I Miss the Old Nintendo 

F%ck your uncle

fk outta here John Nintendo

Shut up, Nester.

Just Gonna Go Ahead and throw this out there that I think the reason why it seems like they are not supporting it as much as they used to is because they are pouring all their resources into developing Tears of the kingdom. My guess is that the tears of the kingdom has been nearly Complete for a while now. But now I think that nintendo struggles with the current strength of their console as far as hardware goes. I have a nagging feeling that because nintendo cares about the fidelity of their first party titles developed in house, That a good deal of development time has been spent optimizing the game.

❤

Be happy that he actually existed 🤝

Sorry if this sounds a bit tasteless, but you'd probably get sad for different reasons, when you realise he was referenced in YIIK.

He took Nintendo in the right direction and also gave Monolith Soft the time they needed to make Xenoblade Chronicles

Same here, I miss him

for real! 😞

Nintendo always acted without humility. Reggie and Iwata, while great, was just a facade.

​@@alexandrebelair4360this, 100 percent this. Iwata era Nintendo did some very shady stuff, never forget how they would sue people for 50 million dollars and how they treated content creators

@@chooongusbug724 barely anyone ended up paying anything after getting sued. Nintendo just wanted it to be news to scare off other bad actors, and they made that clear to those found guilty. Wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. The creator program stuff was kinda whack though.

@@Gamefreak924 don't simp for billion dollar corporations 🤓

@@chooongusbug724 >uses nerd emoji unironically

they absolutely lost millions by neglecting that feature, I would have loved buying themes for the switch

I had the breath of the wild 3ds theme, it was really cool

@@o-neil I still have that one installed. Think I got all the Zelda ones when they were available and its still really cool

It clear that console features haven't been a priority. It does make sense though because nowadays everyone has another device that does all that for them, which is probably why Nintendo chose to focus solely on the games, but it still sucks for the people that valued those features.

@@wizawhat I was one. The Wii U was the central control hub for my TV. I used it to browse the web, watch online movies and videos, etc., and it was much more convenient than other options.

It's also about security and speed. The web browser proved to be a weak point in the past, so that had to go, and the Wii U menu was slow AF, so they've kept everything very minimalist this time around.

@@Christopher-md7tf That’s a shame. I prefer the slower, fuller Wii U menu to the snappy new one by far!

@@Christopher-md7tf the E shop was still faster on wii U than it was on switch by a MILE (unrelated I know but it's the truth)

There's at least two of us!

@@wizawhat It's obvious most Switch games are just recouping lost Wii U sales

@@wizawhat make that three

Same

You can really tell the difference round 19' was when nintendo really started to change

They're definitely going somewhere else and it's right to the bank with all the success they've managed to have in recent years. Nintendo is at the mountain top finally after generations of just barely reaching it and surviving the fall off the mountain with the Wii U.

​@@coltonwilkie241Not even their most profitable system yet calm down. Also, you left out the greed, bad online, and lackluster legacy support. An ecosystem where you own nothing is eventually where they are going, just rent all your oldies.

@@blitzstrk0 actual coping the switch is their most profitable system ever. It hasn’t gotten a price drop even the games. The games are the highest selling in the series. And it has been the most profitable since 2020. Regardless if that’s how you feel that’s fine

@@neoPeake No, it isn't. The Nintendo DS is. It takes all but 3 seconds to confirm this. I never discounted the major success of the Switch. It's their most successful HOME SYSTEM thus far, and I own one. It isn't their biggest system yet, and there's still a chance it might not be. There's a reason I said "yet" I'd be shocked if the NDS was supplanted despite the success. Especially since we've reached the end of the Switch's life.

@@blitzstrk0 yup you find the official life time sale and if you’ll see that the switch sold more software. Not just that if you multiply unit sold and price that they are sold at the switch made more profit. Sure the DS sold more but the switch made more money. It’s simple math lil bro

It was so good you forgot about it?

i agree with you about iwata but reggie? he was just a meme guy. imo reggie is one of the most over rated in game industry.

@@yxxnkxm I'm including Reggie because he was friends with Iwata, and I felt like when they were around, Nintendo was synergetic in more angles than one. What Iwata and Reggie have in common was that they were mainly the spokesman for the company, and they always felt present. It probably isn't essential nowadays to be that way, but that sort of behavior can foster a creative environment to its peak. In general, I think the both of them set the example of how a true leader should be, but we still have yet for someone else to follow their footsteps.

I know right? I think the only thing stopping the company from going woke is that NCL is in charge and very very conservative.

That is because the people in charge are different now.

​@@yxxnkxm I only watched nintendo direct because if Reggie

me too

Who are they?

I wish Iwata was there to do the same. RIP legend.

@@capn_l Former presidents of the company

@@RubenDari Iwata seems like he was a very genuine person.

There's a generational difference. A lot of fans who grew up with the Gameboy and (S)NES seem to like the Switch 's minimalistic UI. They say it's great for just playing games and avoids the bloat of later Nintendo systems. However, gen Z and younger millennials, those who grew up with the Wii, Wii U, and DS family, think it feels soulless without a UI. They're used to the Mii Channel, charming quirks like 3D, and even Netflix. The Switch lacks that.

@mounirzahran6745 idk literally anything can be called old. there’s no universal gate blocking things from being called an adjective.

That's a great point. I grew up with a Wii and I still associate "old Nintendo" with the SNES era.

@@supervivo7069 I think the Switch, while having some amazing games on it, is pretty soulless and I grew up with consoles that didn't have main menus you were supposed to normally see. Nintendo used to be ABOUT being charming, even to a fault, but it seems like they are moving away from that, and I think in some ways that's a bit sad.

I agree. The Wii and Wii U was not old Nintendo. It was new Nintendo trying to gain the non-gamer market because they couldn't compete with Sony Playstation and even Xbox. Most of the fans of Nintendo had grown up and just wanted more adult oriented game. But now there is a change in trend in gaming. It's going back to the old ways of platforming, simple games to pick up game. The Switch brought back the old casual gamers.

Well said

damn this is real

Bro doesn't even reply to his criticisms maybe he's famous

They are the same. You were just young

Fax.

I've always felt this way, too, but I didn't know how to put it in words. You said it perfectly 🥲

Funny, I never had a Wii U, but when looking other people's videos, pics, etc. The main menus and miiverse integration into games always seemed to have a nice atmosphere, it really felt "alive"

It managed to make me feel part of a living comunity, despite basically nobody else around me having a WiiU too

It’s because the community was so small.

Good times

If they had heart they wouldn't have failed so miserably. Clearly their heart wasn't in it otherwise the Wii U era would've been a massive success, but it ended up being a massive blunder.

"Nintendo went back to its roots", their roots was making card games.

​@@coltonwilkie241Lack of thinking, not heart. Also Wii/NDS Cope

I agree frisk

Metroid is singlehandedly keeping my spirit alive... Here's hoping for an amazing Metroid Prime 4

The switch is a shitty lifeless underpowered and overpriced tablet

don't forget the sounds

I respect you feel that way. However I thought those things were kind of goofy I just wanted to play the games and the switch is heading towards 10x the games as the Wii U had, 10811 compared to 1381. To me and my interests, that is game set and match.

I just like the idea of picking up and playing a game. I am one of those gamers that realize as nice as "sound effects" and charm is I want to play games. I never want to see apologetic Nintendo again. I don't want to not know how it feels like to panic because there are too many good games to play.

Hey Vail love your videos

Lol youre just wrong

Is you rael?

the 13 million wii u vs 120 million switch is unmatched

Because capacitive touch screen dont need a stylus, only resistive touch screens.

Basically, it's the "shut up and work" aspect of the business. 😂

@Jaquan Kelsor People enjoy art, and can sometimes have a profound effect on our culture. It’s normal to be curious about creators’ reasons and inspirations behind their choices. Especially for a new medium where a lot of people who started it are still alive and _can_ be asked and have information archived. Unlike film where a lot of its origins and works have eroded or died off. That can be (and to some extent has) prevented. I have to wonder why you even watched this video if you think so little of art and artists/creators, as it’s obvious from the headline that’s what it would be about. Why waste your time watching (and responding) to something you disdain? Don’t waste your time if that’s how you feel.

@Jaquan Kelsor There’s a difference between “disagree, but want to hear the other side of the argument”m and having your mind made up. Which would then make it pointless to watch the video because you weren’t open to change to start. That’s the impression I got. I’m still not sure what exactly it is you’re complaining about, if you could be more specific. “…bend over to the company” for what? That implies a scenario where the subject justifying the company taking advantage of them because they hav a favourable bias towards that company. But nothing detrimental is happening. People are just interested to know other’s artistic inspirations. Why is it okay to love games, but not be interested in what inspired someone to create them? If you see it as art, why devalue it and say “they’re just some worker” as if they’re just mindless grunts? If your point is “people are more interesting in [higher level creative] than [lower level artist/musician/etc], there’s plenty of reasonable reasons for that. People only have enough memory to remember so many things/people. It makes sense people gravitate towards the most notable, rather than every single worker, because it’s not possible to remember that many people. And more importantly, you can’t be aware of what each person contributed in the first place. If people wanted to know, it’s not even documented (and they aren’t all on social media or be public about it). Plus, you have to be interested in that game to even be interested in the staff behind it. Nintendo is obviously going to have a lot of attention around them because they’ve been around (in gaming) for 40+ years, basically since it’s inception, still making hardware and some of the most notable franchises and game consoles of all time. These creators created _decade-spanning_ franchises. Most IP don’t last that long, only a handful become that successful and have an impact on pop culture. It’s a miracle if you do, and some people have _multiple_ franchises like these under their belt. This isn’t limited to Nintendo fans, or even the upper echelon. People follow individual artists, musicians, designers, and so on. It all depends on what people are _personally_ interested in. You focus on “Nintendo fans” as a group, because it’s a large enough group for _you_ to notice, but pretend like people don’t do it with individuals or even other industries. “Do you think highly off[…] the company that made the car you drive around in?” This is silly, because one of the most common questions is/was “what is the make and model of your car?” Because a lot of people _are_ interested in car designs (aesthetically and mechanically). If what you meant was “I don’t think someone likes Ford cars and justifies the company’s choices, the way Nintendo fans would”, you’d probably be wrong, but you’re just not aware of them (and younger people not caring about cars as much as the older generations). But also, that’s a completely different topic than what I mentioned anyway. “Films/tv haven’t eroded either, they stay static in time and you can watch a movie or show you enjoyed ten years ago” My point was about the origins of film. They started in 1895, yet films from then until at least the 1930’s weren’t preserved (or preserved correctly) and hundreds of film reels eroded and are lost to time. Same goes for more information about its origins because the people involved died and preservation wasn’t thought about (or easy) until much later. With video games, that industry started just before the birth of the internet (late 70’s). Information could be easily catalogued much sooner (90’s/00’s), and there were plenty of magazines that had developer interviews for games as early as the NES, and probably even Atari 2600. Video games are a young enough medium where we _can and have_ preserved its origins, and we’re lucky enough to live in a time where people who were there when it started or created franchises that have lasted for almost as long as the medium has existed, are still alive. We can still ask them questions before we lose that opportunity (they retire or die). Every other industry before was subject to paper which can get lost or deteriorate beyond comprehension. That’s not an issue anymore because we have the internet where dozens of websites could archive the same information if one goes down. I think it’s extremely important to recognize this opportunity because there is no second chance. I follow channels like The Gaming Historian and Did You Know Gaming because I like hearing about game history. Some of which we’re getting _new_ information because these channels contacted people involved (who are still alive) and they spoke about their experience and talked about concepts or showed art or what have you. I have no personal attachment to Metroid for example, but that doesn’t mean DYKG’s interview about ex-Retro Studios staff wasn’t interesting. Same goes for the baseball accessory the Gaming Historian talked about. “Why games and not cars, sandwiches, etc?” Because I personally care more about games. Someone else cares more about cars. And I’m sure there’s people who care about the presentation of sandwiches (it’s even a category that’s graded on cooking competition shows). That just comes down to personal tastes/interests. There’s nothing wrong with that.

​@@kelsormjaquansounds like you are the one that mop the floor

@@kelsormjaquan why even replying then? You intelligence really look like somebody that mopping those floors

I mean Nintendo still creative now Look at totk

@@basilplushie2534 Yes, but it's few and far between. A lot of first party Switch games are average at best.

Switch is better than both those consoles

@@GabiN64 Idea-wise? Yeah probably. In execution, though? Definitely not

@@cookieguy9885 why not in execution? it outsold both those consoles. I loved the GCN and owned the Wii btw. Both those consoles had constant dry spells. especially the Wii which fell off hard in 2008.

Hear Hear!

Yeah they gave us so many little charming things over the years and now they take it away so suddenly. Obviously people are disappointed to not see what they expected to see. I could do without a photo gallery like the Wii's (it was a novel concept but let's be real, I barely ever used it after I stopped being a kid, and the 3DS's camera sucked), but all the other fun things like Miiverse, the Check Mii Out channel, or something as basic and universal as UI themes, there really was no need to get rid of that kinda thing, nobody complains about a little classic Nintendo quirkiness. Well, now that I think about it, some people do think that "only the games matter". Alright, but that's just a subjective opinion, not everyone just cares about the games. Nintendo has been experimenting with providing unique experiences since before they even became a video game company, I think. It wouldn't hurt the quality of the games on the Switch if there were better looking themes that aren't devoid of personality, or small apps that aren't games but can still be pretty fun nonetheless. One of the reasons a lot of die-hard Nintendo fans love Nintendo is precisely because it's different from its competitors and doesn't just focus on being a platform to play games on, it wants to be fun in many other ways. There's nothing wrong with that, nor does praising previous Nintendo consoles for having a lot of charm equal an insult to the Switch or its games. It's not like it's a matter of "charm vs. good games" either, so...

I swear like 70% of the people I know own or owned one. Honestly odd how low it sold when it seemed a butt-ton of people owned one.

​@@S.J.C._Entertainment i still remember the smash bros 4 trailers good times

@@S.J.C._Entertainment True. Because all of the cool people owned one. The reason why the Wii & Switch sold more is because the Wii was owned by so many seniors and the Switch is owned by so many adults.

I still find it crazy the Xbox One sold so much better with a worse library of exclusives and lesser value. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S made their predecessors obsolete. The Switch didn’t do that with the Wii U, it just made people appreciate the Wii U more and realize the Switch, while still a good console, is kinda overrated.

@@ThomastheDankEngine8900 true. Which is why unfortunately Nintendo is shutting down the eshop because they know that people are still praising the wii u and 3ds for it's virtual console and better UI. That and Nintendo probably isn't happy that people don't like switch online and aren't using it or it doesn't have as much subscribers as they like. I highly doubt it's because of inflation or financial issues because they've recovered from the wii u and are the richest company in Japan today. Why can't Nintendo be like how they were in the wii and ds to wii u and 3ds days? They were so much consumer friendly back then and now. They don't care about their fans at all and treat us like trash. =( and i guess another problem is people just accepting that Nintendo is this way now like in terms of greediness or they don't care or use arguements like inflation which doesn't make sense because again they're the richest company in Japan right now. They don't have to charge 70 bucks or 60 bucks for games. But they will cas they can get away with it because some people will buy anything Nintendo regardless of quality. It's just sad honestly. =( sorry for long rant

Can't tell if meme or serious or both, but I love it

@@wizawhat completely serious

​@@wizawhat Homebrew New 3DS is genuinely thrilling to me.

Same :d

I'm saving up a bit for a new 3DS to homebrew, can't wait to have it in my grubby little hands! I desperately want the 3/2DS family to get back into fashion

Yknow "safe" is actually a really good way to describe it. Maybe Nintendo wanted to draw people in with a sleek, no-nonsense UI after the Wii U's failure, and maybe with Switch 2 they'll be more willing to give it some character? Idk, I hope so, I love the Switch but the interface is painfully........meh....

I'm glad more and more people are coming out and saying this. I love the Switch, but it's the least "Nintendo" Nintendo system I've ever played. Everyone thought the Wii U Gamepad was a big Fisher Price tablet, but I think the Switch is a budget Android tablet with some of the flimsiest, dead on arrival controllers my hands have ever touched. What I'd give for the Switch to have more of the Wii U's character

Agreed. The Switch just feels more lazy to me

@@solarwinds5114 I’ll take a lazy UI if it means we got some of the most critically acclaimed games Nintendo’s ever made and actual third party support lol😊

@@IceBlueLugiahell nah

They aren't dwindling in the slightest. Not financially, by any metric. Both Nintendo, as Disney are on the peak of there corporate performance. By far. Nintendo does need to make a pro version of the Switch though. Without losing acces to the massive Switch library of games. No wacky new 'features', just build on the success formular with keeping crossgen compatible with the XBSS/XBSX and the PS5. That's all they need to keep the gravy train going 😉

@@MrMickey1987 Nintendo financially is one thing. They doing fine, but for how long will that keep up when more and more people with income slow down there spending on there products and services. And more people turn there backs on them for having the repeated experience of anti-consumer friendly. Nintendo don't care about there old-school supporters who have been there since the late 80's or early 90's despite THAT GROUP have been the most spending one as well. There was never much they needed to do for this group, and it would in the longer run bring more loyal costumers. And NO, any reprresentative that use "consume" services or products is losing my attention because that is my line. I'm a costumer, not a consumer when I commit purchases. BUT Disney Corporation is not doing great. They have lost $billions on commercially failed movies & series and lost even more support capital from there former fans of Marvel & LucasFilm. There merchandise have lost sellong power as well and rightfully so as there ever exposing woke-agendas have proven to be toxic by nature and creates BS.

@@MrMickey1987 Probably misunderstood the point Yes, they are both now much more profitable than they've ever been, but in the process it's like the quality (AKA: "Endless Magic") of their work has gone down significantly, relying mostly on third party studios (Integrating them into the core brand in Nintendo's case and outright just buying them in Disney's case). Not a 1-1 case, Disney owns much more, but there are some similarities in their histories.

@@Axel230 I'd rather have Nintendo successful with owning their niche (the hybrid console market) instead of them pushing some new wacky feature as a tie in to their new console in the name of creativity and flaming out big time. They struck lightning with the Wii. That won't happen again. Their entire history worked towards the Switch. That's what Nintendo is all about. A great console experience on the go, that's their thing. Just up the power enough to keep cross gen happening, so they keep the third party developers happy, while at the same time keep pushing out stellar first party games. That's it, that secures Nintendo's place in a three horse market. They cannot beat Sony and Microsoft at there own game. They should not even try it. The handheld is where Nintendo's strength's at, it has been since the Gameboy. The tech finally has catched up far enough to make their hybrid destiny a reality. That's Nintendo's end game, right there!

@@MrMickey1987 Valid point but I dunno, it's like the "Weird & Creative" factor that always characterized Nintendo is starting to take a back seat for a more average console experience. It's respectable and understandable why they'd aim for a more general console experience (Which does have a bit of creativity being hybrid), but can't deny the wacky factor had its own kind of appeal that made Nintendo stuff feel unique. It's like Valve is slowly taking that place instead now, having tried their hands at VR and their own Hybrid console, but even Valve hasn't released a unique title in the past decade besides Half Life Alyx.

First off, thank you! I'm glad we can respectfully disagree. I'll reply to each of your points. 1) This gets brought up a lot, but I genuinely cannot relate to complaints regarding the speed of the interface. I like to dedicate at least a solid hour to any gaming session, so the minute or two it takes to get into a game has really never bothered me. I'll just walk up to my console, turn it on, and maybe grab a glass of water and a snack and by the time I'm really settled in, any loading is already over. A slow interface would be less acceptable with a handheld console because they're supposed to support quick, start and stop play sessions, but that's not what the Wii U is for. 2) Maybe I communicated this poorly, but what I was trying to get across through comparison is that if you're someone like me (a highly engaged Wii U owner that isn't particularly into remakes and remasters) There isn't as wide a canyon separating the Wii U and Switch first party libraries. I have to stress a couple aspects of that - disinterest in remakes/remasters and first party games. I had a ton of fun with games like DKC TF, Nintendo Land, Mario Kart 8, Pikmin 3, Splatoon, Captain Toad, Mario Maker, and Smash to name a few. That's not all my games either as I did play a lot the 3rd party offerings that were available (W101, Rayman, MH3U, etc) and I'm still adding a couple to my library today like Yoshi Wooly World and Hyrule Warriors most recently. Even Super Mario 3D World - for being an overall lesser game then Super Mario Odyssey, hit for me in a way the latter cannot. I really appreciated the multiplayer aspect. I also... actually like Star Fox Zero. Seriously. And I talked about it candidly and honestly in another video for about 30 minutes. Wii U really hit for me at a time when I could be thoroughly engaged with all of its offerings. You also need to consider the quality and volume of 3DS games released at the time when comparing this generation and last (something I was thinking about while making this but failed to bring up). The Wii U's life cycle was also cut around a year or so shorter than what is typical for most console generations. Maybe if it were more successful there could have been even more in the tank? The Wii U has A LOT of holes, particularly with missing franchises and 3rd party games - but as a PC owner that also isn't driven by portability, I was able to overlook them and enjoy what I had. 3) The Wii U was definitely a product of its time, and without the full commitment to a hybrid, it is much easier to argue that the lack of power was just bad. The battery life was also objectively terrible. However; I actually really preferred how the controller felt in my hands, and for gaming I prefer resistive touch. I know there are styli for capacitive screens now, but any game that was thoughtfully and precisely using the Gamepad touch outside of the occasional digital button press (Mario Maker for example) benefitted from a stylus and resistive screen. 4) Now that the library has been filled out, I think I'm starting to change my mind on the Switch's legacy model - as long as it continues to build with the next console. Comparing the Switch to the Steamdeck in the way I did was a mistake, as the Steamdeck in practice is shaping up to be more of a niche product than I made it out to be. I know that was long (sorry), but it's been awhile since I really responded to opposing arguments on this video and I felt interested. I understand why a lot of people believe I'm looking back on the Wii U with rose tinted glasses. There's definitely a lot of nostalgia for the good times throughout this video, but I still reject the notion that I'm blinded by it. While many people were deriding the Wii U in its 'prime', I really was just quietly and happily playing it at the time, and the only thing that was truly boring or exhausting for me was the constant negative reputation it had.

Personally, I bump the WiiU shop music out of my stereo whenever I shop online. Should have an app made that cranks that shit automatically whenever I open up amazon

It's not just that, the interface, details, sounds were something else. Standarization kills charm.

Same

I was literally falling asleep during The Game Awards for that exact reason. Back in the day I thought all I wanted was less talking more gaming, but at least since I've become an adult I've gained much more appreciation for the developer insight and discussion

with the amount of people who own a switch, a streetpass equivalent would be insane

I miss Streetpass

​@@RTU130 wanna meet up, so I can share puzzle swap pieces? I finished all of the available panels I ever downloaded. SP felt like a hidden community. I sat at the relays to share my data with others. It was more of a feature than what they did to the mii on the switch.

All the reasons you pointed out are trivial.

Dude! You make such excellent content with Nintendo Life. It means a lot to me to know you enjoyed this, thank you!

Aww dude that's so kind of you to say! Hopefully Nintendo is listening :))

There's still a gimmick????

Nintendo hardware was (and still is) always underpowered. Their consoles always sold well though because of the charm and innovation the consoles had. But with the switch, they have lost pretty much all of that charm, but still kept the crappy hardware

@@professionalbreather62I mean there is still a gimmick that is a real selling point.

​​@@professionalbreather62That's just incorrect lol. You're right if talking solely about the Wii onwards, but that would be a very nearsighted way to look at it. Gamecube, Nintendo 64, SNES, NES were all on par with their respective competitors, if not superior.

welcome to the industry where aids runs around

Anything that allows developers to be more creative, I can get behind. I sincerely hope I'm wrong to be worried about the future

As long as that refresh is a switch successor with backwards, compatibility with the current Nintendo switch library, then I’m all for because it would be a mistake for Nintendo to drop backwards, compatibility with the current switch library.

WHY WONT SONIC LET YOU LEAVE 😰😰 he is supposed to be silly.....

Your name and pfp are gold omg

@@sonicsillies Sonic says.

You're definitely not alone, friend.

Stop thr cap. RU-vid comments be so over the top.

Am I wrong though

It’s his own opinion. Let him have it.

@@mite262 when did i say that his opinion was wrong? don't put words in my mouth i didn't say

Yea basically, and I agree with it

​@@wizawhatyou drop a switch enough time it gets messed up, you drop a wii u gamepad the floor gets messed up. As a owner of both that has been my two experiences in contrast.

Couldn't agree more. Even if at the end of the day, all corporations are trying to suck the money out of us, I appreciate when the they at least try to make us feel valued. I don't really feel that this generation and I definitely feel more alienated from the developer's perspective than last gen.

@@wizawhat I hope Nintendo can a have a second golden age. Or even better, A Platinum Age. No out of control copyright law, no shady decisions, just pure passion and fun.

​@@rickyrackey7930 if you actually think the Wii U was a "golden age" but the Switch isn't, then I'm sorry to say that you are in an EXTREME minority on that opinion. Switch is the first time it's felt like they've been trying since the SNES days!

@@rogertaylor5538 I love the switch, I’m talking about taming the copyright law.

@@rogertaylor5538 I think the switch is the first time that I’ve truly been interested in an Nintendo console probably since the Nintendo 64 oh, more recently, or at least my last Nintendo system I had, which was the Wii.

U just grew up my nigga

​@@Zwste they are describing a change with Nintendo though. Not saying that things that they once loved don't make them happy anymore, it's that the things they loved don't exist now.

Oh and also this video honestly strikes me as the kind of thing people think now when reiniscing bit almost nobody actually felt like this at the time as they were living thru it. Like when you think back to your first date with a girl as a magical life changing experience but then you remember actually you were sweating and panicking thr whole night. Its better looking back at it than when you were in it

Sorry for typos

Exactly

As a fan of the PlayStation 3 I know how you feel

Nah, Wii U is garbage

@@EbolaGW Damn what a username. It says a lot

@@ianeons9278 Doesn't change the fact the Wii U is still garbage

The PS5 feels so cold and sterile in it's UI and design.

this. exact this. The Vita could have been what the switch is today if pushed properly

@@Lalo_thr The Vita was so ahead of it's time. Same with the PSP Go.

youre sooo right. i cant see open world action adventures with too long storys anymore. i miss tearaway wipeout ape escape parappa the rapper gravity rush

@@Snaaake_Beater Yeah somewhere along the way Sony forgot that video games are supposed to be fun

Now you felt how Sony fans for a while stood up for the transfer from ps4 to ps5

Yeah, I played almost every big Nintendo game that came to the Wii U. While getting them on the switch with the ability to play them on the go was a dream… it also felt kinda cheap. I think a lot of fans would’ve been more happy getting new games with new concepts rather than rehashing the old ones. It kinda makes you wonder what Nintendo devs have been doing this whole time. I mean, we’ve been playing the same Mario Kart game for almost 10 years wtf.

@@Ferrichrome and their DLC is a slap to the face for us that the quality isn't MK8 like compared to the OG one.

@@therealjaystone2344 I know, the quality is terrible and as much as I’d love new tracks I just can’t support the quality. I gladly would pay another 60 dollars if the quality was the same as the OG tracks

@@Ferrichrome Mario kart 9 won’t be the same quality as of MK8. Probably gonna be a step down of quality but way more tracks than the dlc. At least Nintendo listened to the fans after the wave 1 bash.

Exactly

​@@glungusgongusyou obviously don't understand how Nintendo used to be.

@@glungusgongus how would I not? I grew up watching the old commercials, and in my eyes, they far surpass many newer ones. And not to mention the music on the eShops

@@glungusgongus why can't I hold on to great memories? Why should I grow up in that sense? Why is Nintendo's quirkiness back then such an issue for you?

@@glungusgongus however, the marketing and first impressions are everything, games add on to it.

@@glungusgongusdon’t be mean

Hi yo

@@idontcheckmynotifications fancy seeing you here

The reason it feels that way is because the library is 98% shovelware that you could get on any other platform.

@@user-wc3kz7dn1q Lmao don't be sitting there whining that a $1000-1500 gaming pc emulates a $300 tablet better. Ofc it does.

lmao, switch acrually has a good amount of 3rd party ports and theres no droughts between game releases unlike the wii u, plus the switch's first 2 years didnt start out with casual bullshit nobody asked for only things wii u era did better was free online, better ui and it still had the virtual console

The Switch has some of the best first party Nintendo games of all time. Odyssey, Ultimate, Totk, Pikmin 4, LM3, Fire Emblem Three houses, ACNH, Splatoon 2 &3, shit ton of solid remakes, Bayonetts 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Rabbids, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Metroid Dread, Mario Wonder, and solid third party support. All this blows the Wii U library out of the water and into the sun.

I'm always glad to hear that I wasn't the only one who loved miiverse!

Dude I wish the switch had street pass

Yeah, Streetpass was so much fun (and still is if you find someone)

The switch has good games sure but I hate the console itself. Rather than combine the strengths of handhelds and home consoles all it did was combine the weaknesses. It’s a bad portable console as it’s hard to carry around and it has barely any battery life. It’s too weak and underpowered to be a good home console. The joycons are too small to be comfortable and suffer a bad case of drift, and finally basically none of its unique features ever get any use. I hope Nintendo can put in the effort to make their next console decent.

Same here

I do yearn for the Wii U days and the early years of the switch Nintendo actually cared now they're just a corporation like every other company

I don’t own a switch, but I’m curious what happened in 2019-20 that made you feel they changed. I do own a WiiU but i have zero nostalgia for it. I drifted away from Nintendo since the Wii Music E3.

I fee like 2019 was the beginning of Nintendo Directs being underwhelming and full of RPGs

I feel like 2019/2020 is when the effects of iwatas death started to be felt. 2017 and 2018 were great cause it was in that time frame where a lot of games/decisions were planned years in advance and the last things iwata had involvement with. This Nintendo isn’t the same for me

@@CruxisAngel954 Had Iwata been alive, the Wii U might have limped on for another year or so too.

Proof?

I still have mine and it works

It wasn't

Way better than the switch. Every good game on the switch is a Wii U port or an older game

@@corralzin4909 That's a lie and you know it

@Paraone Ngatai Yeah the switch is better now, but it wouldn’t be if Nintendo treated the Wii U better. I still enjoyed the Wii U more than the Switch when I still had it. I even just ditched my switch whenever I’m home just to play the Wii U at my spare time. Now that Nintendo shut everything down, I had no choice but to continue using my switch. Least I enjoy it a lot more now, but damn I wish Nintendo can just make better decisions sometimes..

The WiiU Era fucking sucked. Unless you were a literal fucking child. There were literally no games on WiiU.the games that did came out fucking sucked. You seriously gonna say that Star Fox Zero is better than anything on switch?

This kind of hits hard for me because I still think there have been some real flashes of brilliance in the switch lineup, like mario odyssey and smash ultimate, but they're few and far between. And it starts to feel like the game selection is only good BECAUSE of the switch's longevity, rather than the other way around

"These new games don't sparkle." Wtf are you smoking? I can name LOTS of Nintendo franchises that are at their best on Switch, while many on Wii U are mediocre or awful

Yeah, Nintendo only made amazing games for the 3ds that everyone loved and absolutely no one hated, such amazing games like Federation Force, Sticker Star, Mario Sport Superstar, Yoshi's New Island, Spirit Camera, Zip Slash, all the Mario Party's for it or Steel Diver. It's definitely not that you are looking at it with nostalgia glasses while being overly negative about the Switch's library.

Sometimes you guys idealize the past way too much. Wii U had lots of moments when it lacked game releases to look foward to

The Switch is not really poorly deigned, I mean undocked it is just fine, drift is annoying though but it does not feel like a cheap mobile game. But drift is not even a new problem. Not all of them, pro controllers are still fine. But what they are putting out is mostly not cash grabs, the Wii U era was not innocent either and it was a clunky gamepad with a underutilized gimmick.

​@@jaydenc367 I almost exclusively play undocked, which is why I run into such issues with hand pain, which wasn't a problem with DS/3DS/WiiU. It feels like they sacrificed something just to make joycons uniform which I don't think was entirely necessary. Playing undocked has made the location of the charging port a massive pain for me, a sacrifice made for the docking gimmick which also can cause warping to the system last I heard. If they had designed it to function just with a wire instead of needing to be docked, it seems like the warping wouldn't be an issue, and then I could play undocked a lot more comfortably. Bad choices all around if you ask me. (Though of course, this assumes the warping is from a lack of proper heat ventilation, which I am not positive about.) To me problems of this type are much worse than the gamepad screen not getting used enough/creatively enough. It could be that given I had WiiU it dramatically cuts down on games I consider to be Switch games. It's left me with only a few games for Switch, probably the least of all my Nintendo consoles. Really dislike the current handling of 'virtual console' as well given this would have been a nice system for it. And then the situation with that Mario 3 in 1 type game just makes me feel a little jaded about it all. It's not as though one issue has made me feel like Nintendo is developing worse practices or anything, but all together I do feel less forgiving about all this. Used to be very eager back when the Switch first launched

@@ObsessedwithZelda2 Hm weird, the Wii U gamepad is around as big and is thicker too. They did not sacrifice anything too major though. I do not see how, you can just disconnet the charger and charge the Switch directly while playing. Eh I do not know if it can actually warp the system or not. Well yeah you can still do that with the charging cable. It is not really bad choices. Frankly though that led to the Wii U being underpowered, the gamepad being unreplacable, being clunky etc all unneeded issues which I would argue is worse. It does not do that for me, I mean sequels still count. I do not see why with how many Switch games there are. Fair enough then. Also fair, but then again they did that shit with 4 swords too on 3DS but even worse since that game is hardly ever rereleased and you cannot even buy it online for the 3DS, sure it was free but still only for 4 days, they could have just given it a actual price after 4 days instead of taking it off completely, I used to have it too but not anymore.

Why has your Switch been gathering up dust? It's the games that matters, the Wii U had more personality but the Switch has a better library and is still a better console.

Ignorant take

The switch does have better games and i care more about the games than the charm.

I also skipped the Wii U, but due to not having the budget for another console after the 3DS. To be honest, I think the poor marketing choices, such as calling it the Wii U, also failed to get me more interested in getting it. But when my then-boyfriend invited me to his house and we played on his Wii U, I realized it was a pretty neat console, besides being great for modding lol. I already regretted having never experienced the Wii U when it was the current Nintendo console, but this video just made me get really sad about it. Maybe if Nintendo took the time to show the fans what makes their new releases worth it like they used to do, I'd find first- and second-party Switch games more interesting. And if they put more effort into the experience of using the console again (such as in menus, apps, innovative gameplay and whatnot), I'd want to get a Switch even if I just had MK8. It's so frustrating that they're about to release a new console and it doesn't seem like enough games have taken advantage of the touchscreen or the other features.

So glad you got to see this. I wasn't as online as others back in the day and your posts acted as a bit of a gateway for me into the Nintendo community which I'm really happy to be a part of now, so thank you for your work!

Yup. All through the Wii and Wii U era I was pining for "old" Nintendo and felt they lost the charm and appeal they once had. Switch is different again, but I like it a bit better than the Wii phase.

#bringbackmiiverse

I love the idea of streamed development. Got a ton of respect for anyone that does that because I can imagine it being really stressful to show off your game in an unfinished state

I felt this big time on Super Mario 3D World. Paying $60 to play Bowser's Fury which I beat in like, a day, felt pretty bad

@@wizawhat Totally. I loved Bowser's Fury, but I wish I could have purchased it on its own for a lower price instead. It felt like I was being punished for supporting Nintendo during the Wii U era. The fact that Nintendo already had an upgrade path in place for Wii to Wii U Virtual Console games makes it that much worse.

Those who get it, get it 💁‍♂️

3DS is the best. I still play mine daily.

L for Twitter users

​@@wizawhat I think some of them were telling the truth considering the fact that the post has 1M views and some of the comments are right about the dead ass fans bringing up iwata's death and it continues to prove my point a whole lot more.

​@@wizawhat Oh and BTW not just Twitter but reddit also has the same post about the video and the situation as well.

@@theknightmarem64bros36 Please dude, for the last time leave me the fuck alone. It's not only really obsessive and weird to continue harassing me over this, it's also extremely cowardly to behave this way after apologizing to me. I saw it dude. This is becoming beyond weird and disturbing.

​​​@@wizawhat Yeah I did apologize to you, but you deleted the entire conversation and the comments that me and other guy were talking about and that also sounds "extremely cowardly" for you Before I leave this comment place for good, Not just Twitter but Reddit and other social media platforms and users know about the situation as well, the tweet has over 1 million viewers know about the situation and shockingly some of them have seen the entire video as well! Lastly and yes, I still play on my Wii U and 3DS still to this day but both of them are NOT better than the switch era, I know it's hard but it's the TRUTH. Thanks to the Movies, Theme parks and how the switch is handling the future We are officially in the *New Golden age of Nintendo* let me tell you it is Lord's better than the Wii U and 3DS era. I'm going to leave this comment section, but when other people come here they're going to say the exact same thing as I've told you. See you around kid.....

It's funny, back during the Wii U days, a lot of people were begging Nintendo to be a little safer and focus on fleshing out their existing IPs. They've done that this generation, but it's left me with quite a hollow feeling. As I've grown older with more games in front of me than ever before, I find myself craving the new ideas and experiences that feel like a piece of art rather than a product, and indies are DEFINITELY scratching that itch.

@@wizawhat I mean they did play it safe with the Wii U at times, look at all the Mario games and stuff, this gen is no safer.

Yep

technical/hardware problems holds it back imo, but it stomps the switch with it's personality

​​@@glungusgongusersonality as in the creative home hub menu, the Wii U wishing you a happy birthday, eShop, the music, etc Compared to the Nintendo switch the switch feels like this lifeless, corporate, desert. With no music and the Mii channel is in the settings for some reason

@@stormhought I agree. It had some technical/hardware issues that were solved but other than that the Wii U will always be an amazing console in my opinion.

@@stormhought Personality obviously wasn't enough to sell units. The Switch has games and that's what the vast majority of gamers want. We don't care if the eshop doesn't have a soundtrack or about themes. Fact is good games sell consoles and right now its Xbox's turn to learn that the hard way.