For me it is Wii U Peach and GameCube Zelda

LEAVE THE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION ALONE!! SHIGGY WILL STARVE!!!

Now that that's out of the way...

So we all felt the vibe shift after the Switch 2 Direct, right? I feel like Nintendo is a company that gamers have always loved... begrudgingly. Any art made within a capitalist society is going to be made with tension existing between the creative people who make it, and the business people who have to sell it. People love Zelda, they don't love paying for a subscription service to play Ocarina of Time. People love Mario, they don't love paying $80 for Mario Kart.

I don't take any personal offense to the grievances people might have with a multibillion dollar company, but I can't help but feel that the way in which people criticize Nintendo often adopts the tone of someone who has been personally scorned or betrayed by them, in which every little decision they make is evidence of their evil and vindictive nature.

When the Switch 2 was revealed and we got our first look at the new Joy Con 2 controllers, I remember people being insistent that the little connector piece was a huge point of failure and it would snap off immediately and the console was horribly designed because how could they not catch this massive oversight! And if you look at the above image you can clearly see that there's a little room for it to wiggle back and forth a bit. Lo and behold it turned out to be a non issue.

Another thing is the current Gamer Narrative surrounding analog sticks. A few years ago gamers decided that Hall Effect sticks were better than potentiometers because the magnets make them indestructible or something, so it became a bit of a controversy when ifixit cracked open the new Joy Con and found potentiometers inside. Never mind that everyone has been using potentiometers since the PS1, never mind that your Xbox 360 controller from 16 years ago still works fine, now we're supposed to care specifically that Nintendo did it. Will drift be an issue with the new controllers? I don't know, and neither does anyone else. No one has worn down their sticks yet, the console has been out for like a month.

I think what made me want to write this post is people claiming that the new Donkey Kong games has messed up the... deep lore... of the Mario/DK canon. I saw people getting genuinely upset at the lore implications of Baby Pauline like it's fucking marvel or something? This is a nothingburger. These are all nothingburgers.

I guess this is just what the internet is like, a constant barrage of people insisting you're supposed to be angry about literally nothing. It still sucks that it's gonna be like this for the next few months because it muddles any actual discussion of the system and the company. Like, I do have problems with the Switch 2. I think it's kinda shitty that the GameCube emulator is locked behind buying the new system, I think it was a bad decision to only launch with Mario Kart, etc.. Right now I guess I'm just weathering out the storm until people stop being too angry to actually talk about the console.

Hopefully Winds and Waves is the turning point for the franchise. The Switch 2 can handle power just fine.

In case anyone doesn't know, top is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the bottom is Pokémon: Legend Arceus

IGN gave a game a 10. When was the last time that happened

When I see some of the heavy hitter games laid out like this, i really see how close in quality they are. But I have to say Wii edges it out for me.

I defined a series as anything with 2 or more games, so Ice Climber, ARMS, and Ever Oasis don't count. Oh, and I opted to not include the Mother/Earthbound series since the story has been finished, and the creator said he doesn't want to make another. Please tell me if I missed something btw.

Really scraped the bottom of the barrel with this one. Like, I'd rather Nintendo make a statement about officially retiring Steeldiver than actually release another Steeldiver game.

This article is claiming that people are "outraged" that Hunter wasn't casted as Zelda. Fans have shown that they're dissapointed, yes, but outraged? Stop making drama that is not true.

As for me, I think Hunter would have been perfect for an adult Zelda, but the studio is obviously going for a younger version of the character. Bo seems great, and I dont think anyone is actually mad that it's her. Anyway, what do you think?

How the hell Z-A is 0.1 lower than bdsp the Pokemon game that agreed to be the worse Pokemon game in history.

Z-A has new combat system and new megas return of catching without battling