>>715943981Nintendo's products are intended for children between the ages of 8 and 14.
Their games are not even particularly well designed, especially these days. And mostly rely on the cuteness of the characters, and nostalgia. Japanese love worshiping corporatins, but it's strange to see a western person doing the same.
The hype around Nintendo is just pure brand worship. You want your cute smiting nonverbal characters who make their "bing bing wahoo" noises with intentionally janky game mechanics.
You know that Mario 64 is filled with puzzles, and you can just longjump right over 60% of them? That's poor game design. That's because the game is a busted, janky, shitty pile of nuts and bolts which you're treating as the Torah itself.