Ninja edit: if this is a duplicate notification, sorry about that, WIN is giving me issues.
Nintendo of America has been converged for some time now, getting worse once Reggie "My body is ready" Fils-Aimé retired (ex: the Nintendo of America twitter post about Biden in Animal Crossing happened after he left). On the other hand, Nintendo of Japan has started yanking their leash in the mean time. Whether that will amount to anything, time will tell.
But overall, Nintendo, at least in more recent years, is mainly shitty for non-woke reasons, including:
Hyper aggressive (bordering on malicious) copyright enforcement, even in instances where it wasn't truly necessary (ie cracking down on online Smash tournaments knowing in person events were impossible at the time)
Charging for an online service that is somehow inferior to their previously free iterations (Wii, WiiU, 3DS), as well as the netcode for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate being an infamous example of Nintendo's continued ignoring of major problems
Setting an ominous precedent with how they handled Super Mario 3D All Stars (fun fact: they sold and got rid of an officially licensed English translation of the original Fire Emblem for Famicom in the exact same time frame)
The intentionally slow pace at which they are addressing Joycon drift (the Switch Lite has those same faulty Joycons hardwired in, making it that much more likely for the entire system to become part of a landfill in the long run.)
There are instances where Nintendo would DMCA a fan made game, only to release something just like it a bit later. That is how Super Mario Maker came about, as well as their remake of Metroid 2 (RIP AM2R). Contrast that with Sega, who when put in the same situation, either leave them alone, or go as far as to take them under their umbrella , which is how we got Sonic Mania. Sega does what Nintendon't! /s
All of this is just off the top of my head, and I'm sure I'm still missing quite alot considering how long all of this has been going on.
When dealing with Nintendo, always remember they think most of the people they work with are Yakuza trying to kill them. They fight with enough lawsuits to drown an enemy.
When they first entered the US to do arcades, they just assumed everyone in the room was the mob.
The problem is, they aren't wrong. The other problem is, they can't do business without working with companies that are part of this or that mafia. So, they come in hard and protect their assets.
There is only one company that Nintendo noped right out of working with.
I'm still very happy with my Switch. It's the only console I still play. Great local multiplayer games (I'm not fond of online gaming), and the portability is wonderful.
My left Joy-Con did eventually go haywire, so I replaced the Joy-Con set with a wonderful third-party product that feels better and has better analogs, and were a fraction of the cost of the original Joy-Cons. This isn't that big a deal because anyone who grew up in the old-school era of the 90s knows how many PlayStation controllers they would have to go through because they were prone for breaking (Sega Genesis, SNES, and Nintendo controllers seem to last forever), oh yeah and GameCube and OG Xbox controllers had to be replaced a lot, too.
So far I only had to replace the one left Joy-Con on the Switch, all the other controllers work fine.
Most of the games I purchase are also free of wokeness, and majority of them are all first-party Nintendo titles, with the exception of Animal Crossing. That's not allowed in the house. Boot times are fast. Load times are good. And the graphics are acceptable enough.
Ninja edit: if this is a duplicate notification, sorry about that, WIN is giving me issues.
Nintendo of America has been converged for some time now, getting worse once Reggie "My body is ready" Fils-Aimé retired (ex: the Nintendo of America twitter post about Biden in Animal Crossing happened after he left). On the other hand, Nintendo of Japan has started yanking their leash in the mean time. Whether that will amount to anything, time will tell.
But overall, Nintendo, at least in more recent years, is mainly shitty for non-woke reasons, including:
Hyper aggressive (bordering on malicious) copyright enforcement, even in instances where it wasn't truly necessary (ie cracking down on online Smash tournaments knowing in person events were impossible at the time)
Charging for an online service that is somehow inferior to their previously free iterations (Wii, WiiU, 3DS), as well as the netcode for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate being an infamous example of Nintendo's continued ignoring of major problems
Setting an ominous precedent with how they handled Super Mario 3D All Stars (fun fact: they sold and got rid of an officially licensed English translation of the original Fire Emblem for Famicom in the exact same time frame)
The intentionally slow pace at which they are addressing Joycon drift (the Switch Lite has those same faulty Joycons hardwired in, making it that much more likely for the entire system to become part of a landfill in the long run.)
There are instances where Nintendo would DMCA a fan made game, only to release something just like it a bit later. That is how Super Mario Maker came about, as well as their remake of Metroid 2 (RIP AM2R). Contrast that with Sega, who when put in the same situation, either leave them alone, or go as far as to take them under their umbrella , which is how we got Sonic Mania.
Sega does what Nintendon't! /sAll of this is just off the top of my head, and I'm sure I'm still missing quite alot considering how long all of this has been going on.
When dealing with Nintendo, always remember they think most of the people they work with are Yakuza trying to kill them. They fight with enough lawsuits to drown an enemy.
When they first entered the US to do arcades, they just assumed everyone in the room was the mob.
The problem is, they aren't wrong. The other problem is, they can't do business without working with companies that are part of this or that mafia. So, they come in hard and protect their assets.
There is only one company that Nintendo noped right out of working with.
You missed the part where they're subtlety changing gender to "style" in all their games.
Splatoon 3, Mario Golf, and Animal Crossing are some examples. In Fire Emblem 3 Houses, it was called "form".
As a reminder, Nintendo of America employees helped ResetEra doxx Japanese developers to get all of that accomplished.
I spoke too soon...here's this guy with the list of stuff the internet reckons Nintendo is bad for doing...and I say fuck all that, how are the games?
I'm still very happy with my Switch. It's the only console I still play. Great local multiplayer games (I'm not fond of online gaming), and the portability is wonderful.
My left Joy-Con did eventually go haywire, so I replaced the Joy-Con set with a wonderful third-party product that feels better and has better analogs, and were a fraction of the cost of the original Joy-Cons. This isn't that big a deal because anyone who grew up in the old-school era of the 90s knows how many PlayStation controllers they would have to go through because they were prone for breaking (Sega Genesis, SNES, and Nintendo controllers seem to last forever), oh yeah and GameCube and OG Xbox controllers had to be replaced a lot, too.
So far I only had to replace the one left Joy-Con on the Switch, all the other controllers work fine.
Most of the games I purchase are also free of wokeness, and majority of them are all first-party Nintendo titles, with the exception of Animal Crossing. That's not allowed in the house. Boot times are fast. Load times are good. And the graphics are acceptable enough.
Nice. Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try sometime and see if it works.