Ninty hatred has been around ever since Sega said that Sonic had "tude" and Mario was lame. No blood in the first Mortal Kombat on the SNES was the first time where I really started hearing people say that Nintendo was for babies and that Nintendo games suck (despite all reality). It started there and it's only gotten worse since then.
I suppose that in the past, Ninty was usually the loser in sales for consoles, so nobody was going to aggressively kick a dog while he's down. But now Ninty is on top so all the hatred and disgust for bright colors has come out in full force.
That's what I gather from what I've seen.









