First, I'd like to say I too enjoyed Phantasy Star and Sega systems as a kid. My first Nintendo system wasn't until the N64, so the nostolgia vs non-nostolgia thing I understand. 

But anyway on to a few of the things I have issues with... 

I watched a video or two about how Nintendo sends free games to video reviewers. There is a catch. They will only keep sending the games and keep you as a Nintendo partner if you give their games good reviews. So if someone thought Breath of the Wild was only a 5 out of 10, for example, they could terminate the partnership even if the reviewer was giving their honest opinions. This is how  it was explained. If true, that is corrupt guys! I don't see why anybody would just up and kill their Nintendo free games coming to give a mediocre score. 

A random video on the interet is not a good source of information. People are always saying this about reviewers, whether it's Nintendo or Sony or EA or some other company. They never really have any evidence for it though. It's all just speculation and accusations. 

Oh to Virtual Console. I thought it was a great idea! I really like retro games. It was going so well at 3 VC games a week on average on Wii. Then support suddenly started dwindling. 1 game a week. No game some weeks, then months. What a waste of great potential! Now VC is barely supported on any Nintendo System and there may be no VC on Switch.

The Wii VC has nearly every 8-bit and 16-bit game ever made. They added not only Nintendo consoles but Neo Geo, SMS, and Genesis. Support dwindled because there are only so many games you can add. They went above and beyond the call with this one.

Now are the recent things. Switch peripherals are ridiculously priced.

What peripherals are overpriced? Is the Pro controller overpriced? Keep in mind that it costs $10 more, but has an 80 hour battery life, motion controls, and an NFC reader. PS4 and XB1 controllers don't feature any of that but cost $10 less than the pro controller. 

Their poor support of Wii U is apparent. They abandoned it too early at 4 years, in my opinion. I think any system should be supported for 5 years at a minimum.

I agree with this 100%. Wii U should have been supported for at least five years. Luckily for us we still got just as many great Wii U exclusives as we got great Wii exclusives. 

So to sum it up, the Wii U was abandoned a little too early, and Nintendo was draconian back in the NES days. I think most people would agree with these two things. It's just the manner in which you state it that gets people riled up and disagreeing with you.

I wonder what's OP opinion now that the thread backfired.

1. They don't want the value of their games and franchises diminished.

2. Because Nintendo platforms don't tend to be as polluted. Steam as the extreme example, is proof to what happens when it gets out of control, out of balance. With demand for each individual game going down, so does the price. Yes, good for indifferent consumer, not for the video game enthusiast who is willing to pay for quality and progress.

3. Not more expensive than a DS4 when PS4 was new on the market.

See 2.

I knew who this thread was by just from the title before even opening it. That's the second time actually now where that's happened.

Haven't you made a thread like this already?

You can drop the patronizing attitude, the majority of the issues you bring up are either understood or acknowledged already. I'm getting a little tired of hearing about Nintendo's draconian business practices from the 90s for the 200th time and acting like its some new revelation, or how Nintendos hates its fans because you need to buy an amiibo to get a special horse in Zelda.  Nintendo fans complain about issues when they deem them issues, it's not up to you to tell someone how to think or act. And if you think it is, then I honestly have no sympathy for the responses you're getting in this thread.

I'll be blunt, if you really care what others think of you, then you're doing a poor job of acting like it. Creating thread after thread to essentially blog your thoughts, which are nearly entirely negative posts on one company in particular, will paint you one way and one way only. This community values members that actually contribute here. If you want to change this perception...contribute to other users' threads, post positive news about your console of choice, or heck, even post in the various off-topic threads around here. If you continue to only come here to shout at people from your soapbox, eventually no one will take you seriously. And rightfully so.

Great post, and this echoes my thoughts as well.

You may have been unjustly treated by Nintendo, but I don't need somebody else to speak in my stead. I am one of the 13-14M Wii U owners, and I definitely don't need a non-Wii U owner to complain about Nintendo for me. Nintendo not supporting me enough, abandoning me, ripping me off, forsaking me for the Switch, making Amiibo to rip me off, or whatever other threads you have made in the past. And yes, I don't own a Switch.

There are people that dislike Nintendo for the same reasons as you, but the main difference is that you feel obligated to speak for Nintendo fans. Many people felt shafted with the Wii U but at least they bought the console. You didn't even buy it so I don't really see why you feel the same when you didn't even spend a penny for the system.

You may not hate Nintendo, but you definitely don't need to speak for the Nintendo community. If you don't like Nintendo, great. Don't support Nintendo with your money because of what you believe in. That's fine too. You can do all this without the need to bash other companies. I can, in fact, speak for myself

Fans can still make Nintendo themed games if they want. Just don't try and share it on the internet and you shouldn't encounter any problems.

How dare they screw us over and stop support of their failed system!  They screwed us Wii U owners!  The outrage, the horror, the...

Oh wait

IE No one else but like your closest pals get to actually play/experience it, no problem. lol

Honestly, Nintendo's attitude towards fan games is stone age at best. For one thing, almost no fan game is EVER going to even remotely dent or damage the sales of actual, official Nintendo release games, or hurt their bottom line, ever. And for all the talk "protecting their IPs", that honestly isn't a threat from fan-games either. They are what they are: homages and works of love for the franchises their based on. Nothing more, nothing less.

For another, quite frankly, Nintendo SHOULD have just arranged to publish AM2R as their "official" Metroid 2 remake, because it is a brilliant work (especially for just one guy doing it), and it's development cost them zero cents, yet officially publishing it on 3DS and Switch eShop would make them pure profit. Hell, even do a physical release, whatever. The point being, someone had already MADE a great Metroid 2 remake, far BETTER in fact than the "meh" 2.5D affair Mercury Steam made, it would have cost Nintendo almost nothing to produce as it was already finished, the guy who made it could have gotten some recognition and $$$, and Nintendo fans would be happy because they'd be getting a GREAT Metroid 2 remake.

You're not making it easy.