Top Ten Worst Nintendo FAILS ft. GreenScorpion

Green Scorpion helps me cap off this gaming company roasting conga line with the final entry in the "Fails" saga.... TOP TEN NINTENDO FAILS
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[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

“Delete Mexico” “Wait what?” “I said, DELETE...MEXICO.” I love that video.

[@reygoh9944]

Link?

[@fernandosau1498]

As a mexican, that sounds about right.

[@blujohn5415]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaatlouElpeNlac

[@liammcnicholas918]

This comes from the fact that the ending of The World of Light mode was leaked after copies from a Mexican store were uploaded to the Internet early.

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

"They. Leaked. My. *Game.* Early."

[@dubstepbeecorsi6892]

LETS END WITH A ROUNDOFF OF ALL THE COMPANIES WHO HELPED US ON THIS SAGA (clears throat) EA is greedy konami is the devil sony is arrogant capcom is good half of the time evil the other half microssoft try they REALLY try ubisoft is dumb bethesda is shady square enix is......... okay sega is just sad to look at activision is the mafia blizzard is a ruthless warlord activision/blizzard is the destroyer of all mankind valve is lazy and nintendo is strict, surprisingly strict

[@DragonxFlutter]

Yeah, that about sums it up. Especially with Valve. I love Steam, but they really should just either sell off their video game IPs or hire some third-parties that'd actually have some passion for those IPs. Do you even _know_ how many Indie teams would _kill_ to make official Valve games?

[@dednow405]

This just summarized every Video perfectly with acute statement, great job!

[@HarvestHollows]

@Justinn Zamora I wouldn't say "out of tech" since they revolutionize it. I'd say they are behind on standards like good online functions. Seriously, I love Nintendo but wow... how can you be a genius at game and console design but not know the basics on what a console's priorities are

[@paulollarsabaiii9824]

Dubstepbee Corsi Soooo Capcom is bipolar and Nintendo is a boomer?

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Nintendo is old fashion Like Nintendo is stuck in bushido while the rest of the world is in the modern age

[@ChaosJesterYT]

“It says something that their biggest fail ended up being good for the gaming industry in the long run” That sounds like some next level anime villain quote that Dio Brando would say if they was Nintendo

[@kiravirus2797]

More like Funny Valentine

[@serge263]

YOU THOUGHT IT WAS DIO, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY SONY!

[@cliffturbo2146]

@@serge263 KONO SONY DA!

[@kylewoodowens4488]

Sony could have taken Nintendos IPs and we wouldn't have gotten many of the great games from them these days. Splatoon, Pikmin, Animal Crossing and Smash. Just thinking that Smash didn't exist makes me want to cry

[@toonzach2870]

....I just realized that Joy-Con drift was not mentioned even once on this list. Weird.

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

Finally, someone mentions it. Sure, you can send it back to be replaced, but if you live somewhere without a Nintendo company... Well, let's just say it was cheaper to buy a pre-owned one from Eb Games than it would have been to ship it ONE WAY!!!

[@richardmorgan3665]

@@insertclevernamehere1186 My left joycon started drifting after the 4 days of playing on my newly bought Nintendo Switch, I thought I broke it that really depressed and upset me because it was my first console I've ever ownded and it was only 4 days and I hadn't dropped or mishandled my switch. I then bought 2 more joycons to replace the first ones, but after a while the first set of joycons started working again properly again, but now 4 joycons and I switch them out if they start to drift which doesn't happen regularly but it does happen but now I can fix the drift.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

I completely forgot about Nintendo's recent warranty concerns. That's not good business practice, to be sure.

[@bluestreaker9242]

Might have been forgotten or not considered enough of a fail to be warranted, though considering Joycon Drift is an even more horrific notion when you take in to account the hard-wired Joycons of the Nintendo Switch Lite, it's more than likely the former. Oh, yeah, you think it's bad enough having to potentially shell out $70 to buy two new Joycons to replace the ONE controller's joystick drift? Yeah, DOUBLE that price and you get why I was NOT too keen on the main concept of the Switch Lite: it's cheaper in practice and in the short run, but taking in to account the possibility of Drift, in the LONG run, it's likely to cost you a prettier penny than your vanilla $300 Switch! And that's BEFORE you take in to account its incompatibility with docked mode, eliminating HALF of what makes the Switch unique as a console in the first place and making it essentially a more powerful single-screened 2DS! On that note, I have to wonder if Nintendo's half-baked cheaper console alternatives was just forgotten about or wasn't considered a serious blunder, and to that end I answer with the 2DS itself: WHY TF WERE PEOPLE OKAY WITH THIS!? Yeah, sure, it's a VERY cheap alternative to the 3DS without 3D...or the clam-shell design that was a staple feature of the ORIGINAL DS released back in 2004! Yeah, you can't put the 2DS in Sleep Mode because that would require you to CLOSE the console...something you cannot DO when your DS is basically a SLAB! Sure, they EVENTUALLY went back on the clam-shell design with the New 2DS XL, but that was released FOUR YEARS after the initial release date of the original 2DS back in 2013! Man, it's hard being a Nintendo fan sometimes... :/

[@brendanb2982]

This list should've been a two-parter. What they lack in impact, they make up for in pestilence.

[@redseagaming7832]

I actually like how he ended the list by saying. Nintendo's greed and idiocy created its worst competitor aka the PlayStation and actually made the industry a better place.

[@ultra6671]

I'd pay money to see a movie based on that story, kind of like The Social Network.

[@icecontrol1]

I mean the deal was really bad in Nintendo case to quote "Under their agreement, Sony would develop and retain control over the SNES-CD disc format, effectively ceding a large amount of control over software licensing to Sony" In the end it was two companies trying to fuck each other so is dumb to trying to paint one better than the other

[@FloofPuppy]

And Sony is now flushing its reputation down the toilet from the PS3 to today...

[@burra007]

Indeed. We'd be probably be facing a lot of monopolistic practices by Nintendo if it remained the only lead

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

And Microsoft only made the Xbox to ruin Sony's fun.

[@gatekeepingwarlock9604]

It was then, that Josh had an idea... An awful idea... Joshscorcher had a wonderful, *awful* idea.

[@RPDraco]

If by Awful you mean Full of Awe, then Yes I agree, Also Gosh damn it Reforged.

[@jvstice56]

The irony of it all, their biggest failure was a massive boon for video gaming overall. So even when they fail....they still win... Well played Nintendo...well played. (Doesn't stop their blunders from happening)

[@CGR0620]

A “Happy Accident” if you would

[@blockmanb-side6633]

Nintendo is the parent who loves you but also keeps you on a tight leash.

[@Heroshii15]

People see “gatekeeping” as a dirty word, but I think #10 on the list shows that some gates are worth keeping.

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

Agreed

[@S3rp3rior]

I think it depends on what you're gatekeeping for and how. Like some DnD/Pathfinder players not wanting new players in their games because they dont want to explain "how to play" or rather have a team of min-maxing assholes.

[@Calbeck]

When gatekeeping for quality, and not for political nonsense, absolutely.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

gatekeeping as in keeping the shitty games from flooding into the industry? yeah they did decent in that regard, but even Hoover Dam couldnt hold back that much shit...

[@ForrestFox626]

Like you said, it depends.

[@WolfDB]

Josh's hitlist of "Fails" videos --EA -- --Konami -- --Sony -- --Capcom -- --Microsoft -- --Ubisoft -- --Bethesda -- --Square-Enix -- --Sega -- --Activision -- --Blizzard Entertainment -- --Valve -- --Nintendo -- ALL video game companies >:D

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

ya sure about that?

[@RatedShadowXrd]

Arc System works: nothing wrong here lol

[@Vampocrat]

@@RatedShadowXrd Same with CD Projekt Red.

[@morganthibodeau1152]

Where is Rockstar?

[@redhood5894]

@@morganthibodeau1152 Rockstar are flawless. Don't insult them.

[@kaijuguy19]

The idea of Nintendo trying to remain on top of the food chain by basically being a backstabbing d-bag to people including would be allies only for their tactics resulting in instead making the very enemies it was trying to get rid of is both an ironic and amusing one. I can also tell that this won't be the end of fails video in general if the implication at the end is anything to go by.

[@ladylexicon11]

Nintendo’s biggest fail also created a victory for the gaming industry. It’s almost poetic...

[@gameman5804]

Isn’t that the case throughout our history as a society though? That’s not really an accomplishment.

[@dubstepbeecorsi6892]

nintendo is great but sometimes you just wanna play something else

[@harrisonmissell1716]

Everything happens for a reason

[@yoshifan3077]

Pretty ironic isn't it

[@Lymington214]

Well, they're still mistakes, and really bad ones at that. It's not like Nintendo chose to create the biggest names in the gaming industry just cause they felt like it. ...or did they?

[@Pryexel]

Nintendo was (and kinda still is) the Disney of the video games industry. Both in the good and bad ways.

[@kylewoodowens4488]

Last time I checked Nintendo doesn't try to buy out the entire competition. Did you know that Sony just recently bought the right to Silent Hill, Castlevania and Metal Gear??? That sounds like someone trying to buy out the competition. Disney is a Monopoly that buys everything in the entertainment industry that has worth. Nintendo only owns a very few. Game freak isn't own by them. Neither is Monolith, Platinum or Suda51s company. They all just have connections and published titles for them. The Pokemon company could easily just be putting games on every console but they know that all of their fans are from Nintendo.

[@Pryexel]

@@kylewoodowens4488 Pokémon for Xbox and Playstation. Imagine that.

[@amirgarcia547]

Kyle Woodowens Small correction: Nintendo actually does indeed own Monolith Soft, as they bought them back in 2007 during the development of Xenoblade Chronicles. The other companies they don’t own though, which’s why their games (sans Pokémon and now Bayonetta) are published on other platforms.

[@KaminoKatie]

@@kylewoodowens4488 Nintendo is the richest company in Japan

[@psychie8625]

@@kylewoodowens4488 Wait, seriously? Shit, imagine if those started getting attention again because of that.

[@apollorock3r244]

33:20 The only silver lining of this is that it lead to the creation of KZbin Poops. XD So basically to recap all of the biggest fails of each company since the first list: EA: History of Work Time Crunch Konami: Their Shady Business Practices Sony: Arrogance and Them Thinking Way too Ahead of Themselves Capcom: Mismanaging the Mega Man franchise Microsoft: The Red Ring of Death Ubisoft: UPlay being a total disaster Bethesda: Screwing small companies like Obsidan Square Enix: Their disasterous E3 Confrence of 2015 SEGA: Mishandling the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise Activision: Lawsuits, lawsuits everwhere Blizzard: Merging with Activision then becoming corporate Valve: Valve Time and their history of delays Nintendo: The Phillips CD-I and accidentally creating the Playstation

[@angbandsbane]

@apollorocker "Activision: Lawsuits, lawsuits everywhere." 1 year later, that part has aged like fine wine.

[@codexenon1996]

@@angbandsbane lols true that

[@apollorock3r244]

@@angbandsbane I can definitely see Activision making it to No. 1 for 2021’s Biggest Fails later. XD

[@masterseal0418]

Speaking of Square Enix with the biggest mistakes, their 2021 E3 conference is said within one word: "We're here to kill Chaos."

[@10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83]

Sony described by the quotes of ultron "What doesnt kill you.......MAKES YOU STRONGER"

[@andrewhaase1826]

9. I only had those Bongos for DKJB, and those bongos drove my parents nuts when I started banging on them early on the morning to play it. 8. Well at least it looks like things've been patched up. Square Enix made The World Ends With You for the DS (which eventually led to a Switch port) so at least... oh wait, Square still wouldn't let Nintendo put Final Fantasy characters in Smash Ultimate... with the exception of Cloud. 1. There's a reason why those Phillips CDI games became a part of KZbin Poop history!

[@Wiimeiser]

8. That's just Square in general IIRC

[@LeviathanTamer31]

Funnily enough Nintendo also wanted to get Sora into Smash Bros. But Disney didn't even give Square Enix a chance to respond, denying it immediately.

[@LeviathanTamer31]

@@dylansmith5206 Yes. The Japanese fans. To put it simply what Banjo Kazooie is to us, Dragon Quest is to Japan. It's one of the biggest franchises over there. Chances are a Japanese person is asking the same thing you're saying except about Banjo.

[@dylansmith5206]

@videoluver7 I still hate Dragon Quest BTW. And I can't find a single reason to play or give a rat's patootie about one of the D.Q games.

[@masterseal0418]

9. Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is the precursor to Shadow the Hedgehog claiming the E10+ rating. 8. The World Ends With You got an anime and a great sequel to the original called NEO: The World Ends With You! They were also responsible for giving Square Enix and Disney for greenlighting Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. We even got to play multiplayer as the Organization XIII members. 2. *Cough cough* Big House ban. Thank god they made up with Sephiroth in Smash Bros, and saving E3 2021 with Metroid Dread and among others. 1. When there's smoke, they pinch back!

[@jk0345]

Didn't expect the thumbnail to be from The Wizard. Anyway, it's finally time. I love Nintendo to death, but even it has its fair share of flaws.

[@BJGvideos]

Wait you mean that isn't Hayden Christanson?

[@DrZuluGaming]

The final episode of the Fail Saga... **The end teases more fails.** Aw sh*yay*! Here we go again.

[@orangeslash1667]

The reason Sega barely makes any games outside of Sonic, Yakuza, and phantasy star, is because they also have pachinko machines. So their a less evil Konami.

[@a.liguria2698]

That just adds 15 level of complexity to Cloud being in smash!" 9 months after this video, Sephiroth says hi... so I guess we should add a 16th level of complexity to Cloud being in smash.

[@brandonwilliams18]

31:38 Fun fact: There is a story on Alternate History where Nintendo and Sony did collab on the PlayStation, called "Player Two Start". The butterfly effects are crazy.

[@galfinsp7216]

Know where it is? I’d love to read that story/ hear it

[@mikeyokite]

Posted before the video goes live, here are my predictions in no order: • E3 2008 • Virtual Boy • Wii U • Neglecting multiple franchises • Nintendo Creators Program • Multiple copyright takedowns • Partnering with Phillips CD-i

[@Othermage]

•The power glove •Using cartridges for the N64 •Creating the PlayStation •Other M •Wi-fi and Internet •Losing Rare

[@mikeyokite]

@@Othermage Nintendo didn't create the PlayStation. It was originally going to be a CD add-on for the SNES but they decided to work with Phillips instead, and we all know how well that turned out. Also losing Rare was Microsoft's doing, since they bought them.

[@Othermage]

Mike Yokite well, it WAS Nintendo’s fault for practically creating their competition. As for Rare, Nintendo could have easily bought them beforehand. Probably.

[@ThatLeaf]

Losing Final Fantasy to Sony, a lot of censorship in the 80's and 90's as well.

[@LoneOtaku158]

You sir are a prophet.

[@Jackie-McCann]

**grabs snacks and a drink** This is gonna be GOOD.

[@JohnMBlue1992]

Jackie McCann WELL HELLO THERE!

[@lostanimeworld11]

#10: Didn't see this one coming. Agree on it though. #9: I like those bongo drums too. #8: Never heard of this. #7: Oi. I still can't believe I dodged all of those bullets from those games. #6: I forgot how bad those consoles were. #5: Oh my god, I hate this. I want Advance Wars and Mother back! #4: I never keep up with E3, and I still have yet to see the Wii Music section. #3: I've only played a few online matches on SSB4 3DS, and it was a nightmare. Somehow, Kid Icarus Uprising multiplayer was more responsive and stable. #2: Yep, called it. Nintendo seriously need to chill down with the fan games. Dishonorable mentions: Huh?! #1: YUP. IT'S HERE. Surprisingly, half of the stuff I predicted are not in the list.

[@Chaos89P]

"Tone deaf" is a very accurate pun on what E3 2008 was like. I've only watched bits and pieces of it myself, but E3 2008 was just an all-around bust, if memory serves.

[@ForrestFox626]

You forgot 1.5

[@uprising4c19]

Yay Uprising! Also I'm not a person whose into online-focused games, I'd rather have in person connection. Hence why I didn't bother with online in Smash until now at least. I only got Switch Online as a means to play with my friends during the Coronavirus season.

[@ianeons9278]

Are you a Wii U hater?

[@soulstunner]

Hmmm...so Nintendo's worst failure turned out to be one of the gaming industry biggest blessing. So even when Nintendo screws up, unlike other companies he has done this type of list, it seems to make them better. Granted Nintendo is late to the party on a lot of things but better late than never it seems. What I did anticipate was Nintendo list of fails was not going to be as catastrophic to the company as the fails of other companies he has done. Overall, these fails have been very enjoyable and informative.

[@MrMarinus18]

Nintendo has a tremendous level of prestige. They were there at the forefront when games were beginning and they are still at the forefront today. Not solely on the forefront but one of the major players nonetheless.

[@masterseal0418]

And campy internet mashup parody spaghetti cooked by Phillips.

[@99frojo]

Funny how that works

[@BugsyFoga]

"Top 10 Nintendo fails" Wii U :"DID SOMEBODY CALL MY NAME"

[@shadowlinkbds]

Hey I liked the WiiU

[@francescolombardi3438]

Love Hotel: Did thou ringeth mine alarm?

[@shadowlinkbds]

LJN: Yes? You require our services?

[@miguelmonteiro8735]

@@shadowlinkbds CDI:Hello Did Someone Calld Me?

[@CrasherX2000]

Was that a Sonic X reference?

[@sonicgen20]

That is quite a fail when you end up creating your own rival.

[@meh9705]

I'd say both a fail and a success. Had they not made an enemy out of Sony, they wouldn't be working to chuck out all these Nintendo games just like Sony and PS games, as well as adding others to the mix like Microsoft and Xbox. It was a fail...but at the same time something good came out of this fail. Like...really good.

[@victorhernandez8723]

But it was a successful fail! Okay, that was an oxymoron, but you know what I mean.

[@redseagaming7832]

I was happy Sony came about and destroyed Nintendo's Monopoly I would hate a world where there was only Nintendo and PC

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

When Nintendo fails, it *REALLY* fails!

[@harrisonmissell1716]

Thanks for being honest Mario

[@Iron8127]

Luckily, it learned from one mistake.... They stopped disrespecting 3rd party developers as much. I feel like i'm going to regret saying that statement...

[@gabrielnoblat8017]

"Being a fan is tough in a country where no one plays Nintendo." Me: *Cries in Brazil*

[@FenrisTsukigami]

Didn’t expect clips of both Shin Kuroto AND Masamune Dan from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid during the video!

[@shoestringVA]

That’s Shin Kuroto to you, peasant!

[@FenrisTsukigami]

adakun13 ah, my mistake, I’ll rectify that immediately so we see the name of our true Kamen Rider god.

[@theenderengineer1943]

I must admit. The way you talked about number 1 really felt deep. I never thought of it in that way, and despite being a fail, I guess we all win in the end with that one. Thanks for these amazing list about game company fails. They really brightened my day when the came out.

[@sylv3053]

The excitement I had for Cloud in Smash eerily was similar to that of when Banjo & Kazooie came: "OHMIGOODNESS!!!!! CLOUD'S COMING HOME!!!!! WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!!"

[@ianbrennan9635]

Nintendo: "I'm gonna kill you." PlayStation: "You idiot! You made me! You stabbed me in the back all those years ago. That wasn't easy for me to get over, and don't think that I didn't try!"

[@UltimateGamerCC]

never thought i would see a Batman quote used so well, albeitly altered a little bit, regardless... Well Played.

[@kylewoodowens4488]

Nintendo obviously made both a smart and dumb decision. The dumb part of trying to join with a company who is rich enough to buy you but smart enough to leave them to continue building on their own company. Phillips however handled Nintendos precious characters and IPs poorly which is probably a reason why they are so protective over them these days.

[@lordkaijux5262]

SEGA: *(Pats Playstation on the back)* Don't worry. They're always like this.

[@Oliviagarry69420]

Well the Philips cd-I gave us one good thing iconic KZbin poop quotes!!!

[@leifthesilly]

That face hahahahaha..... This has been a fun ride of a series, and I'm glad to see it coming to a satisfying conclusion at least for now

[@kurisu7885]

I read somewhere that a big reason we don't get a new F-Zero is because Nintendo can't think of anything new to do with it, to which I say, fantastic, don't, give us full grid online racing and most of us would be happy with that. The Wipeout series doesn't do much new and it sells great.

[@custom-r]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. One would think that's common sense.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

Okay, on the Mother example in the segment on not reviving franchises, that's because Itoi doesn't want to make a new Mother game. It doesn't excuse not bringing Mother 3 to the US, but as for not making a new game, it's understandable if the original creator doesn't want it made anymore. Its not like Mother was the biggest cash cow they've ever had anyway

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

Eh I don't really buy into that Square didn't stop making Final Fantasy games when Sakaguchi left the company, SEGA didn't stop making Sonic when Yuji Naka left that's not much of an excuse someone new can direct

[@aneonfoxtribute]

@@KeyBladeMaster-Dan There are two major differences here. First, afaik, the creators of those two never asked for it to end when they left, whereas Itoi asked for Mother to end where it did. Second, Sonic and Final Fantasy are smash hits that are insanely popular, whereas Mother has always been niche at best

[@MrMarinus18]

I think that's a good thing. Sometimes a franchise should stop and end on a high note.

[@matshbocks]

honestly this feels kind of funny that one good thing _somewhat_ came out of everything off of this list, be it Nintendo learning their lesson/trying to do better, or another company making the gaming scene a lot bigger and better.

[@captainseg]

Nintendo is like your favorite grandfather. Always there for family time, but sometimes Nintendo makes mistakes... sometimes big ones. But unlike other companies like Sony, Capcom, Valve, and especially EA... Nintendo can be forgiven with open arms. I mean, their biggest one was the Nintendo Switch which brought back veterans who played Nintendo back from the NES era which is an AMAZING feat.

[@harveywilliams6576]

I love Nintendo man 😢

[@mttylerdurden9]

31:39 an alternate timeline were we could have had ratchet and clank team up with star Fox? I'd sell my marriage to MEPHISTO for that!!!!😂🤣

[@Silent_Mochi]

An alternate timeline where Kratos Nathan Drake Crash Bandicoot Spyro the Dragon Sackboy Kat Jak and Daxter Sly cooper Ratchet and Clank Nariko Cole McGrath And many others in smash bros

[@anarchomando7707]

Linkara is looking sideways at you

[@dantecrossroad]

I remember how annoying it was being a Gamecube owner and begging every title advertised to be available on the little cubey boi. Learning why that was was even more annoying. This countdown was highly entertaining and had the best ending ever.

[@medoagamer9497]

I am a tad disappointed that this is the final company fail list because there's plenty of others that I can think of, but this sub series was amazing nonetheless. (PS joshscorcher, if you ever decide to change your mind and continue with this series, PLEASE do top 10 rockstar fails, or maybe even top 10 take 2 fails.)

[@ethanxpsp2770]

Yeah I was kinda hoping for a few more mainly top 10 Namco fails

[@CrasherX2000]

Oh yea, I’d love a Rockstar fails list (Poor handling of GTA Online)

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

I was waiting for Bandai

[@GamerBoy870]

1 for take 2 fucking Supmatto off of KZbin

[@derrickhaggard]

I think we might be getting a sequel countdown that looks at the other companies blunders in one list. A good entry for that sequel countdown involving Koei-Tecmo is how giving Nintendo half-ownership of the survival-horror awesomeness that is the Fatal Frame aka Project Zero was in hindsight a stupid move on Tecmo-Koei's part mostly because giving Nintendo half-ownership led to some stupid decisions like FF/PZ4: Curse of the Lunar Mask introducing some tacked-on motion sensor gimmicks that weren't so great, the WII Port of the most beloved entry in the franchise FF/PZ2: Crimson Butterfly royally sucked, the 3DS spinoff title Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir while it had a good, and unique concept that would in theory take advantage of the 3DS's Camera, and AR Tech was in reality a mediocre game whose AR Tech barely functioned unless you were playing in specific environments, and then there's the borderline debacle concerning the true fifth entry in the series FF/PZ5: Maiden of Black Water which came out for the WII U mostly due to it's US release basically while fans over in Japan, and Europe actually got a uncensored physical copy with the title Project Zero 5: Maiden of Black Water, over here in the US the game was titled Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water meaning unless you were a fan of the franchise and already well aware that four previous games had been released you would've mistaken Maiden of Black Water as the first game in the series, and then there's these two issues 1st: there's the fact while Japan and Europe actually got a proper physical release Maiden of Black Water we didn't get a physical release in the US instead it was a downloadable title now normally that's not a bad thing but in Maiden of Black Water's case it was a bad thing mostly because the GB requirements to download were unreasonably massive to put it bluntly in order to have room on the WII U to download and play it you had to have basically 0 games to at most 2 games installed on the WII U to meet Maiden of Black Water's unreasonably massive GB requirements, and then there's the unneeded censorship that the US release of Maiden of Black Water got.

[@NougatNate]

Funny, aside the bad stuff each thing on the list did Pretty much every fail on this list did at least one thing that positively affected the gaming community Example? Watch up to #1

[@Chaos89P]

#1 I can agree with, but their treatment of fan-created content, not so much. Thankfully, I think they're starting to pull that stick out of their butts.

[@theeyeofra805]

"Gameplay depth of an Austrian royal's gene pool..." WHOA. Did NOT expect anything THAT SAVAGE from Josh.

[@DaneTheDane]

29:16 Pretty cool to give a segment to a pretty new KZbinr. Hope to see you do well in the future, Count Shaman.

[@acemeister1624]

Wasn’t expecting Green Scorpion here, no matter, time for these predictions: Wii U Pokémon Controversies Virtual Boy No Refunds Nintendo Online Membership

[@amusedjoker9644]

>Nintendo Online Membership God, imagine doing such minor mistakes one of the top 10 is doing a membership thing that everyone else is doing, and at a cheaper price too.

[@spongichu9248]

Permanent Out Of Touchness

[@shadowlinkbds]

Would of been awesome if AVGN collabed too but hey GS is still cool.

[@amirgarcia547]

Ace Meister Pokémon is mostly Game Freak rather than Nintendo, so I can’t really see it being applicable.

[@Ballslover18]

@@amirgarcia547 to be honest it's more of a Pokemon company and GameFreak problem

[@RomanVulcan83]

Green Scorpion used Inception! It’s super effective!

[@brendanb2982]

Hasn't even been a year and already you need to remake this list. Free Melee.

[@saiyanscaris6530]

twitter.com/SlimyQuagsire/status/1335354088968630274 yeah and then this happened. sound familiar *cough blizzard and hong kong cough*

[@joegreen3802]

Josh: You want a new Golden Sun? Me: YES!!! *Goes to cry in a corner*

[@connerdale4221]

Exactly! I played Dark Dawn, and I'm still waiting for the next one

[@orangeslash1667]

@@connerdale4221 At least the Switch has many RPG's to choose from.

[@sharpester7277]

When I saw Green Scorpion I knew that this is going to be one epic crossover episode. It was just as good if not better than the Capcom fails crossover episode with Quarter Guy.

[@guywithrevolver]

"Here's hoping metroid prime 4 is actually released" is what I think you were meant to say

[@rafaelblackman9879]

Personally, Nintendo’s biggest failure is how they treat the fans. From competitive smash, game and music preservation/emulation, and fan games, the fans are the most hated group of the company. However, the fans themselves are so loyal they treat Nintendo like a god. This gives Nintendo the power to keep getting away with this shit.

[@ianoliver2224]

New dishonourable mention: This happened recently and this just hurts. They made their own Splatoon tournament with barely a reward and sent a cease and desist to someone else forming a Smash tournament. They really have no business to get in the way of someone else’s passion. Though, I guess that falls under Number 2 in this video.

[@espurrseyes42]

I think was addressed in the 2020 fails. I also wouldn't call this a Number 2 given since the actual Number 2 is Nintendo's copyright BS (which this would fall under) and Number 3 is doodoo online and online services. Maybe Number 3.5.

[@harrisonmissell1716]

31:23 Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it

[@sarahmoss1414]

23:32 this entry makes more sense now that we found out Nintendo’s been using a dinosaur for their online service system

[@darienb1127]

I'm a little sad to see this series end. I was gonna suggest doing a countdown where you look at the fails of Indie Devs. Look at some of the stupid and scummy thing that the independent guys tried to pull.

[@pierre-mariecaulliez6285]

Like, a successful Kickstarter campaign resulting in the creator vanishing into thin air right next to a fiscal paradise for instance...

[@UltimateGamerCC]

this is hardly an end to the Fails videos, but now the lists will be yearly fails across ALL boards, and Warcraft 3 Reforged will likely be the #1 of the 2020 countdown.

[@thevioletskull8158]

He did say it was going to end,that it's over for now. I really want a indie dev list too. I can already think of a list for Scott Cawthon.

[@darienb1127]

@@thevioletskull8158 wait, what did Scott Cawthon do that was so bad?

[@justinnzamora5366]

After some recents events involving Nintendo, I honestly can't wait to hear Josh make a new fails list next month. I'll always love the big N but it physically hurts me to see them make huge screwups.

[@BugsyFoga]

Nintendo biggest mistake:"Backstabbing Sony thus creating their most biggest competitor in the gaming industry

[@Teachermook]

Calling that as #1

[@PonmonofNuggetor]

Nathaniel Foga’s biggest mistake: Giving Caddicarus Junge of the Georgle on PS2

[@CrasherX2000]

Oh yea Definitely

[@BugsyFoga]

@@PonmonofNuggetor More like best decision 😁

[@joeysmith1077]

Yeah but Sony wanted most of the profit or stocks or something.

[@shadowlinkbds]

So it comes down to this. The one we all been waiting for. Though frankly I will always love Nintendo the most even with its problems.

[@Agent0FluffyBoxOfVoicesCom]

Ditto 2

[@dgameskidHD]

Ditto 3

[@hobowithanoboe]

Ditto 5. Why did we skip Ditto 4? Ask Mista.

[@WrathNebula321]

Ditto 6. Despite all of their flaws, Nintendo is by far my favorite!

[@kichirorajin2996]

Ditto 6: The revengining

[@ArmanyteGX]

Number 2 hits home. Project M is still in my opinion the best smash game. I helped grow that scene at my college and made a lot of friends through it. Seeing that dev team get torn apart by nintendo hurt me a lot.

[@mephilisthedarkelijahramat182]

So Nintendo litteraly caused Geno to be stuck with square.....how could you

[@montague4931]

Hoping you'll do a video on Warner Bros. fails as well. They may not primarily be a game company but their screw-ups including Arkham Knight's broken PC port, the shady review embargo for LOTR:SOM, and the stuffing of pay-to-win crap in the sequel deserve more coverage than they've already gotten. Also, this isn't because I'm still salty after all these years from pre-ordering Arkham Origins and being sold a buggy rush job that kept crashing to the point my save data got corrupted and I had to go through all the bullshit including collectibles again. Not. At. All.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

So a video on the rebranded Atari Arcade arm merged with acclaim and LJN

[@AgentG128]

That's not even considering their greatest mistake - Manhandling Titus to the point that Superman 64 became the worst game on the N64... Yeah, a lot of what made that game bad was executive meddling. They're the reason every other stage had Rings floating everywhere.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

You think Warner Bros. gaming division are bad? Do you even KNOW what Universal Interactive were like? They were basically doing what EA are doing now 20 years before EA became the infamous name that they are! Sure, we love games like the Crash and Spyro trilogy... the devs were quite literally sweat-shop developing the games because of Universal! HOW HAS THE INDUSTRY NOT LEARNT FROM ITS MISTAKES?!

[@shadowsnake5133]

Best birthday ever. I have been waiting. Honestly, Nintendo would prove these guys right if this gets demonized.

[@EmicalFire055]

OMG that ending! Now I am excited for January... hopefully we'll be able to roam free by then too!

[@kylesantiago351]

EmicalFire055 January?

[@aaron75fy]

you want to know the funny thing? Nintendo's biggest blunder could have been SEGA's swift revenge...if it wasn't for it's Japan branch

[@Ponaru]

I'm sorry, but Atari doesnt have enough fails to make a full video on? Nonsense...

[@kylewoodowens4488]

ET and failure to adapt to make better games.

[@MrTherandomguy42]

Poison Technically Atari is dead. The Atari still existing has little to do with the Atari from the 20th century.

[@Ponaru]

@@MrTherandomguy42 Yes I'm aware. Not really relevant though is it?

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

@videoluver7 didn't that game basically cause the video game stock market crash and was considered the worst video game ever made

[@whitedarkness5508]

I think if he did a top 10 midway/ netherealm studio fails he shpuld put killing Atari

[@KubatheChangeling]

*Gasp, as I notice Lucas from The Wizard on the Thumbnail* Lucas! Darling... Man, that was a great list.

[@temmietoga5369]

Fun Fact: (Similarly to 27:57) Scott Cawthon, the creator of Five Nights at Freddy's, has given some of his own money to help further the development of existing FNaF fan games and even allowed them to port their own fan games to both mobile and even consoles along side the official FNaF games. As of this moment Scott has funded a total of 5 fan game franchises which includes a total of 13 games.

[@harrisonmissell1716]

6:35 judging by AVGN’s reaction to it in his game boy accessories episode alone looks like a lot of people had a lot of fun with that thing also fun fact it was declared the smallest digital camera when it was released

[@ThiccAsh]

Well Nintendo time to face the red peppered horse and a green scorpion with your own failures

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Man, just seeing the Pokémon Uranium screen was depressing. I was really rooting for that one.

[@brunolinares604]

Still waiting for those postgame quests u.u

[@UltimateGamerCC]

yes indeed, thankfully the game is still out there to enjoy, while not finished you can still see and take in all that was created. and sadly with the death of Pokemon Essentials this leads to the end of many Pokemon Fan Games due to the engine being at their core.

[@DragonxFlutter]

Outside of a yearly list, you could always do specific fails from a multitude of companies. Like, if they have common themes, put them in the slot. If they're outstanding in any way, put them in the slot. Nobody said it _had_ to be just one company at a a time.

[@KyrosnoProductions]

The Phillips cdi games did spawn some of the most quotable memes around though, that’s probably the biggest joke about the consoles existence.

[@widiwoqm1544]

They made an achievement with it

[@redseagaming7832]

Nintendo gave up on a deal with Sony for the Philips cd-i instead of negotiating with Sony Nintendo was a big company they could afford to do a little negotiating but this is Japan we're talkin about big Pride

[@voltingmaster5458]

I’ll never forgive Nintendo for terminating brawls channel!

[@whitedarkness5508]

And alvin earthworm

[@josiahmagnet8315]

White Darkness check out Mark Haynes. He’s rebooted SMBZ. And he’s announced he’s working on episode 2.

[@whitedarkness5508]

@@josiahmagnet8315 good to know thanks

[@whitedarkness5508]

@Justinn Zamora yeah 😞

[@K_Lateral]

"Take a good look, everyone! Unable to find a rival worthy of my genius, I was forced to create one by myself! Here I am! The tragic clown..." -Nintendo when they accidentally made the playstation also Luke Atmey but he's in prison, so we don't talk about him

[@pigifi]

The worst part about the cancelled SSB Melee tournament? The reason it got C&Ded is because the mod is question is meant to give Melee a high quality online service in response to COVID lockdowns keeping the traditional tournament conventions from happening, forcing them to hold it online. This isn't some hack that affects gameplay and tournament results. This is meant to give Melee proper online multiplayer. But the mod requirement gave Nintendo the excuse of piracy and copyright to use their banhammer.

[@cybersketcher1130]

Nintendo did say they were doing Pikmin 4, and were looking into F-Zero. So that looks promising. And who knows, maybe we'll get a Golden Sun remaster of the first two games.

[@newageBoundhippie]

only thing that worries me about F-Zero is Miyamoto's tone deaf comments about needing some asinine gimmick to make it work making....all we want is a new game in HD with normal controls and online races, nobody wants or needs some gimmicky motion control bullshit in their F-Zero ffs....

[@victorhernandez8723]

I want a remaster of Diddy Kong Racing!

[@newageBoundhippie]

@@victorhernandez8723 that would also be good...maybe with a few balance tweaks & quality of life improvements too

[@wannabehistorian371]

newageBoundhippie Well notion control is a thing of the past nowadays. But yeah, last time Miyamoto tried to revive an old favorite with a weird gimmick... things didn’t go well.

[@custom-r]

I do not want to be too old for those.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

15:16 I see you speed Luigi Shout out to simpleflips

[@jbourbon3734]

27:47 There's just something about that censor sound that makes me laugh.

[@Woodenfan]

And so ends a saga! Thank you very much for the entertainment, Josh, and for all that is good and holy, stay safe out there. World needs peeps like you more than ever in these trying times.

[@thesupershinymegagengar2034]

32:04 Literally me after hearing of Nintendo leaving their collaboration with Sony for Phillips, right now!

[@Megamean09]

"WHY DON'T YOU WANT THEIR MONEY?!" They do, they just want to take it via gacha rolls instead of making actual games.

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

Make some decent games

[@geekgo4]

They favor pride over greed.

[@naotatheendlessesper]

despite them having actual games, not just gacha.........

[@naotatheendlessesper]

@@BlueFlagAlpha you sound too picky.

[@nickc4821]

No that's EA

[@9594Jacob]

11 Months later, we get the Top Ten 2020 FAILS. Thank you GreenScorpion for that wonder idea you gave joscorcher.

[@JorgeOrtizSauc2]

Nintendo’s biggest fail was indeed creating their rival the Sony PlayStation, but to be honest it felt like this NEEDED to happen. What WOULD the timeline of the Nintendo PlayStation have been like?

[@kwayke9]

Sega might still be making consoles, Xbox would be largely unchanged, if not more successful, and Sony would've bought Nintendo by 2000 imo. That or the Sony/Nintendo conglomerate would've been antitrusted off in 2009

[@bulbasaur15]

#001 In the alternate timeline, we would have the GamePyramid and the controllers are similar to that of the Playstation buttons. Don't know how successful it would be but.....

[@icecontrol1]

Nothing really, Sony was going to enter regardless and planned to use Nintendo as a stepping stone

[@victorhernandez8723]

Proof that something good can come from something bad!

[@ryanwelch1272]

Josh? That ending scares me, Josh. ... ... Josh?

[@wrightcore3367]

#10: Granddaddy of Steam Greenlight. #9: Oh hey, AVGN’s battle armor! #8: Wow...they were that strict about third-party devs? #7: I really don’t see a point for them to go mobile. #6: RIP Wii U. #5: WHERE’S CAPTAIN FALCON!? #4: And I thought Jamie Kennedy was bad. #3: Nintendo bad w/ online? Call it Internetendo! #2: Seriously, let fans be fans (the sane and not weird ones anyway). #1: Now we have the Trinity of Gaming we know today.

[@wolfhurricane897]

After all the teases it's finally here.

[@AllHailMe12431]

Another little worthwhile mention of how Nintendo did the WII-U dirty, is how they treated BoTW. It was clearly supposed to be on the Wii-U at first, and it had some cool features on there too, giving players a way to manage their inventory in real time, using the gamepad. On "early" showcases of the game, before it's final title was even known, these features seemed pretty well realized. Suddenly, a delay came along, and the game was announced for the switch, etc. Fast forward to release, some of the features were gone, replaced with an intrusive and overpowered pause menu system instead. The likely reason for delaying the game, and removing old, interesting systems was to make Botw a Switch launch title. However, there was nothing like the gamepad for the switch, so they instead gimped the Wii-U version in favor of the Switch port. Basically, they threw the Wii-U, as well as anyone with one, waiting for this shiny new Zelda game, under the bus, in order to market the switch. When asked about the removed features in Botw, they said something along the lines of the gamepad functionality being "immersion breaking"... Scummy move, Nintendo. At least the game still came out pretty great anyway.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

I still own the Wii U version.

[@MrMarinus18]

Well I can't entirely blame them for that. They basically concluded that the Wii U was a lost cause and that wasting BOTW on it was going to not make a difference.

[@AllHailMe12431]

@@MrMarinus18 While I don't blame them for porting it to the switch, I do blame them for downgrading the Wii-U version to make the Switch port seem more appealing. A real spit on the faces of everyone who actually had a Wii-U. What, would it kill the Switch to have the Wii-U version of a *port* still having the gamepad functionality, instead of basically making the Gamepad just an oversized joycon? I mean, Super Mario Odyssey was also a selling point for the Switch the same year, so I kinda doubt it would.

[@MrMarinus18]

@@AllHailMe12431 I don't think they purposefully downgraded it. Rather they just abandoned the Wii U project and put all their efforts into the Switch version. Then once the Switch version was done they simply ported it to the Wii U. Just because the menu navigation works in a demonstration doesn't mean it's been perfected. It likely still had lots of bugs in it. That is always the case during demonstrations. Putting more resources into it would mean taking those away from the Switch version.

[@AllHailMe12431]

@@MrMarinus18 There are at least 2 other Zelda games with extensive Wii-U gamepad functionality; Wind Waker HD, and Twilight Princess HD. Both of which seem strikingly similar to the one presented in 2014 for BotW, only complete with real-time inventory management, as well as a map. A lot of hand-held Zelda titles also have systems similar to this in place, so it's hardly a new concept to the Zelda dev team. And yet, it's suddenly "Immersion breaking" to have this for BotW, instead of a pause menu, which allows you to just eat a million apples to instantly heal away 20 hearts of damage, in the middle of a fight. That's true immersion right there. I can see you giving them the benefit of the doubt on this, but with so many Zelda games already having such systems in place, and working well at that, I really can't.

[@MrMarinus18]

10:16 Doom already was on a Nintendo console. The original Doom was ported to the SNES and the N64 even had an exclusive version of Doom.

[@Vampocrat]

Honestly, this should really segway into a Top 10 Company Wins series. Just a thought. Still, being the big Nintendo fan I am, this was a great countdown. Really loved it.

[@pierre-mariecaulliez6285]

You can't make a top 10 of that : it would be too short ! Roughly ANY game that came out without an abysmal launch, or created a new genre, or was a commercial success, or created a lasting franchise, or... Would be on that list (spoiler alert, that's actually quite a lot)

[@Vampocrat]

@@pierre-mariecaulliez6285 It wouldn't towards releases of actual good game with good launches because that'd be too easy. No, just the noteworthy accomplishments that allow the company to go above and beyond being just a good game company. For example, I can make a Top 10 for Nintendo since Josh ended this series with them: 10.) Acquiring Shigeru Miyamoto 9.) Nintendo Directs 8.) Pioneering handheld gaming 7.) Allowing SpookyWoobler to play Smash Ultimate before he died. 6.) Nintendo's E3 2004 Presentation. 5.) Hiring Reggie Fils-Aime 4.) Setting the standard for 3D gaming. 3.) Satoru Iwata punishing himself for the failure of the Wii U. 2.) Super Smash Bros. 1.) The obvious one, saving the industry from the crash. See? Easy.

[@andrewhaase1826]

Dishonorable Mentions: *Removing wild pokemon battles in Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. This made leveling up and evolving pokemon harder than it needed to because you can't grind in the traditional sense. And catching pokemon requires pokeballs. And stocking up on those to catch pokemon and level up your party is gonna burn through your winnings. *Metroid Other M: I can't blame Team Ninja for this, it could've been good. The problem isn't that it exists, the problem is that it was executed poorly. *Paper Mario Sticker Star: QG explained it best on his most disappointing games countdown.

[@Wiimeiser]

The thing is, Other M was a flop in Japan, too, and for many though not all of the same reasons. IIRC in Japanese Culture stoicness in a crisis shows you have the situation under control.

[@joegreen3802]

Actually, it really wasn't that hard to stock up on Poke balls. The game just kind of throws them at you

[@joegreen3802]

@@dylansmith5206 You can never please smash fans (-_-) If you don't like it, fine. But the rest of us do.

[@joegreen3802]

Dylan Smith good for you

[@maskofice9432]

Rewatching this after news of an asset flip being sold on the Switch has made rounds and number 10 feels a little worse now.....

[@amirgarcia547]

Oh boy, this’s definitely gonna be good. As much as I like Nintendo, they’ve had it good for too long. And as bittersweet as it is for this to be the last company fails list, it’s by far the best way to end it!👌🏽

[@-lord1754]

@Justinn Zamora Aside from online, id say they are doing a pretty good job. kirby needs to step its game up though. Pokemon is bad but its always been bad so idc lol

[@poissony]

This may be a small thing, but thank you for including the number 1.5 section on lack of Nintendo support in Southeast Asia. It’s so frustrating talking to my American friends who tell me about all the childhood memories they had on the SNES or N64 or GameCube, and me being left dry and unable to really play some of these games except via Wii support. Props to the guy who took over that section! What’s his username? EDIT: Just realized he’s named Count Shaman. Glad to support a new promising KZbinr from across the causeway! SINGAPORE SENDS OUR GREETINGS BOLEHLAND!

[@MrMarinus18]

Nintendo is always desperate to be in control of everything so they often barely do anything in countries with very restrictive laws. It's the same in South-America.

[@BJGvideos]

@@MrMarinus18 So why do they have Nintendo affiliates there if they don't do anything? I thought NoE was bad enough, taking eons to release games that Japan and North America got ages ago.

[@shiffpup2529]

This was actually a bit eye-opening for me. No company can last as long as Nintendo has and not mess up, but some of these I either didn't know about or had some misinformation/not the whole story. Nice.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

17:36 at yet that meme from Futurama says a lot when Nintendo FAILS to listen

[@samuelb-1406]

Finally, after all the teasing, its here!

[@j-yoshi64_justcallmej]

I actually didn't know about quite a few of these. Wow. Also, I forgot that was Josh's text alert, and was pleasantly surprised.

[@vexedrat1874]

My soul cries out with glee when I hear the ending KA-BOOOOOOOM.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Well, that's the end of this long and enjoyable saga... And this was an epic conclusion! Especially since you got Oscar in to help out! One thing I will say is that I'm surprised you didn't mention any of Nintendo's lawsuits... especially those where they overworked mascots. (Yeah, even Nintendo aren't immune to this.) For those unaware, (and assuming my facts are accurate) they overworked a guy in a Donkey Kong costume on a baking hot day, wouldn't let him take the costume off at ANY point and didn't even allow him to have toilet breaks... And they did this TWICE!

[@BJGvideos]

How did that lawsuit go? Had the guy signed a contract?

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

@@BJGvideos Two different people. And I don't remember...

[@alvaroperez2349]

17:20 Advance Wars: Re-Boot Camp would like to speak with you.

[@ArceusBowser212]

Well, once it releases.