biggest nintendo controversies and PR nightmares...

Nintendo has had quite a few bigger PR and marketing disasters over the years, whether it is related to Animal Crossing, Mario, Pokemon, or anything else Nintendo.
/ rocketelijah

[@humankerbal3623]

nintendo would get so much free advertising just not suing everybody who looks at them funny and also localizing mother 3

[@aronspiker72]

Mother 3 isn't going to be localized anytime soon due to American music copyright laws being even dumber than American video game copyright laws, so that game specifically is out of their control

[@Yoshizuyuner]

@@aronspiker72 unless they do a go fund me and rase enough money for it and it would cost alot

[@highdefinition450]

you act as though they need it lol. there will always be children who will buy their games. that's their target demographic. they do not give a shit if a couple thousand of adults on the internet are mad they can't pirate and mod their games lmao

[@camharkness]

Okay, with the mother 3 thing, I'm just gonna say it, I feel like majority of the people saying "localize mother 3!" Will also get mad if it's locked to the online stuff, but if they release it normally, people will still get mad that it costs more than $20.

[@42seven]

@@camharkness nintendo doesn't love you

[@Chelaxim]

The price announcement of Tears of The Kingdom also coincided with the Nintendo Switch Online Voucher program. Also remember how the reveal trailer got delayed one day? It was supposed to be revealed the same day of Queen Elizabeth II passing.

[@jaredarenas7542]

I still remember how there were theories swirling around then that the game was titled "Death of the Royal" or something like that, and it would be too insensitive to release it, so Nintendo would need to scrap everything. Funny to laugh about it looking back

[@PipimiOden]

I remember it being the day after

[@CinnaBox]

they fr were like “oh btw we’re delaying this broadcast in the UK :3” but that was most certainly because they saw the news, looked at the title of the game and realized “goddamn it”

[@renakunisaki]

They knew nobody would be paying attention that day.

[@SnoFitzroy]

@@CinnaBox that would have been funny if they didn't delay it considering monarchy is a societal cancer

[@ParasocialCatgirl]

19:30 The developers of that Cooking Mama game (Planet Digital) did in fact make a press release in February 2019, stating that the game would be "the first game to incorporate blockchain technology on major consoles" (among other blockchain-y things). So it is pretty understandable why the performance/overheating issues would have been chalked up to crypto-y blockchain-y shenanigans.

[@Yoshizuyuner]

sad how that title has fallen

[@polocatfan]

it is absolutely a crypto miner.

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

They said it yes but it was just a case of a company using buzzwords as an failed attempt to hype something up rather than actual features. It later came out that they had no idea what crypto even was and it was just terms they'd heard that they thought sounded cool. The Switch isn't even physically capable of mining bitcoin.

[@SplatBad]

TPC probably confused nuzlockes with randomizers, as they're paired up usually on KZbin. So when Kit and Krysta wanted to do a nuzlocke, a thing which TPC isn't that aware of, they probably looked it up, and saw all the randomizer nuzlocke content, thus comparing it to using a hacked version of a game.

[@SplatBad]

9:50 timestamp

[@polocatfan]

not an excuse you simp

[@schizokonoko]

I was wondering if maybe TPC just didn't want nuzlocke runs to be recognized in any official capacity, but this theory checks out too. Either way it's definitely just a miscommunication somewhere along the line rather than kit n krysta actively and intentionally trying to spread misinformation

[@Vampirecrypt]

It could've also been because of a misunderstanding, they might've only known a little bit about it and thought the challenge was enforced by a mod or ROM hack.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

Funnily enough the original Nuzlocke didn’t even have him nicknaming his Pokémon.

[@ShiningStarlight101]

Love the video!! but i do want to mention the reason brick bronze was likely taken down is because it had a ton of robux related boosts and items. Meaning the people behind it were technically making money off of it

[@wolffeather535]

Hi there! Love your videos I'm Native (Kanai/Blackfoot) so honestly on the Mr. Game and Watch situation honestly, I managed to miss but this is one of those situations where it is an offense stereotype that I am personally sick of seeing. It's the 'savage indian' stereotype especially given the original Game and Watch game it was based on. Most of my childhood I grew up with seeing only really stereotypes of Natives that were only based on a handful of tribes (usually the tribes in the plains) I know it's not as bad as an entire football team having a literal racist term as a team name. But it's something I would prefer not to see. This is honestly kinda of a loaded topic once you learn more about what has happened and is still happening to Natives. I appreciate you asking for our opinions on this since in general minority groups aren't really properly listen to.

[@YoWhatUpSussy]

Hey friend, thanks for sharing your perspective! I'm very sorry you still see this type of caricatures regularly.

[@pizza-pi]

Sorry this continues to happen to you. I hope someday we can leave all of the ... honestly insulting caricatures and prejudices in the past, where they should be, if they have to be somewhere at all.

[@RyneMcKinney]

There's also the great amiibo heist of 2015, and when Paper Color Splash released early for some people

[@KatOwO2235]

on the price increase, it also varies with country, here in Canada, a lot of Switch games are 80 dollars each even for simple side scrolling mario and 50 dollars extra for the NSO expansion, PS5 games are no different ranging from 70 to 120 bucks, it's pretty insane at the moment and I tend to emulate more just to get games still because costs too much, I have to save up my fixed income money for even one single game, yeah Nintendo didn't think this through with the pandemic effecting price of existence so yeah if Nintendo want us to buy more, then lower prices, especially when sidescrolling Mario is not worth 80 f@#%ing dollars, Mario Odyssey I can see being 80 cause of the huge open world, high graphics, lots of content, 3-D platformer, yeah 80 dollars, but Mario U and Wonder, no, far from it, at most 20 dollars cause it's basically NES Mario but 2.5D instead of 2-D

[@afarewelltokings]

i can't really agree that i think there was any justification in not only the outcome but in general directly suing the person who ran that rom website. Metallica suing individual fans for piracy turned them into a joke in the greater music community, why hasn't this happened with Nintendo yet

[@jvcobeilish3292]

Little does KZbin know you’re the best one out there and on the brink of going viral. You deserve millions of subs with your commentary! Please keep moving toward Nintendo Variety as your channel grows

[@aeroblu2002]

A reminder that Tomodachi Life doesn't allow same sex couples, but does allow for couples with a high age gap. I had a few Miis who wanted to confess to others, despite one being elder and the other being around their 20s/30s, I even tried setting birthdays to see if that would change it, but no, ew...

[@Evil_Pasta]

Nintendo is the worst company, that makes some of the best games

[@ScrewdriverGaming]

Great developers, terrible company

[@juliannocartagena2007]

What would 9-Volt think of that?!

[@Vulpas]

@@ScrewdriverGaming Best company, best games, aside from Valve. Neither kneel to woke mobs, at least not fully.

[@Cog96]

Evil Nintendo be like: the best company, that makes some of the worst games.

[@Drazil232]

​@@Vulpashmmm, yes, the woke agenda of.... wanting smash turnaments and not having fun fan projects C&D-ed. Listen, i love Nintendo games, but the company sucks ass to an insane degree, lol.

[@stefanspelt3578]

Some european guy made a book that has the plot from Ocarina Of Time in it, Nintendo got PISSED that day!

[@supercamborg4218]

Do you know what the book is? I’d rear it out of spite

[@bewearstar9462]

It was a russian girl who played the game in germany

[@MortallyBane]

Glad they didn't include the Pokemon seizure incident because there seems to be a trend of KZbinr who cover it putting the real footage of the show in the videos, me having epilepsy and whatnot it made my heart sink when I saw a split second the familiar yet dreadful episode.

[@MusicComet]

I honestly wish the guy would've just forced them to give him a break by doing it himself. If your safety is on the line, asking nicely will just not be enough. The job was on the line, but come on. Just to clarify, I'm not blaming him. I just wish it could've been prevented because I hate seeing people get hurt for reasons like these :(

[@artislifexx]

I can't believe that someone needed heart surgery 😮

[@shoes-fd5wv]

Native American here, the Game & Watch stereotypical skin was definitely a little offensive (to me personally), i dont speak on every native though

[@mizosis]

i still have those thin wrist straps on two of my wii remotes. the other two in my four set have the updated ones, since they snapped. i didn’t know the old ones were recalled until a few years ago, actually…

[@wowyourhere]

0:06 so that's why they havint been making donkey kong games

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

True

[@JoJoestar]

I would agree with your point on Zelda but we're already seeing $70 being the new price for games not just from Nintendo. Not saying Zelda is why but it is note worthy to say was what is making more games list at $70. It's not many but it's increasing pretty steadily.

[@sethmccutcheon9296]

idk man, I feel like once I started feeling exhausted I’d have quit after being denied a break the second time…

[@escaperoutebritish]

There was no risk of Helena Taylor effecting the sales of Bayonetta 3. But you know, "it's not my job to care."

[@draagon9900]

decieded to buy the 20$ online access back during the mario 35 stuff , twas a scam in my eyes since i mainly play single player games and rarely ever touched the multiplayer games , just feels like a extra paywall , plus i dont even main the switch wich makes it feel even more like a scam

[@Funnyperson-jz3ut]

I randomly had the sudden urge to play the smash bros games, as I really enjoyed Brawl's campaign and thought that every version of smash had something similar. It was sad when I found out that they didn't.

[@kitsugamer9916]

Nintendo wasted their time with the classic sonic games because there’s Sonic origins to play the genesis games

[@torquemada3332]

not really a PR disaster, but one of the wildest promos nintendo ever did was the officially licensed Conker's bad fur day condoms

[@dentedkettle8118]

I only discovered this channel a few days ago but I love it sm and have binged so many of your videos!!! You need sm more attention

[@tvirus9369]

The whole native American thing was dumb same goes to the mario wearing a Sombrero, as a mexican myself I feel disappointed they took that off the cover 😡

[@MidnightWildspirit]

having paying for Multiplayer, make Me want to get a Gaming PC & Abandon Consoles.

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

17:56 Yeah... I highly doubt that Nintendo will start doing anything like that for a long time if ever.

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

28:58 Well you know, it is kind of fair though. I can definitely see how allowing fan content could be a slippery slope, you allow one thing and then something that's very similar but with a few decisions that maybe don't really align with what you want your company being viewed as show up, but since you allowed the first thing it would seem fairly rational to allow this because its similar, then while the next one is even further from desirable it's not too far from the second, and so you just have this gradual bit by bit worsening of the type of content being created up until you're suddenly associated with doom and gloom when you're supposed to be a family company. It's not like that isn't exactly how that goes either, companies that allow fan content always inevitably have this kind of crud happen, so best to just burn it at its roots.

[@Unknownplayer31305]

I rate this video 9/10 it didn't mention Metroid prime 2: Echoes failed viral marketing campaigns in light of I love Bees.

[@Unknownplayer31305]

Such as the " all your bees are belong to us. Never send a man to do a woman's job" campaign image thing... just Google it.

[@floweyseed]

This was a great watch. Keep it up, Elijah!

[@bi0-h4zard]

I have a physical copy of cooking mama, should i be worried?

[@highdefinition450]

i never realized the mr. game and watch torch guy was supposed to be native American lol wow

[@iamphoenixfire]

14:59 im not native, but i went to high school with the same mascot as the Washington football team. Its a slur. Using it as a mascot was wrong. We changed our mascot after I graduated like a decade ago

[@bluberryboom5463]

My main problem with paying for switch online is that its STILL TERRIBLE

[@SamPendentTheThief]

I wish I could go to other peoples Islands for free like I used to in the old games

[@HappyBlite]

Hype for new leaf 100 days

[@davidmctavish4548]

As a native, I don’t really see it as much of something offensive lmao

[@_Galaxtia_YT]

WE NEED NEW HORIZONZ 100 DAYS

[@danielflanagan3325]

Denji Sentai MegaRanger?!

[@MorchoGames]

I'm Sorry, Why Did I Hear the Megaranger theme in the Background of the first few minutes of the video?

[@user-cm5wb1yb2b]

The worst thing that did was the Phillip cdi

[@renakunisaki]

You mentioned Nintendo Ninjas and leaks, but not the part where leaked documents outlined how Nintendo was literally stalking and harassing people who knew how to hack the 3DS?

[@maritoguionyo]

12:49 maybe

[@Cliffordlonghead]

When will the 100 Days in new leaf release?

[@threew2]

Be patient

[@Cliffordlonghead]

BOT ​@@threew2

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@threew2 BOT

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

@@Cliffordlongheadfirst btw don’t call random people bots

[@Cliffordlonghead]

​@@Jelly_shy_guy_man DELETE YOUR COMMENT ON THE VIDEO U CHEATED ON CRIMINAL BOT

[@rachnadubral1]

Hey, I hope you make a discord server. Cool vid btw

[@humbleebumblee]

Anyone know what game is 28:38?

[@veemowithahat]

mario vs sonic 2016 i believe

[@supercamborg4218]

Mario & Sonic 2020 on the switch

[@mother-aiya]

I'm getting pretty sick of Nintendo and all the sh that they do.

[@edwardsaldana2534]

Am I the only one who likes smash 4?

[@KittyKatty999]

Company or rich person: *Does something clearly evil* Victim: I'm going to settle and keep everything annnomous. No point in trying to actually hold influential people publicly accountable!

[@nintendo81]

More animal crosing

[@PhazonEnder]

"Nintendo has had quite a few bigger PR and marketing disasters over the years, whether it is related to Animal Crossing, Mario, Pokemon, or anything else Nintendo." That description of yours doesn't make a lick of sense.

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

Dear god! I have that game, and I played it on a large screen tv, never has it looked that pixelated as it does on my laptop in this video.

[@mosthardworkingrino]

I 9:18

[@thatonepossum5766]

I wouldn’t have minded Switch Online if they didn’t sabotage the Pokémon Sword DLC to practically require it to access all the content. Those mega raid whatever dens are almost unplayable without Switch Online. The NPCs I’m forced to team up with will occasionally just straight up sabotage me. It’s a $30 DLC for a $60 game, and part of it requires a subscription to play. What the heck?

[@kameeeen]

7 minutes ago is crazyyy

[@YujiUedaFan]

**Citra exists** Nintendo: You're going down out of spite! No, we DON'T care that 3DS is borderline abandonware now!

[@MusicComet]

Tbf, they've been doing it to even GBA and DS games. 3DS isn't that surprising.

[@YujiUedaFan]

@@MusicComet But you can still EMULATE them. 3DS had one good emulator.

[@ShatteredSquare2]

I Saw it as them attacking Yuzu and Citra had to be taken down by association as they cant ignore it as it may be seen as allowing emulators to exist

[@MusicComet]

@@YujiUedaFan Another 3DS emulator will arise, I'm sure. Although not having access to one for a fair amount of time is definitely unfortunate. Although I heard that Citra devs had discord users in their server paying them for the emulator? I think it was Citra otherwise it's Yuzu (in which case my point is null), but that would be the only reason it even got hit at all.

[@supercamborg4218]

⁠@@MusicCometit’s both actually

[@amogus2734]

U

[@ScrewdriverGaming]

U

[@gggumball]

Wii

[@chrishudson9012]

DLC it’s not in the game (Zelda, tears of the kingdom)

[@therealjaystone2344]

Mario wonder, Pikmin 4

[@ZIPPYZAC13]

60th like

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Three3 won’t reply to this comment

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

Tears of the kingdom is mostly just expensive DLC. On top of the fact it was developed using way outdated tech.

[@projectz358]

for tomodachi, if they did add gay jank the rating would go up so I can see why they wouldn’t make another one unless they are absolutely sure it’ll make cash.

[@Kirby_Blue_Game]

First Like & Comment

[@MPlayzVR]

First like and comment

[@Cliffordlonghead]

NOT

[@MPlayzVR]

@@Cliffordlonghead uh huh

[@Cliffordlonghead]

u wrong too

[@Cliffordlonghead]

​@@MPlayzVRNOT CRIMINAL BOT

[@fondajames]

TOTK absolutely shouldnt have been 70, it runs like crap and its too slow to enjoy.

[@jackieradz]

my boyfriend says the same thing. he got it for me for christmas, and while he has played it, hasn’t progressed much because he thinks it boring. i haven’t played much of it either!

[@MusicComet]

Sounds like you guys confuse preference with quality. I mean, if it runs like crap then yeah, but if you find it boring then that's just a you issue.

[@thedinobros1218]

If you are offended by ONE frame in Smash, you need help.

[@Pehmokettu]

So you don't know how Mr. Game & Watch works? If that special move would not have been removed then you could have spammed that offensive Native American move as much as you wanted and the problem would have been much worse than just 'one frame'.

[@thedinobros1218]

@@Pehmokettu yeah, it isn’t even offensive though.

[@supercamborg4218]

@@thedinobros1218 The comment right above yours is from a Native American who disagrees

[@thedinobros1218]

@@supercamborg4218 evidence?

[@supercamborg4218]

Look through the comments, you’ll see it

[@Vulpas]

8:13 Nintendo shouldn't pander to weird predators

[@supermariof0521]

Looks like got a "Daily Wire" stooge over here. 😒

[@Vulpas]

@@supermariof0521 Looks like we have another groomer who can't define woman over here.

[@Cuprite1024]

Well this explains your reply on the other comment chain. You're one of *those* people that make connections where there aren't any.

[@supermariof0521]

@@Cuprite1024 Me or Vilpas?

[@Cuprite1024]

@@supermariof0521 Vulpas. Not you, don't worry. Lol.

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

I don't think any native Americans were hurt in the slightest by being shown in a video game, there was absolutely no negative connotations or anything, it barely even looked like it was actually a native American to begin with, it looked like a black blob. A single frame of animation that flashes by in a game is probably not going to do any harm to anyone. Personally, I wouldn't have then gone and changed it like Nintendo did, but of course I make games for my own personal entertainment and probably wouldn't even really care if someone might find it offensive because it was never for them anyway, whereas Nintendo makes games for money primarily as well as some side goals which means it is important to cater to the audience even if it means changing a tiny minute detail in a single frame of animation.

[@bewearstar9462]

Some other native Americans in the comments can say the same

[@flameofthephoenix8395]

@@bewearstar9462 Probably.

[@cyanryann64]

Bruh not every game needs to be forced to have gay shit in it like dayum boohoo

[@shadowmanwkp]

Nobody is forcing you to engage with it.