Topic: Unpopular Gaming Opinions

My top 3 most ugly and terrible franchises:

1. Splatoon
2. Pikmin
3. Kirby

I do not know why but their art direction is like vomit to my eyes And it is not because they are targeted to the younger audience because I love Pokemon (with few exceptions), Animal Crossing and Link's Awakening Remake.

Unlike many opinions in this thread, I suspect this one is indeed an unpopular opinion.

@FishyS yep this is the only place I can safely say that

Wow…..this is actually unpopular, that it’s just an opinion that’s unpopular……..If I could give you a cake or something I would lol.

Im a little tired of pikachu, And I know I know he is the mascot but when I mean I’m tired I mean I’m tired of pikachu screwing over raichu! Like raichu is way cuter IMO and is cooler too, he just never gets spotlight! Even in their own moba that had an evolution mechanic axed raichu! Why? I know why but the reason is annoying to me. Plus the anime kinda acting like pikachu is faster then him suck ):
Not to mention that they never show up in the anime at all.

And look, I know this is pretty much the equivalent of me saying I’m sick of Mario, but like I said I’m more annoyed by pikachu overshadowing raichu then actually disliking pikachu himself. I just want to see pikachus evolution get some love, that’s all ):

@Snatcher To be honest I prefer every other electric type over Pikachu Also the Alolan Raichu with the tail surfing design is waaay cooler than Pikachu

@Zuljaras Right? Pikachu probably wouldn’t even be in my top 10 20ish designs if I were to look at all the Pokémon. It’s just why does raichu have tog eat messed over for pikachu to be popular? They can equally be as popular but nooooo, we need the yellow rat at every opportunity.

Gamecube is the most important retro Nintendo console. Not only did it have an absolutely stellar software lineup but it also made Nintendo come to the conclusion that "more power" isn't the answer with regards to future hardware.

If the fate of the Gamecube turned out differently we'd likely be having a PS5/Series X clone console from Nintendo around now.

I kind of wish the new anime didn't have Pikachu, or maybe only had evil Pikachu with an occasionally occuring bad guy. raichu is fine, just generic pikachu gets boring.

Also, not necessarily a super unpopular opinion, but I hate the existence of the detective Pikachu series.

@FishyS ok I avoided saying that just so I didn’t seem like a mascot hater but I agree so much! Like my goodness even when ash isn’t present they still figure out a way to make pikachu a character like come on! Plus why does the anime act like pikachu is faster than him? I thought it was the other way around but maybe I’m wrong?

While I don’t hate detective pikachu as a series it is another reason why I’m a little tired of seeing pikachu all over the place! That and I’m sure there were many Pokémon who could fit a detective role lol.

@EaglyBird nooo I was supposed to be the one with the most unpopular opinion! You picked 2020’s best game! You cheater!

@EaglyBird You know what, you win, you probably just triggered millions lmao.

@Snatcher

I think Lucario would make an excellent detective.

I feel weirdly confident, as someone who has played neither game, that someday I'll play TLOU2 and be like shrugs it's alright, if not as good as the first one (which is probably not actually a 10/10), and immediately move on with my life to more interesting games.

Maybe because I'm used to the most controversial entertainment being fairly mid and not worth having strong feelings about, I dunno.

@EaglyBird That does seem to be a running trend with games like that, admittedly I haven’t played it myself but hearing about some of the big things in its plot annoyed the heck out of me, who knows, maybe I might like it, and many others once enough time goes by, but for the meantime that’s definitely unpopular lol.

@FishyS And this way I wouldn’t even have to do the weird talking Pokémon thing, plus (and yes I know that it was only one lucario) they can talk through telepathic means! I’m sure you can make it so that lucario learned how to do that so the game could work, plus I think they are popular enough to work.

Kirby is the most overrated series Nintendo has. I’ve met so many kirby fans who keep trying to say it’s incredibly dark and “the darkest nintendo series”, but it’s literally baby’s first platforming game. Most of these people probably never witnessed the horrors found in Xenoblade.

@VoidofLight Kirby is the all-devouring scourge which will eventually consume the universe itself.

Also, Kirby is cute. What more do you need? I feel like half of Kirby's popularity is in plushie form.

@FishyS I'm probably just bitter about Kirby because I knew some people who were huge fans of the series that kind of shoved how dark it was down my throat in order to justify their love for it (even though they really didn't need to do it.)

@VoidofLight I mean, there is some weird lore people like to joke about, but dark for real? You may as well call Mario dark for Goomba genocide. Some of the Kirby games are good, some not so good, but it's fundamentally a cute platformer with some boss rush and miscellaneous spinoffs. I generally like the series, but I do think it's kind of funny when some people portray it as particularly serious or difficult.

I dislike xenoblade, I hate fire emblem, and I can’t finish old Zelda games.
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