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As someone who has played Breath of the Wild over the years, I can say with certainty that the game is not for everyone, and that is okay. It's a game that takes the player out of the "comfort zones" of the Legend of Zelda games that preceded it. Weapons can (and will) break. Enemies that were once easy to defeat now suddenly become a challenge. Link must hunt and find ingredients in the wilderness to cook to restore health and stamina. Breath of the Wild also managed to accuately depict the weather and climate with logical game physics. Link has to wear the correct kinds of clothes to brave the elements without catching fire, freezing to death, or getting electrocuted (if he has anything metallic equipped). The way that Breath of the Wild applies the "Day/Night" cycle also matters tremendously because it adds a greater sense of danger by including skeletons and more enemies possessed by the "Blood Moon." The soundtrack presents an excellent and effective way to warn the player whenever that happens and that they shouldn't be outside at night because the music starts playing in reverse. The one thing about Breath of the Wild that I wish that Nintendo had handled differently was the "Yiga Clan Hideout." It's not so much because it's a stealth mission. It's because the game does not allow the player to save progress whenever Link is inside the hideout. While the mission certainly is possible to complete (if the player can find the banana stash), getting caught usually means an instant "Game Over" because there is no way for Link to defend himself.

Thanks for the shout out! Great video!!

Its funny that you compared the e3 2014 with the June 2024 direct to say how the presenters doesn't show emotion anymore, but you dont mention that the June 2024 had a moment like that, with Yuji Horii presenting Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D, he was shown to be so happy to be there talking about his game.

The only Nintendo systems I had experienced prior to 2011 were the SNES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, DS Lite, and the original Wii. My dad bought me the original N3DS around the end of 2011 when the system got a price cut. I was a fan of Nintendo, just from that system alone and while I never got a Wii U when it was still the company's focus (even though, I really wanted one to show support), I was always rooting for its success because it was the only home console from the 8th Gen that actually excited me. Looking back on that era, yeah it's very easy to say that this was the company's dark days, but honestly the community and the bigwigs at Nintendo made the best of things, during that time and for me, that's why I still hold that generation in high regard. Heck, I literally made a playlist on my channel that contain my favorite fan videos on CZcams that were made from 2011 to early 2017 and years later, I still have no problem going back on that playlist from time-to-time. While it wasn't Nintendo's best generation, it was a definitely special one though. While I still like the Switch, I'm not a fan of the company anymore and I'm not going to list my reasons why because this comment is already long enough, but still.

It will all be missed, the family of Nintendo.

Sakurai's style of presentations didn't really "die" with Sora's reveal by the way. He has a channel called something like "Masahiro Sakurai On Games" where he records himself talking about miscellaneous behind-the-scenes parts of all the games he's worked on, complete with animated AND live action skits. I frequently watch some of his videos because he's also outright a good, high-quality youtuber, and all the charm from the weird Nintendo era is intact.

I hope if Sakurai comes back for the next Smash game that he will keep making those amazing Directs of his :D

I miss the weird Nintendo, modern Nintendo is very bland, generic and soulless :( you can really see this in the Directs, they used to be Nintendo showing off some passion projects with enthusiastic developers showing insight whereas now they are ''GET EXCITED FOR PRODUCT BUY PRODUCT GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT''... like there is no way stuff like that Funko garbage would have made it into a Wii U or 3DS Direct

This is when Doug Bowser’s public appearances peaked. And even then, it really was Bowser Koopa who was that MVP.

Nintendo was so neat and had so much personality. Mr. Iwata and Mr. Fils Amei felt like friends

As a wrestling fan, your insertion of JR had me loling

A contributing factor to the Nintendo of the Wii U and 3DS era was that Iwata was a game programmer/developer before being the head of Nintendo.

Very happy to have found you in my recommended videos, keep it up man 🖤

I truly believe Nintendo was at their most weird and creative during the Gamecube/Early Wii era. They made so many weird and fun games for the Gamecube that were replaced by gimmicky and lower quality games and ports. Luckily the Switch has recaptured that creativity.

Back when I actually liked Nintendo.

Why did you make a video that can make a grown man cry? I miss WIIU-3DS era SOOOO MUCH, no joke: everytime I replay or find and play another game from that era I go back temporarily.. and when I have to stop, it feels like and a abrupt slap to the face when seeing the time we're in now... No idfense to switch lovers..I played and I HATE it. The love is gone, and even if new developers are putting it in their games, it's being filtered out by current nintendo...

Nintendo is just not the same anymore... iwata was like my old grandfather.. which my 2 grandfathers passed away so now im really depressed i cant meet mr iwata or reggie or that funny guy bill..

Nintendo recently pulled off a genius marketing stunt with Emio being part of the Famicom Detective Club series and it really paid off, I guarantee that if that 3rd FDC game we’re shown in a direct everyone would pass it up and not consider picking it up, it’s going to be $50 and have physical versions, unlike the FDC Remakes from 2021.

Idk man i prefear the new direct that is,indeed, more direct,they tried in 2022/2021 whit the switch sport but man if it was slow

Looks like 2010's kids nostalgia is starting to hit. I wish people thought it was special, but only kids woth rose tinted goggles remember it like that. People thought there was something wrong with you if you liked Nintendo in the 2010s. It was extremely taboo back them. The Wii U had good games but you'd never know that if you listened to journalists or youtubers.

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how fitting i stumble upon this video the same week I had the feeling to play my 3ds

Yeah. I'm really gonna miss the more under rated luxuries of Nintendo. DSiWare on 3DS, Cheap GBA staples on Wii U, crashing into things rainbows, good times.

I think that this video is very dismissive of what the current leaders at Nintendo can do and have done, sure it's different, but the fact that they have helped Nintendo reach heights probably Reggie and Iwata couldn't do is an accomplishment on it's own. Appreciate what the leaders at Nintendo have done for us, this is the best Nintendo generation we've had. Nintendo is actually listening to us, WII U had droughts and hardly no first-party games, no Animal Crossing, no Warioware, no Zelda game, no Metroid, no 3 Mario parties, honestly. Sure the WII U was a better console but the Switch has a better library and a much more versatile way to play your games. I'd prefer a bigger library and a hybrid console over a home console with hardly any games, hell Even Mario Tennis Aces is better than Mario Tennis Ultra Smash (pass) I feel like fans complained about Super Mario 3d World being too linear, but when Nintendo gives us an actual sandbox game, now all of a sudden, people actually like 3d world more, same for wonder, people complained about how the new super Mario bros series was stale and wanted something different but when we get something different, we complain. Nintendo Switch is one of the best Nintendo generations of all time and it's sad people aren't appreciating what Nintendo gave us. They will only miss it when the next console is released, just like the WII U was finally appreciated after the switch came out. This was a slap in the face to the modern Nintendo, you fans are so entitled and unappreciative. The fact that the Switch is still selling with hardly any apps is impressive in itself. A video game console isn't known for its apps but for its games and it shows. Nobody was watching TV or on the internet when the SNES or the N64 came out and the GameCube, yet they say they are some of Nintendo's best, why can't Switch get the same recognition. Nintendo is still Nintendo to me, it's only going to change once Miyamoto is dead, then that's when you all need to start to worry. He is the real face of Nintendo, not Iwata or Reggie. Miyamoto started the Nintendo craze and it will die with him.

Such a great video. The emotional beats were so powerful

I prefer modern Nintendo. Better games, on point marketing and relationships, everything is so efficient. On WiiU era it seemed like they didn’t take the brand seriously and just clowned around for 6 years.

Anytime a video starts talking about Iwata I start tearing up lol. Great vid man

I genuinely feel like Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-aime carried Nintendo's remaining reputation. As soon as reggie left, it became more easy to dislike nintendo because reggie was the only guy who did listen and interact with fans.

I still miss Iwata, since he died I feel Nintendo has become increasingly more corporate as it feels like the people running the company are neither gamers nor developers. Hence why people are so iffy on the idea of NSO and it’s expansion, not to mention charging $60 for remakes such as Skyward Sword, Luigi’s Mansion 2 and the soon to be upcoming Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. I don't think Iwata would be entirely happy with some of the things Nintendo is doing now.

It's easy to wish for the past because we forget about the strain we had to deal with. This video really opened my eyes in seeing that Masahiro Sakurai (greatest artist of the modern age) really kept that tradition alive even after Iwata and Reggie were gone. His style of presentation is one I try to mirror in my own videos.

The old guard started off running a struggling midsized toy company, but more and more of Nintendo is filled with people who have only ever been with it as a gaming and tech giant. I'm not sure the company will ever be quite the same, it'll only drift further from that root. But at least they solidified that spirit in their game design philosophy.

The WiiU era was the perfect time to be a fan, the Switch era is the perfect time to be a player. Now if only we could have gotten both at the same time... Instead we have been in a growing "meh" since like 2013.

Bring back Miiverse and Reggie problem solved 😊

Tbf I think the current Nintendo Direct approach being so rapid fire feels like that it's a byproduct of them inserting all of these 3rd party titles including the dime a dozen JRPGs they seemingly waste too much time on. At the very least from a game development standpoint, remakes for Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario TTYD is a level of fan service that none of us expected would ever happen.

Bro used ChatGPT to write this 💀💀

i do miss the charm nintendo had like a decade ago we will likely never see nintendo be the way they used to be and thats a shame since we used to get so many funny bits from each direct back then

This was the era where I stopped being a "fanboy" and learned to be critical of the businesses I support. Of course I have fond memories of the Wii U era as it was my college years, with games like Smash, Rayman Legends, Splatoon, COD, etc but we all know the U wasn't a great era overall and sold badly. The Switch succeeded because the U failed. It was certainly an era that won't be forgotten. I was honestly of course critical of Nintendo's business practices but was deeply hurt by Iwata's passing and I wish he was still here with us. But he's playing his games in the sky. Rest easy, Iwata-san.

Idk about Wii U, but my favorite experiences were on the Gamecube. If I were to compare: Sunshine vs Odyssey - They're Mario games, but I didn't really get into them and played them equally as little. WW and TP vs BotW and TotK - These Zelda games feel even to me. I enjoy them all, though TotK does feel like BotW but just more, while TP is completely different from WW. Kirby Air Ride vs Forgotten Kingdom - Kirby Air Ride without a doubt. This experience hasn't come back since, and the closest thing we got to it was Smash Run on Smash for 3DS. Colosseum and XD vs Sw/Sh and S/V - Hahaha... yeah Colosseum hands down. Pokemon games on Switch are buggy and not worth full price. F-Zero GX vs F-Zero 99 - ...Really? F-Zero GX. Baffles me that they really can't seem to bring more to do with F-Zero other than a battle royale. Not going to give Switch praise for sharing the Steam library but at much poorer capability. Sales numbers also do not depict whether a game or console is good or successful since scalpers exist and we can have better experiences elsewhere.

What changed Nintendo was their business ideologies. Nintendo used to innovate creative ideas that changed the way people game, they didn’t just live off their own hype but they also used to come up with new ways to generate it. Modern Nintendo live off the hype created by old Nintendo.

Wow. Großartiger und nostalgischer Rückblick auf eine absolut fantastische Nintendo Zeit! Ich bin und war immer wieder ergriffen wenn ich etwas zu Iwata sama sehe! Diese Zeit war mit der WiiU zwar nicht zu erfolgreich aber du hast so viele Sachen aufgezeigt, warum es trotzdem ein so tolles Unternehmen war. Ein paar mehr Musikeinspielungen wären noch gut gewesen denn wie du es am Ende erwähnst hatte die Wii DS WiiU 3DS Ära einen Haufen Musik.mit der man die Zeit verbindet. Egal ob Menü, Shop, Miichannel ... Und noch eine andere. Danke für das Video🤘🏻🙌 Thanks

Hot take: Metroid Prime Federation Force is a great game. It's just that it was being released under these three circumstances: 1. The last Metroid game was Other M 2. The franchise had a 6 years hiatus 3. Nintendo had just DMCA'd AM2R by DrM64 If Nintendo released Samus Returns in 2016 and Federation Force in 2017 it would've been received so much better Heck, if Nintendo even announced Samus Returns alongside Federation Force people wouldn't be complaining about this game

The brand Nintendo era (2006-2024)

I miss this Nintendo as well. I hope the Switch 2 has a more interesting UI.

The happy and quirky Nintendo that people are fond of died with Satoru Iwata.

RIP Satoru Iwata. The old Nintendo wouldn’t be able to exist without him.

Very well made video, and making me cry about an executive i never knew *again* is impressive. I cant believe it's been 9 years already. Time's weird.

To me “weird Nintendo” died with the failure of the Wii U. They saw that being the wacky kids console gimmick couldn’t keep putting up numbers and you see that switch in philosophy with the switch era

I completely agree. While Nintendo Directs are dense with news now, they do not live up to their name. They are not direct.

I don't think weird Nintendo ever left. Especially with that Emio thing the other day

You still see memes of Reggie today, I’ve yet to see a single one on Doug bowser. Says enough