Nintendo in 2020: THE REVIEW 

"The pizza hit the fan" Never change, Arlo

Arlo misses Christmas so much he is still wear his hat

Do you think Arlo has a Christmas hat issue that he’s just refusing to deal with

Nintendo be like: There is no Joy Con drift in Ba Sing Se.

When Arlo said he wouldn’t be giving the year a score. I was just thinking “Wait he gave these scores?” I guess I completely forgot

I choose to believe the christmas hat is a permanent part of his design now

Never shy away from bringing up the negative stuff. We are all Nintendo fans here and seeing as we give them our hard earned cash, they need to be held accountable

I personally believe that the amount of games we got last year would have roughly been the same regardless of the pandemic. There'd probably be a few more trailers for some games and maybe fewer delays, but for the most part everything would have been the same.

Companies should make music channels for their own games. They're gonna end up on RU-vid anyway, so might as well reap the ad rev yourselves.

Origami King feels like it has been out for over a year

Nintendo executives delaying animal crossing: Please god let this game be successful even though it doesnt get a holiday release God: Well I could mover that whole pandemic thing up in the schedule.

I’m ok with this hat staying if he puts another one on top.

Arlo’s in full denial mode about Christmas.

“Animal crossing has also been about... everyone is nice”. Ah yes, because animal crossing characters have always been nice Original animal crossing (real quotes): -“Oh that’s right! I’m sorry! I forgot that you poor folk can’t afford the variety of delicious treats I can” -“No, I’m not interested! Go away, Chirp! Don’t make me release the hounds on you” -“Shrivel up and blow away SHRIMP” -“You and your smug little devil-may-care attitude... I’m gonna tunnel through your HOUSE!” -“That's it! It's go time! This mole's had ENOUGH! Time to pay the piper!” -“My patience gauge is now officially on EMPTY!!! And the anger gauge is WAY in the red zone!”

"Hey alexa, how long ago was Christmas?"

Us: Christmas is over arlo Arlos hat: yeah I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

Arlo is still infected with the Christmas spirit.

id laugh so hard if a paper mario sequel came out that was just like thousand year door and all the people who grew up with modern paper mario complained about the massive departure in formula and still managed to get in a massive fan war with OG paper mario fans

One has to ask, if Nintendo stopped acting like Nintendo, would Nintendo still be Nintendo?

Xenoblade definitely needs more love, I really pray for more Xenoblade on switch.

22:05 i'd say Xenoblade DE still did pretty well considering it was the second best selling title in the series, and this is including the original version and the 3DS version

Never ask: A man his salary A woman her age N I N T E N D O A B O U T J O Y C O N D R I F T

Conspiracy theory: this is one of the alternate universe Arlos, (because of the raycon headphones) from a Christmas dimension.

I can understand the argument for them not doing more directs, but they benefitted the smaller titles a whole lot more than they did now. In the past, people would be paying attention to the smaller and indie games in directs as they were live and had to watch them to see if something big followed, where as in the partner showcases, people just skip forward until something catches their eye, drop a dislike and move on. THE reason games like Untitled Goose Game and Busgax were so popular was because of their sandwiching between this huge announcements, but I couldn't name one indie title from any of the smaller showcases that were just dropped on RU-vid And with Twitter releasing the yearly review of gaming news, out of the top 5 most tweeted about events, Nintendo didn't even make the list. Not one of their events or announcements generated the level of hype that the Tokyo Game show, or Xbox and PS' independent directs did I think these next few years are going to see a lot of success for Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo have created this perfect format, and have just given it up like that, leaving the market for live, console specific events without it's biggest competitor

What do you mean Xenoblade isn’t selling well? Considering how niche of a game it is, it has sold pretty well. XC2 has now sold over 2 million units and XC:DE is the fastest selling Xenoblade game as its already over 1.5 million. Just because it’s not as high as other franchises doesn’t mean it’s selling badly

"A Zelda game is a Zelda game... even if its not a Zelda game" From my experience in the fanbase that is an apt description for every Zelda game after MM.

Pikmin 3 deluxe is the highest selling Pikmin game now so that’s something

19:26 Every minor disagreement online has become disrespectful and belittling these days. Especially last year with the crazy amount of rallying and polarization on virtually every topic. It's so tiring

2020 has been a pretty "game of thrones season 8" year for everyone tbh.

Arlo looks like the Pepsi logo when he wears a Santa hat

Ahhhhhhhhhh I’m so exciteddd!! Arlo’s end/beginning of year videos are always my fav

This is the earliest ive ever gotten to one of your videos. Just wanna say, I love the work you do here on RU-vid

I love how Arlo says that it is disappointing that Xenoblade wasn't selling well when he himself said that he wasn't interested in the games.

Kinda disappointed that everyone forgets Pokémon Mystery Dungeon RT DX. It’s so amazing.

The biggest surprise for me this year was how much I loved Xenoblade Definitive Edition. I never played a game in the series, and after finishing the remaster, I went on to play Xenoblade 2 which I loved even more! I just started my playthrough of Xenoblade X last night and I’m very excited to dive into another experience by Monolithsoft.

It's saddening that everyone forgets about Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX

"If got a series with a giant fanbase and half of them don't wanna play the latest game" *Shows Chibi-Robo Zip Lash* THIS GAME BLOWS

Not to be a downer, but it kinda still felt like Animal Crossing was released too soon. Sometimes I wonder if they play tested it at all, especially the abysmal coop experience. Then again, it’s been a year and they haven’t added a single QoL change people have asked for so I guess they’re satisfied with what they released.

Oh... Arlo! That rhyme in the description is... BEAUTIFUL!!!

Thank you for reporting all sides arlo. This brought up some interesting news about these controversies I didn’t k ow about before

Take a shot every time Arlo uses a video to take a dig at Origami King.

I love that even though Tokyo Mirage Sessions is such a forgotten game that it doesn't even get a mention for being the forgotten game that started off the year.

Arlos reaction to steve will always be my highlight of the year. Too good

I am listening to your videos, but I am not going to shy about why I am really here : your outro music.

Me: expecting comments about how well Nintendo did this year Comments: *Hat*

I like to think that Arlo offscreen is like Danny Devito in Matilda. He forces all of his kids to play Pikmin instead of read books. One of his kids snapped and glued his xmas hat to his head like in Matilda and now he's just stuck like that now

The clip of arlo screaming about Steve is my favourite arlo moment of all time

Hey I bought my first copy of a Pikmin game ever because of you and how passionate you get about games, I'm sure I'm not the only one. So I think you're doing alot for the series just by mentioning it

Xenoblade DE was absolutely the game I needed last year. I already really liked it's original Wii release but stuck fairly strictly to just the main campaign. I got myself the Special Edition and just completely tore through it, nearly 100% it, end game super bosses and all. I just had this new found love and appreciation for this game that I already thought I couldn't love anymore than I already did.

When was this recorded? We have more data on Pikmin 3's sales (it's been good!) and also we have a more clear idea of what Bowser's Fury is about.

Had a great time last year. Looking forward to what's to come.

Arlo is so entertaining that I don’t even get bored watching a 30 minute video

oh no... this is NOT going to be funky...

Yes Arlo, computers are rare in Japanese households. Last time I was there people were shocked by my gigantic gaming laptop. Not just because of its size either, but because "You own a computer!?"

Arlo you provide the best gaming content/editorials on RU-vid. 🔥🔥🔥

Well, it's only 337 days until Christmas 2021, so keep wearing your Christmas hat Arlo. Just count in months.

2020, the year godzilla vs kong didn’t come out

Arlo in January 2021: "WELL ITS CHRISTMAS TIME AND CHRISTMAS CHEER ITS A HAPPY TIME FOR YOU!!"

Another long arlo video! Today is the best day EVER!!!

Arlo is just super super hyped for Christmas in 377 days just like you guys that have a Christmas tree up still

I feel like the reason they didn't put much effort into 3D All Stars is because they'd already decided that it wouldn't be for sale anymore after March 31st.

Their business decisions have really been strange as of late, I hope it doesn’t get worse

Year certainly was a mixed bag with Nintendo but I am hopeful that soon we are going to get some big news, right now the only announced games are Mario in February and Pokémon Snap at the end of April, both of which I’m excited for no doubt but the big two that really stand out so far. Hopefully we hear something soon in regards to games whether as a surprise or a Direct again, either way I’m sure it’ll happen soon. Overall happy to leave that year behind and look forward to this year in gaming hopefully and also more good Arlo content. Fantastic videos overall and helped keep me sane during the pandemic. Cheers to more videos and fun this year Arlo!

That santa hat compliments your blue fur so much, Arlo!

Wait byleth was at the start of 2020?! My god this year truly was endless

As someone who isn't an Animal Crossing fan, I was indeed pretty darn bored. Thank goodness for Xenoblade and all the great indies that released last year

My truck blew a cylinder and I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere, so thanks for keeping me not bored man.

I've been waiting for this!

Free melee died so quick after nintendo announced sephiroth and its grave got bigger when nintendo showed bowsers fury.

It really does hit you that normally delays are bad for games but for Animal Crossing it was probably THE single best thing they could have done.

I love the christmas hat :D haha! Arlo has so much personality!!

“Even before the pizza hit the fan...” Let’s add that to the list of Arlo expressions I’ve stolen.

"Even after things started getting back to normal [...]" when exactly was that because I'm pretty sure that hasn't happened yet

Everyone forgets about the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon remake :/

I agree with so many of your thoughts, it's funny how much surprises do for you and not for me. To each his own!

9:02 I don’t know if you’d call Kirby: Planet Robobot “major,” (maybe semi-major), but it was announced in March 2016 and released the following April in Japan and June in America.

Wowza

Xenoblade is continuing to do better and better though. 2 has cracked the 2 million mark and DE has sold over 1.5 million. That's way higher than 1 or X ever got and I think the momentum will continue. But JRPGs just aren't going to sell 10 million plus very easily. I think a long term aim of 5 million for a Xenoblade release is more realistic and would be a big milestone.

I'm really glad that your reviews take a step back and really take a look at the whole situation. I also think that in the shenanigans that people forget that two new consoles released this year, and console release years are typically slow. This year saw Microsoft buy up some large studios. I don't know if 2021 will be a "Great" game year, but I'm optimistic for 2022.

i look forward to this every year :D

I find it frustrating that we've been given confirmation that the switch can run GameCube games but we haven't gotten any GameCube games yet.

22:07 Xenoblade has always been a niche game & even niche in the JRPG genre. XC Wii sold $900 thousand in sales. XC2 as of now sold over $2 million & is the best selling Xeno game. XCDE has almost doubled the sales of it's Wii version. So the series is doing very well in the scope of where it's bar is set. Compared to Mario yeah that's nothing but for a niche game & compared to it's original sales then it's very succesful.

I already watched via patreon, but worth watching again!

Arlo really skipped the biggest Nintendo release of 2020 Jump Rope Challenge

Oh my god you guys have to play Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I’m playing through XCDE now and there is very little the two games have in common, other than a few item names. I find 2 to be a better game in terms of combat and setting so yeah uh play Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

I used some isopropyl alcohol to clean my switch controllers and it fixed the drift

The pizza hit the fan lol I love you arlo

Somebody should tell Arlo's christmas hat it's not christmas anymore 🤣.

This track of belittling people for having a different opinion than yours has gotten way out of hand. I'm sick to death of people calling eachother hurtful names because of this. Whatever happened to the rhetoric of variety being the spice of life? Or its not criminal to be an individual?

Nintendo most likely can't comment much on Joycon drift. If they are being sued, admitting that there is a problem wouldn't be a good idea.

Wake up baby, new Arlo upload

@Arlo Oof, I'm already late enough that you probably won't get this. I just wanted to tell you your efforts are not ignored. Your videos bring me such joy and entertainment, so thank you SO much for making them! I am so excited for your 2021, based on what you've mentioned, but I also want to remind you not to push yourself too hard. Work hard, but don't overwork yourself. You are doing well, and you are enough. Keep it up, Grover! (I really hope that offended you😂)

About who's in the legal right in the Melee tournament situation, there's a very simple answer: "Innocent until proven guilty". If Nintendo is accusing the tournament or any of its participants of piracy, strictly speaking, it's Nintendo's job to provide hard evidence for their claims. But as you said, that doesn't really apply if one side has an army of lawyers and the other side doesn't.

The uk has actually been advertising pikmin more now saying things like "Looking for something to play after animal crossing new horizons? Try Pikmin 3 deluxe!" It's amazing to see the game being advertised

A good memory of last year is when on march 19th at gamestop we got a call a couple hours before closing that we could start handing out the copies. Cue happy excited customers rushing to the store (it was a snowstorm though so we warned people to be careful) and picking up the game before the lockdowns started. Its a good memory and one of the few bright spots of that year working at gamestop.

This is like and actual history of the year. It's incredible!

"See You next year'... Did Arlo just announce yearly break?!

Nintendo in 2020: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

This is my man’s fourth Nintendo New Year video

You guys should really read the description because its a work of art