While the thirst is real, I’d consider myself a big Nintendo fan and would agree that the reveal was pretty shit.
I’m kind of surprised that the response is so overwhelmingly positive.
The internet is a pretty negative place, but I feel like Nintendo has largely etched out a space where they're largely exempt to the negativity.
I'm not really sure how or why.
They remaster and remake just as many games as anyone else. They don't necessarily deliver a big game every year. They don't cut their prices on hardware or software. They're lawsuit happy against basically everyone. Joycon drift seemed to be a major scandal.
I think at the end of the day though, they aren't seen as an antagonist specifically to any fandoms and as a result fandoms don't seek to attack them.
Sony is seen as an antagonist to Nintendo, Microsoft, and Valve/PC community. It's attempts to expand beyond console is attacked by console fans who want them to focus on them. Same with their live service push rather than focused on single player.
Microsoft is seen as an antagonist to Sony. The realities of their situation are lost on their core fans.
I think Valve and Nintendo basically get a pass from everybody.
But they literally just showed what every saw in a render and a short clip of Mario Kart showing nothing of note other than there are double the cars on the track, which I'm not sure anyone would care about. I've never heard anyone say, oh man I wish there were more NPCs. I guess I guess larger races online maybe? Though, not sure that really improves the game. It doesn't hurt I guess.
