People who argue that acting within the law automatically makes an action morally good don't seem to understand that the law is made by people. It's not an infallible, divine system. It's an entirely human one, with obvious shortcomings.

Seriously, if you want to argue that it should be fair game to force you to pay a fine worth thousands of time of what a single song you downloaded was, then I don't know what to tell you. It's like arguing that stealing a Twix should land you 25-to-life.

People who argue that acting within the law automatically makes an action *morally* good don't seem to understand that the law is made by people. It's not an infallible, divine system. It's an entirely human one, with obvious shortcomings.

Seriously, if you want to argue that it should be fair game to force you to pay a fine worth thousands of time of what a single song you downloaded was, then I don't know what to tell you. It's like arguing that stealing a Twix should land you 25-to-life.

@Mech There are several reasons why protections exist for people who trespass. You should never have legal carte blanche to basically lock someone in your house and do whatever you want to them just because they entered illegally. That would be absolute insanity.

You don't know why they entered or what their intentions were, and if you maim someone who's unarmed, who's only in there because they're desperate and its their last resort, then you're not the better person, nor do you deserve legal protection.

Rest assured that those laws are not going to sanction you for actively defending yourself in a situation where you or your family are actually in danger.

@Mech There are several reasons why protections exist for people who trespass. You should never have legal carte blanche to basically lock someone in your house and do whatever you want to them just because they entered illegally. That would be absolute insanity.

You don't know why they entered or what their intentions were, and if you maim someone who's unarmed, who's only in there because they're desperate and its their last resort, then you're not the better person, nor do you deserve legal protection.

Rest assured that those laws are *not* going to sanction you for actively defending yourself in a situation where you or your family are actually in danger.

@Batman's Pet Goldfish Excuse me, but what do YOU think an entrepreneur is? I'm pretty sure the only one "blinded to facts" here is you. That word doesn't mean what I think you think it means.

Why exactly would I take you up on a "call to self-reflection"? I'm not obligated to reflect on my own behavior because you told me to do so - especially not when you're fundamentally wrong about everything you're saying.

For the third and final time: If my attitude here is what it takes to punch the air out of someone looking to make a change happen, that person or those individuals did not have the will to do so. Idgaf about calls for self-reflection, and your childish assumptions about how one can effect the legal process aren't going to change that. It's that simple. It has nothing to do with potential or entrepreneurship.

@Tobias Zeller And they're not so long as digital piracy is considered theft.

@sea otter if you needed Vaush to tell you that then I’m sorry for you

@Rakinjo2 no, my argument was never that the song was worse. My point was they are incomparable.

@DO-CTOR I agree but I would say they severely hinder, not prevent. Not a substantial difference between them I know, but a meaningful one nonetheless.

@Batman's Pet Goldfish I know what you're saying. What I'm getting at is there are systems in place that prevent many people from achieving their goals, even through hard work.

@Rakinjo2 again, pointing out the YouTube comment was to highlight the pervasiveness of the attitude. You don't need to comment on this video to hold the position you do. You also clearly missed my call to self reflection.

And again, yes, anyone can. It isn't American Dream, Disney bullshit; what the hell do you think an entrepreneur is? You being so jaded towards your own experiences or from what others told you is blinding you to the facts. If you're gonna call me basing my outlook on real events and people childish, then that would imply that your outlook is fetal. You need to grow up and see the world for what it is and what it shows you.

Also to just bolster both my point and Tobias' you clearly don't understand the idea of potential.

@Rakinjo2 again, pointing out the YouTube comment was to highlight the pervasiveness of the attitude. You don't need to comment on this video to hold the position you do. You also clearly missed my call to self reflection.

And again, yes, anyone can. It isn't American Dream, Disney bullshit; what the hell do you think an entrepreneur is? You being so jaded towards your own experiences or from what others told you is blinding you to the facts. If you're gonna call me basing my outlook on real events and people childish, then that would imply that your outlook is fetal. _You_ need to grow up and see the world for what it is and what it shows you.

Also to just bolster both my point and Tobias' you clearly don't understand the idea of potential.

A law that shouldn't exist. Is that a trespasser can sue an owner of the home because he got hurt, when he shouldn't of been there in the first place. That's the extreme example too. Another ludicrous justification is punishing both the person who was 'uncivilized' and used things that basically go against the fictional residential Geneva convention, and the person who trespassed.

The purpose of not entering a home is both the safety of the intruder, and the safety of the homeowner.

There are many other examples of incorrect bills that need to be erased. Mainly the one about the education system including brainwashing techniques of teaching the youth to not be racist, or sexist. By informing others about how blacks needs help because they are oppressed, and they can't take care of themselves.

@DO-CTOR I literally said you cant just do it. It will take important years of your life away just to do this one thing. It's really fucking difficult and most people give up along the way because the pressure gets to them, that's normally and I totally get it. Twice in my life I've reached that point and my goal is much easier to achieve. It truly takes an insane person to succeed. You'd need to be ready to forego developing your personal life and relationships for the sake of making progress towards your goal; sleepless nights and loneliness abound. You'd need to be crazy to try it and bullheaded to succeed, but thankfully for everyone, those people do exist, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to name two of many.

To a certain degree, yes, you need a level of blind optimism, though it's more determination than optimism. Hell, if I fail again at my current goal I might as well try myself, since I've got a level of knowledge on the subject already.

@DO-CTOR I literally said you *cant* _just do it._ It will take important years of your life away just to do this one thing. It's really fucking difficult and most people give up along the way because the pressure gets to them, that's normally and I totally get it. Twice in my life I've reached that point and my goal is much easier to achieve. It truly takes an insane person to succeed. You'd need to be ready to forego developing your personal life and relationships for the sake of making progress towards your goal; sleepless nights and loneliness abound. You'd need to be crazy to try it and bullheaded to succeed, but thankfully for everyone, those people do exist, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to name two of many.

To a certain degree, yes, you need a level of blind optimism, though it's more determination than optimism. Hell, if I fail again at my current goal I might as well try myself, since I've got a level of knowledge on the subject already.

@Batman's Pet Goldfish Dude, no offense but if you <b>truly</b> believe anyone can just walk up and make huge changes to copyright law because they have "the will", you have no idea how this country and its system works. Not gonna lie, I'm kinda envious of you and wish I had that blind optimism, because maybe I'd have the motivation to do more in life. Ignorance really is bliss.

@Batman's Pet Goldfish Dude, no offense but if you *truly* believe anyone can just walk up and make huge changes to copyright law because they have "the will", you have no idea how this country and its system works. Not gonna lie, I'm kinda envious of you and wish I had that blind optimism, because maybe I'd have the motivation to do more in life. Ignorance really is bliss.

@Tobias Zeller It's different in the sense that a song download literally doesn't rob anyone of anything, and thus the "crime" is inherently less severe. Picking an apple off a cart does more real damage than downloading a digital file, yet your argument was that the digital file is actually worse, because of its supposedly "infinite" potential for abuse.

Now you're literally arguing my point, but as though I didn't understand that point that I was making. So what exactly is your point?

@Tobias Zeller It's different in the sense that a song download literally doesn't rob anyone of anything, and thus the "crime" is inherently *less* severe. Picking an apple off a cart does more real damage than downloading a digital file, yet your argument was that the digital file is actually worse, because of its supposedly "infinite" potential for abuse.

Now you're literally arguing my point, but as though I didn't understand that point that *I* was making. So what exactly is *your* point?

@Batman's Pet Goldfish Again: If all it took for someone to get discouraged was a YouTube comment, then they didn't have the will to make a difference in the first place.

Secondly: Please don't start with the "Anyone can be that person!" American Dream, Disney bullshit. No, that's not how the world operates. Call me a nihilist all you want, but I'd rather be that than I'd be childish.

@Rakinjo2 you are not everyone, you are mistaking your experience and perspective as though everyone feels that way. You are correct it is a matter of ability, so we need someone with that ability, and anyone can be that person, you just have to learn how to do it, which is no fantasy as people do it all the time. You are correct that it is not something that one simply just does, I would never dispute that. You have to apply yourself and likely give up years of your life in pursuit of the knowledge and skills in order to pull it off. However, just because its a ridiculous amount of effort to ask of someone does not make it a fantasy.

I don't judge you or anyone for choosing not to do it either. It is unfair to ask that much of a person to do in all honesty, but that does not equate to it being a fantasy. People are perfectly capable of doing it, it's only a matter of whether or not you have what it takes, including the will, to do something so ridiculously difficult.

Also I'm not just talking about your YouTube comment, as reading through the rest of this comment section, its pretty clear that it is emblematic of an attitude a lot of people share. The reason I directed it at you was to try to get you to think about whether or not you believe that you could do it, and I extend this invitation of thought to everyone. It is entirely possible and likely, that someone shares your mindset but is actually capable of pulling it off. A person's mindset can determine the actions one does or doesn't take, and I don't think it wise to perpetuate a mindset that can stifle the opportunity that could be. You may believe that it's never gonna happen, but nothing ever happens until it does. Nihlistic attitudes like yours only stymie the progress that could be, and positive change needs every chance it can get.

@Rakinjo2 you are not everyone, you are mistaking your experience and perspective as though everyone feels that way. You are correct it is a matter of ability, so we need someone with that ability, and anyone can be that person, you just have to learn how to do it, which is no fantasy as people do it all the time. You are correct that it is not something that one simply just does, I would never dispute that. You have to apply yourself and likely give up years of your life in pursuit of the knowledge and skills in order to pull it off. However, just because its a ridiculous amount of effort to ask of someone _does_ _not_ make it a fantasy.

I don't judge you or anyone for choosing _not_ to do it either. It is unfair to ask that much of a person to do in all honesty, but that does not equate to it being a fantasy. People are perfectly capable of doing it, it's only a matter of whether or not you have what it takes, including the will, to do something so ridiculously difficult.

Also I'm not just talking about your YouTube comment, as reading through the rest of this comment section, its pretty clear that it is emblematic of an attitude a lot of people share. The reason I directed it at you was to try to get you to think about whether or not you believe that _you_ could do it, and I extend this invitation of thought to everyone. It is entirely possible and likely, that someone shares your mindset but is actually capable of pulling it off. A person's mindset can determine the actions one does or doesn't take, and I don't think it wise to perpetuate a mindset that can stifle the opportunity that could be. You may believe that it's never gonna happen, but nothing ever happens until it does. Nihlistic attitudes like yours only stymie the progress that could be, and positive change needs every chance it can get.

@Batman's Pet Goldfish Yeah, it's not a question of need, it's a question of ability. And it's simply not something that one does, no matter how romantic your perspective on it is.

And as far as my attitude is concerned, let me put it this way; if all it takes to discourage someone from trying is one YouTube commenter not debasing themselves with blind optimism about an impossibly complex situation, that person absolutely did not have the will to make any sort of a difference to begin with.

I'm not going to sit here and lie to myself or anyone else and pretend that everything is going to be okay or that you can do anything through hard work and elbow grease. That's not the world we live in - that's Disney logic.

@Rakinjo2 I don't know, but I'm also not going to pretend that, just because I can't figure it out, that means that no one else can. I would imagine that it would be an absolutely painful and grueling process that'll take sacrifices on many people's part. So what if it's difficult and unfair, if it needs to be done, then it needs to be done.

Again just because I don't have the answer, doesn't mean there isn't one. The attitude you're taking is only going to discourage people from trying.

@Batman's Pet Goldfish That's arguing on the same level as what you'd find on the inside of Snapple cap.

How exactly do you intend for an individual - or even a group of individuals - to lobby as effectively as a multinational corporation with billions to spare?

@Tobias Zeller I respect that you agree with my point, but your argument was nonetheless flawed, as both cases revolve around a consumer good with a set value attached to it. What the consumer does with said item after the fact is not a relevant factor.

No, acting within the law does not make an action morally good, but if what they're doing is that much of a problem to you, then you should look to changing the law.

If your attidute towards the process is so nihilistic then of course, you won't get the change you want because you won't bother trying.

I personally take issue when people complain about something, but then also complain about it being to hard to try to fix. It essentially defines a problem as unfixable even though it isnt and dissuades anyone from attempting that fix, even though another person might be able to.

Too many people treat the government like an infallible God nowadays.

Ahem. Slavery was legal in America, and so was segregation, but enough people eventually realized how bullshit and numskulled those laws were and wiped them out of the law (society wise... ugh). The fallacy "oh it's the law" is not a good enough argument to keep something broken and untrue in place, instead consider and give reasons and evidence why something is or should be in law: i.e. murder is illegal because a person opportunity of living their life was unjustifiably and maliciously taken away.

Ahem. Slavery was legal in America, and so was segregation, but enough people eventually realized how bullshit and numskulled those laws were and wiped them out of the law (society wise... ugh). The fallacy "oh it's the law" is not a good enough argument to keep something broken and untrue in place, instead consider and give reasons and *evidence* _why_ something is or should be in law: i.e. murder is illegal because a person opportunity of living their life was unjustifiably and maliciously taken away.

Exactly. I learned this from Vaush a few months ago: legality =/= morality.

@Rakinjo2 no, a fine that large is unjustified. My point was you cannot compare a song to a Twix, because they are very different items. Your point is valid and I agree with it, but your analogy is flawed and plainly not needed, as pretty much everyone agrees multi-thousand dollar fines are excessive. <br>TLDR don’t assume because I find your logic flawed I disagree with your conclusion

@Rakinjo2 no, a fine that large is unjustified. My point was you cannot compare a song to a Twix, because they are very different items. Your point is valid and I agree with it, but your analogy is flawed and plainly not needed, as pretty much everyone agrees multi-thousand dollar fines are excessive.
TLDR don’t assume because I find your logic flawed I disagree with your conclusion

@KaBoom On a surface level, if I had absolutely no idea how the legal system and the political process worked, that might be a somewhat convinced defense for anarcho-capitalism, but that's sadly not where I'm at.

"The players" lobby and bribe the politicians to rig the rules in their favor. If consumers and companies make up two distinct teams of "players" and the law is "the game," then I suppose the government that makes the law would be considered the "referees." And in this case, one team, the companies, push for the referees to implement absurd rules that only benefit those with the means to abide by them - in other words, those who can actually afford to set a legal precedent by pumping hundreds of thousands of [insert currency] into a prolonged legal process that aims to strongarm the other team into submission.

If every player played fair, sure, but that's not the case, so your suggestion that you should simply be upset with rules of the game, and not those responsible for said rules, basically means adopting a state of willful ignorance of the processes behind the creation of "the game" itself.

@Tobias Zeller That's obviously absurd for a number of reasons. First of all, I could just as easily make the argument that my goal was never to consume the Twix, but simply to possess it, in which case that same argument would apply. Regardless: The fact that a song can be replayed an alleged "infinite number of times" (which obviously isn't true - there are a number of factors from file degradation to hardware malfunctions that prevent that) that would then also have to be applied to the song's actual pricing. In other words, any legally acquired digital song would literally be invaluable because of its "infinite" lifespan.

A digital song, however, is not valued based on its potential number of replays. If buying access to these "infinite" replays costs me little more than a dollar, that obviously means that no matter how often I want to listen to it, it has a static value. So the fact that I can replay it if acquired through unlawful means in no way justifies a fine thousands upon thousands of times higher than the static value of the item that I supposedly stole, and thus this idea of yours that any digital song is infinitely valuable falls apart - because this infinite value apparently only applies when stolen and not when legally acquired.

TL;DR - Lol, no.

@Tobias Zeller That's obviously absurd for a number of reasons. First of all, I could just as easily make the argument that my goal was never to consume the Twix, but simply to possess it, in which case that same argument would apply. Regardless: The fact that a song can be replayed an alleged "infinite number of times" (which obviously isn't true - there are a number of factors from file degradation to hardware malfunctions that prevent that) that would then also have to be applied to the song's actual pricing. In other words, any legally acquired digital song would literally be *invaluable* because of its "infinite" lifespan.

A digital song, however, is not valued based on its potential number of replays. If buying access to these "infinite" replays costs me little more than a dollar, that obviously means that no matter how often I want to listen to it, it has a static value. So the fact that I can replay it if acquired through unlawful means in no way justifies a fine thousands upon thousands of times higher than the static value of the item that I supposedly stole, and thus this idea of yours that any digital song is infinitely valuable falls apart - because this infinite value apparently only applies *when stolen* and not when legally acquired.

TL;DR - Lol, no.

The analogy to Twix is horrible because Twix was a a single use good, where a song can be infinitely consumed once created, and that the rights to a song is obviously much more valuable than a Twix

And you don't seem to understand the difference between civil and criminal law. A person or company can't levy any sort of jailtime penalty or fine. That's determined by the court, and in criminal court, crimes are seen as crimes against the state, not the person. So the person has no say in what the punishment is. Civil court is different, where you sue for just money, but in the cases of IP theft or piracy, those are crimes, not civil matters. So don't hate the players (the companies), hate the game (the justice system).


24:56 I have to call attention to the fact that the second video got rated by more than THRICE the number of viewers who rated the first one and disliked by more than the number of those who liked the first one. Perhaps only the most foregone fanboys minority has watched the first one at all, with the rest of the userbase taking a break from all the recent Nintendo abuse you've described, as an alternative to "double standards" take.

24:56 I have to call attention to the fact that the second video got rated by more than *THRICE* the number of viewers who rated the first one and disliked by more than the number of those who liked the first one. Perhaps only the most foregone fanboys minority has watched the first one at all, with the rest of the userbase taking a break from all the recent Nintendo abuse you've described, as an alternative to "double standards" take.


Why do people want to simp for a corporation?


"I'm not asking people to hate the fans."<br>Lol! You didn't have to, I already did.

"I'm not asking people to hate the fans."
Lol! You didn't have to, I already did.


its not sakuri when he purposely took out harder mechanics on brawl in an attempt to kill the competitive scene. he did that not some lawyers or ceo that was his decision.


I feel like Nintendo fans sometimes are just as bad as Apple fans, they'll buy anything as long as it has the company logo on it... Rememer when Nintendo sold cardboard at $60 and fans said that it was "Innovative"?

@ericbazinga it literally was a new creative idea
now tell me the definition of innovative again?
also i am not a fanboy, but you did realize the simplest flaw in your logic

Oh yeah the Nintendo habo i think? I forgot about it

People say Labo was $70 cardboard. It was actually $10 cardboard (and a lot of it at that) with a $60 game.

@Efrain Astorga it’s even worse when you consider that many people were short on cash because of the pandemic. While most were ok you couldn’t say most people were prepared for more time spent in lockdown. Quite frankly at the time it would be irresponsible to not start putting access cash into an emergency fund but instead spend money on a hobby even if you had gotten your job back in America.

Creating a game out of cardboard is the least of the problems with Nintendo

@Ikelos the cardboard was PRECUT?! that changes everything

@biadrum They do actually, you can buy the game digitally and there's (or at least was, can't be arsed checking) templates for the cardboard shapes on their website.

Nintendo fans are as bad as Apple fans way more often than "sometimes".

In my opinion, they could allow people to print samples and make their own stuff with their own cardboard and just sell the software. But oh well

@Marcus Halberstram "Being a fan of any company is insanely stupid." i super agree.

Being a fan of any company is insanely stupid. I like the iPhone, but I’m not Apple fan any more than I’m a New Balance fan because I like their shoes.

@Ikelos "enough that people still remember it." i forget about it until now.

I really hate when people make such stupid arguments that they force me to defend something I don't want to defend.
Labo was a $60 videogame-toy that came with an assortment of precut cardboard sheets to use along with the game.
To call it $60 cardboard (which was just a meme) is like saying that the NDS was $200 for a plastic pen.

That being said, it was definitely overpriced.
And I wouldn't buy it for anyone but a 6 year old, but it was sort of innovative, enough that people still remember it.

Hey even as someone who hasn’t bought Labo I thought it was neat.  I really can’t think of many other concepts of making a video game out of real world materials, even if it’s cardboard.

Don’t get me mistaken tho, Nintendo still is a really horrible business despite having great game development teams under their belt.

"I feel like Nintendo fans sometimes are just as bad as Apple fans" that because they are just as bad as Apple fans.

Apple's major pitfalls come from arbitrary restrictions to their products that they claim are in the name of the product experience. I've seen mixed opinions on their stance on right-to-repair, but otherwise I don't think Apple fans are antagonized by their company.

Nintendo's timed release of 3DAS and especially the Fire Emblem game, is so bad I'm impressed that they were able to get away with it. It's about the closest it comes to something that a fan really can't defend under guise of almost anything, it's straight-up solely abusing FOMO for short-term gains by doing some low-budget re-releases. It's blatant to the point that sales stopped at the end of the fiscal year.
Mario games are evergreen on shelves, and the Switch isn't anything close to being dead. There was no excuse for it.

The biggest difference between the two is Apple keeps making the same products every year and they know people will buy them regardless. Nintendo keeps making shitty decisions because they feel invincible thanks to their followers.

At least it's not the exact same thing 10 times with a different charger. The Labo was innovative, nobody else was doing it. I mean I thought it was lame, but at least it's new.

Labo was a fun idea and I still think it is, but I wouldn't call it innovative. I can't and don't see it as anything more than a toy.

@Caoilfhionn Dunbar Considering they started with playing cards, I think them going back to fleecing idiots with cardboard was "a return to form," and isn't that kinda fun?

It was innovative. Just not as a technology. It was innovative in the shear degree to which it exploited consumers


The stupid thing about all this is that I wouldn't have brought a Switch if not for Emulation.  I played and beat Breath of the wild so much that I thought I mays as well pay my fair dues, anticipating that they might release more bangers...  Which they kind of did.


Smash is a party game?! That’s a huge lie, no game with so many intricate mechanics could ever be a simple party game, it’s a competitive game through and through.

@TG300 makes sense but my problem in saying it’s made to be a party game is that a game focused on such intricate combat will not be a good party game, given people like me aren’t good at those types of games won’t find it fun only competitive

When you design a game that engages player vs player activity, it’s bound to become competitive at some point. It baffles me how a fighting game enthusiast like Sakurai would think creating a game like Smash wouldn’t get integrated to the greater fighting game scene.

Items, spirits, games and more, 8 player smash, like 70 “banned” stages as they call it. fym its not a party game


Finally, someone's saying it.

It absolutely astounds me how rabid and willfully ignorant some of the big N's fans can be when it comes to   their business practices, all because (in their minds) their precious nostalgia is in jeopardy

@Andy Blanton why do you reply to every comment? do you seruisly care THIS much about protecting your sweet precious company?

Also, you talk a big game for being the mascot of a company whose fanbase actively hates all games they've made in the last 10 years, but the  buys them anyways because (in their minds) their precious nostalgia is in jeopardy.

thank you Mr. Bogard I always value your input

We know that nothing will change unless the entire US (or about half of Japan) boycotts all products from all companies that have had good relations with Nintendo in the last 10 years, so might as well give up.


To Nintendo:

Please release all the original Nintendo game accessories, Zapper gun, and yes even Rob The Robot for the Nintendo Mini.

Yes that even includes the power Glove too that can become wireless when the cord is not attached.

Give the fans the option to use the cord or use the wireless feature as well because having the Power Glove do both will please people that want to do play it old school or not.


Nintendo thinks they get to tell us how to play the game we paid for.<br>Nintendo is wrong.

Nintendo thinks they get to tell us how to play the game we paid for.
Nintendo is wrong.


I think it’s just arrogance. As a musician, I think it’s way more important to encourage creativity and be glad when someone likes your art. I’ve learned that even if that were to be the case, the reward is so much greater. (They would be making much more money too)


I wont lie. I ye olden tymes I was a Nintendo fanboy. My first console was the N64. The thing that rid me of such illusions was a one-two punch of two things.

1. I had a Game Cube at one point,  but we moved and my little black lunch box ended up in storage, so at some point I got a PS2 and then after that bricked I got an Xbox. As things turned out the Xbox was my favorite of the three.

2. The Wii came out and instead of being the bastion of FPSs and Rail-shooters that it was destined to be, it became Nintendo's gateway to the engorged tit of the Casual Gaming Market... They abandoned us, we their faithful, for the unwashed and unbaptized masses, and I saw and I remember.

I have thought of getting a newer system for the games, but they have never been really all that interesting. As time went on I replaced Zelda with Dark Souls, Final Fantasy with the Elder Scrolls, and satisfied my First Person Bloodlust with all the other systems that do them better. I think back whistfully and fondly on nintendo and my early days with the likes of Link, Samus, and Fox but those halls no longer glitter with the untarnished gold as I once knew them.

That and Mario games are shit.


Line was crossed with the new Nintendo online thing  and Nintendo didn’t give 2 shits.


How Nintendo is appealing to casual players reminds me on how nippon Ichi is trying to appeal to casual players (they literally say that in their advertisements). The problem is that disgaea is made for hardcore play causing a hardcore player base being their main player base. So doing that didn’t go over too well.


I used to like Nintendo as a kid even tho I got a SNES when I wanted a Genesis. Then my father gave me an N64 with Yoshi's World even tho I wanted a PS1 with Battle Arena Toshinden.

Never again.

I used to like Nintendo as a kid even tho I got a SNES when I wanted a Genesis. Then my father gave me an N64 with Yoshi's World even tho I wanted a PS1 with Battle Arena Toshinden.

*Never again.*


“Nintendo is starting to resemble a tyrant thats gone mad with power” is a great line (it’s technically wrong) because if you look at their history of licensing and legal action during the NES/SNES days it was arguably WORSE than it was today. Nintendo would often throw the entire industry under the bus and hold back progress and developers HATED them, but they were essentially the only option. What happened when a real player (Sony) entered the game with extremely cheap dev kits and license fees? The sales of video games absolutely took off and exploded with all time highs and virtually EVERY single 3rd party developer jumped ship, including longtime developers like Squaresoft, and they were rewarded with massive success!! (Funnily enough this is sorta happening again but with Sony as more and more developers realize how beneficial multiplatform releases are) Says alot about old Nintendo

Also I’m aware of this thing sorta happening with Sega and the Genesis being seen as a good alternative to Nintendo before but they didn’t get absolutely GUTTED permanently and relegated to coasting on their own 1st party ips forever, like they did when Sony entered the game.

During the NES era, Nintendo limited 3rd party developers to only releasing 5 games a year (Konami literally had to set up a second game division called Ultra Games just to bypass this rule). Many 3rd party developers obviously hated this rule (and for good reason), so much so that Tengen would become the first unlicensed developer that made games for the NES, being the first ones to bypass the lock-out chip. There's of course more to the story, but safe to say that Nintendo was definitely doing some shady ass shit back then as they are today.

@three three three well it didnt help that the n64 was a little bit dumb sticking with cartridges i think it would have been different if the n64 wasnt stuck with its wierd texture memory limitation and expensive cartridges.


Why is it so hard to understand that the competitive scene brings the casual players in?

Competitive play is wat makes the casual players want to try the game out and maybe stick with it....


I'm so tired of people worshipping things that are somehow 10x dumber than them. Just showcases how much of humanity has thrown away their potential for the sake of making life easier.

This comment inspired by David Jaffe, the man who can't shoot ceilings.


After time and time again of ripping their consumers off, I have chosen to not buy their products. Some of their games, I'd sure love to play, but they're... mmm... too expensive for my taste. Maybe if they upped their quality and treatment of consumers, then it may be worth my money and my time. Afterall, there are plenty of games nowadays and plenty of technologies that offer higher quality at fair prices.


Another issue with Nintendo might be a harmful thought in Japanese business culture that fears change, which has caused some business to go out of business because they don't change their practices.

lol Nintendo has been the biggest they have ever been, this will never happen in a long time

Sony has similar issues but it looks like they are slowly taking notes from Microsoft, slowly.

@Danny Caracciolo Good? No Nintendo will gladly do that same shit. They're making mobile games now. Don't be too sure about it.

Ironically...... that might be a Good thing if the change revolves around "the horrible horrible shit the video game industry normalizes"

Nintendo seriously needs to realize that everything is bound to change in an instant.

@Elijah Everyone in Japan is, and the fucked up thing is that it's a massive problem that affects almost everything over there, and yet they don't acknowledge it for the same reason people did not openly challenge the church until the mid 20th century, it's a cultural thing.


16:14 - And you'll see it in the text but you didn't mention it, but I'd argue forcing you to talk only about Nintendo was perhaps the worst part. Not only did it make it nigh impossible but it also meant that anyone who did get a license was afraid to ever say anything bad about Nintendo products because they were afraid of being cut off. You can still see this mentality in big channels that cover Nintendo. They rarely if ever are critical of any product the company makes.


I agree with this but i also think the monopoly on handheld gaming is huge factor to why these fans are more collective and larger then usual. Where else are you going to find a handheld gaming console nowadays? The stream console is proof that competition is needed, the sheer demand for something on the go is extraordinary. I hope this competition grows but i feel like its not gonna happen. I would love to see your thoughts on it!


The way they treat their fans would make EA blush. Constantly spitting in there face, shitting in there cereal and They just eat it up. What's with this braindead argument I see against fangames. Sure they have the right to take down anyone of them but is it morally right? If the fancreators aren't making any money off of them then why should it matter? "ThEy NeEd To PrOtEcT ThE Ip", well what about mods then, The modding community has been routinely beaten down into oblivion just as bad as the fangame community by Nintendo. And if it was for the sake of protecting the IP from "fan game creators" Then what about SEGA or Bethesda then? SEGA actively lets their communities use their IPs as long as they do not profit from them, and that community is flourishing to the point where there are active Conventions and Competitions held about fangames (Sonic Armature Games Expo AkA S.A.G.E) or how about Fallout or Skyrim fans building whole new worlds and Using the Bethesda creation engine which They've allowed them to do. Sure They have the Right to copyright and DMCA fangame creators, but it isn't morally right. How is a simple fan game made by 3 devs not even doing it for profit going to harm a Billion dollar corporation? It's going to harm the Nintendo Seal of Quality? It's not the fucking 90s anymore.


Nintendo's legal philosophy is the epitome of "they were so concerned with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"<br>To them, if it's legally within their right, they must do it.

Nintendo's legal philosophy is the epitome of "they were so concerned with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should"
To them, if it's legally within their right, they must do it.

@GodZpeed X7 yeah you're right, they still do it even when it's not legally within their right


Nintendo reminds me of Gamesworkshop with how they handle their IP so cautiously. This is a veeeeery bad thing


Add to this the fact that Nintendo took years to get over the fact that FF7 was released on the playstation. They're now using their rights to this franchise to distract from their vindictive bullshit. There is some sick logic to this.


Great Video. Too bad dislikes were removed .

One thing tho- it about animal crossing. (=o=!)
You said Users have to buy a whole nother switch just to play on different islands. This is true, but it goes a step further... in the worse direction.

Despite how nintendo markets that this is a  couch co-op game,  the second player has no game control (prompting the need for a second switch to casually play together. But its on different islands, so rock and a hard place). For my sibling and I to play animal crossing at the same time - we need two switches and two different games or a family share pass. We luckily play on local , so we dont need to buy the internet package to play online. We found it better to play on seperate islands and visit each other... than to play the lousy 2 player included in the game that frankly is a half hearted effort.  Two people can play together, yes. But the second player is barely functional at all.

For example,  the second player has NO access to inventory space. Any items collected will be sent to the literal trash (ingame) and has a tiny storage capacity that will delete the oldest item first . in a two player game, you'll need to routinely make trips back to the garbage can for player 1 to pick it up, since player 2 cannot.  OR you can constantly switch control between which player is the leader.

Since there is no splitscreen on the game, and the second player cannot go indoors/talk to villagers/ sort through inventory/ wish on stars (that count)/ design / make building descions/ or pick up items [btw, every single time you pick up an item a gratuitdis 'YAHOOO' song  will play along with a long animation.] ... its a completely worthless couch co-op where the second player is forced to follow.  In fact, the characters will forcibly teleport to each other if your too far away.

Ranting: [[I just want to point out HOW bad it is... that two people can be fishing side by side and if player 1 gets a fish and is in the 'yay you got a fish its a [insert pun here] ' text box, the second player's controls are useless during this. So if a fish is biting you cant even pull it up. This applies to everything.  I cannot tell you HOW MANy TIMES  my sibling and I ran into the issue where they would open the menu and I can freely run around but cant catch bugs... This is detremental in early game where changing tools wasnt yet unlocked to the gamepad. You have to manually pull out tools one by one. So if a wasp comes- my sibling opens the menu to grab the net, making player2s net invalid, but time still continnues..... so the wasps attack us. And dont even get me started on the lazy way player 2 appears in game. Entering/exiting houses,  player 2 will just tpose pop in beside the main player. No effort. No animation. They dont even reuse the teleporting animation, when player 2 is forcibly popped beside the main player. The ONLY thing I would say is better in a 2p experience is shoveling. Because hthe job can be done twice as fast. But get this.... everytime you shovel up a flower (a necessity to clean)  player 2 will sing a song, show off the camera, and cram it in their pocket. Flowers dont stack.... so it will delete the last item you have in the 'trash inventory'.  Player 1 can diggup 4 flowers in the time it takes for player 2 to do one!!!!  ]]

Reminds me of the so called 'co-op' in Mario galaxy. In that game,  the second player is just a cursor on the screen that can waggle around the controller for star bits and slightly annoying enemies.

I'm angry beaches of this even if it doesn't affect me in any way.

ΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΑΝΔΡΕΑΔΗΣ

I know this has nothing to do with the point...  I haven't slept and I'm frustrated about this dumb@ss game that should be calming.


16:40 yes they sure do treat their employees well mhm 100%


Never worship a company in the first place.

@๖ۣۜ♥๖̶tacokitten๖̶ Valve doesn't listen to everything. I mean I just looked at the Steamworks channel, and one of their recent videos about CS:GO was flooded with dislikes because they fail to address the cheating issue in the game. Valve have their faults, definitely. I'd much rather game on Steam than Nintendo though, Nintendo are much worse and at least I don't have to pay to play online on Steam.

@๖ۣۜ♥๖̶tacokitten๖̶ Detention! your parents will hear about this!

@๖ۣۜ♥๖̶tacokitten๖̶ what number comes after 2?

B-but... They sold me an used tissue! That means they love me, right?

Tell that to the Scientologist in the back

@๖ۣۜ♥๖̶tacokitten๖̶ what valve has done for us dozens of linux gamers is amazing for a such a large company,no other nearly as large makes me not feel like a pest for my OS choice.

did i mention i hate microsoft, epic games is ok (because they are fighting apple and i also hate apple)

i am a valve worshiper because their games are truly competitive free to play and they love mods and listen to the community and piss off Microsoft (which i hate) by fully supporting GNU/Linux and actually trying to make gaming on GNU/Linux easier to undermine Windows, they do not protect their intellectual property at all (there is a panned shovelware game called Hunt Down The Freeman that uses Valve's engine and literally features their characters but they still allow it sold on their own store [where it has 5/10 stars], i believe this is awesome because literally no other company would allow this ever).
Despite being a monopoly (i believe monopolies that are not created by government market manipulation are good), they have never added pay to win content in any of their games ever. You could dismiss me as a mindless stan, but just think of this: what criticism of Valve have you ever heard that is not something extremely childish like "we need strict anti-gambling laws targeting Valve because think of the children!!" or "there is a bug in my game that is otherwise spotlessly polished and its not getting fixed fast enough waaaaah!!!" or "I don't like Valve because they are a competitor to a company that owns a game I like therefore I must hate them" (I have nothing against other game developers EXCEPT MICROSOFT I HATE MICROSOFT) ?

i am a valve worshiper because their games are truly competitive free to play and they love mods and listen to the community and piss off Microsoft (which i hate) by fully supporting GNU/Linux and actually trying to make gaming on GNU/Linux easier to undermine Windows, they do not protect their intellectual property at all (there is a panned shovelware game called Hunt Down The Freeman that uses Valve's engine and literally features their characters but they still allow it sold on their own store [where it has 5/10 stars], i believe this is awesome because literally no other company would allow this ever).
Despite being a monopoly (i believe monopolies that are not created by government market manipulation are good), they have never added pay to win content in any of their games ever. You could dismiss me as a mindless stan, but just think of this: *what criticism of Valve have you ever heard that is not something extremely childish like "we need strict anti-gambling laws targeting Valve because think of the children!!" or "there is a bug in my game that is otherwise spotlessly polished and its not getting fixed fast enough waaaaah!!!" or "I don't like Valve because they are a competitor to a company that owns a game **_I_** like therefore I must hate them" (I have nothing against other game developers EXCEPT MICROSOFT I HATE MICROSOFT) ?*

@Natetendo it isnt,but once you defend them for every awful action,it stops being you just liking them,it becomes worship.

You are not worshipping a company by liking their products.

I’ll take it word for word.

Whether it be as small as a group or a big as an organization.


21:05 And then Youtube killed the dislike


watched this when it came out have to say this wtf nintendo is so corrupt


You'd better be careful they'll stick the nintendo ninjas on you


nintendo banned me from online switch because i did a charge back on something i did't buy (they auto bought the online subscription) they literally treat you as bad as hackers


“I’m not asking for people to hate the fans”

Didn’t have to.

@Jake DeMatteo "that’s a you problem" and?

yea, i already hated the Nintendo fanbase long before this video came out.

@Jake DeMatteo Keep telling yourself that.

@Jake DeMatteo "They aren't doing anything wrong, and Nintendo isn't either".

You just proved Emp's entire point.

@Mario Adventure 2 You're trying to say Playstation fans are worse than Nintendo fans? No, no they're not. Granted both groups are inherently brain-dead, no disputing that, but Nintendo can most definitely get away with things that even Sony can't. I used to be a hardcore Nintendo fan back in day, but when it came to the Wii, Nintendo was not providing me the games I wanted so I became more of a Playstation fan and have been that way ever since the PS3.

Granted I had already played PS1 when I was younger so I liked both (even played some XBOX as well), but even though I grew up with Nintendo, the quality of the games dropped. Now I realize how sinister Nintendo is as a company and I'm loyal to no corporation, not even Nintendo. I'm loyal to the Playstation brand, but I'm not loyal to Sony themselves and to me the whole console war has always been fucking stupid. It's a needless pissing contest to determine which console/platform is better than the others and "gamers" are more interested in that than all the great games each one can provide. That's sad and utterly pathetic to me and is not why gaming was created.

@FoolishFool Sadly We Dont Know If Nintendo Cares About The Good Fans.

@Mario Adventure 2 haven't gone down the rabbit hole to far For us to get as deep as them we can still claw are way out obviously just whining and complaining about it isnt working I'm thinking protests yeah why not form protests

Why hate the fans? They aren’t doing anything wrong, and Nintendo isn’t either.

@FoolishFool pot calling the kettle black

@Modernkiwi 64 but hey, at least they are not PlayStation fans. This is why I still have faith.

I don't hate the fans, I just have a severe disdain for them and their militant loyalty to a company that will never care for them or what they want

@FoolishFool the true fans know when to love and when to criticize Nintendo, the losers are either bootlicking or are whining about anything Nintendo does.


I agree and I have been saying this for years yet people still hate me for disliking nintendo's decision's


This video will become more and more relevant with time, I'm affraid. Just look at what they announced today...


Having to explain that you pointing something out is not a declaration or pledge of support for what was pointed out; is quite depressing honestly.


You can tell this was cathartic to him lmao


You knocked it out of the park with this one, Emp. I'll be telling my uncle that works at Nintendo about this!

@Flame I use custom extensions to watch 4x speed.

IT HAS NOT EVEN BEEN OUT LONG ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE FINISHED

It’s only been like 6 minutes tf are you talking about?

This is what we call "like farming comments" kids

Bruh, The video hasn't even been out for 2 minutes


to make matters worse… they are now charging 60 dollars for every game they make, even though their current system is criminally underpowered. what's even worse, they seem to be declining in quality as well. Yes, I'm obviously talking specifically about the Pokemon. As a longtime and loyal-ish Pokemon fan, I don't think any of the Pokemon games released today are close to worth even 20 dollars. Seriously.


Now more than ever I often think that Nintendo is acting a lot more like Sony on the pre-launch/launch of the Ps3 acting with such confidence and cockyness, and the worst thing is that is working, the Switch is now Nintendo's best selling home console ever and im pretty damn sure it's going to become the best selling console of all time, but man, at what cost?

When I was 13 I used to be like those cringey people who couldn't bare hearing criticism towards Nintendo, but this, seeing how they make such shitty decisions without any consequences whatsoever, it starts to wear on you


Add SilvaGunner to the list of sacrifices.


“You could make a religion out of- no don’t”<br>-bill wurtz

“You could make a religion out of- no don’t”
-bill wurtz

@Diamond Miner Get a load of J. R. R. Tolkien over here.

@HempLemming
"That's kinda how quotes work."
- Some Guy, Probably

the comment would've been better without the "-bill wurtz"


I do enjoy playing Pokemon Heartgold on my emulator. I would buy the game, but, you know, deliberate rarity and the game being over $200 on the internet from scalpers kind of... yeah.


You say that Nintendo videos don’t get ratio’d, and yet, after people got exposed to the prices of the NS Online Expansion Pack, the video on the online expansion pack itself got ratio’d. And HARD. I’m talking 15K 👍s to 60K 👎s.


It’s been two months since Emp has uploaded a video, starting to get withdrawals


Honestly, that last statement is what I think people really need to hear. It’s fine to like the things Nintendo creates, but just remember they are a company like all the rest. That’s how I’ve been treating them lately. I’m still excited about some of the new stuff they have coming out, but it’s gunna take more than a smash announcement to make me forget the things they do.


While I respect your right to do it, are you really still mad that nintendo people gave basically no shits about melee (a historic constant) and a splatoon tournament? And compare it to literally engaging in political coverups for an authoritarian hellstate that is actively terrorizing multiple foreign countries, delivering 2 beyond Spore tier broken games and running with the money, and EA literally downgrading BattleFront/II two of the most iconic big team battle tps games into an abysmal themed battlefield clone with loot crates, especially given Battlefront II's reward system, and not deriving the same kind of outrage when they announce one of the most iconic gaming characters in their goofy crossover fighter? You'd have more of a point with Animal Crossing New Horizons, which shipped in an abysmal state compared to even some of the OLDEST titles in that series.


pay to play a game on stream

they already fucking bought the game right?


Watch Walugi come to smash only after their biggest controversy to date.


The Thomas the tank engine fandom  used to be one of the worst to me😅

It's gotten better(ish) in recent times, but uh...

Say one bad thing about the Railway Series Books, or the Reverend W. Awdry... and... well.... start running if ya wanna keep even so much as a single limb😅

Wait... uh oh..😳

I was never found again

The Thomas the tank engine fandom  used to be one of the worst to me😅

It's gotten better(ish) in recent times, but uh...

Say one bad thing about the Railway Series Books, or the Reverend W. Awdry... and... well.... start running if ya wanna keep even so much as a single limb😅

Wait... uh oh..😳

*I was never found again*


I got banned from Twitter for telling a kid that Nintendo would sell their organs if they thought they could get away with it..  They said I was "Threatening" them.

@gamephreak5 Not really. The best they do in regards to these "socialists" and socialism in general is to overall support what is on actual Left called "Social Fascists" aka Social Democrats or Democratic Socialists like DSA.<br>All of which are anti-Communist. And hell, if you do dare call for an actual violent uprising against the corporations, you will most likely get terminated there, or even worse, be arrested. Depends on where you live really, in some places, where they do not see socialism as a threat they just allow it exist. Only when it becomes like an actual threat do they do something, but companies there do not really have any sympathy for them as it would hurt their profit accumulation.

@gamephreak5 Not really. The best they do in regards to these "socialists" and socialism in general is to overall support what is on actual Left called "Social Fascists" aka Social Democrats or Democratic Socialists like DSA.
All of which are anti-Communist. And hell, if you do dare call for an actual violent uprising against the corporations, you will most likely get terminated there, or even worse, be arrested. Depends on where you live really, in some places, where they do not see socialism as a threat they just allow it exist. Only when it becomes like an actual threat do they do something, but companies there do not really have any sympathy for them as it would hurt their profit accumulation.

@Emiliiano Portillo it's almost as if... nobody actually thinks that "M.A.P.s" are okay but people like to pretend they do or are one to get reactions out of people and make leftists look bad. It happens on both sides and yet people still think that these types of beliefs are widespread or believed by literally anyone at all.

@Program Terminated sir do you know what a M.A.P is

@Mathematical Hypotenuse If you aren't a far-Leftist and don't support socialism or socialist policies and the Leftist narratives, then Twitter and FaceBook will ban you..

Twitter will ban someone for breathing in the vague direction of the wrong person, trust me. I feel you there.

The fact that they felt threatened means that they too think it's possible

implying you shouldn't' give them good ideas.


Losing loveroms was like losing blood for me.


I know you made this video months ago, but another tiny bit to add to this video is the arbitrary indefinite delay of advance wars remaster because of the Russian invasion. Nobody in the world can play this game, because Russia decided it doesn't wanna play nice. Totally unrelated events, for no reason at did they delay this game.


No more eShop for Wii U and 3DS. Good stuff Nintendo, you're on a roll.


Something that’s very key to this is psychology. Nintendo doesn’t market itself as the “best company with the best practices,” it markets itself as a group of people devoted to producing entertaining games for the whole family (Look at where Nintendo started compare to other console manufacturers: making toys and card games rather than technology). Nintendo markets WHY they do business, and people that like or care about that why don’t care about all the other (important) business aspects. That’s why Nintendo has such a loyal following and why people that don’t relate to (or don’t care about) that “why” can see the issues plainly. Whether or not they still do (or ever truly did) put that “why” first in their business practices, it’ll be a long time before the fan base they built by putting it first will be out of the market, because that “why” generated a cult following.


I've always been a big fan of Nintendo, and still am. In my 20's and as far as the games they produce, I consider them the best out of "The big three" console gaming companies. That being said, I can't really argue with pretty much anything said here, the way they've handled their old games and the drip feeding of them, to taking down fan games left and right. Nintendo makes some of my favorite games, but they suck at being good to their fans.

Nintendo makes things I like and consistently creates nice memories for me, so I keep buying their stuff. But yeah, I wouldn't try to defend their oft horrendous business practices. Nope, not touching that. You know, a 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 kinda thing.

@Paradox NCW this is my philosophy towards it. I’m not going to defend nintendo like a loyal hivemind, and if I seem them doing shitty things, then I agree that they deserve to be pointed out and given criticism for it. But if they release something I want, I’ll buy it. If they release something I don’t want, I won’t buy it. I’m not going to deprive myself of something I’m passionate in, nor am I going to blindly purchase every first party game to appease the corporate overlords.

@Quantris  exactly. Being an average consumer  of video games makes me not particularly  zealous but not particularly mindful of this sorta thing. So I'll buy stuff on diffrent things I enjoy.  Not everybody is a flagalent who must deprive  themselves  of things they like to seek a perfect  state of being.

@jingle jangle meh. I care even less about their fans than they do, so I'll keep buying games that I want to play

Same, thats why i dont buy their shit anymore, and id advise you to do the same


It will go on until their games decline in quality unfortunately, and not by a small amount they'll have to be complete trash. If Apple can still retain their image and customers after all the garbage they've done... Well you know the rest.

I've been refraining from saying I'm hoping nintendo falls before they start using industry tactics within their games, because for all their flaws I don't want to give up the next mario odyssey or botw, but I hope that at the very least their console division dies (which I think is way more likely anyway).


You cannot have Nintendo game style content without it being 50$ and made by Nintendo


Well I usually like to say that Nintendo is good as game devs but bad as a company


see Nintnedo fanboys malding in the youtube comments and reddit is just the best thing I've ever witness.


Wow i wish i could see how many dislikes this amazing video has but youtube being youtube


Well damn... I wanna agree and take some moral stand against these shitty practices... but Breath of the Wild 2 is one of the only truly hopeful things on my horizon right now. :/

Also no shade at all, but there's so many  problems out in the world to be upset over, fearful of, and emotionally exhausted by that idk if I can muster anything beyond a sad shake of the head for those modders' and lets-players' lost art and melee players' stifled mainstream recognition

It's a a sequel to a well reviewed game, of course it exists


I get the feeling that people are still used to Iwata's Nintendo. The respectful Nintendo, largely lead with integrity and respect. It isn't as though they did everything right, but they were notably above and beyond every other games company in terms of PR and business practices. People still think that's the same Nintendo we have now, only they're making some missteps. It isn't. A company isn't alive, it isn't a person. It's a conglomerate, and when the leadership changes, it's a completely different entity, just with the same name and "face."

I hate when people say this, Iwata was a great man but he herald nintendo in dark times as well, people pretend the iwata era was great but there were still problem , at the end of the day they are a company and have always been ,that the message of Emps video.


Literally one of the best videos on the subject. I was so mad when people suddenly forgot about the free melee movement. I felt especially bad for the Splatoon players who showed solidarity, and then the Ult community turned their back as soon as Sephiroth was revealed. It just gave me a bad taste in my mouth.

LOL JACKSEPTICEYE'S DAD IS ROTTING IN THE TRASH LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

@Neogears dudes Tiger Woods nothing can change that

@Diamond Miner Ok but that's the equivalent of flashing Tiger Wood's success records to excuse that he is a piece of shit. yes it means more than just the thing being shown like "respecting the work that goes into the game", but them being shitty isn't magically not a thing. It still is you just rather enjoy the good you could get out of Nintendo instead of deal with the bad that comes with Nintendo. Which is announcing to everyone you'd rather innocent people keep getting fucked over for your entertainment.

They didn’t turn their back, we just overestimated the size of #freemelee. It got pushback on Twitter whenever it was used. To top it off, the excitement for new Smash characters is part of respecting the work that goes into the game, not forgetting what the legal team has done.


Surprisingly low amount of dislikes on this one. Nice video though. Agree entirely


One of Valves most popular games, Left 4 Dead 2, actively supports people to mod the game. The tag line for the workshop is “Your own custom apocalypse” and that’s beautiful.

@Saza Modding is mostly done on PC, with Valve being a very friendly company for it

@Saza he's not talking about the console version of Left 4 Dead 2.

How do you supporting modding on console without home-brew.


Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

Just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should.*


To be fair when your talking about why there was no backlash on the sephiroth video I'm sure a lot of people like myself included didn't know about that stuff cause I don't pay too much attention to tournaments or esports but good video as much as I love their games Nintendo as a company can be so shitty and their online service is straight garbage lmao


This is literally the plot of 1984 but with the funny Mario company


Not even kidding, this video made me give up on Nintendo as being a fan for years and years

I ended up getting an Xbox instead

@Oliver Xu just like nintendo and valve.

Microsoft and Sony are both equally bad for different reasons.


Love how this video is still relevant with the “switch pro” launch. Almost no improvements to the console, and any criticism on social media is met with Nintendo fanboys.

Yes founding expectations on rumors is a problem... but I woild say the rumours were founded on expectations. Rumours of the Switch Pro cane about because people expected an upgrade, as they should. The Switch is hilariously underpowered, if you want to enjoy Switch games properly, with decent resolution and framerate, you NEED to use emulation.

@Eva Sackaton Why The Hell Do You Capitalize The First Letter Of Every Word ?

They’re more mad for believing pipe-dream rumors than they are over genuine criticism

Thats Recent In Fact More Recent Then 4 Years

Still Relevant? This video is only a week old lol

But Soon Nintendo Will Show A Direct And "Most" Fans Will Just Give Up
I Know That Their Are Fans That Still Have Issues With This Japan Company
But Im Seeing It.

@Argo Ooh, I would be careful with the usage of entitled here. Nobody is entitled to a better product, no one. You either buy it or not, the company doesnt owe you anything.

@Argo Yes but why would expect one from a random Tuesday announcement on twitter.

@Inter Dimensional Goober actually for how low quality the switch for modern day standards we are entitled to a better model

@En Joshi-Godrez Yes but we aren’t inherently entitled to a better performing switch if this one was made to provide incentive for newbies to buy it.  This was never meant to be better performing, and our expectation it should be was founded on rumors.  If this had come out of nowhere like it was planned nobody would have batted an eye.

@Inter Dimensional Goober if the rumours were unreasonable then you could argue that they set an unreasble expection for Nintendo to deliver. But tjey weren't, it made very good business sense 4 years and a new console generation after the original to sell a higher end model using nvidia's updated and much more powerful mx chip sets. The thing the leaks actually did get wrong was not factoring that Nintendo simply doesnt know to cater to audeince expectations. Thats not the fault of anyone but Nintendo.

To be fair, the switch pro rumors massively obliterated the oled’s reception.  Its really just for people who need more incentive to get the console in the first place.  Founding expectations on rumors is a pretty big problem with the Nintendo fandom and the internet as a whole imo, and this is just a reflection of it.

And people are idiots for believing in a Switch Pro. The Switch Oled is just a model with a bigger screen. That's it


I’m thoroughly disappointed that you didn’t use any footage of Movieblob during the segment about Nintendo fans


Maybe if this goes viral, something will change


Ay we got the official Nintendo Smash Circuit now, which is insane to see. Gonna be some beautiful gameplay there let's hope


Fucking nice use of the last part of that No Country For Old Men scene. I love your vids man. I saw the Nascar one and was like "aww it's on nascar?". I say that because I live literally like 10 minutes from Darlington and dude imagine the worst parts of Nascar culture you would see at a race and then think about living around it constantly.

HOWEVER

I fucking loved the video on Taledega. I usually instantly would discount a video on Nascar but didn't because it's you. You would think being near Darlington I wouldn't have to wait to watch your video to see why driving in a circle CAN be interesting. I'm someone who has loved cars and racing my whole life. Mostly F1, Le Mans type racing, motorcycles. You get it. It made me want to pay attention to Nascar more too. Kudos again, Emp. Truly one of YouTubes greatest.


Nintendo really is just the video game equivalent of Disney. A constantly growing monopoly built on nostalgia and defended by their army of children and obnoxious adults no matter what they do and how unethical their business practices get. Both can survive through decades of flops, even if their fans actually think for themselves let alone get out of their constant state of codependency with a company. Obviously you can still enjoy their content but they are absolutely not the underdog

One of the key differences is that Nintendo has at least made an effort to release quality games for the last couple of years and keeps doing it until now. On the other hand, Disney releases dogshit remakes of older movies and lame new ideas. Nintendo has gotten its bad rep with its ruthless business actions, unavailability of classic games on the new console, and many other things to list. They give the consumers just the right amount of product to keep them happy and still continue with bad service on pretty much anything else.

I don't find Nintendo that nostalgic at all. I am glad that I grew up with Valve games, Minecraft, and GTA. Although, I hate the fact that TF2 is being overtaken by bots. I wish Valve would update their anti cheat to prevent bots.


i've been considering for some years now that Nintendo was never good, they just got lucky with the NES and Mario.


r/nintendo is upset with this video as they should be, given that they comprise the biggest groups of nintendrones.


Moral of the story, be like John Carmack, not Nintendo


19:22 am i right that he just said they gave out the mod for free, for prosnal profit??? my god twitter is something else


Fanboys: You know what, I'm sick and tired of these malpractices of Nintendo throughout the years. It's time for me to stand up to this god awful company and tell them what the fans want for this trying times!

Nintendo: *drops new trailer for the OLED switch*

Fanboys: wahoo! New Nintendo Switch Pro! Thanks you, Nintendo!

Fanboys: You know what, I'm sick and tired of these malpractices of Nintendo throughout the years. It's time for me to stand up to this god awful company and tell them what the fans want for this trying times!

Nintendo: **drops new trailer for the OLED switch**

Fanboys: wahoo! New Nintendo Switch Pro! Thanks you, Nintendo!

Yeah new Switch pro, now with worse battery performance because Nintendo refuses to raise the specs and the battery will drain much faster with a bigger screen with a display type that burns twice as much watts as a non Oled display. All so you can play their games which are either rushed or lock content behind several $20 DLC expansion packs, in many cases its both. What a great company.

Exactly how I reacted lol, tired of seeing this attitude literally EVERYWHERE


Had to come back to this after the release of Arceus


And this, friends, is why you always pirate their games


But then they unveiled the Switch Online expansion pack, and... Well...


Nintendo Twitter stans are actually insane, I don’t even know if I’m exaggerating. They dedicate their lives to a new splatoon game, and whenever any bad word is spread about their god they rush to kiss Nintendo’s paper cut all better, then slaughter the person who dared slander them. A Nintendo higher-up could shoot their dog and they’d still find a way to justify it “it was just one member of the company, it’s not all bad.” They frighten me with their unwavering loyalty.


"the solution to nintendo's problems rests on the shoulders of those least likely to do anything about it"

This applies to modern society as a whole honestly


The sheer shit baggery of the company has let me with such distain I don't even buy their shit anymore. Not that it matters. Most games on the switch I have played has been 6 out of 10. Their platform is a vacuum of mediocracy with no third party support using hardware that's shit tier out of the gates. Wasn't bad enough their hardware is underpowered even by 2 gens ago, but it lacks even the most basic features that the fucking OG Xbox had such as in game voice chat for almost all games.


I hate nintendo as a company and i really want them to change for the better but damn they make good games


Moral of the story: boycott games workshop


Its sad to see the way Nintendo treats their fans and pros.<br>I think the only franchise Nintendo doesn’t try to sabotage tournaments for is Pokémon

Its sad to see the way Nintendo treats their fans and pros.
I think the only franchise Nintendo doesn’t try to sabotage tournaments for is Pokémon


I once sacrificed my son's eyes for the glorious conglomerate entity

Ah yes, the nonspecific glorious conglomerate entity


What I got from this video is that Nintendo created Covid so that competetive Smash would not happen.


So Sakuri is like a Walmart employee being put down for something Walmart did? That’s one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever heard. I play competitive smash, I’m not amazing or anything, but my brother is really good, so I usually go to tournaments with him. Also, I have a bachelors degree in Business Management.. so, the only reason I could possibly think that people would say that about Sakuri, is that he was originally part of HAL Laboratory, which was bought out by Nintendo years ago, so he’s been on the Nintendo payroll for at least 10 years, really it’s been longer.

Also, I bought my switch early on.. had the joy-con drift problem. I love the products Nintendo makes.. and I will continue to buy some of them .. but I cannot stand a lot of their business practices. Me and my brother got our Super Nintendo for Christmas in 1995, that was our first console. So of course, they’ve been a big part of my life, not just my childhood. But you’re absolutely right about everything you said.. don’t listen to the children who’s uncle works at Nintendo, and gets offended at your video.. but cannot bother to use any punctuation as they call you stupid. 🧐


Emplemon: posts this video

YouTube: Oh, we're gonna remove the counter on the dislike button so no one can see the ratio anymore!

Emplemon: wait no that was not the intention

Emplemon: *posts this video*

YouTube: Oh, we're gonna remove the counter on the dislike button so no one can see the ratio anymore!

Emplemon: wait no that was not the intention


i loved seeing the public dislike count of youtube videos<br>now i sadly have to use plugins that will never get close to being 100% accurate

i loved seeing the public dislike count of youtube videos
now i sadly have to use plugins that will never get close to being 100% accurate


Didn't know EmpLemon promoted the Nintendo switch lol

Hard agree, my day was going pretty shitty and now this video and I feel a lot less shitty

You know he uploaded at ~12PM for me, so yeah.

Your comment went to 25 likes in an minute lol


I still haven't purchased a copy of Pokemon Sword and Shield due to the unwillingness to include all pokemon/mega evolutions/z moves in them. They cut them out for no good reason. Hell, even pirated a copy of the games and DLC onto an emulator but I can't find myself bothered to even play them.

Expressing this notion in the community is grounds for raised eyebrows or discontent from others in the community. It's weird that they could cut half the content out, raise the price 50% and then tack on DLC to restore a quarter of that content. I'll stick to the older shit I guess.


Me that only plays Nintendo games with emulation:"The thing about being smart is that i am always in danger."


I own every Nintendo console. I will not be buying the next one until I KNOW they figure out how to build a good controller.


Based on the thumbnail, Mario is a protestant


This video goes deep about mainly Smash Bros fanboys, but take everything said about fanboys in this videos, amplify them and you get Pokemon fans.

@Ivory Ch. eh, why are Nintendo fans so defense of people not liking Nintendo games or having the opinion that Nintendo games are not so great?

@V Games I said that Ultimate wasn't finished at launch (it was missing stuff like Home Run Contest and Stage Builder and Piranha Plant was intended to be in the base game as the last base fighter, but became $5 DLC instead), said that the recent games have been severely lacking in single player content, and that Brawl and Melee were both better games than the recent ones. Another person got featured on that account for missing the single player content as well, so I know for a fact that they just didn't like my opinions in general, as opposed to only the fact I said Smash used the "finish it later" strategy.

@Ivory Ch. " I've been harassed for criticizing modern Smash myself, and put on "Bad VG Takes" for doing so." what was it you said that got you on Bad VG Takes?

@QuintaFeira12 "Pokemon Fans are what happens when you take a Sonic Fan, but without the self awareness." so your saying that Sonic games are trash?

@Shyguymask I’m pretty sure Pokémon fans go gorilla ape mode if you like any gen above 5

Please don't categorize an entire fanbase like that.

Please don't categorize an entire fanbase like that.

@Shyguymask That's implying Smash fans don't take every criticism of modern Smash as some kind of crime against daddy Sakurai. I've been harassed for criticizing modern Smash myself, and put on "Bad VG Takes" for doing so. The Melee fans were ahead of their time. The only ones that would dare criticize the franchise. Enough so that tripping got removed in later games. Nowadays, Melee fans are constantly mocked and shushed if they even try to criticize any game after Brawl, and it's because the modern fans outnumber them. Smash fans are worse than Pokemon fans because they can quite literally get away with everything. Modern Pokemon at least has some level of criticism that could actually be heard loud and clear. Every modern Smash critic gets completely shushed out if they even try to speak up.

Amplify that, and you get Super Smash Bros. fans.

Amplify that, and you get Super Smash Bros. fans.

@Mario Adventure 2 I know sadly if these games aren't up to snuf I'm gonna stop buying new pokemon games

@Shyguymask no not really as one myself it really depends on faction

@Melissa McCauley i meant in general if a scalper was reading this, I know you aren't

Pokemon Fans are what happens when you take a Sonic Fan, but without the self awareness.<br>See, GF is at least had ambitions back in Gen 6, when the issues started, samee thing as Sonic Lost World. But no one's out here singing Forces any praises.

Pokemon Fans are what happens when you take a Sonic Fan, but without the self awareness.
See, GF is at least had ambitions back in Gen 6, when the issues started, samee thing as Sonic Lost World. But no one's out here singing Forces any praises.

And we all know that pokemon is never going to get better because most of the backlash is being drowned out by the fact that people are still buying the games anyways.

@Melissa McCauley well, emp alluded to biblical works within this episode, so it's only fair.

But yeah

Btw, If you're reading this and you're a scalper for those pokemon cards for some reason you are not human

Or any product for that matter.

@Turcanu Dan Its the story of Prometheus, the playstation did not invent it. Please reread the comment. And I said "Literary" not "literal"

@mor <br>Get ready for pokemon breath of the calamity. Cause it's comin. Lol

@mor
Get ready for pokemon breath of the calamity. Cause it's comin. Lol

@Melissa McCauley "literal masterpiece" meanwhile the PlayStation has sucked ass ever since 2016

@Mario Adventure 2  Nintendo and PlayStation "fanboys" are the same, they lick those corporate boots clean.

Pokémon fans need to know they are playing the same game for decades. 😆

@mor Because the people on 4chan can actually think for themselves unlike everyone else.

@Shyguymask Are we in the same fanbase? I feel like Pokémon fans hate their franchise more than anyone else, maybe that’s just the YouTube community

@Shyguymask Hardcore Pokémon fan here with a hot take; The Series has Sucked since X and Y. ORAS was good but it doesn't really count as a remake.

Game Freak is fuckin moronic.

Pokemon fans are more like Star Wars fans, the worst critics of the thing they like

Pokemon fans have issues even with there own worshiping even parts of there community Saying smogon has fairly big issues is borderline sacrelig.

@Avalon  jesus christ, i havent seen the nintendo fanboy shit before but god damn, i dont envy you. Atleast metroid is getting another game

@Mario Adventure 2 I don’t have a PlayStation though. You just proved my example blind nintendo fanboy

hmm really from the side that i saw it was mainly people shitting on sword and shield and calling nintendo out about how bad and low effort the games animations are

pokémon is going downhill because of them, hope that legends arceus isnt a dissapointment

@Greninja guy Im sorry to lol, but are you seriously comparing a literary masterpiece to a childrens game, made to milk parents of their money? Its a little ridiculous you have to admit, but I can understand some of your sadness.

@Shyguymask Yet they're allowed to harshly criticize their own game the hypocrites. I'm ashamed of being a pokemon fan, hell, even just a Nintendo fan in general for all the toxicity, hate, and discord in the community. Both the community and company have completely fell from grace. Safe to say, within the next mainline gen of pokemon, I'm leaving the pokemon series for good. It hurts me to see my favorite childhood series burn in the fire it had once ignited for us and suffer, like promethus. Yet this prometheus has burned us and itself in the process, giving me scars that I never will truly heal from.

@HeroAwesome I think you confused Nintendo fans with PlayStation fans

@HeroAwesome Pokemon fans are easily worse, criticism of modern Pokemon or Game freak is borderline considered a sinful act to them.

Amplify it tenfold and now we are at the Smash Community

Amplify it tenfold and now we are at the Smash Community

Why specifically Pokémon? That’s just ever nintendo fan in general


Valve needs to make more games we are sad little valve fans


I might be a bit late but with the last character released to smash i saw dream stans crying that it wasnt dream.


Honestly, if Nintendo doesn't wanna share, make a clone with different skins and call it something else. I mean that's what Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are doing vs smash.


To be completely honest with you, Nintendo will always be a great company in the gaming industry,their talent is undeniably impressive to almost always make masterpieces of games however,in the corporate side of Nintendo, they may be the closest thing to Disney that we have in the modern world, Nintendo pretty much owns the gaming marked but unfortunately their uniqueness is also their downfall, it's becoming increasingly common for people to express their appreciation of companies by making artwork or by creating a fan game, Sega is the first case where a corporate entity actively recruited their fans not only because it's cheaper but also because the fans had talent comparable to the corporate, Nintendo floats on its reputation, however you can never stay afloat for long and must constantly seek to improvise and adapt


I don't seem to like EmpLemon as a person, but he does make some great points, and some great videos.


Now add Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U eshops to the list.


You'd think by now the supporters would stop supporting.


each video you make, shouted mouthes left by the path you walk.


9:47 It's refreshing to see that at least Gaben understands how markets work.  Nintendo doesn't sell the ROMs to people, then bitches and complains when those people get them through other means.  If Nintendo wasn't a bunch of idiots, they would be breaking their necks to sell as many ROMs to as many people as possible.

@Soren 180 sadly, A pirate's life is for me.

God, imagine an accessible legal EMU paradise type of thing. I’d be happy to pay like 3-5 bucks for an old rom with speedy downloads and better security


I WATCHED THE WHOLE VIDEO AND MY DAD WHO WORKS AT NINTENDO DISAGREES!


I’ll probably emulate the new SMT by Atlas because I’ll be dammed to buy a switch and support Nintendo to play it. They are are worse than EA and Ubisoft.


Emp over here dropping a CM Punk level Pipebomb.


I disagree with some of the points about Sakurai (I view him in a more neutral sense, however I basically agree with the rest...I say something negative about Nintendo or see someone say anything remotely negative, it's always the same usual comments. It's baffling, you can't disagree with a multi-million dollar company that is way too harsh on consumers and actively makes it kind of a nightmare to be a fan? I draw Kirby fan art (which the Nintendo fanbase loves, well not my art, but fan art) but the moment it's a fan game or passion project or animation or video on Youtube, and Nintendo takes that down, people defend it... Nintendo is okay with fan art so the fans are. It is an annoying double-standard.


Once i heard a quote from a smaller YouTuber that was talking about hardcore fans and he said:<br>"A game isn't ruined by people that criticize it, it's ruined by people that don't criticize it"

Once i heard a quote from a smaller YouTuber that was talking about hardcore fans and he said:
"A game isn't ruined by people that criticize it, it's ruined by people that don't criticize it"

@Star_Toast There was a much larger counter movement though that shot it down. That counter movement included general fans, YouTubers, fan site owners such as Serebii, and the general games media which facilitated GameFreak's lies like new animations and newer models even after fans had fucking datamined the game two weeks in advance and had the proof that GameFreak did in fact lie. The only thing different about those models were the textures and few had gotten more loopcuts and subdivions added to their meshes. The meshes were the same(for the most part), the UV maps were the same, the weight painting was the same, the rigs were the same, and the animations were the same. But if you try to point any of that out now you're labelled a hater stuck in the past.

Expect Nintendo do criticizes Nintendo’s games, literally a whole movement was made to pacifically criticizes Pokémon Sword&Shield.

So who is this "smaller YouTuber" you're talking about?

That's a quote we need to see more often.


So it seems that Polybius was really a "low quality cash grab". Interesting.   : {


It's wonderful how  Nintendo holds their seal to this level when legitimate pokemon games have been actually trash. I've decided that i wouldn't buy the new games till they figured out how to not have lag or actually make decent stories... so basically fix everything

Also they need a new story design for mario and kirby, it's getting boring


Man,I just noticed you used ELP-music in this video.<br>I just can't believe how cool your music taste is, it continues to amaze!

Man,I just noticed you used ELP-music in this video.
I just can't believe how cool your music taste is, it continues to amaze!

yeah i was like goddamn when i heard that he has also used jehtro tull previously


I remember when Sephiroth got revealed, everyone truly did seem to forget what happened beforehand. I had a theory about that, and you put it into better words than I possibly could've. Thank you

I think melee fans assumed their movement was bigger than they thought because they live inside their own eccho chamber. Most ninitendo fans really never cared about freemelee,  I sure as heck didnt.

This same thing happened with World of Light, Loveroms was bopped for that lawsuit very late into October, mere days later, here’s your “story mode” sheeple, eat up.

Used embargo and never looked back

im not sure if you are being sarcastic or for real

@GFMHD Take down Nintendo power scans!! It's a threat to our wallets!!!!! Yeah we don't sell them anymore but who cares! It's MINE!!! --Nintendo.

Nothing “happened beforehand”. Just people spreading lies and hate against Nintendo as usual for protecting their IPs.


Emp, you are not referring to Time Travelling Space Wizard and coalescent energy being piloting a human skinsuit John Carmack by his full and proper title.


Polybius was NOT a "low quality cash grab"


Imagine buying nintendo products now a days


Finally someone who calls Sakurai out for not being the cute innocent saint people blindly think he is.

I hate that I'm probably going to sound as one of the fanboys that he's calling out in the video, but I highly doubt that Sakurai can do much about Nintendo being against the competitive scene, he's the game director of the game, not an executive of Nintendo. He works with Bandai Namco which is the developer, not the publisher, so I don't think he's able to speak against the publisher (Nintendo). I don't remember Sakurai ever saying something about being against it the competitive scene in any way (even though he has always seen Smash as a party game) or something like that. Otherwise he wouldn't have been present at E3 2018.
The rest of Nintendo themselves don't already support the competitive scene, so I imagine he's most likely on the same field and not being allowed to do.
Also, I think it's worth pointing out that Emp is not really being any better by the people defending him by acting passive agressive, that's just fighting fire with fire at that point.

No one has ever said Sakurai is perfect? Tf? I haven't seen a single person seeing him as a high entity or anything like that, otherwise all the criticism towards the online wouldn't have happened. Haven't we learned from all the controversies from last year that we shouldn't see people gods but instead as humans? Yes, most people have considering how many there were.
Respecting him because of how hard working he isn't the same as seeing him as a saint, he just simply has done so much for Nintendo that at this point it's very obvious why people always trust him when it comes to providing quality with games.

@goese Its actually prize. But if you wanna argue semantics, I can do that forever.

@Darky Beary ultimate isn't my favorite game on my switch, but it more than earns my respect.

@Owen Alcorn It would be nice if, y'know, we could play and enjoy games even if other people don't like them. But modern online conversations are quite pointless. So I think that Super Smash bros. Ultimate is one of the best switch games.

@Seb's I'd say this entire thing is a fucking mess. Two sides of an argument who don't really considers the other's opinions and thoughts. Doesn't matter in the end, really.

@Count Deku That’s my thought too. Even if he wanted to speak out, he probably won’t because doing that can earn him a spot on a blacklist.

This comment thread is an absolute shitshow

@Sunkist 01 Shutting down Melee tournaments is, at this point in time, a moral imperative. The Smash tournament scene in general contains an excess of genuinely awful people who contribute nothing to the fighting game world as a whole - did everyone just forget about the summer of 2020 and all the revelations that happened then because their glitchy wavedash simulator was in "danger" four months later?

@Sunkist 01 ok, there's a lot to unpack here.
First of all, no. Fuck the platforms, they're complete dogshit.
Second of all, I like to imagine that a game that is seen by the developer as a PARTY game, would probably have a lack of single player content. Though that isn't a good thing either.
And....yeah, online is genuinely a joke. But I'm referring to things that it seems you're degrading to as "lazy" that are honestly very impressive.

@GFMHD welcome to the downward spiral everyone gets crap

@George Liquor So let me get this straight. I have to hate Nintendo on a biblical level and if I think that Sakurai is a great presenter and developer then I'm blinded by fanboyism. I don't like Nintendo's policies on emulation and they're confusing pricing of rereleases. Even so I still like Nintendo's games. People can still like companies even if they criticize them.

@TheFreeSpeechZealot Well actualy Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth in the body. Cancer is not a bunch of guys playing a game with a large audience for a cash price

@Darky Beary Found the person the video is making fun of.

In his defense, competitive gaming is a cancer. In the same way professional sports, news, gameshows, award shows, basically anything televised is a cancer.

@Sunkist 01 I agree that its pretty poorly made in terms of game structure for its mechanics but he tried in his own way without wanting to push too much I guess even if it wasnt done well the intention was more put on comp play. Also I wouldnt think most sane people would question their higher ups/co workers when given a position like this, I dont think him trying to aid the scene is worth sacrificing his good relationship with Nintendo.

@Sunkist 01 wait, how is it lazy? I guess the countless hours they put into the game making it the best it can be is nonexistent, right? Look, I get it, Sakurai isn't an innocent saint, but degrading him and the team's work to being "lazy" is honestly disrespectful. But yeah, nintendo sucks on the business end.

@GFMHD That was a pretty low quality and unfunny gaming moment.

@Simple Weirdo It's a troll don't get baited

Lol ok keep spreading lies about Nintendo while you defend Sony.

I think the root of that issue surrounding Sakuri’s inaction comes down to Japanese workplace culture. In Japan, it’s heavily frowned upon to speak up against your superiors.

I believed the propaganda kinda before this video, but like, it's pretty obvious to think of it when he coulda stepped in of Nintendo stopping streams of melee

While I do agree with the overall sentiment I dont think hes worth antagonizing over either (not that Im implying thats whats happening) especially when it seems hes a lot more lax when it comes to the comp scene lately.


13:18 That game on the rights side is pretty dam fun. Used to play it in a indian casino while my parents gambled away their life savings. Good times, would have preferred Miss Pacman all the same.


That was a nice touch putting 'Karn Evil 9' as a background track. It has nothing to do with Nintendo, but it's an amazing piece of music =D


watching this after they took away the ability to see how many dislikes you have... hits different?


25:29 that is the best use of the john brown painting ever


Of course Twitter only exasperates this issue ever further. Wouldn’t be Twitter if they didn’t.

@massContinuity but to exasperate something i'm not sure how that would work, maybe make it annoying?

@massContinuity exasperation means annoyance, so to exasperate someone would be to annoy them

I would say that humanity is the proble, not Twitter but IDK about that. People can be civilised, given the right set of circumstances. Where deep critical well rationed thought and good natured harmony is rewarded, people will be good. Twitter, on the other hand, rewards: dumbfounded stupidity, mindless mob mentality, chasing 15 nano seconds of fame with a snappy seizure inducing rage bait, cut-throat hostility and numbing skinner's box pigeon conditioning into ideological eco chambers. There is not one feature of Twitter which incentivises being a half-decent person. It just lets the inner "Rat Brain" each human has run roughshot. Where the ID takes control over the conscience.

@Baby Face That's objectively false. A more accurate statement is that some people care about effective communication while others would rather limit their own IQ than learn something new :/

@massContinuity There's no need to exasperate this issue

Twitter gets mad over a non-existent issue, and wills it into existence.

Ive said it before, and ill say it again. Twitter provides less value to the world than 4Chan.

@massContinuity I would say Twitter does both

When does Twitter NOT exasperate even the tiniest of things?

The answer is never obviously, they ALWAYS exasperate everything

Roughly speaking,

exacerbate: to intensify
exasperated: feeling overwhelmed

That thing Obi Wan said about a hive of scum and villainy comes to mind.


I'm a Nintendo fan but I like to think that by buying actual oldschool consoles and games is fucking them over :) My NES cartridges aren't making them any more money, fuck the Switch, fuck the new Nintendo


“Low Quality Cash Grabs”<br>Polybius: 👁👄👁


I honestly didn't know Nintendo fans were that rabid. Glad I moved on earlier in life.