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welcome to watch mojo
and today we'll be counting down our
picks for the top 10 worst things
nintendo has
ever done
the right joy con also has nfc read
write functionality
the touch screen on the bottom provides
console controls and the larger 3d
display on top
for this list we're looking at the
anti-consumer practices and bad
business decisions of nintendo let us
know in the comments
which one you find the most unforgivable
it's only going to get worse from here
let's go number 10
super mario 3d all-stars
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since the switch came out all fans have
been asking for is more
ports of classic games but nintendo
remains stingy with what they choose to
re-release
finally in 2020 prayers were answered
with the announcement of super mario 3d
all-stars
a switch collection containing super
mario 64
super mario sunshine and super mario
galaxy
so what's the problem well the
collection only had a limited release
window
on top of that the ports were actually
inferior to fan made ports and
emulations
specifically a pc port of super mario 64
that had 4k and ultra wide support this
was
of course quickly removed by nintendo's
legal team
leaving us stuck with the lazy official
version
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number nine amiibo shortages
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these collectible figurines disappear
from shelves usually before they even
reach them
thanks to nintendo's terrible business
model despite having consistent amiibo
support since the 3ds
nintendo doesn't seem too interested in
making the amiibos themselves more
accessible
constantly refusing to restock the lines
while perpetuating a toxic pre-order
cycle
it's basically impossible to get your
hands on amiibos for a reasonable price
you've got to be a dedicated fan with a
lot of money to burn to assemble any
kind of collection
this could all be solved if nintendo
would just manufacture more amiibos
or actually restock them but they still
refuse to do so
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number eight switch voice chat you can
set restrictions based on the game's age
rating
as well as online communication and
social media posting
many games nowadays are meant to be
enjoyed with lots of other people
which is why voice chat has been an
integral part of gaming for decades
but this isn't the case with nintendo
which insists on making it unnecessarily
difficult to actually connect a headset
to your switch
though the switch has a standard
headphone jack you need a phone or a
tablet running the nintendo switch
online app
to make a party and actually talk to
people while you play
nintendo claims this is to protect kids
using their devices
but since most kids who have switches
will also have access to a phone or
tablet
it's doubtful that the extra steps
actually help at all
number 7 super nes cd-rom
and i saw a post that said today i
learned about the sony
and nintendo collaboration that was
supposed to be in the late 80s
nintendo signed an agreement with sony
to jointly develop a cd-rom attachment
for the popular snes
which was hindered by the fact it was
still using expensive cartridges
but not wanting to give ground to sony
nintendo eventually
abandoned the partnership completely to
work with a different company
phillips on the cd drive sony's response
was
of course to announce it was making a
video game console of its own which
would go on to become the wildly popular
playstation 1.
this grave error on nintendo's part has
left them playing catch up to sony for
the better part of 30 years
though the playstation was certainly a
good thing for gamers
with a strong lineup of games such as
parappa the rapper
and crash bandicoot the most powerful
gaming console available
number six selling out sega video games
threatened to
rob this particular holiday season of a
spirit of good will
it's been proven many times that it's a
myth video games cause violent behavior
but back in the 90s the moral panic over
gory games like mortal kombat reached a
fever pitch
by 1993 nintendo and sega found
themselves in front of congress
rather than show a united front to
politicians who didn't understand the
industry
nintendo tried to blame sega for
increasingly mature video games by
saying they
only allowed family-friendly titles onto
their platforms
unable to put their intense rivalry
aside to this day nintendo maintains its
family-friendly image
despite plenty of m-rated games coming
to its consoles
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number five no virtual console on switch
nintendo has an absolutely enormous
library of old games
and in the days of the we and the wii u
the virtual console made it easy to play
retro games
unfortunately nintendo has all but
abandoned the virtual console on switch
switch online comes with an impressive
collection of nes
and snes games but she'll struggle to
get your hands on anything more recent
it's baffling that the virtual console
has disappeared for this generation
not that it was handled well to begin
with back when the 3ds had its launch
price slashed
early adopters were compensated with
ports of classic game boy advanced games
ports that never saw the light of day on
the e-shop for anybody else
number four the wii u's failure
a new view into your gaming worlds and
creates dynamic new forms of gameplay
it opens a new window of possibilities
the switch eventually became the hybrid
console nintendo always wanted the wii u
to be
but stuck in between two game-changing
consoles the wii u has already been
forgotten
on paper it had a lot of good ideas it
was finally going to support
hd graphics and would have a game pad
with its own screen
capable of being played in both handheld
mode and on the tv
but things didn't click for the wii u
which sold poorly
had a terrible name and didn't have too
many system seller titles
and with the minimal third party support
it had a significantly smaller library
than the ps4
and xbox one and be a household hero
with we party u
number three joycon drift nintendo
switch is designed to let you play games
when and where you want we've had
multiple different switches
and even the switch light but they all
develop the same problem eventually
joy-con drift where your joy-con
thumbsticks think they're being moved
when it's not in use
the problem can get so severe that
you're unable to play your games
meaning you've either got to buy new
controllers or in the case of the switch
lite
send your entire console away and hope
it can be fixed
the problem is so endemic to the switch
family that multiple lawsuits have been
brought against nintendo which
until 2020 continued to deny that joycon
drift was even a problem
the right joy-con also has nfc read and
write functionality that supports amiibo
number two major account breach
living in the age of information comes
with some risks
namely that any one of the many
companies that hold your personal
details could get hacked
but few would handle it as poorly as
nintendo
in march 2020 news began to surface on
social media of unauthorized purchases
appearing on people's nintendo accounts
often for fortnite v-bucks instead of
admitting that there had been a data
breach however
nintendo decided to keep customers in
the dark for weeks
only announcing in late april that
roughly 160 000 accounts had been the
victims of these hackers
they may have been offered refunds but
refusing to explain what happened
is unforgivable before we unveil our top
pick here are a few other bad nintendo
honorable mentions
tharsja censorship fire emblem awakening
they really thought this scene was too
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inappropriate
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awful controls star fox zero
the wii u gamepad wasn't anywhere near
good enough to be used
this much that's as far as you go
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number one dmcas
if there's one thing nintendo hates it's
their own fan base
do anything using a nintendo property
ranging from creating a fan game to just
uploading gameplay footage to youtube
and you'll almost certainly be issued a
cease and desist notice
nintendo's merciless approach to
copyright has led to a decline in people
live streaming their games on
pain of receiving a dmca takedown
despite the fact live streams are free
advertising
the company even went out of its way to
remove mario themed games from other
platforms like dreams on the ps4
with a huge track record of
anti-consumer practices
this abuse of copyright law is the worst
thing nintendo still does to this day
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