Salty (and good)!


I was surprised that Splatoon wasn't mentioned.

I had to roll up to the top and make sure this was Donald writing this salt-filled diatribe.

Regardless, this is pretty much correct. 2015 did have a lot of that. other things not mentioned are the introduction of a Steam Refund program that the catch is that it has a really arbitrary catch of being tied to a really arbitrary time limit...

But at the same time, this form of recourse set the president for WB Games to pull their biggest game of the year from steam to fix it... of course, this was a very disingenuous move considering that they released the game very well knowing how borked it is.

The Mega Man Legends 3 hype almost came back in the form of RedAsh, a project so exposing and mishandled along with other mishandled projects like Star Citizen and anything that Double Fine has crowdfunded, that the integrity of the whole sodding crowdfunding bubble is at the verge of bursting.

Square-Enix is worth a mention again for it's facinating experiment with pre-order culture wherein they promised a bunch of awesome pre-order bonuses that would gradually be unlocked as more people pre-ordered the product.

there's more examples still, but sadly, I have to work on this new years eve. peace.

The ultimate Monkey's Paw wish for me was that Iwata would no longer be in charge of Nintendo... and then he DIES?!!  WTF?!!

Nintendo had a really bad year for underwhelming titles.  They've probably never had so many duds in one year before.  I figure it's like the odd year for a sports team where they look good on paper but somehow everyone has the worst year of their career in the same season.  Probably a fluke, hopefully not a sign of the future.

I'll just hold on to Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, and Xenoblade Chronicles X and pretend 2015 was a good Nintendo year.

Splatoon still holds no appeal for me.


Mario Maker discovery issues persist despite attempts to improve, and the system for "rating" games remains horrible. Interesting idea, but still gets a pass from me.


Xenoblade Chronicles X. Now we are talking. The only saving grace for Wii U after some games went digital-only, others universally bombed (I'm looking at you, Animal Crossing), and promising titles got pushed into next year.


It was a bad year for most Nintendo fans. Somehow I expect things to get worse before they get better. (True Nintendo fanboy optimism right there!)

Next year I'll use my salt as it comes rather than let it all fly at once.

Nice to get a nice, positive piece from Shaymin for once.  ;D

I think there's a lot being looked over too if your'e a nintendo fan. Box boy came out this year and that didn't disappoint in the slightest in it's minimalistic way~! wonderful Indie stuff all made some bretty big splashes on Wii U, even if some of that was rereleases like Plague of Shadows and Freedom Planet. I'd also take a shot in the dark and say that one of the most acclaimed indie games on PC this year is very much a certain flavor of game for a certain flavor of Nintendo fan.

also, I think its telling that I effectively doubled my Wii U retail library in 2015. (I had Nintendoland, New Super Mario U+ Luigi U, 3D world, Smash 4, Mario Kart 8, Pikmin 3 before, aquired Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Mario Party 10 (Gift, played it once), splatoon, Super Mario Maker, Yoshi's Wooly World, Xenoblade Chronicles X)

... Still need to get Bayo 2.