the franchise started as, such as F-Zero not getting a sequel, or Paper Mario's evolution from an RPG to an adventure platformer. It's an interesting relationship as most of these people are fans of the games, but not necessarily the company.
F-Zero had a sequel on the N64 called F-Zero X. There was also a sequel on the GameCube called F-Zero GX.
I don't hate Nintendo. But I really like it a lot less than I used to, purely because I'm one of a segment of ignored fans. It also doesn't help that because of that feeling I just can't stand looking at a certain Plumber for more than a few seconds.
Do you happen to be in the UK? I've heard that Nintendo hasn't treated it's fans well there.
@@RetroBirdGaming Nah, I'm American. Although I have heard UK hasn't been treated right as of late as well. I think even some folks in South America were done dirty too.
What's this about the UK being done dirty?
Just curious.
im someone who grew up in the 80s and yes i do love retro games the most . but what i have learned over the years of playing games....being someone who was really into xbox and ps ....i found myself just not having as much fun any more . but with nintendo weather its the wii ...wii u....or whatever console...it was always about "FUN" . and alot of people ...like i myself was... are intentionally blinded by "graphics and power" and just think that ..that is what matters. but over the last couple years ive come to appreciate "fun" alot more . 😎
It's the way things are marketed. PlayStation and Xbox doesn't really use language like "fun" very often and tends to use more serious language like "play has no limits".
Nintendo was Part of my childhood, but nowadays i‘m looking at their Games and the Switch and I think: meh, they somehow lost their edge.
I think it's more co op gaming is dying and that's nintendo's main groove
I really liked this video. Good points.
Brilliant video Bird! I think Nintendo has come back in higher popularity due to the retro gaming community. The Wii was disliked by hardcore gamers, but a lot of wii consoles are compatible with gamecube stuff. What seemed like a throwaway capability at launch has become a huge boon to the system.
The wii U was definitely a dud, but people love the switch. They were smart enough to put retro games on that too. Nintendo has been making good moves lately.
Pikachu is the most iconic game character ever.
3:11 Genesis did indeed sell more consoles in the U.S. Some sources have it selling 22M+ units. Even less known is how much Genesis dominated software sales and rentals in the United States.
You take away the Japanese sales of a lot of Snes games and very few sold over 1M units in the U.S. alone.
Sometimes I'd agree but then they do things like releasing a port of Earthbound. Over the years I've come to expect nothing from Nintendo as they just do whatever they want and ignore the fans.
I'm getting the impression that things were worse over in the UK. I'd be be curious to hear if you can add anything to this.
@@RetroBirdGaming Oh yes. Nintendo didn't care about the UK much at all and Sega walked all over them because of it. Completely different to the US!
@@Lorfarius Interesting. I know that the Master System vs NES was much different in the UK than in the US.
Although I'm a Nintendo fanatic, I can appreciate consoles from Sega, Sony, Microsoft, etc. I also love PC gaming as well. My first ever console was a SNES but then I skipped the N64 and got a PS1, then back to Nintendo with the GameCube but also had a PS2, then I had mixed feeling on the Wii even though I owned one so I went with the Xbox 360 since Sony priced themselves out of my family at the time with the PS3, then I went with PS4 last gen due to the Wii U not appealing to me and I also got a launch model Switch which is still kicking to this day, and now I have an Xbox Series S and a gaming PC for my raw power setup and my Switch for the exclusives. I've been playing Japanese third parties and indies on all my current gen platforms more than anything these days as there's some neat stuff coming out but still love to fire up an emu or one of my old consoles every now and then. I owned all gens of Nintendo handhelds and did have a PS Vita as well.
Well thx for the video it was great I'm a huge nintendo fan and well idk why people keep saying that nintendo is for kids and stuff it's not. nintendo games are for everyone and yes sometimes the company messes up like when it did with the wii u but it is still nintendo after all and I'm so happy with the switch and nintendo did pretty well in this console generation I hope they focus a little more on power next generation
They likely won't focus on power if they're looking to continue with the Switch. Though, they probably will release a more powerful version of the Switch.
You know that Nintendo actually started as a playing cards company, not in the video game business. Also, I find that people overlook the fact that the Sega Genesis sold more than twice as much software as the SNES, while the sales numbers of the SNES have been disputed since back in the day. Nintendo would count more systems sold than they counted actually produced.
I don't hate Nintendo, but I don't love them either. Yes, they were pivotal in the reestablishment of the video game market in the States, after the crash, so props. I own and play NES and SNES, however, what was the last truly original IP that Nintendo created, Kirby?! The vast majority of games that people play on Switch are not Nintendo games...
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@@bareq99 that's my point exactly. They created a cross between "Rock-em Sock-em Robots" and "Power Stone?!" That was also basically a launch title (shared with the Wii-U) four years ago. Nintendo, the great and powerful, should have done better...
@@retroprojections ok.. Splatoon in 2015
@@bareq99 a "true" original.
@@retroprojections they are both literally original and polished
What do you want more from them? Create a new genre?? That doesn't happen everyday
The maturity thing is utterly ridiculous... Ever since Doom people have figured games with blood and gore to be mature. But if you look at movies, that kind of genre would be mostly for teenagers. Teenagers being in a sensitive age where they don't want to associate with something that could be percieved as childish (which is what they are breaking away from), I think that's the only group that is gonna make that critisism about Nintendo. Other people can dislike them for a number of other reasons. I love them though, I think they are the best game company there is, and that there ever will be.
I also had no idea that the Genesis outsold the SNES in the US (didn't doubt you, still had to look it up)... they probably should have used that in their commercials.
Genesis/MegaDrive was the only time Sega pulled that off.
In Japan they were in 3rd place behind Nintendo/Famicom &PC Engine/TurboGrafx.
Marketing and getting to the USA market a few years early git them the lead as well as dropping prices to cope with slowing sales.
Even with that it was close by the time it was over.
Sega had Alot of great ideas but they often fucked up execution or had quality control problems.
Not to mention how bad messed up the CD,32x,Saturn,Dreamcast stuff.
The massive problem with Nintendo is that it feels like totalitarianism where everybody has to like every Nintendo orientated game. It's called being a Nintendo fanboy. There's no freedom of expression, only a loyalty echo chamber.
Growing up in the UK I learned to grow up exposed to a variety of different gaming and learned about different platforms because of the adventure of exploration. I'm a massive Sega fan and Amiga fan but I'll happily criticise those platforms or companies. Nintendo fans are conditioned not to and that is the problem. What Nintendo has done as a company especially with emulation makes me hate them even more. This is why 90% on American TH-camrs have a very Nintendo centric slant to the videos they put out. Most of the ZX Spectrum and Amiga libraries (which have thousands of games each) are obscure on TH-cam. They shouldn't be because they are well known in Europe yet get next to no coverage by USA or Japanese TH-camrs keeping newer generations in ignorance of game history. There's no excuse for maintaining ignorance because of loyalty.
Guys there's a whole world out there with tons of platforms to explore, games to delight the senses or terrors to make you scream. When Nintendo fans or specifically gamers in North America do that maybe they might find out that a lot of their Nintendo games, specifically those for the NES...were actually crap or overrated? 😆
I think most of the hate Nintendo gets in modern times has more to do with many of their baffling and often hostile decisions. Like going after fan projects, lacking vital functions and optimizations or options in games that should be a given, and all that.
It often seems like they are going out of their way to enforce dumb practices that only makes them look bad in the eyes of their own fans, with there really being nothing for them to gain from doing so :/
I mean, just take the whole Super Mario 3D all-star and Super Mario 35 controversy.
To be honest , my brother Hedi was a big nintendo fanboy who used to draw mario everywhere and he is now making a mario bros clone for android devices , just because he wants to be hired by nintendo (in kyoto, Japan) , because he wants to meet Shigeru Myamoto , he really loves the dudes working there and he actually have Satoru Iwata's picture on the wall (nintendo manager who died in 2015 , he used to cry and pray for Satoru Iwata) .
He even has Yamuchi's (nintendo founder) photo on the wall too .
He made a game about the girl he loves , see his youtube channel " Hedi Dev " . He is 16 as for now .
@@Tn-games21 That's some dedication, I have to admit.
I actually met Miyamoto back in 2004 when he visited Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street in London and got my copy of Super Smash Bros signed.
Now I'm curious though. What do your brother think about Reggie?
@@captainnintendo He likes Reggie too but he wants to meet the Japanese ones , because he cries for the japanese empire and wish he was there to fight with the japanese army against the United States , he is loyal to Japan LOL , he imagines miyamoto as the air force leader (I don't know how they call it ) , and he imagine himself as a kamikaze singing that anthem with his mates and with miyamoto there too .
@yassine Your story started out pleasant but then took a dark turn Your brother imagines himself as a kamikaze pilot. Thats a bit disturbing.
Correction they where a Toy Company to begin with not a video game company
Point is that they are a video game company in the same timeline where Sony and Microsoft are not.
They started as a playing card company, but they were one of the first video game companies.
Most people hating Nintendo tends to be about jealousy because of Nintendo’s popularity. Nintendo has a damn near monopoly on the handheld market, and with the switch, they are going to win this generation as well. It’s that think where people hate something because it is popular, and they don’t have it.
It's pretty much impossible for something popular to not have it's fair share of people who hate it.
The NES was my first love but I've had an on-again-off-again relationship with Nintendo ever since. Mostly I love their handhelds but I haven't had one of their consoles since the Gamecube (I'll probably grab a Switch at some point). Like was said in the video their strength is in their first party titles and I'm not really a super fan of any of them (I don't like 3D platformers and never cared for the early 3D Zeldas) so it's never really justified me buying a console. I certainly don't hate Nintendo but I'd hesitate to say I love them. I appreciate them, sometimes from a distance, especially for their experimentation. Sometimes I think as a company they're a little tone deaf to how consumers feel about things however.
Sounds like you're somewhat neutral on Nintendo, which not many people are. They definitely have a hard time reading their audience sometimes. However, sometimes when they completely ignore their audience they end up making something they totally love. So, there's a give and take.
I loved the wiiU, great games and great experience with it. I wish more people would've tried it.
im a huge Nintendo fan by default. but Nintendos "quality of life for customer" decisions are very frustrating, the Nintendo switch for example just recently added bluetooth audio support, this wasn't something that required modding or upgrading, it was literally a patch and a press of a button! why have a portable system just to tie it down by wires?? same with the User Interface, same black and white options , Nintendo Online is bare minimum, its frustrating coming from a billion dollar company
I don't hate nintendo but do wish they would go back to making proper consoles again imagine a power house console like ps5 running metroid in 8k that would be amazing , if Sega were still making console I can imagine they would they were always a head off nintendo in tech
You forgot the part where Nintendo takes down fangames and videos with their games in it.
i think nintendo would have given the switch more power but portability and cost i think was the 2 main factors in why its underpowered as the system to produce real time gameplay has to work far harder than the avg tablet user especially since 3d has come so far so the battery would be sapped to high hell if they went 4k and heat disipation would be a nightmare especially when with both nintendo was also trinna claw back their financial losses from the wii u while keeping the console farely accessible price wise. that said by next gen thanks to the hard work at nvidia to bring tdp and power consumption down as well as parts becoming cheaper and efficient i expect nintendo to be closer to the bleeding edge of mobile tech while keeping it afordable also i think nintendo was very clever with the switch marketing as it very much reminded me of old apple marketing during the early 2010s
Yeah, I'm really curious what kind of specs will be in the newer model of Switch rumored to release next year.
My response tothe "Nintendo is for kids" complaint is "does it matter so long as the games are fun? if they don't like the games then that's fine then just say that, it's a valid opinion. games are for everyone and Nintendo cater to that mindset imo
I like Nintendo, but just can't get into the switch.... Can't put a finger on why
I think the main reason why the Wii U failed was because that system didn't really have a main Mario or Zelda game. If upon release, there was a must have 3D Mario game, then people would have had to buy the new system to play it. But since those games didn't come out, people just didn't really know it was there. That and the fact of the name. I didn't buy one until right before it got cancelled as I wanted to play the Mario Maker game.
I mean Super Mario 3D World did eventually come out for it and Breath of the Wild did but that was at the end of the consoles life span and both those games got ported to switch and Mario 3D world had additional content the Wii U never got.
Personally I feel burned as an early Wii U adopter but I know the console and it's games will be really collectible one day because not many Wii U's out there sold so games for it will be scarce in time.
@@oOignignoktOo1 I view something like Mario Galaxy as a leading type Mario game for a system. 3D World I view as more for niche old school gamers, though I didn't care for the "cat" power up. I didn't count Breath of the Wild as that was really a Switch game that I think was back ported for the Wii U.
So I count Breath of the Wild as a Switch game. So really the Wii U didn't have a leading Mario or Zelda game during it's main cycle. Or even a Metroid game. This shows that Nintendo really has to rely on it's first party brands to carry it's systems. i.e. people buy the system for the leading Mario and Zelda games.
@@colt5189 The Wii U did have some okay games but the system was treated like a bastard child from 3rd parties. I skipped the switch because most of the worth while games can be emulated to a playable state now on a decent PC.
That’s not true and it did have a main Mario and Zelda game
That’s false
3° party Suport make also Many Crapy games for a system!
Consoles like SEGA Master System, Turbografx and WII U have a more Clean Library of games without the 3°Party Suport!
I didn’t get into gaming until I was a preteen, so I have no real nostalgia for Nintendo games like I do with PS1 games. However, the only reason I bought Nintendo products for years was to play Pokemon, and I’m glad the Switch forced me to bite on Nintendo’s next console because I’m loving it. With that being said, my main gripe with Nintendo is twofold: 1) their games are way too expensive and never go on sale/drop in price, and 2) their online capabilities aren’t even on par with the first Xbox, never mind contemporary systems. Nintendo has so many good multiplayer games, but their online services make going online a chore, and I don’t understand the strategy behind being a family-friendly console and charging $60 for games that came out on the Wii U when new Playstation and Xbox games drop in price months after release day. My suspicion is Nintendo’s business strategy is to “hook” people like me: people who really care about one franchise enough to always follow it on the next generation (your Zelda players, Smash players, Kart players, Pokemon, Metro, Mario, etc), which is how they can charge so much for every new franchise entry, but it’d be nice if they encouraged more exploration by lowering prices. For instance, I always wanted to check out Fire Emblem, but $60 for a game I may not enjoy is too steep. I caught the game on a freak sale at Game Stop one day and finally bit the bullet, and now I’m glad I did. I think Nintendo should do more of this.
Have exclusive popular characters, sucks as a company. Good companies though, don't have exclusive popular characters
Yeah, I think even some of their biggest fans get frustrated with some of the business decisions they make.
@@RetroBirdGaming & I'm one of them😁 That's Super Mario Run is one of my #1 favorite Nintendo game & that's probably because, it was released during the time where when after the Wii U flopped, all their future ideas were scrapped. & That's why during mid 2016, is where Nintendo finally made a deal to share the franchises to other bigger companies like those we known for smartphones & even The Pokémon Company finally shared their characters to Funko.👍🏻
Am I getting talkitive way too ahead for you? sorry about that.
@@RetroBirdGaming The only best console they ever made & for recommendation is the Wii
@@cyber-thundr_ yeah I still love my Wii , I only bought it to play 4 games :
Super Smash Bros . Brawl (the greatest title in the franchise)
Mario Kart Wii (I was a huge fan of mario kart at my 11-12)
Mario Bros Wii (No one would buy a nintendo console without this game )
Mario Galaxy & Mario Galaxy 2 (I love it)
---and then come other games like Wii sports , Wii sports Resort . that's it. There aren't any more games which make Wii a must-buy console .
Only 6 games makes the wii a special console for me .
Many people I know didn't knew that Nintendo switch was portable
Hahaha. Probably a lot of the same people who didn't even know the Wii U existed :)
@@RetroBirdGaming yes
@@RetroBirdGaming I knew it existed but I didn't know it was a new console and wasn't just an add-on for the Wii. 😅
i don't hate Nintendo,but i severely dislike their business practices,which prevents me from buying alot of their games,im really not in the mood to give Nintendo 60$ after they basically ban melee from existing,and have an online ransom (its not a service,they arent giving you anything,they just take what should work and put it behind a pay-wall) that doesn't even work correctly (at least PSN and xbox-live work properly,even though they fundamentally do the same thing),etc.
but cause of this im lopped in with people who just like to hate whats popular.
I used to dislike Nintendo during the console wars, but now it's more like a mild disinterest. I have never been particularly interested in any of their properties, probably because I didn't own a Nintendo console as a kid.
Nintendo keeping co-op gaming alive
I like Nintendo games and consoles but I hate the direction the company has gone with since the Wii. It feels like they alienated their core base of gamers for gimmicks and their models for how they handle their online services and their DMCA take downs of fan projects just really makes them feel anti-consumer. Since Microsoft and Sony consoles are just glorified PC's I have pretty much ditched console gaming after the Wii U and went full on to PC.
People downloading fan games or pirating their newer games aren't "consumers".
Nope the Wii is awesome and they didn’t alienate their core base of gamers and they didn’t have gimmicks
Their models of how they handle online services are awesome and so what about DCMA takedowns? Nintendo do awesome and it doesn’t make them anti consume
Nope Wii U is awesome
im so glad i dont give in to peer pressure. if i did id have missed out on so many fun jrpgs on the switch and my 3ds.
Yes, always just play what you like. Don't worry about what other people think.
Nintendo Nope nope nope not..a..fan! 🤣 my love for Nintendo lies in about a 12 year span 85-97 although I love the switch.
That's interesting to hear but you're certainly not the only one. Definitely some fans of Nintendo who only like certain consoles.
Retro Bird 🤣 the first part was a joke, hahaha but my love really is based pretty much around their first 2 systems.
How is the content section not flooded with people quoting the Bird: "Nintendo's the only first party developer that started as a video game company."?! Do I have to be the one to fall on this grenade?! Rock on Retro Bird.
Yo that white Wii U looks clean!
Thanks. I have found that most people seem to have the black one.
Yeah people got the black one because it has more storage.
@@Bandinthesky Totally. 32GB compared to 8GB. I didn't have a ton of games so storage was never an issue 😁
I think the black one is better (more storage)
@@RetroBirdGaming I always wished the 32GB version was the white one.
Thanks for the interesting take sir. On Nintendo's "kiddy" image... I like cute or cartoony characters but the Mushroom Kingdom and its characters got stale for me long ago. Mario games are great fun to play but he and his pals have always been a bit dull to me. Wish Nintendo would stop relying on the same old settings and character roster. Also while I'm ranting sorry, Nintendo should give us free cloud saves, guarantee backwards compatibility for future consoles and fix its rubbish store. Thanks again for all the great vids (and catchy theme tune)
I hate that I have to pay for everything that I should get for free with buiyng the console. (for example the online membership) and also they think consoles drifting isn't a big roblem, that is so dumb
It would be nice to have the online for free like it used to be. Although, more than anything I think gamers would like to see online games perform better.
Nope
You shouldn’t get stuff for free with buying the console. Also the drifting is NOT a problem and it isn’t dumb
@@RetroBirdGaming Nope
Nintendo was a Toy Company first and 3rd parties left them for a while because Nintendo would strongarm them if they made games for competitors. I'd say the hate( or dislike ) for them and what they sometimes STILL do to their own fans today is WELL WARRANTED...and it is
Hey! Nice video
One criticism tho.. I feel like you should have named the video "why people don't like Nintedo games" instead
Because from what I am reading in the comments.. People aren't getting that you are only talking about the games and the gimmicks.. Not their controversies
This is something I've thought about since making the video (which is... over a year old now?). I needed to address why people don't like them as a company. Perhaps a future video!
@@RetroBirdGaming hooo boy! If you do that video the comments will be a warzone haha
Either ways good luck
Glad I discovered your channel recently
You're really optimistic and I need some of that optimism in the world haha
This is the thing. They don’t hate it when they have a copy of are rare game to sell. Like Scott aka here once said Nintendo is like fine wine and xbox and playstation is like pogs. Go to your Goodwill you’ll see. People keep there Nintendo stuff due to price. I didn’t like the Wii-U. But once the Switch came out I was hooked. I wasn’t hooked on a nintendo console since the Gamecube.
Nintendo games really do seem to hold their value down the road. It will be interesting to see what happens with Wii U games since so many of them were ported to Switch.
Game boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advanced, SEGA Game Gear, DS, DS LIGHT, DS 3KL, WII , WIIU , SWITCH
Bird you left out some of the obvious stuff.
The reason it took Nintendo so long to get back 3rd party support goes back to the Nintendo.
They had some really hardcore service agreements with game makers. It was good and bad.
The good was it endured most games were pretty good and they always worked right. This was fallout from the video game crash of the 80's. People forget or don't know how bad it was at one point. From Atari to all the home computer consoles it was always hit or miss.
The bad is game developers felt burned by Nintendo and they had a point.
Once there were options for these companies they decided get away from Nintendo.
Then you have an entire generation that grew up with Nintendo being overshadowed by Sony & Xbox.
Another fun fact: Total consoles sold including hand held, Nintendo's numbers still beat out Xbox in sales.
I touch on the points you bring up in some later videos. But yes, Nintendo has had some interesting relationships with third parties to say the least.
Because the entire industry looks to them, but they're content to be so far behind that they still think Voice Chat is a phone thing.
Wow, that was a very good and well said statement. "I'm just glad Nintendo doesn't try to act like they're Sony and Microsoft because, well, we already have a Sony and a Microsoft".
Meanwhile, Sony and Microsoft are beating Nintendo’s @$$.
@@Rgoid Right, which warrants the statement that it's surprising that they aren't just trying to copy them, but it's a good thing they aren't, because being innovative gives us more interesting options.
@@Rgoid Nintento has been destroying both Sony and Microsoft for years now, selling hardware that was already outdated from jump street. I don't know what sales figures you've been looking at, but the ones I see year after year are always Nintendo at the top.
nintendo is #1 enough said
@Dan Smith they are in many eyes, obviously not yours but still they love Nintendo
@@joyasmusicales603 no I still think they’re on top
@Dan Smith how. The switch is amazing and has some incredible games. Mario odyssey Botw smash mk8 deluxe xenoblade 2 Mario and rabbits astral chain fire emblem animal crossing Luigi’s mansion 3 Mario maker 2, etc. There are plenty of reasons to love Nintendo. I could say the same thing to any other company then.
I had issue with Nintendo because of the monopoly they had on the industry and their lack of innovation and just think their characters are lame besides yoshi lol
nintendo would probably get tons of third party support if they made a console that wasn't two generations behind. gamecube's failure really scarred them. they seem to think they have to choose between being innovative/fun and having up-to-date specs.
i honestly wish Nintendo could port on pc on steam so i could play smash bro
While I would never go as far as to say that Nintendo never screws up because we all know that isn't true, I will never bring myself to hate Nintendo! Nintendo was the reason why I got into gaming in the first place and they always put out amazing and fun games. You can't argue against that. I can never imagine what the gaming industry would be like without Nintendo around
@@StaticTV80 Game will always be cartoonish dude. With or without Nintendo. And who said that cartoonish video games are a bad thing in the first place?
@@MarioLuigi25 just read their name lol
Because it was the name I was given at birth
I grew up with Nintendo with NES, SNES then N64 but moving over to PS1 - PS5. Although I recently got a Switch, I am a bit disappointed with the fact that most of the games are ports of Wii U games but still sell for £35-£50. There is only 1 original Mario game in Odyssey (not including Rabbids) and maybe you could include Mario Maker 2 although that is almost a port. There isn't even a new Mario Kart and they charge extra for all the new tracks.
Xbox Game Pass & PS equivalent offer new games for free. NSO online only offers classic games and to play N64 games it costs £70 a year 😮
I used to like Nintendo but they just greedy and lazy now. Overcharging old games and not providing enough new content.
If Reggie and Iwata where there they would make nintendo good again
To be honest , my brother Hedi was a big nintendo fanboy who used to draw mario everywhere and he is now making a mario bros clone for android devices , just because he wants to be hired by nintendo (in kyoto, Japan) , because he wants to meet Shigeru Myamoto , he really loves the dudes working there and he actually have Satoru Iwata's picture on the wall (nintendo manager who died in 2015 , he used to cry and pray for Satoru Iwata) .
He even has Yamuchi's (nintendo founder) photo on the wall too .
He made a game about the girl he loves , see his youtube channel " Hedi Dev " . He is 16 as for now .
@@Tn-games21 cool!
Kinda.. They were not perfect but they definitely weren't near the awfulness of Today's Nintendo..
I can't imagine anyone hating Nintendo!
Me too
Hi, nice to meet you!
@@StaticTV80 Careful! Don't say anything you can't take back! ;)
Hating Nintedo games*
It's hard to accept Nintedo's actions the past couple of years..
@@StaticTV80 the same way you like those cartoonish games from Sega :)
I was disappointed with the Switch and, still am, I don't think I would say I hate it, but, I'm far from liking it, I really love Nintendo, play my Wii U and 3DS everyday, but the Switch? It puzzles me how it has been selling so much.
sorry nintendo doesnt make modern shooter number 25 and ball kicker game 126. and as fer the lack of power. you know its the size of a tablet right? smaller components are more expensive and they keep the price at 300 dollars.
Greetings from Scotland. ..I'm 50 now ..the playstation was my console of choice many moons ago...I have a ps1 ps2 ps3 and ps4...and megadrive...never liked Nintendo due to its kiddie style games and their reliance on bloody Mario. .I mean how many times can you milk one franchise ???
Good to hear from you all the way from Scotland! Cheers!
Was Nintendo a video game company to begin with? I thought the company started before video games were a thing. It was a playing card company wasn't it?
You are correct. Playing cards. I could have been more specific. The point I was trying to make is that Nintendo has more or less been primarily a video game company during the releases of its consoles... as opposed to Sony and Microsoft who are giant tech companies / corporations where video games are just one of their pillars. The implication is that Nintendo's passion, dna and talent for video games is more genuine (whether somebody would agree with that or not).
I love everything about Nintendo except their practices with TH-camrs such as yourself and fair use. They need to realize that free advertisement and love is great. I have supported all of their Home consoles other than the Wii. That thing just didn’t do it for me. I bought Wii Games but for my Wii U. I always wonder how Satoru Iwata and Hiroshi Yamauchi would feel about where Nintendo is today and how they would do things if they were in charge. I loved Iwata for his innovation and being a gamer first and taking chances but I also love Yamauchi for his hardcore business sense and delivering in my opinion Nintnedos best years of console gaming and Handheld with Nes, Snes, Gameboy, and Gbc. He was a results, make sure we are winning type guy.
They definitely do some pretty weird business stuff. That's for sure. I hope I never run into any issues with that.
Don’t brush over the fact that companies like Sony, naughty dog, ea, Ubisoft, and square Enid tend to crack down way harder on creators
I don't hate Nintendo.
They make great software and I love Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid amongst others.
I do dislike their horrendous online service, reluctance to provide access to their older library and lack of a new hardware piece to give us that vibrant Nintendo pop we used to have.
I'm talking HDR even if not 4k.
The performance really let's them down compared to the competition on a fidelity and performance metric.
You have talk about This Nomad SEGA did it first
Well, and the Turbo Express was even well before that. I can't remember if that plugs into a TV or not though.
The genesis did not outsell the snes in the us dude. The Snes outsold the Genesis in the US. This is a fact.
Yeah, I think you may be correct. For a long time it was believed the Genesis outsold the SNES in the US, but then some new information came out that suggested otherwise.
Indeed
I never owned a nintendo console after the 64 i only enjoyed golden eye and wrestlemania on it
Gba and ds where awesome
Garbage tv consoles tho after the snes
I don’t think people hate Nintendo because they associate it with childish endeavors… it’s because the company became the most anti consumer organization in gaming entertainment entirely. Yet, somehow people defend that, which causes even more backlash.
Not true. And they haven’t become anti consumer dude
Nope it doesn’t cause any backlash
Mainly because people are absolutely sick of hearing the same story over and over again. We need a lot of go and let the hate Nintendo Story go
I don't hate nintendo I respect them but it just that there console and game don't appeal to me except for mario kart . When I was little I had a gamecube and brother had a ps2 I always use to think that my brother had the cooler than me because he had games such god of war, gta san andreas snk vs Capcom 2 ect .while I had super mario sunshine mario kart double dash smash melee ,and more I can't remember yes we would play Mario kart ah lot but we never play melee as much we play snk vs capcom 2 oo that game was my jam. Today I have a ps4 going to ps5 I have interest in the switch it look cool but I will stick my ps4.
Yeah, it's not going to appeal to everyone.
@@RetroBirdGaming Thank you for understanding i sub to you
@@RetroBirdGaming To be honest , my brother Hedi was a big nintendo fanboy who used to draw mario everywhere and he is now making a mario bros clone for android devices , just because he wants to be hired by nintendo (in kyoto, Japan) , because he wants to meet Shigeru Myamoto , he really loves the dudes working there and he actually have Satoru Iwata's picture on the wall (nintendo manager who died in 2015 , he used to cry and pray for Satoru Iwata) .
He even has Yamuchi's (nintendo founder) photo on the wall too .
He made a game about the girl he loves , see his youtube channel " Hedi Dev " . He is 16 as for now .
To be honest , my brother Hedi was a big nintendo fanboy who used to draw mario everywhere and he is now making a mario bros clone for android devices , just because he wants to be hired by nintendo (in kyoto, Japan) , because he wants to meet Shigeru Myamoto , he really loves the dudes working there and he actually have Satoru Iwata's picture on the wall (nintendo manager who died in 2015 , he used to cry and pray for Satoru Iwata) .
He even has Yamuchi's (nintendo founder) photo on the wall too .
He made a game about the girl he loves , see his youtube channel " Hedi Dev " . He is 16 as for now .
I'm sure when Nintendo come round to announcing a Switch 2, people will once again be predicting their doom. They make excellent games, and do their own thing. I'm glad the switch has knocked it out the park tho, has shut up the doomsday predictions... Temporarily at least. You're right about Sega doing their reputation some damage with the genesis ads tho, but censoring the blood in the SNES version of mortal kombat did them no favours. Its still remembered to this day!
Yeah, that really hurt them. It's funny too because it was put back in for Mortal Kombat II which almost everyone considered to be a better game. The damage was already done.
I probably prefer Sega. But I had a Playstation and an Xbox. And a 2600. So I tried new things. The NES is legendary. That's indisputable to me. The SNES felt to me like going back to writing with crayons instead of a pencil. The N64 was garbage in my opinion. The Cube ...I missed out on that. I was wrong that time. Luckily I went in huge on Wii and WiiU. Love those consoles. Switch... is largely overpriced ports it seems. It's not about a kiddy image for me, it's about games. I'm fine with casual type games. Go Vacation and Fishing Resort on Wii are fun. A console needs variety. That means games for everyone. If you rate your masculinity or maturity by a type of game you play... I don't know. Some levity is fine now and then. But preference is fine too. I see it like the first Superman movie. He's catching thieves and all that, but he stops to get a cat out of a tree. Why? It's part of his character. Not because it's cool or whatever.
I prefer Nintendo and the SNES was not going back to writing with crayons instead a pencil and the N64 was NOT garbage.
Switch isn’t largely overpriced ports. they don’t have a kiddy image and they aren’t casual, they are hardcore.
@@speedsterzeroex3960 If you like those than great. It's a matter of taste.
Some gamers do hate Nintendo because it's a bit trendy...but their hate disappears when they play Nintendo games...so good and fun!
tl;dr "KIDDIE" "WEAK" "GIMMICKY"
All three of which are still around to a degree but matter far less with the maturation of the market and the success of the Switch.
Yeah, I'm noticing that less and less myself.
More kids probably play CoD on PS4/XB1 than Animal Crossing on Switch haha. Nintendo is da real OG! Thats why they are STILL around. They had to beat Atari, SEGA, Sony, Microsoft and are still around 35 years later and don't need to sell TV's or computer software to stay alive. NINTENDO IS GAMING! They literally SAVED gaming when Atari crashed it. They innovate. And have made the best handhelds too.
8:12 "They're the only hardware maker left that was a video game company to begin with." If by that you mean they are they started out as a video game company, no they didn't, just like Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo made playing cards for decades before they got into video games.
You are correct about Nintendo making playing cards before they got into video games. However, I meant that Nintendo was primarily a video game company at the time they entered the home console market. As opposed to Sony and Microsoft where it was just an additional thing on the side. I could have been more clear about it.
They should make love hotels again, but this time as a VR game with Princess Peach, Samus and Zelda as consorts!! Sorry... it’s late at night.
Nothing has ever struck me as more immature than trying to play yourself off as "edgy" and "extreme." I'm a dad in my 40s and still love Nintendo, of course, I also love a lot of "mature" games... if by "mature" you mean things that would mostly bore my kids to tears rather than featuring lots of "T&A" and over-the-top gore.
I have a hunch that you didn't actually play megaman x in that footage, that looked almost identical to the demo gameplay before you press start and go to the main menu.....
All my footage is always me playing.
If you lived in Europe during the nes/SNES days you'll understand the hate. Nintendo really shit on us back then. They still aren't great with Europeans tbh. Also the Wii was a big fuck you to the hardcore fans like me that had been loyal from the start.
Yeah, I would imagine things were different compared to the US. I'm a bit envious of your perspective since I didn't grow up in Europe. I'd be curious to hear more.
I dont necessarily hate nintendo themselves, after all I own a GBA, DS, NES, and SNES (latter 2 were gifts from older relatives). But what I do hate is their fanboys, theyre what you get when you mix Slayer fans and Philadelphia Sports fans then give them loads of steroids, yeah completely insufferable. Sure every fanbase has their assholes but Nintendo fanboys take the motherfucking cake in terms of gaming.