Nintendo's 10 Worst Failures 

It's interesting to see how Strider has evolved over the years. Starting with cartoons, moving onto food and lego and now entering the realms of video games(which he has done a bit before). I think its quite impressive how he can cover so many topics as some content creates can't do that. Good on your strider :3

Weird, yes, but the gas mask game boy thing is actually brilliant. Surgery is a terrifying concept for adults, but for children it’s a literal nightmare. Letting them play their favorite video game as they’re slowly sedated keeps them calm and collected. I really like that idea.

The joycon drift issue can be permanently fixed now with replacement gullikit sticks. They use magnets instead of physical contacts making drift impossible

I hope Josh doesn't stop doing cartoon and movie reviews completely. I'd love to see him remake the lists for worst and best animated movies of all time, worst and best modern cartoons, or even another cheery sponge bob video! Its not that I dislike his new content, I'm just a sucker for the good old cartoon reviewing days.

Interesting how just a few minutes ago I was thinking "PhantomStrider hasn't uploaded in a while"

Joycon drift isn't just a Nintendo problem. I have my PS5 controller experience something similar with the camera. For the past couple months, it keeps going to the left after a random amount of minutes after using it. It's an on and off problem but one that is really disorienting to me, especially when doing photo mode with the games I play.

Love that Boo has gotten so much more animated! I have been a fan, subscriber, and watcher for a few years! Loved this video and when you do longer content. But it's nice to see Boo more often! I kinda think of him as the 'Pokemon' you'd have outside its Pokeball like Pikachu And Pika is just as iconic as Ash! Would love to see more little cut aways with Boo

Oh, I can explain the vitality sensor! There were actually two uses. One I had heard about was for those extremely frightening horror games, the sensor could pick up how frightened you were and make things... arguably worse. Nothing like letting a horror game know you're scared to make it make it worse. Second, for the calming thing, this is classic Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. A biofeedback thing. You get a look at your heart rate and do the breathing techniques to reduce it, and you work on it in realtime with feedback. Trust me, I'm a nuthatch who got just enough therapy to not expire from constant anxiety attacks.

I think that after seeing all of Nintendo's failures, it only makes me more thankful for all the amazing and good stuff they did as well

I work in game console repair, and can shed some light on the cause of joycon drift. There's a thin metal plate on the back of the Switch's joysticks. Drift is caused by a dent forming in this plate. When the plate becomes dented, it means that there's no longer enough tension to keep the joystick centered. Unfortunately, this means that unless you have the tools to open your joycon, there isn't much you can do about drift. To avoid your controllers starting to drift in the first place, the best advice I can give is to be gentle with your joycons, and avoid pressing down on the joysticks too hard.

For an honorable mention, I would also put in The Year of Luigi. Losing nearly $400 million dollars just to promote Green Mario all year.

2:45 That is literally a Total Drama character dressed up as the Angry Video Game Nerd. Also, congrats for Nin for nailing those voices of critics and especially having a perfect voice for "Karens" although I still want that internet trend to just cease to exist.

The crazy thing is that R.O.B is such a popular thing back in the 80’s it was in the smash bros series since Brawl!

I love how expansive Phantomstrider is with his types of videos. From TV, movies, food, products, games, and much more, I am always entertained by the great variety he has in store for us. This one is one of my new favorites too.😃

As a Die Hard WiiU fan, it still hurts. It hurts so much too me. I’ve had my WiiU since I was six on Christmas 2013 and it’s such an underrated system with so many neat features and incredible games. And considering that basically half of the Switches games are WiiU ports, think that shows

Personally, I feel like a lot of Nintendo's recent faux pas (mainly the poor handling of the NSO) is a direct result of Satoru Iwata's passing. He really was one of the best things to happen to Nintendo from a business standpoint.

A Phantom Strider upload is always a blast, but geez, a Nintendo-themed video on top of that, it just gets better by the second

"A delayed game is eventually good. A rushed game is forever bad." -Shigeru Miyamoto.

R.O.B also appeared in games like Mario Kart DS and Smash.

2:29 That made me laugh 😂 Kids (like me) were *also* growing up in a time when Nintendo meant it might work this time or it might frustrate you. Hands up 🙋‍♀️ for all my peeps who spent hours of their childhood blowing in to cartages.

God, as a massive Nintendo fan... all of this hurts... nice vid as always Strider

Pretty cool video; however, I must mention that the CD-i was actually originally marketed as a general hardware device, with Phillps releasing art galleries and office software on it (including one for Burger King, strangely enough). It wasn't until late into its life that they tried to market it towards gamers, but thanks to its limitations (e.g. can only have two-screens work of stuff at once), with the exception of Tetris, practically all the games released on it stunk.

I was actually surprised to learn about Joycon Drift. I’ve had a Switch for a few years and I’ve never had that issue.

Strider doing more stuff with his top tens is just such a breath of fresh air and I am seriously happy about it

The Joycon Drift happened with my Wii too whenever I use the nunchuck. On a side note, the music in this video makes me feel nostalgic

I will never stop being honestly shocked hearing about the failure of the WiiU. Mainly because my family got one back when it came out.

YES!!!! THIS IS EXCELLENT!!!! I absolutely love the video, man! Some things I want to point out (watch out, long comment): 1) If you're wondering why the N64DD was being delayed constantly, the reality is that Nintendo was waiting for a proper install base for the system to exist, which was to have 5 Million N64s sold in Japan. However, the N64 was actually somewhat of a failure in Japan, only reaching 5 Million in 1999 and not really exceeding that number by the time it was discontinued, a byproduct of third parties leaving Nintendo for Sony and SEGA thanks to their consoles using CDs, the N64 being a hard console to develop for, and third parties hating Nintendo's censorship policies and stuff. 2) Also in regards to the N64DD, in actuality, Nintendo was well aware of CDs being a thing developers wanted to use, but they were unsure about them because disc drives back then were very slow and, during the development of the N64, they hoped that disc drives would get faster when they actually start working on the N64... but they didn't, so they went with cartridges, but made a compromise with the Magnetic Disks, which could hold so much more than cartridges (at the time), but didn't suffer the speed issues that disc drives had. Some developers did like the Magnetic Disks, but as the N64DD's delays happened, they got cold feet and left Nintendo over it. 3) I have to say, the CD-i section is kind-of wrong in a few areas... but to be frank, that whole story is confusing and probably should be a video in-and-of itself. For one, while Nintendo did snub Sony for Phillips, it was actually because the contract would have given Sony the lion's share of control over the product and games rather than Nintendo, hence the betrayal; it's still stupid, but it does explain why it happened. Also, it should be clear that Nintendo asked Phillips to develop the same thing they asked Sony to do earlier, which was to make a CD-based add-on for the SNES, NOT the CD-i, as that was purely a Phillips product made before Nintendo was involved with Phillips in any way. Finally, SEGA was actually on top of the world when the SNES CD was in development and would still be around for a couple of more years; actually, the SNES CD was cancelled because Nintendo saw the SEGA CD fail and wanted out, along with hardware concerns over the SNES CD working with the SNES, and Sony actually went to SEGA to try and work with them, but while SEGA of America liked it, SEGA of Japan said no, saying Sony didn't know what they were doing in gaming... oh, were they wrong... NOTE: the SNES CD story is wild, crazy, and complicated... it's definitely worth a look into 4) For more context on the Nintendo-based CD-i games, Nintendo only gave Phillips the license to use Nintendo characters for a few projects, with Nintendo having NO OTHER INVOLVEMENT in those games' development aside from design approvals; those games sucked mainly because Phillips hired inexperienced developers and provided shoestring budgets to make these games and didn't really care about gameplay, only graphics and technology. It didn't help that the CD-i was not really designed as a gaming device, but as a multi-media device that can do all sorts of things in an okay manner; it's actually a decent piece of hardware by itself, but terrible for game designing (especially of the Nintendo caliber)... although a high price tag is what killed that thing. I loved the video regardless, Strider!

I'm so glad to hear someone else like the Wii U! Maybe it isn't the most stellar console out there, but it was a great replacement for our Wii after it sadly stopped running. And Nintendoland granted me and my sibling many, many hours of laughs.

I'm surprised you didn't have Joshscorcher in on this. He actually did a similar list nearly 3 years ago called top 10 Nintendo Fails, not only that, he's also done lists of top 10 fails on other game companies, like SEGA, Square Enix, and even EA.

Nice reference to Jim Carrey Christmas Carol. I actually saw it for the first time last year. It was awesome!

This was such a fun video to watch, great job Strider! I have to say #9 really needed to be #1, personally....you all did an amazing job together!

As much as Nintendo has crafted some of my favorite virtual experiences of all time…they also continue to be one of the most frustrating successful companies in the business. Amazing developers, composers, level designers etc., terrible executives, marketing managers and literally everything else

I love Nintendo so much. I know that for sure, it is my favourite thing ever so I am glad you touched upon this. Especially since it is things that I have dealt with like the joycon drift. It is very annoying. And even though I knew all of these, I enjoyed it all in the video

Have you heard of the Nintendo love hotels? Before Nintendo got into making games, they had a love hotel chain, which failed horribly.

Don't forget the eReader for the GBA! That was cumbersome to use and required two GBAs to use with a cartridge. The add-ons for the Super Mario 3 port were by far the best thing the eReader had.

I love amiibo (I’m trying to get them all) but the worst part of them has always been availability. Reissues are almost never a thing and stock is almost always sparse even for new ones

Kyojin no Doshin is actually really great, at least for the European GameCube port Doshin the Giant.

what a wonderful and refreshing change in tone, great to see you in your element and as a Nintendo fan myself its great to see someone speaking out about these things that Nintendo are very guilty of. cheers stryder , mrs stryder boo and luigi fan xx

great vid phantomstrider you alway's bring a smile to my face

One other issue I recall Nintendo having was the N64 control stick situation where people were getting blisters on their palms. I'm pretty sure Nintendo released gloves for that issue. Basically glorified gardening gloves...

The WiiU, that sad unfortunate fate of the WiiU

My brother and I have wanted video related content for quite awhile. Thx Strider!

I have the opposite of a joycon drift. Instead of my joycons playing the game themselves, they disconnect for 1-2 seconds. They don't disconnect from the switch itself where I have to slide them in again to reconnect them, they just don't respond for 1-2 seconds until all control is given back to me like nothing happened at all. 1-2 seconds may not be a long time, but it is when you're playing 200cc in mario kart

I remember when I got the labo, and I was STOKED to play vr smash bros. But it was so lackluster and I feel like I wasted my money

I still own a virtual boy lol I gotta say personally every time you were done using that thing as a kid I would have the worst migrane of all time

You know, I'd completely forgotten Nintendo Labo was a thing

How fitting that this came out today as I have started playing Pokemon Red and Sun on my 3DS for the first time in almost 5 years and I have played a bit with Bayonetta 3, SSBU, AC NH, MK8D and Sonic Frontiers all on my Switch. So it was quite a Nintendo day for me.

Finally, a video of yours not talking about food for once! I'm not saying I hated those videos, but I kinda felt a bit stuffed after watching them. I hope you'll also get around to reviewing cartoons again soon, PhantomStrider. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the worst/best episodes of the Loud House.

The joycon drift was so frustrated for me. It got to the point where I didn't play my switch for a couple of months.

I dont know what it is exactly, but it’s always a pleasure seeing a new video of yours! 🙌🏼

9:12 "It's a shame good old R.O.B failed so badly and was never attempted again" Me who owns 47 Amiibo: 👀

“I want to be sedated by the GAMEBOY!” - AVGN

Every day is a good day when Strider uploads, even at 11:00 PM

Wait the Amiibos were a failure? I remember I used to collect all of those things for the Nintendo Wii U Super Smash Bros all the way in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

I feel bad for the amiibos, I loved those lil guys. I just wish they were handled more.

Since when was amiibo on failure I absolutely loved them! I even still have my Mario smash one still to this day

You know, I never understood that idea of a 'comfort content creator' but you know what? Strider would be one for me. His videos are always so warm and welcoming.

I actually also had joycon drift. but I managed to fix it easily. there is a spray you can use. here in germany it is called "kontaktspray" I used a bit under the rubber-rim of the controller and I haven't had Joycon drift in over 3 years now. I think it's mostly due to dust collecting under the Joycon stick.

20:58 The GC controller port and the memory card port are both needed to play GameCube games so I think you should have just said that they cut the backwards compatibility instead of listing the 3 things as different. You can use the GameCube controller on some Wii games but in that case you should have said (in my opinion) “the Wii mini loses the ability to play GameCube games, meaning you can no longer use the GameCube controller on compatible Wii games if you want to” or something along those lines.

You know, the Nintendo law suit thing reminded me of Mattel for how copyright hungry they are.

After they created a competitor, they stuck with cartridges. The n64 wasn't a bad system, it was limited because the capacity was inferior compared to CD technology. But on the bright side, cartridges are much harder for kids to break so maybe that's one of the reasons they went with cartridges instead of discs for the system. Because of the lack of capacity, most games had no FMV clips soundtracks either had to be edited down or recreated from the ground up. The soundtrack for the first two Tony Hawk games had songs reworked and looped to save space and the audio soundtrack for Toy Story 2 worked the same way the Mario 64 music did.

I know this is very unrelated to the Nintendo,but I wanted to tell you that in your “scary SpongeBob games” video, you were confused on how squidward worked in the “five nights at the krusty krab” game. It’s because you were mixing up flickering the light with holding the the light. Hopefully with this new info, you can beat night 3(and probably night 6 because of how easy it is).

I remember about 5, maybe 6 years ago, there was this Pokémon rom-hack fan made game called Pokémon Uranium. Never played it, but watched PokeTubers play it. It was a really awesome game with a really interesting story, but when Nintendo found out about, (I think) they sued the creator(s) of the game, and had it taken down all together!!!! And they even did a copyright infringement thing on an artist who did some fan art of Pokémon back when Gen 7 was still going. And they made the artist take down their picture all together 😓

I have a Switch Lite, and I have NEVER seen any JoyCon drift on my end. Granted, it's just the Switch Lite, but it is majorly useful in avoiding paying out the nose for a JoyCon that sometimes doesn't work. Some games aren't compatible with the thing, like Mario Party Superstars, but hey, it's cheaper! 19:47 In case you're wondering what is causing poor Strider to convulse in horror, apparently, in that game, you have to tinkle (a.k.a. PEE) in this game, or else you'll wake up to an angry mom and a stained bedsheet. I'm dead serious. I had to look that up.

The only one I've really experienced is the drifting with my joy con's. Thankfully a $12 repair kit and a nerdy boyfriend makes it a bit easier and cheaper for me to get that fixed if/when it happens lol. I did experience labor but only because my boyfriend begged me to split the cost with him. I generally wasn't interested in it though

1:21 that’s Dragon Quest XI S. I highly recommend you play that game. It’s a masterpiece. From its story, memorable characters and it’s turned based combat that feels new. I won’t go into detail, but if I were to say who’s my favorite characters to use, it’s Sylvando, Erik, and Jade.

hello mr strider. ive been binging some of your videos recently and think you are relatable and very cool. i like how supportive and respectful you are, very good vibes. thank you for making these videos and i wish you luck in the future!

I think another reason why the sales for Amiibo dropped is because they stopped shipping products to small town stores where the only thing fun to do is play video games, forcing people to go too far away to get them or order online where they are more expensive than they should be. People like me who want certain figures can’t get them due entirely to location and scalpers/resellers.

First! Great vid Strider! And thank you for FINALLY giving Switch Online a much-deserved kicking! Especially after how it ruined GoldenEye!

I knew Joycon Drift would be here… I’ve had this issue with my first joycons

Strider I’ll say this, I am very impressed with how much you’ve expanded over the years. You clearly still have passion in what you do and I also love how you have your fiancée helping you out with your videos too. She seems like she’s a lovely lady and I am very happy for the both of you. It’s like you, her and Boo are family consisting of father, mother and child. Keep up the good work my friend!

Howdy Strider! Me and my brother have been fans of your content for a while now, and I have to say this was an enjoyable video as usual! It’s interesting to see how not even Nintendo can make all its products succeed. Some, like the virtual Boy, gas mask, and Labo were pretty interesting or good concepts, but either didn’t sell well, were rushed, had too many problems or was doomed from the moment it was released. On the plus side, ROB did become a popular Nintendo icon, and was famous enough to be playable in Smash, and without the cd-I we wouldn’t have amazing RU-vid Poops. As for the amibo, man it’s surprising how they’ve dropped in popularity while still managing to outlast most of the other toys to life games, even its original inspiration Skylanders. Don’t know if you take requests, but if you go back into cartoons again, I would like to see a top 10 best shows list for either Disney or PBS Kids, as well as hearing your personal opinion on Bluey and Chikn Nuggit. Thanks for the years of entertainment, I look forward to seeing you in the future, and I’ll see you next time. ❤ Forgot to mention I enjoyed the bits with Luigifan00001 . He’s my favorite plush tuber and I headcanon you as the voice of King Boo.

For accessories, we could also add the N64DD (US and Japanese prototype), NES internet adaptor (Japanese exclusive), NES Lottery attachment (Michigan only prototype), the Wavebird (Gamecube wireless controller), and even more that I am completely spacing. EDIT: The XBand SNES Modem (Prototype)

I'm glad the CDi was a thing, because without it, the world of RU-vid Poops would never be the same

The rob has such a cool design and it’s even made it’s way into smash bros and Mario kart but the overall way the accessory works I can understand why it didn’t sell well

Whenever I heard of the Gameboy PediSedate, that reminds me of Angry Video Game Nerd saying that one line, _"I WANNA BE SEDATED WITH A GAMEBOY! I WANNA BE SEDATED WITH A GAMEBOY!"_

What's weird is, even as a small 10-year-old, I didn't really have many issues with the size of the WiiU gamepad, or the battery. Joy-cons, on the other hand, they're too small to play with one at a time! every time I try my hands cramp up :( also yeah, the drift on them is hellish

I loved the Wii U. Every once and awhile I’ll still go and get it out and play some games.

I think last time someone paid a lot of money to play with cardboard, They ended up throwing away the TV it came with

Finally, a video that isn’t just Strider shaming people for eating food!

As a Nintendo fan, I was really hoping this new video comes out. Could you make Spongebob top lists again?

I feel like Nintendo does what you said on number 10 because they feel like the idea of free promotion from the fans because I have a feeling that they don’t see the fans doing free promotion for their games is not needed, worth it or profitable apparently?😅🧐🤔🤨😑🙄

I love his views on the nintendo products and more. I hope he doesn't get a copyright strike for this video. Great job strider.

3:21 Ayo that was my clip! Great video regardless 👍

Thank you for talking about Nintendo Switch Online. I have refused to pay for NSO from day 1, because I refuse to pay a subscription fee for something that should be a built in feature of the console I already paid for.

What I kinda feel is that the joy con drift repair can really teach kids to be patient for things

“Phantom thumb” is such a funny way to describe joycon drift😂

THIS is why i subscribed. These lists have interesting info and some comedy. Other top 10 lists are just mundane and boring. This. This is a masterpiece of a channel. You keep all of your subscribers entertained. Thank you.

I hope Nintendo improves, I have hope for them

Strange, I still haven't had a case of Joycon drift... I dunno why I've not encountered it. I've had OTHER issues, but not drift

Another person effected by Nintendo’s copyright thing is a RU-vidr named SML. He used to be called Super Mario Logan and he used to make plush videos with Mario plushies but since Nintendo copyrighted him he had to use puppets that don’t look like the Nintendo characters

I like how "Tito" is just Sam from Total Drama dressed up as Angry Video Game Nerd.

Despite its failure, I actually like the virtual boy. The music and graphics are good if you can ignore the red and the 3d is impressive. The game library, while small, isn't half bad for basically being a launch lineup and nothing else. The homebrew scene is great too. Glad to own one. Most of all, it pains me that we never got donkey kong country 2 like originally planned. Played under comfortable conditions, it could've been an awesome experience. Also glad I have a Cdi. Hotel isn't half bad for an arcade style game and the prototype of Mario's wacky world's proves the cdi could make some pretty graphics, if the system were more powerful and with nintendo being more willing to guide philips through development, a decent follow up could've been made to smw1.

Its always a good day when strider posts a new vid Thank you strider for making my day:D

Joy on drift: exists Me who doesn’t use the joycons: man, sucks to suck

Even the d-pad on a Switch Lite tends to start producing phantom "up" inputs after heavy use. It's particularly annoying in Super Mario Maker when Mario climbs a vine that you didn't intend to climb. You learn to put your finger a little lower on the d-pad to keep the game from reading an up press while you run past a vine.

I've always wanted to know what my heart rate was while playing Skylanders! 😀👍 Gee! Thanks Nontinde!

The mini consoles always seemed so cool to me. I have a Switch Lite now (it was a gift so I didn’t have a say. But I still love it), and my cousin a couple years ago had a Wii Mini and I just thought thought it was the coolest looking thing. Maybe it was the colours. Because like the switch lite it had more variety with the colours, and it just seemed intriguing. Colour = neutron activation sometimes for me. Maybe it’s just my way of coping for having the downgraded versions of everything. Though I also had a Wii U and that seemed like more of an upgrade than anything.

I know this is an older video, but I absolutely love this video, Mate!! It’s a great video and I also love the Wii U and the Joycon drift is annoying lol! +1 Subscriber! ❤❤

I really hope more people gives videos like these a chance. It was entertaining to listen to while doing my morning routine