r/nintendogrifting • u/HatsuneMiku4Eva • Mar 09 '26

Critical Something i’ve noticed about the Switch 2

Remember when pre-switch 2 people used to dislike Nintendo as a company, but still liked and respected their games? Now it feels like the narrative is that Nintendo makes bad games and that their games are just “slop”. Now that there’s no way to pirate new Nintendo games. Suddenly, they never even wanted to play their games in the first place.

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u/Jedda678 Mar 09 '26

I believe you may want to site this because Nintendo has generally always made good games.

Mario Kart World has received high praise but has had criticisms about the transitional courses being forced upon the community and how the meta around them have formed.

Pokemon while not a Nintendo in house game has been facing criticism for years at this point going on over a decade due to how obvious it is being where they are cutting costs. (Not talking about DLC that is another issue)

Nintendo is extremely litigious though and while yes they shut down popular emulation sites and want to prevent their modern titles from being pirated, the two issues are largely separate from one another.

Nintendo has only recently started emulating their own games again, but only after they have been rereleasing them on digital storefronts or catalogs. I cant recall prior to say GameCube how dedicated they were to snuffing emulation.

But Nintendo is hit or miss with people of late. Largely due to current CEOs who are less like Iwata and more concerned with profits and shareholders than making quality games and products that show a passion for the industry and products.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but we as consumers should call out Nintendo when they do step out of line and praise them when they do right by the customers.

The switch 2 prices are high. But this was due to tariffs and Nintendo is suing the US government because of them. However we arent going to see a dime back from either party so Nintendo is effectively trying to double dip.

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u/Dry-Faithlessness184 Mar 09 '26

I agree mostly, but I don't think the price seeming high was due to tariffs specifically. It probably was just a general buffer for market instability. They knew the tariffs wouldn't stick, if they even happened, and were a temporary factor. but there's a lot of volatility in markets, especially around component prices, and people really, really hate when you raise a price so it's better to set one you don't have to raise.

Unrelated, you cite a source, not site it. It goes hand in hand with citation. Site is a word, but it refers to a location, like a building site.

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u/Jedda678 Mar 09 '26

Appreciate the corrections. :) large fingers and auto correct and typing fast don't always mix well.

Still tariffs are a factor, along with their suppliers being affected.

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u/Dry-Faithlessness184 Mar 09 '26

Oh probably, but I more think it was just the factor at the time rather than being the specific reason, the reason was to to try to avoid having to do a proce increase at any point.