The Nintendo January 2017 was my first ever Nintendo presentation. And I remember walking away from it blown away by one game in particular: Super Mario Odyssey. I didn’t even care that the game wasn’t launching with the system, I wanted Switch day one after seeing it.

…The irony of this thread is that it demonstrates just how out-of-touch the online gaming community is with general consumers. It also just serves as another example of how the internet can take an objectively massive event and turn an incredibly negative spin on it.

The Internet makes negativity so much louder and seem so much more common

I went back in the thread to see if I had reacted. I was half right/half wrong here. I mean HD rumble is featured in a lot of games so I was wrong but it was never anything game defining except for 1,2 Switch.

That sounds like you were in quite a lot of emotional turmoil back then. Hope you are doing better now! 

Yeah, they price their games and accessories a bit high and dont like when people steal their IPs. They are basically Hitler...

Over the decades that is Nintendo videogames, I wish I had a dollar every time someone predicted their downfall.

I’m straight up belly-laughing now!

The best part is, the Switch reveal was met with MASSIVE positive reaction from the internet, I remember that pretty well, that one trailer showing people playing on a roof and other stuff, got A LOT of people excited for the console. You must have needed to be a very "nintendoom" kinda person to make such a negative prediction post like this back then.

The thing is, a lot of Nintendo fans felt burned by the Wii U and so were wary about Switch being another dud. I held off on getting a Switch til September of 2017 cos I was worried it would have the same painful game droughts for instance.

Much better thanks, I learned through tough times that being positive generally makes me happier.