Topic: Nintendo "hot" takes

Wario is overrated

I'm confused, is this a thread for hot takes, or a discussion about hot takes YouTubers and podcasts give out. The latter is what I got from the first post.

We do have an unpopular gaming opinions thread, if hot takes are unpopular opinions.

World peace would be achieved within the Nintendo community if everyone played Xenoblade

@EaglyBird well if it’s boring for you I can definitely relate getting sidetracked, even easier if it’s boring like you said.

That’s honestly why the first one didn’t click for me, sure it’s a wonderful amazing world, and I legit game wise it’s amazing with what it was able to do and accomplish, but I just found myself getting so bored lol.

@BobTheBunkerGuy Well what I mean by that is like I’m sure you recognized a lot of the characters in there right? A lot of them that came from OOT, so it’s kinda has this strange air about it, mixing the unfamiliar with the familiar, and that I think adds to MM atmosphere.

I said in another thread that I don't want a Mario Kart 9 and we would be better off if they just kept adding tracks to 8. Now THAT was a hot take. People having an unfavorable views of leaks and rumours is certainly not

I don't believe there was ever such a thing as "Mario Mandates," there's plenty of evidence that says otherwise

My hot take is so hot it had to be removed, that’s how you do a hot take!

@jump Oh yeah!? Well my hot take is so hot, it’s the reason for global warming

@FragRed so are cow farts. But whilst you’re making hot air I’m making minds melt!

ARMS is the best game on Switch, maybe even the best game of Gen 8.
F-Zero, 1080, Waverace, and Excite Truck/Bots are all better than Mario Kart.
Pauline is hotter than Bowsette.

@judaspete Haven’t played the others but I’ve always preferred F-Zero over Mario Kart. Whenever I played Mario Kart with my friends I always wished I could’ve been playing F-Zero instead

@luckyseven Same. I only really ever bought Mario Kart because my would want to play it. They could only take so much F-Zero.

@EaglyBird Ouch really? I thought it would actually fix those problems for me but if that’s the case. Probably going to wait till I finish (if I ever do Lmao) botw, and maybe then I will enjoy it, probably gonna try in another year, till then I got way too many games that need my attention.

@judaspete Agreed since both Mario Kart and F-Zero are for different audiences. I don’t get it when people think F-Zero won’t sell well because of Mario Kart, they’re entirely different racing games. One is technically a party game and the other is a hardcore racing series geared towards people with a specific skill level

@Sunsy Your interpretation of the original post is spot on. This isn't supposed to be a thread for hot takes. But was maybe a bit unclear.

I understand that podcasts can't always scratch under the surface and delve into more complex explanations, but there is occasionally a tendency to reach for easy, ready-made cliches about Nintendo ("Of course, because Nintendo is weird", etc.)

Could I do better? Nah, probably not...
I listen to loads of games podcasts and thoroughly enjoy them, even when I don't agree with them.

I'm not sure that these "hot takes" are any different from "controversial opinions".

"Hot takes" are supposed to be an instant reaction "right in the moment of hearing the news". They might be provocative but the main thing is that they are just an emotional "gut" response to something you've just heard. Most of the opinions aired here are contrary to popular sentiment but they've also been considered over a long period of time.

My personal "hot take" after last weeks direct for example was that it was definitely the weakest one since the Wii U era - maybe even weaker than any of the Wii U era directs - and that the new Peach game looks like C-grade material.

After contemplating things over a few days though my opinions have cooled a little. It's still not a top tier direct but it was probably stronger than the one that only had farming games and the content was stronger than some of the late Wii U directs.

@StuTwo I feel like these are just more aggressive lol.

@EaglyBird I wouldn’t be feeling it either lol.

That was my first impression of this thread too. I was sure it would be closed down but I guess it has settled down a smidge. Although why we need both is still a question. 😆

@FishyS For the added aggression I guess. People just say it out loud and don’t really have a reasoning or anything, just what is.