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''Metroid Prime 4'' is an upcoming [[FirstPersonShooter FPS]]/{{Adventure|Game}} game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Creator/RetroStudios and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}}. Serving as the 7th entry within the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' franchise's ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' sub-series, the title is currently scheduled for a 2023 release.

* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: The game was this upon its initial announcement. After the major AudienceAlienatingEra that started with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', continued with ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeFederationForce'', and was compounded by Creator/{{Nintendo}} taking down the FanRemake ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'' via DMCA claims, the mere announcement of this game and ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' went a long way to restoring much of the fanbase's faith in the series and Nintendo.
* ShockingMoments: To say people were shocked at this game's announcement would be an understatement -- despite the reveal teaser being under a minute long and only showing the game's logo, it was one of the most publicized games at E3 2017 by gaming news sites, and was second only to ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' in terms of [[https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/react-e3-live-blog-2017/ social media discussion]].

* CannotSpitItOut: Riol, once he realizes he returns Sharina's affections. He manages to say it once without thinking, before going three months without saying it again. He initially justifies it as wanting to save his proper declaration of love for another major event, such as winning a magic tournament, but when that plan falls south due to the unrelated machinations of the royal family, he admits he's just being cowardly considering that the two of them have been unofficially dating for months, and so sneaks it in when she's least expecting.
* CassandraTruth: Basically the plot of the first two arcs, especially the fist. ''Everyone'' refuses to believe the protagonists' side of things due how incomprehensible it is that someone would choose being with a poor baron's son over potentially becoming queen. Whatever Sharina says or does is regularly warped to fit the other party's preconceptions; be it her as a naive country girl who thinks life is a fairy tale or a devious manipulator jumping from man to man as she pleases. It eventually gets to the point where, in the second story arc, Sharina and Riol are legitimately impressed that the second prince bothered to listen to Tobias before dismissing everything he said, since they've both gotten used to never even getting that far.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Averted. Prince Ronald attempted to invoke this when introducing himself to Sharina and Riol, trying to murder them in what he brushes off as a test of their abilities.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: The main group rightfully deduce that the Queen is [[spoiler:making a Sharina a fiancée candidate to help her son save face]], but also believe that she's aware that Sharina does love Riol. When we get the Queen's POV a few chapters later, it's shown that she thinks Sharina is a GoldDigger who is only with Riol as a temporary boyfriend while planning to marry into the royal family, and that Sharina purposefully manipulated the situation so that she'd have no choice but to [[spoiler:make her Roland's fiancee]].
* ShowWithinAShow: Angelica is a huge fan of a series of romance novels that she, upon re-reading, realizes matches Sharina's recent romantic situation closely. Specifically, the official couple are an expy of Sharina and Leonardo and mirrors how their dynamic would have gone in most romantic comedy situations. Meanwhile, the beta couple are expies of Sharina and Riol, right down to her book equivalent finally understanding romance and falling head-over-heels in love after her love interest alerts her that she's about to touch a deadly plant.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Angelica starts out like this. She's an avid reader of romantic comedies and initially views real-life romance in the same way, so when Sharina starts sharing her gripes with the prince, she's confused that his actions would anger her; in a traditional romcom, his rude behavior would be charming and attractive. It isn't until Sharina starts contextualizing it by giving parallels to decidely non-romantic things that it clicks.

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For GodNeverSaidThat, in the event that this does become an unchecked rumor.
*** Ironically, this would pop up again years after the show's conclusion, with some fans spreading the idea that the creators [[WhatCouldHaveBeen wanted Mabel to die in the second season]], but Disney vetoed it. This comes from head writer Michael Rianda discussing abandoned story ideas on Twitter after the latter stumbled upon a collection of his old ''Gravity Falls'' writing; one of them being an outline for an alternate Season 2 ColdOpen where a future Dipper warns the Pines Twins of a BadFuture where Mabel dies. Not only would the plot have focused on ''preventing'' Mabel's death, but since Hirsch and Rianda couldn't figure out how such a StoryArc would end, they scrapped it before the rest of the writing staff could see it (much less any Disney executives).
''The Noble Girl With a Crush on a Plain and Studious Guy''
* AttemptedMurder: Prince Ronald introduces himself to Sharina and Riol by attempting to murder them in what he brushes off as a test of their abilities.
* BrosBeforeHoes: Discussed. After questioning Sharina, Angelica learns that her best friend would absolutely choose love over their life-long friendship, to her mildly annoyance. Later, Angelica mentally pats herself on the back for being able to follow this trope, as she immediately decides not to even try pursuing a relationship beyond friendship with Riol when she realizes she might be developing a crush on the boy herself.

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* Save data for ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' can be transferred to ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''. Doing so will give the player three Gold Sheldon Licenses to unlock main weapons irrespective of their level; immediate access to the ranked modes (starting at Rank B- instead of C- if they reached or surpassed that rank in ''2'') and matchmaking to players of similar skill level; give the [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo original Agent 3]] their appearance from ''Octo Expansion'' if they'd played that campaign; and a truncated version of the [[PlayerVersusEnvironment Salmon Run]] tutorial if they'd played that mode, with Mr. Grizz acknowledging you as a returning employee.

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* By the time of ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'', they have ascended to the rank of the [[TheTeam New Squidbeak Splatoon]]'s new commander, complete with CommissarCap, coinciding with Cap'n Cuttlefish's retirement. Unlike last time, since ''3'' is on the same console as ''2'', if the player chose to carry over their save data and had gotten to the point where they were asked to customize Three's appearance in ''Octo Expansion'', the character will once again have that appearance here.

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Fanfic/StevenUniverseFutureRewritten

->''Threat terminated.''

''Steven Universe: Future (Rewritten)'' is a ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' FixFic by [=KiwiQueen=] 13, written in order to better address plot points and ideas that the author felt were LeftHanging or resolved in an underwhelming manner in the show's actual final episodes. Instead of the Diamond essence successfully bringing Jasper back to life, the Gem remains shattered. Faced with the horrible truth of his actions, Steven's already poor mental health worsens as he finds himself spiraling further and further into self-loathing and madness. Steven Quartz Universe was the savior of the the galaxy... but who's going to save him in his darkest hour?

The fanfic takes the form of an illustrated audiobook that was released weekly on Website/YouTube beginning on August 25th, 2020, with chapters ranging in length from 15-to-30 minutes. The final chapter was released December 22nd, 2020. It was later followed by ''Steven Universe: Future (Rewritten) (Epilogue)'', a sequel series that ran from April 1st to July 21st, 2021.

The series can be listened to in the playlist [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLg4YlmvY4zgwFr9Vvp3Yu1jtJ6noMlu4 here]].

!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In addition to some blood and gore due to the fic having far more moments of violence, events that did happen in canon are made more dramatic.
** Unlike the show, Jasper is KilledOffForReal. The Diamond Essence doesn't work, and Steven ends up having to hide the shards by burying them in a cave by the lighthouse.
** Whereas attacking White Diamond's gem during the body possession merely broke the link in the show, here it not only manages to crack the gem, but also cause White to poof for the very first time. Steven is able to heal the cracks, but White is out of commission for several chapters afterward.
* ClosestThingWeGot: When Steven passes out due to his most recent case of pink swelling closing his throat, Spinel is the only one with a solid understanding of human physiology (or any understanding, for that matter). However, since that knowledge was gained from wanting to murder Steven at the time, she never bothered to look up medical treatments. Her insight manages to be enough for the group to revive Steven, though WordOfGod notes that almost everything they did was wrong and that Steven's Gem was what actually did most of the work after Yellow reduced the swelling.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Once Steven starts explaining what's been happening to him, Spinel immediately deduces that a childhood of fighting his mother's enemies and fixing her problems is the root of everything. Spinel then dismisses Steven's shock at the accurate assessment, stating that even if it wasn't obvious from context, Steven had already voiced this frustration to her in the past.
-->'''Spinel''': You kinda [[https://youtu.be/zYe0HpVWp5U?t=52 cried a lot about your whole life being just fixing stuff over and over again]] when I tried to kill you, because of Pink.
* FailedASpotCheck: In the stress and excitement of Chapter 12, [[spoiler:both Steven and Kunzite herself don't notice that Spinel and Volleyball fused to form the latter until halfway through the following chapter]].
* HeroicBSOD: Steven jumps between panic, rage, and catatonic shock for an entire night after shattering Jasper and discovering that there is no way to undo it.
* HeroicRROD: By Chapter 13, Steven hasn't eaten properly, drank much of anything, and had barely slept for a week. He's minutes away from passing out and his entire body and Gem are in utter pain, but he still insists on trying to push on. [[spoiler:Kunzite]] has to force him to take a break.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Steven ends up becoming this on Homeworld when Bluebird manages to get a recording of him poofing White and broadcasts it all over the planet, with her claiming that it's proof he wants to shatter all the Diamonds and become sole ruler. Steven must escape back to Earth with the help of Spinel and Volleyball when immediately causes hundreds of Gems to storm the palace.
* IgnoredEpiphany: In Chapter 7, Spinel realizes from their comments towards an unconscious Steven that the Diamonds aren't calling Steven "Pink" out of stubbornness, but because they honestly believe Steven is just Pink Diamond having an extended temper tantrum and playing a role. When they continuously dismiss Spinel's arguments, Volleyball angrily steps in to call out White on the fact that ''she'' should at least be completely aware of Steven's true identity, given that she had [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E28ChangeYourMind already tried separating him from his Gem years prior]]. White admits that she's deliberately been trying to forget.
* LastSecondWordSwap: "Oh, f-f-family-friendly."
* MoodWhiplash: The increasingly dour atmosphere of the fic plays in stark contrast to the title sequence, which is Peridot happily singing the name of the show. Especially when watched in the playlist, as chapters that end on a sullen no te (which is to say, a good majority of them) are immediately followed by ironic, uplifting melody of "Happily Ever After".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Steven's reaction to... a lot of things.
** The fact he shattered Jasper, which increases tenfold when he realizes there's no fixing it.
** His reaction to Spinel's punishment, getting angry at himself for not realizing that putting a victim of abuse in the home of those who glorify and mourn the memory of said abuser was a recipe for disaster.
* TraumaButton: Spinel has been regularly punished whenever she badmouths Pink Diamond with a stay in a dark, isolated tower for days at a time. Steven is the only one who sees the problem inherent in doing this to someone with millennia-worth of abandonment issues.

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''Fanfic/IDidntKnowIWasBrokenUntilIWantedAChange''

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Towards the end of the fic, when helping Catra summon up enough courage to take on her birthright as princess, Demeter casually notes that every Magicat has probably figured out her identity as Princess Fel'cty by that point. If it wasn't the tell-tale royal bloodline-defining heterochromia, it was her other physical semblances to C'yra, her magical prowess on par with Ri'ta, and the simple fact she followed both queens around everywhere and they clearly doted on her. As explained to [[spoiler:Thom]], who was the ''only'' Magicat who was ignorant about this until Catra formally took on her title, the general public never said anything because they respected that Catra clearly wasn't ready to address the issue.
* SecretKeeper: Among the Princess Alliance, only [[spoiler:Scorpia and Adora]] know that Catra is a princess. Catra tells the former of this newfound revelation shortly after the group arrives on Beast Island, while she tells the former a few days before she formally claims her title as heir.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The game was this upon its initial announcement. After the major AudienceAlienatingEra that started with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', continued with ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeFederationForce'', and was compounded by Creator/{{Nintendo}} taking down the FanRemake ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'' via DMCA claims, the mere announcement of this game and ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' went a long way to restoring much of the fanbase's faith in the series and Nintendo.
* ShockingMoments: To say people were shocked at this game's announcement would be an understatement - despite the reveal teaser being under a minute long and only showing the game's logo, it was one of the most publicized games at E3 2017.

ost famously, Creator/RetroStudios rose to fame with the smash hit ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes''. Creator/{{Capcom}} was working on ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames'' on Game Boy Color and liked the 'Cube so much they promised a few exclusive games for it, dubbed the "Capcom 5". They are, in order of release:

''Metroid Prime 4'' is an upcoming [[FirstPersonShooter First Person]] [[GenreBusting Adventure]] game published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and scheduled for a 2023 release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. The game serves as the fourth main installment within the ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' franchise's ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' sub-series.

Initially announced as being in development via a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFbDmTjS_MI brief teaser trailer]] at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3 2017]], no further news was given on the game until January 2019, when Nintendo revealed that the game was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIv_UXI_So suffering from a troubled production]]. ''Metroid Prime 4'' would be restarting development from scratch, with production moving from an unnamed development studio to Creator/RetroStudios, which developed the prior numbered entries.

* TroubledProduction: In 2017, ''Metroid Prime 4'' was announced as entering development under an [[BTeamSequel unknown, new development team]] before development troubles had Nintendo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIv_UXI_So publicly announce]] in early 2019 that they'd be restarting the project from scratch and returning the reins to Creator/RetroStudios. [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-02-08-yes-namco-bandai-is-working-on-metroid-prime-4 Many sources]] claimed the original team to be Creator/BandaiNamco's Singapore branch, with one journalist elaborating that their sources said the game was being made in an "[[https://twitter.com/imranzomg/status/1088857688027480065 experimental ad-hoc development process]]."

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The game was this upon its initial announcement. After the major AudienceAlienatingEra that started with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', continued with ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeFederationForce'', and was compounded by Creator/{{Nintendo}} taking down the FanRemake ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'' via DMCA claims, the mere announcement of this game and ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' went a long way to restoring much of the fanbase's faith in the series and Nintendo.
* HolyShitQuotient: To say people were shocked at this game's announcement would be an understatement - despite the reveal teaser being under a minute long and only showing the game's logo, it was one of the most publicized games at E3 2017.
* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: Some fans had concerns about Creator/RetroStudios not returning to develop this title. On the other hand, many were just happy that series co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto will continue his non-involvement with the ''Prime'' series, considering his heavy involvement with the much maligned ''Other M''. Ultimately averted when production restarted in 2019 with Creator/RetroStudios as the lead studio.

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[=AlphaDream=] Corporation, Ltd. was a Japanese video game developer founded in 2000 by Tetsuo Mizuno and Chihiro Fujioka, who previously worked at [[Creator/SquareEnix Square]]. Spun off from the staffing agency of a construction company, the studio was best known for its partnership with Creator/{{Nintendo}}, which included the creation of the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series of {{Eastern RPG}}s.

In October 1, 2019, [=AlphaDream=] declared bankruptcy, as the diminishing sales of their Nintendo 3DS titles and high costs associated with gearing up for HD game development caused them to accrue massive debt.

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!!Games developed/co-developed by [=AlphaDream=]
* ''Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito'' (2001; UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor)
* ''VideoGame/TomatoAdventure'' (2002; UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance)
* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}: Rainbow Rescue'' (2003; GBA)
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'' (2003; GBA)
** ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions'' (2017; UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS remake)
* ''Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games'' (2004; GBA)
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' (2005; UsefulNotes/NintendoDS)
* ''Tottoko Hamtaro Nazo Nazo Q Kumonoue no ? Jou'' (2005; NDS)
* ''Hi Hamtaro! Ham-Ham Training'' (2007; NDS)
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' (2009; NDS)
** ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' (2019; 3DS remake)
* ''[=PostPet=] DS'' (2009; NDS)
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' (2013; 3DS)
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPaperJam'' (2015; 3DS)
* ''Kedama no Gonjiro: Fit & Run'' (2019; Mobile)
* ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'' [[note]]Support studio[[/note]] (2019; UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)
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!!Games developed/co-developed by NST

* ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]] (2019; UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)

* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime'' (2005; UsefulNotes/Nintendo DS)

** ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' (2019; 3DS)

Anzu Hoshino, a GamerChick whose three desires are chocolate, games, and her cat Momohiki, has no desire for romance unless it's with a video game character. One day, she buys what she thinks is an action game and starts it up, only for it to turn out to be a {{Shoujo}} VisualNovel. Anzu -- slightly bewildered by being scammed -- still presses "Start" and attempts to play the game. But as she marvels over how terrible it is, a small, {{Mon}} SquishyWizard that goes by the name of Riri comes out of the screen.

Turns out that Anzu has been chosen as part of program to get romance-inept women to discover the love of their lives; naturally, Anzu declines, more than content with her single lifestlye. So Riri opts to confiscate her three greatest loves to force her to comply: she's no longer able to buy or play video games, she's barred from even ''touching'' chocolate, and her parents and the family cat are suddenly moving to the United States. If she wants all her stuff back, Anzu has no choice but to fall in love with one of the three beautiful men that he will manipulate to enter her life... but Anzu isn't going to go down without a fight. She'll get her stuff back, and she'll get it on ''her'' terms. Cue all the LoveTropes you can think of, and a teenage girl despite to avoid them.

''Romantic Killer'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Momose. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Shōnen Jump+]]'' website from July 2019 to June 2020, with its chapters collected into four tankōbon volumes. The license for English release is held by Creator/VizMedia, released under their Shojo Beat imprint... [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls despite being a shonen series]].

An original net animation adaptation by DOMERICA was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} in October 2022. Though unlike the manga, the final episode closed on a [[{{Cliffhanger}} very open ending]].

This series '''loves''' to flip a bunch of LoveTropes over its head and ultimately twist them. Either to make a {{Parody}} of these common tropes, or to [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct them entirely.]]

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* Much of what makes ''VideoGame/Superman64'' a target of ridicule, from the gameplay to the plot, weren't wholly the fault of developer Creator/{{Titus|Software}}: much of what they had planned was scrapped due to ExecutiveMeddling, with Warner Bros. and DC Comic placing many mandates and restrictions such as Superman not being allowed to harm real people, and delays that resulted from these required change forcing the game to be ChristmasRushed so it could even be completed before the company's license to use the character expired.
* The English translation of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest'' for the NES is infamous for its poor translation, like the [[http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities4.html blatant in-game lies]] supposedly meant to tell you what your next goal is, how to reach that goal, and [[GuideDangIt other such game-critical information]]. Except the original Japanese version was actually just as incomprehensible, and this was deliberate: the instruction manual for both versions explicitly warns you that "a few friendly villagers are town pranksters" that will outright lie to you, and the player themselves had to gamble on what [=NPCs=] to trust.

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'''s review of the NES [[PortingDisaster port]] of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' involved him complaining about butchery of a 'great game'. Among the features he complained about were the fact that you can't open a door and wear your gas mask at the same time, forcing you to sacrifice some health when you enter or leave a gassy room, which as an element present in the original as well. He also complained about Big Boss prefacing his misleading hints with the phrase 'I forgot to tell you...', claiming it was a terrible translation -- not only was this a better translation than the one in the European MSX version of the game, but Big Boss's hints really were supposed to be [[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper useless and annoying]] for plot reasons.
* Again, one of the many complaints lodged against ''Snake's Revenge'' is that the translation tells you the opposite of what you have to do during the train level ("THERE IS NO TRAP ON THE TRAIN" has become a semi-meme). Of course, the sequence was a deliberate callback to ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' since it happens immediately before the person giving you the hints turns out to be [[TreacherousAdvisor a spy trying to make you fail]], who you then fight in a boss battle.
** Also, a lot of ''Franchise/MetalGear'' fans who never actually play the NES version of the game accuse it of having a silly plot in comparison to the "serious" storyline in the original [=MSX2=] version, replacing the original BigBad of Big Boss, an American soldier turned renegade mercenary, with Vermon [=CaTaffy=], a pastiche of real-life dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi. In truth, Konami's American manuals back in the day tended to feature weird plot changes (as evident by the American manuals for the early ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'', and ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' games) that thankfully did not affect the games themselves. The NES version of ''Metal Gear'', despite its BlindIdiotTranslation quality, is almost identical to the [=MSX2=] version in terms of plot aside for a few minor differences and Big Boss is still the BigBad in the NES version. The non-canon ''Snake's Revenge'' also featured a similar discrepancy between the game and its manual, with the manual identifying the bad guy as Higharolla Kockamamie (another pastiche, this time of Ayatollah Khomeini), but the actual villain of the game is revealed to be a cyborg Big Boss.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid: The Twin Snakes'' often gets a lot of scorn for its cutscenes, most of the blame is directed towards Ryuhei Kitimura, who directed the scenes. However, Kitimura himself originally intended to make a much more faithful adaptation of the source material; it was ''Creator/HideoKojima'' who requested that Kitimura redo all the cutscenes in his trademark over-the-top style as opposed to emulate the original PS1 game.
* Many people who played the fan-translated version of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' assumed that the name of the enemy boss "Black Color", a misromanization of "Blackcollar", was a mistake by the fan translators. In reality, that's how it was spelled in the actual Japanese version (all of the bosses' names in the game were written in roman script).
** ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' also gets a lot of blame for its rather absurd storyline placed on the translator/localizer, Agness Kaku. As [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120125211117/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/metalgear/agnesskaku.htm this interview reveals,]] saying that Konami was very unhelpful with regards to translation and localization is a ''huge understatement''.
* Creator/ElectronicArts receives a lot of flak for their exclusive license to make games with National Football League players and teams, with many gamers believing that EA simply threw a lot of money at the NFL to get the license. In fact, [[http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/14/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/ the NFL took bids from a number of video game companies]] before ''awarding'' the contract to EA. Gamers, however, deny this, believing that the league would never willingly enter such anti-competitive agreements -- never mind that the NFL's own actions in regards to [[http://consumerist.com/5185430/nfl-sunday-ticket-will-remain-directv-exclusive-until-2014 television distribution]] and [[http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/09/18/american-needle-throws-downfield-in-nfl-licensing-dispute/ apparel licensing]] indicates that they not only willingly agree to, but also ''encourage'' these kinds of licensing deals.
** EA still may not be totally blameless in this area, as their similarly exclusive deals with the NCAA and Arena Football League seem to indicate they have no problem pursuing exclusive rights (these and the NFL deal are all part of a California-based class action suit against the company). Of course, it may be possible that the AFL and NCAA simply follow the same hardball tactics as the NFL.
** And let's not even get started on the fans of Creator/BioWare games who are convinced that any "dumbing down" of [[RolePlayingGame RPG]] mechanics or DLC offers are all the nefarious influence of EA having bought them, and might not just be [=BioWare=] themselves trying to streamline their games and give the players more content that might not have been available otherwise.
*** Speaking of [=BioWare=], EA was one of the major suspects to blame for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'''s infamous ending that is almost unanimously considered to be terrible in the fandom. This despite the fact that EA had little to do with the creative process and it was mostly [=BioWare=]'s work to begin with. At worst EA may have indirectly been responsible for the ''implementation'' of the ending (in particular how rushed and perfunctory it seemed prior to the Extended Cut DLC), but the fact that [[spoiler:Shepard dies in nearly every ending variation]] was entirely the choice of the lead developers.
*** Microing down even further, a self-proclaimed writer for the game came out and said that most of the writing staff were cut out of the development of the final part of the story [[spoiler: where Shepard meets the Catalyst]], with lead writer Mac Walters and executive producer Casey Hudson writing it exclusively themselves without any input from the rest of the writing staff. Whether this is true or not is up to contention, but it certainly caused a stir in an already hot topic discussion.
** EA in general catches a lot of flack for "ruining" companies they buy up, but in many cases, prior to the purchase said companies weren't all that profitable, and in some cases they couldn't do what they did without EA's money. FullMotionVideo ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline'' were feasible only with financial support from EA, as Origin prior to being bought by EA[[note]]around the time of the release of [=WC2=]: Secret Operations 1; EA involvement with Origin is, in other words, [[OlderThanTheyThink older than the fandom thinks]][[/note]] was, at best, "holding on", financially, in spite of the critical acclaim of their games.

** Whenever the ''VideoGame/NBA2K'' series gets bad publicity, many jump to blame EA - even though it's Creator/TakeTwoInteractive that makes the game. EA ''does'' have a competing series in the form of ''NBA Live'', which largely goes ignored.

* A common complaint about Capcom's localization of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series is the claim that despite the games being centered around murder mysteries and not shy about depicting brutal killings (including one ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impalement]]''), there are frequent references to "grape juice" which appear to be an obvious [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerization]] of [[FrothyMugsOfWater wine]]. Oddly enough, it's grape juice in the Japanese version as well.
* Creator/LJNToys has taken a lot of bad reaction (such as from WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd) for the terrible video games that they've put their name on, but in reality the number of games they developed in-house can probably be counted on one hand. While they were clearly doing ''something'' wrong (likely forcing development schedules that were way too short) to have such a large amount of [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames bad licensed games]] in their catalogue, according to Creator/LordKat in his video on the ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' NES game, the actual main culprit may be surprising:
-->"Now a lot of people associate these terrible movie-based licensed games with LJN, [but] ''they're'' just the publishers. The real criminals here are the beloved Rare. ''[[Videogame/ANightmareOnElmStreetNES A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', ''Beetlejuice''... In fact, if you take out the LJN component, Rare has made a lot more garbage ''without'' them. So to all you Nintendo fanboys who cream themselves over ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', kiss my fat wide ass; Rare ruined my childhood."
** Some of LJN's games pre-Rare were developed in Japan by a then mostly unknown company called... Creator/{{Atlus}}.
** The ''Videogame/FridayThe13th'' game was developed by Japanese VHS distributor Pack-In Video, which also made ''Die Hard'', ''Rambo'', and ''Predator'' games.
** The WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd addressed the publishing issue in Episode 121: "Beetlejuice".

* Creator/TimSchafer is a Type 5 and Type 2 for ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. Double Fine has received nearly all the blame for "falsely advertising" Brutal Legend and hiding the hybrid of Action and RealTimeStrategy. One angry player messaged Tim Schafer directly on Twitter and called him a liar publicly. He told the complainer that was all he talked about for months. It was Electronic Arts' advertising that mislead consumers (and reviewers) to believe it was single player focused, to the point that it drowned out the voice of Double Fine. To this day, Tim Schafer says that the reviews remain high on Metacritic, and can be divided between those who ATTEMPTED multiplayer, and those who didn't even touch it.

* Hideaki Itsuno, who is credited as director in all the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' sequels, is often seen as the quintessential example of a game designer redeeming himself in the eyes of his fans due to how he seemingly recovered from the failure of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' by working on its two {{Surprisingly Improved Sequel}}s. In reality, Itsuno had little involvement with ''[=DMC2=]'', as he was assigned to the project late during development to salvage what he could after the previous director was fired by Capcom.
** The much reviled redesign of Dante in ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' has caused a lot fan outrage. Nearly all of it was directed at Ninja Theory (who Capcom handed the series for said reboot's production), but Ninja Theory is only partly responsible, as the redesign was done at Capcom's request and approval. Sadly, lead designer Tameem Antoniades' [[http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3181535 response]] [[http://bitmob.com/articles/should-developers-listen-to-their-fans to the fans]] has done little to diffuse this situation.

* Many people talk about the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast as though it single-handedly killed Sega's console business, or at least was the biggest individual factor in them pulling out of that market. In actuality, the [[UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn Saturn]] was far more culpable for that, thanks to its huge production costs and abysmal first-party software sales (largely thanks to ''VideoGame/SonicXTreme'' dying in DevelopmentHell; the American launch was even worse, between both being released four months earlier than anyone expected [thus ensuring there wasn't really ''anything'' to play at launch] and hiring Bernie Stolar as head of Sega of America [thus ensuring that anything ''good'' probably wouldn't make it to America anyway). The Dreamcast, by comparison, actually sold respectably well: 11 million in just over two years, compared to 9 million in four years for the Saturn. The console's only real failing was not being able to rescue Sega from the financial hole the Saturn and their various other mid-90s blunders (including the 32X, the Nomad, the Neptune and at least two other aborted consoles) put them in.
** Speaking of ''Sonic X-treme'', there's been plenty of misblame thrown around there too, with the most common accusations being that Bernie Stolar [[ScrewedByTheNetwork killed development when the game was still viable so that he'd have an excuse to ditch the Saturn itself a few months later, or that series co-creator Yuji Naka deliberately sabotaged the American development team so that the game would fall apart and Sega would have to wait]] until Sonic Team (who at the time were working on ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'') was ready to make the next ''Sonic'' game itself. In reality though, no one individual can be blamed for how things turned out; development was just a complete train-wreck from start to finish, and by the end of it all the original game director had been fired from Sega due to [[CreativeDifferences personality clashes]], his replacement had fallen severely ill, and by all accounts the development builds of the game when the plug was pulled were a barely playable mess. Stolar actually threw every possible resource at the development team in order to try and ''save'' the game (as questionable as some of his later decisions were, even he could see that a ''Sonic'' game was Sega's best hope of keeping the Saturn afloat), and while Naka didn't help things by refusing to allow the usage of the [=NiGHTS=] engine, that didn't make the difference between the game being released or not.

* Many ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' fans pointed fingers at Microsoft for making the Xbox 360 installment ''Nuts & Bolts'' vehicular-based instead of doing a traditional platformer. Actually, Rare made the decision on their own.
** Similarly, it was actually Rare's own idea to focus exclusively on Kinect games in the early-mid [=2010s=], though apparently in response to fears that Microsoft were considering closing the studio down after a string of flops.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The game was this upon its initial announcement. After the major DorkAge that started with ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', continued with ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeFederationForce'', and was compounded by Creator/{{Nintendo}} taking down the FanRemake ''VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake'' via DMCA claims, the mere announcement of this game and ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' went a long way to restoring much of the fanbase's faith in the series and Nintendo.

[[folder:Nintendo]]
* UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem:
** Sharp released a series of officially licensed Famicom-compatible devices in Japan, such as the Sharp [=C1=] in 1983 (a TV monitor with a built-in Famicom console), the Twin Famicom in 1986 (a Famicom console with a built-in Disk System that featured composite video output via RCA jacks), and the Famicom Titler in 1989 (a Famicom console designed specifically for editing gameplay footage and offered S-video output). Sharp also a released a TV set with a built-in NES control deck for the US market, known as the Game Television, in 1989.
** The page image is the NES-101, released in 1993 (a few years after the Super NES was already launched), which converted the console from its front-loading, VCR-esque design to a more conventional top-loading design -- hence it's nickname as the "NES top loader" -- and came packaged with a redesigned controller (NES-039) that more closely resembles its Super NES counterpart, known as "the dogbone". The top-loading design was done to address the issue of the previous VCR design, cutting down on the old "flashing light" problem caused by bent connector pins. This new unit only accepted video output via RF modulation, lacking the RCA output jacks from the original NES-001 model; there existed a revised version of the top-loader that replaced the RF output with the same multi-AV port used by the SNES, but they were only distributed as a replacement unit to consumers who shipped their faulty top loaders for repairs.[[note]]Most units of the remodeled NES originally shipped with a faulty video output that caused faint vertical lines (or jailbars) to always appear on-screen.[[/note]]
** Shortly after its release in North America, the top-loader was brought into Japan as a redesigned version of its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom, with some slight changes to make room for the Disk System's RAM Adapter. Nicknamed the AV Famicom due to its selling point of supporting composite AV output (the original Famicom only supported RF), the system also swapped out the hardwired controller of the original Famicom for a pair of NES-style controller ports. The two included controllers lacked the built-in microphone of the original Famicom's second controller, but a workaround was included for games that required it in order to progress (simply press Down+A on controller #2 and the console will emulate any microphone input).
* UsefulNotes/GameBoy:
** The original "brick" system was succeeded by the Game Boy Pocket in 1996, which was smaller and proportionally thinner (allowing it to more easily fit in pants pockets, hence the name), required two AAA batteries rather than four AA ones (giving it 10 hours of gameplay versus the original's 30 hours), and replaced the greenscale screen with a grayscale one.
** In 1998, the Game Boy Light came out [[NoExportForYou only in Japan]]; similar in design to the Pocket, this model featured a backlight for the first time. The handheld required two AA batteries rather than two AAA ones, which give it approximately 12 gameplay hours with the backlight on and 20 hours with the light off.
** The UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor released in 1998 as well, and shared most of its hardware specifications with the Pocket. The main differences were a slightly smaller screen and (most importantly) colored graphics on par with the original NES/Famicom. It also developed a substantial library of exclusive GBC titles and "Color-enhanced" Game Boy games, resulting in a large number of fans considering it to be its own handheld rather than a revision.
* UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem:
** The SNS-101 model released in 1997, also referred to as the "New-Style Super NES" in the West and the "Super Famicom Jr." in Japan. Besides its smaller design, the main differences between it and the original SNS-001 model were the removal of the expansion dock at the bottom of the console (which only the Japan-only UsefulNotes/{{Satellaview}} add-on ended up supporting) and the lack of support for S-Video and RGB output. This model was released as the Super Famicom Jr. in Japan (or model number SHVC-101). The revised console also came with a new version of the controller that removed the console's logo on the front in favor of a plain Nintendo logo.
** Just like with its Famicom brothers a decade ago, Sharp also released the [=SF1=], a TV and a Super Famicom in one, in 14-inch and 21-inch sizes, though the exorbitant price of these [=TVs=] meant few were sold.
* UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance:
** In 2003, the system was succeeded by the Game Boy Advance SP, which utilized a rechargeable 700[=mAh=] Lithium Ion battery rather than requiring 2 [=AAs=], and featured a clamshell design similar to dual-screen Game & Watch titles and the later Nintendo DS and 3DS families. The SP also added a frontlight that could be toggled on and off with a button; using the frontlight would shorten the SP's runtime from 18 hours to a mere 10 hours, and the later AGS-101 revision would swap it out for a backlight. The cartridge slot was moved to the bottom of the device -- which made playing motion control games such as ''VideoGame/WarioWare Twisted'' difficult due to them being built for earlier top-loading models -- and the headphone jack was removed entirely (prompting the release of an adapter).
** In 2005, the Game Boy Micro would come out a few months after the original Nintendo DS. It utilized a 460 [=mAh=] Lithium Ion battery that ran for 10 hours, and featured a backlight that could be toggled between five different brightness levels, but lacked {{UsefulNotes/BackwardsCompatibility}} for original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. As the name implies, it was also significantly smaller than all previous Game Boy models, returning to a bar design and being smaller than even an NES controller.
* UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo GameCube}} saw a licensed third-person revision from Panasonic known as the "Q", released exclusively in Japan several months after the original console, with the ability to play both [=GameCube=] discs and video [=DVDs=]. However, it was commercially unsuccessful and never left Japan.
* UsefulNotes/NintendoDS:
** In 2006, the original "phat" model was followed by the Nintendo DS Lite, which boasted a smaller and more sleek appearance, a longer-lasting battery, and brighter screens.
** The Nintendo [=DSi=] released in 2008, showcasing more RAM and a faster CPU. It also added both an internal and external 0.3-megapixel camera, and an SD slot for expanded storage and Wi-Fi support (allowing for exclusive [=DSiware=] games to be downloaded to the unit). However, the GBA cartridge slot was removed. A year later, the [=DSi=] XL released, which (as the name implies), was a larger variant with bigger screens, originally intended for use by [[CoolOldGuy seniors who could benefit from a bigger screen]] (hence why they came with an extra, larger pen-like stylus).
* UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}:
** A budget variant of the Wii (model number RVL-101), sometimes known as the "Family Edition", was released in 2011. The revision removed all [=GameCube=] functionality, including the [=GameCube=] controller ports and memory card slots, and doesn't include a stand (the system is intended to be positioned horizontally, with the Wii logo re-positioned to match).
** Nintendo released the Wii Mini (model number RVL-201), a compact, budget redesign that was initially available exclusively in Canada in 2012 before getting a wide release in the United States and Europe in 2013 (around the same time the UsefulNotes/WiiU came out). The Wii Mini replaced the front-loading disc mechanism with a top-loading tray, and in addition to removing [=GameCube=] functionality, it removed the SD card slot, support for component cables and all online connectivity (preventing access to UsefulNotes/WiiWare, UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole, and online multiplayer).
* UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS:
** The Nintendo [=3DS=] XL released in 2012, with the screens being 90% larger than the original 3DS.
** In 2013, a revision called the Nintendo 2DS released. Billed as an "entry-level" budget system for children, it used a hinge-less slate design and removes the stereoscopic [=3D=] capabilities of the handheld.
** In 2014 and 2015, the New Nintendo [=3DS=] and the New Nintendo [=3DS=] XL released. Both offered better tech under the hood, specifically a faster processor (which helps cut down on load times), face-tracking stereoscopic [=3D=] that can be viewed at a wider amount of angles, a C-stick to accompany the circle pad, and ZL & ZR triggers. Because of the New 3DS's faster CPU, a handful of games were only made available for the "New" revisions (including ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 [=3D=]'' and some Virtual Console SNES titles) or had New 3DS exclusive features (such as the [=3D=] display mode in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors Legends'').
** The New Nintendo [=2DS=] XL released in 2017, a few months after the Nintendo Switch. The revision ditched the hingeless design of the original [=2DS=] and adds all the enhancements from the New [=3DS=], minus the 3D display.
* The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch:
** The Nintendo Switch Lite released in 2019. Serving as a budget model, it abandoned the hybrid format of the original Switch to become a pure handheld device; the controllers were built into the system with features like rumble and the infrared camera removed, and it cannot be placed in a Dock for TV output. The Lite also released alongside the more energy-efficient HAC-001 variant of original.
** The Nintendo Switch OLED released in 2021, and as the name implies, featured an OLED display. Additionally, it had 64GB of internal storage versus the 32GB of the other versions, enhanced audio, a magnesium alloy body instead of plastic, and a wider adjustable stand for tabletop mode. The OLED also came with a new dock that included a wired LAN port.
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[[folder:Nintendo (home consoles)]]

** A budget variant of the Wii (model number RVL-101), sometimes known as the "Family Edition", was released in 2011. The revision removed all [=GameCube=] functionality, including the GameCube controller ports and memory card slots, and doesn't include a stand (the system is intended to be positioned horizontally, with the Wii logo re-positioned to match).

** In 2014 and 2015, the New Nintendo [=3DS=] and the New Nintendo [=3DS=] XL released. Both offered better tech under the hood, specifically a faster processor (which helps cut down on load times), face-tracking stereoscopic [=3D=] that can be viewed at a wider amount of angles, a C-stick to accompany the circle pad, and ZL & ZR triggers. Because of the New 3DS's faster CPU, a handful of games were only made available for the "New" revisions (including ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 [=3D=]'' and some UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole SNES titles) or had New 3DS exclusive features (such as the [=3D=] display mode in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors Legends'').

* [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]]:

* The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch's big selling point was that it could be used as either a home console or a handheld. When it came time to make a second model, Nintendo decided to drop this functionality and make it a pure handheld, calling it the Nintendo Switch Lite. By not having to include the components for the detachable Joy-cons (such as rumble and an infrared camera) and the Dock for TV output, the Switch Lite was able to shave off a decent amount of size and weight -- and $100 off its sale price.

[[folder:Nintendo (handhelds)]]
* UsefulNotes/GameBoy:
** The original "brick" system was succeeded by the Game Boy Pocket in 1996, which was smaller and proportionally thinner (allowing it to more easily fit in pants pockets, hence the name), required two AAA batteries rather than four AA ones (giving it 10 hours of gameplay versus the original's 30 hours), and replaced the greenscale screen with a grayscale one.
** In 1998, the Game Boy Light came out [[NoExportForYou only in Japan]]; similar in design to the Pocket, this model featured a backlight for the first time. The handheld required two AA batteries rather than two AAA ones, which give it approximately 12 gameplay hours with the backlight on and 20 hours with the light off.
** The UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor released in 1998 as well, and shared most of its hardware specifications with the Pocket. The main differences were a slightly smaller screen and (most importantly) colored graphics on par with the original NES/Famicom. It also developed a substantial library of exclusive GBC titles and "Color-enhanced" Game Boy games, resulting in a large number of fans considering it to be its own handheld rather than a revision.
* UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance:
** In 2003, the system was succeeded by the Game Boy Advance SP, which utilized a rechargeable 700[=mAh=] Lithium Ion battery rather than requiring 2 [=AAs=], and featured a clamshell design similar to dual-screen Game & Watch titles and the later Nintendo DS and 3DS families. The SP also added a frontlight that could be toggled on and off with a button; using the frontlight would shorten the SP's runtime from 18 hours to a mere 10 hours, and the later AGS-101 revision would swap it out for a backlight. The cartridge slot was moved to the bottom of the device -- which made playing motion control games such as ''VideoGame/WarioWare Twisted'' difficult due to them being built for earlier top-loading models -- and the headphone jack was removed entirely (prompting the release of an adapter).
** In 2005, the Game Boy Micro would come out a few months after the original Nintendo DS. It utilized a 460 [=mAh=] Lithium Ion battery that ran for 10 hours, and featured a backlight that could be toggled between five different brightness levels, but lacked {{UsefulNotes/BackwardsCompatibility}} for original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges. As the name implies, it was also significantly smaller than all previous Game Boy models, returning to a bar design and being smaller than even an NES controller.
* UsefulNotes/NintendoDS:
** In 2006, the original "phat" model was followed by the Nintendo DS Lite, which boasted a smaller and more sleek appearance, a longer-lasting battery, and brighter screens.
** The Nintendo [=DSi=] released in 2008, showcasing more RAM and a faster CPU. It also added both an internal and external 0.3-megapixel camera, and an SD slot for expanded storage and Wi-Fi support (allowing for exclusive [=DSiware=] games to be downloaded to the unit). However, the GBA cartridge slot was removed. A year later, the [=DSi=] XL released, which (as the name implies), was a larger variant with bigger screens, originally intended for use by [[CoolOldGuy seniors who could benefit from a bigger screen]] (hence why they came with an extra, larger pen-like stylus).
* UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS:
** The Nintendo [=3DS=] XL released in 2012, with the screens being 90% larger than the original 3DS.
** In 2013, a revision called the Nintendo 2DS released. Billed as an "entry-level" budget system for children, it used a hinge-less slate design and removes the stereoscopic [=3D=] capabilities of the handheld.
** In 2014 and 2015, the New Nintendo [=3DS=] and the New Nintendo [=3DS=] XL released. Both offered better tech under the hood, specifically a faster processor (which helps cut down on load times), face-tracking stereoscopic [=3D=] that can be viewed at a wider amount of angles, a C-stick to accompany the circle pad, and ZL & ZR triggers. Because of the New 3DS's faster CPU, a handful of games were only made available for the "New" revisions (including ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 [=3D=]'' and some UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole SNES titles) or had New 3DS exclusive features (such as the [=3D=] display mode in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors Legends'').
** The New Nintendo [=2DS=] XL released in 2017, a few months after the Nintendo Switch. The revision ditched the hingeless design of the original [=2DS=] and adds all the enhancements from the New [=3DS=], minus the 3D display.
[[/folder]]

** The page image is the NES-101, released in 1993 (a few years after the Super NES was already launched), which converted the console from its front-loading, VCR-esque design to a more conventional top-loading design -- hence it's nickname as the "top loader" -- and came packaged with a redesigned controller (NES-039) that more closely resembles its Super NES counterpart, known as "the dogbone". The top-loading design was done to address the issue of the previous VCR design, cutting down on the old "flashing light" problem caused by bent connector pins. This new unit only accepted video output via RF modulation, lacking the RCA output jacks from the original NES-001 model; there existed a revised version of the top-loader that replaced the RF output with the same multi-AV port used by the SNES, but they were only distributed as a replacement unit to consumers who shipped their faulty top loaders for repairs.[[note]]Most units of the remodeled NES originally shipped with a faulty video output that caused faint vertical lines (or jailbars) to always appear on-screen.[[/note]]

* The [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]] would get a compact redesign of its own in 1997, known as the SNS-101 model (also referred to as the "New-Style Super NES"). Besides its smaller design, the main differences between it and the original SNS-001 model was the removal of the expansion dock at the bottom of the console (which only the Japan-only BS-X Satellaview add-on ended up supporting) and the fact that the SNS-101 has no support for S-Video and RGB output (at least not without internal modding). This model was released as the Super Famicom Jr. in Japan (or model number SHVC-101). Both versions of the console came with a slightly revised version of the SFC/SNES controller that removed the console's logo on the front in favor of a plain Nintendo logo in an attempt to give the controller a more region-neutral design (despite this, the shapes and colors of the ABXY buttons still differed with the US controllers).
** Just like with its Famicom brothers a decade ago, Sharp also released the [=SF1=], a TV and a Super Famicom in one, in 14 and 21 inch sizes. Unlike the [=C1=] before it, only a few units were sold due to its price that time, making it sought after by collectors like the NES-101's AV-only version.
* A third-party version of the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo GameCube}} by Panasonic, known as the Q, was released exclusively in Japan several months after the original console, with the ability to play both [=GameCube=] discs and video [=DVDs=]. However, it was commercially unsuccessful due to it costing more than the combined price of a regular [=GameCube=] console and a separate DVD player together. The DVD playback functioned separately from the [=GameCube=] functionality, despite using the same disc drive.
* Nintendo released the Wii Mini (the RVL-201 model), a compact redesign of the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} that was initially available exclusively in Canada in 2012 before getting a wide release in the U.S. and Europe in 2013 (around the same time the UsefulNotes/WiiU came out). The Wii Mini replaced the front-loading disc mechanism with a top-loading tray and lacked backwards compatibility with [=GameCube=] discs and peripherals (which admittedly the later RVL-101 revision of the original Wii already omitted), the SD card slot, support for component cables and all online connectivity (which meant no way to download [=WiiWare=] and Virtual Console games and no online multiplayer for games that supported it). The Wii Mini came bundled with a single Wii Remote Plus controller (a facelifted Wii Remote controller that also includes an integrated Wii Motion Plus sensor) and a copy of ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'' and was sold at a retail price of $99.99, which was considered a bargain at the time (as buying the game and controller separately at the time cost almost as much as the bundle itself).

* Pictured above is the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES top loader]] (aka the NES-101 model), released in 1993 (a few years after the Super NES was already launched), which converted the console from a front-loading, VCR-esque design to a more conventional top-loading design, and came packaged with a redesigned controller (NES-039) that more closely resembles its Super NES counterpart (hence the dogbone nickname). The top-loading design made the cartridge insertion more robust, cutting down on the old "flashing light" problem caused by bent connector pins. However, a manufacturing error caused most units of the remodeled NES to ship with faulty video output that caused faint vertical lines (or jailbars) to always appear on-screen. On top of that, this new unit only accepted video output via RF modulation, as it lacked the RCA output jacks from the original NES-001 model. Nintendo produced a revised version of the top-loader that fixed the jailbar effect with a new motherboard and replaced the RF output with the same multi-AV port used by the Super NES (and later by the N64 and [=GameCube=]), but this revision was only distributed as a replacement unit to consumers who shipped their faulty top loaders for repairs, making it sought-after among collectors.
** Shortly after its release in North America, the NES top-loader was brought into Japan as a redesigned version of its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom. Sold simply as the Family Computer (the same official name as the original HVC-001 model) and nicknamed the AV Famicom or New Famicom, the HVC-101 model of the Famicom has a similar design to its US counterpart, with the biggest difference being the flatter surface around the cartridge slot in order to make room for the Disk System's RAM Adapter. Unlike the remodeled NES, the remodeled Famicom supported composite AV output from the outset (Albeit only in mono sound unlike the original NES), which was also its big selling point (hence the AV Famicom nickname), as the original Famicom only supported RF output. The remodeled Famicom has both: a pair of NES-style controller ports (as opposed to hardwired controllers of the orginal Famicom) and a dedicated port for peripherals like the original Famicom. However, the two included controllers lacked the built-in microphone of the original Famicom's second controller, although a workaround was included for games that required it in order to progress (simply press Down+A on controller #2 and the console will emulate any microphone input).
** Years before the release of the New Famicom in 1993, Sharp released a series of officially licensed Famicom-compatible devices in Japan, such as the Sharp [=C1=], in 1983 (a TV monitor with built-in Famicom console), the Twin Famicom in 1986 (a Famicom console with a built-in Disk System that already featured composite video output via RCA jacks), and the Famicom Titler in 1989 (a Famicom console designed specifically for editing gameplay footage and offered S-video output). Sharp also a released a TV set with built-in NES control deck for the US market, known as the Game Television, in 1989.

[[folder:YMMV Federation Force]]
YMMV.MetroidPrimeFederationForce

* AntiClimaxBoss: The final boss battle has been heavily criticized for being a lot more tedious than challenging, [[spoiler:and the fact that the final boss is a BrainwashedAndCrazy Samus, which sounded like it could make for an ''amazing'' FinalExamBoss fight where she uses all of her arsenal against your team... but instead she's [[ModeLock locked into her Morph Ball form]]]], and the final battle ends up being a glorified Blast Ball match except as a boss battle.
* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Most fans of ''Metroid'' generally point to the exploration and sense of isolation as the series' hallmarks, so an installment that ditches all of that for a more action-oriented, CoOpMultiplayer installment that doesn't even star the main character became a hard sell for them. It being five years since the last installment in the franchise, which itself was widely regarded as the worst entry in the entire series, only aggravated the issue. Even among those who didn't mind the idea of a spin-off game and weren't part of the intense backlash were apathetic to it and criticized the timing, feeling the premise would've been harmless at worst otherwise. Upon release, the game received mixed to poor reviews, and became the worst-selling game in the series by a wide margin.
* CharacterRerailment: Although her appearance is brief, there's no trace of Samus Aran's controversial characterization in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''. It also helps that the Galactic Federation defers to her intel and treats her with respect like in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', instead of coldly treating her like an outsider like Adam and the Colonel in ''Other M''.
* CriticalBacklash: Whilst it is agreed the game could have been released at a better time, a lot of fans consider the game's initial overwhelming negative reception to be unfair and outright ridiculous. Though just ''mentioning'' the game still garners knee-jerk hate and ridicule even years after its release from the fanbase, general consensus is that the game is actually SoOkayItsAverage, and that most of the anger directed towards the game was excessive at best.
* FanNickname: ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime: [[VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando Federation Commando]]'', because [[SpiritualAdaptation it's the closest there is]] to a sequel to ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando''. %%Do not add derisive nicknames from detractors, please. The page Detractor Nickname was excised for a good reason.
* GameBreaker:
** The humble Ice Beam is effective on virtually every enemy in the game, including bosses, which makes it the perfect tool for getting an enemy to stand still while their weak point is exposed and doubling the damage of your regular shots. This is especially effective on the final boss. Combining the Ice Beam with a missile will also help gain a high score on missions thanks to a whopping 300 point bonus for LiterallyShatteredLives.
** The Samus amiibo skin makes all Missile ammo packs contain 10 missiles each, and since missiles only take up one unit of weight, it's possible to carry nearly a hundred missiles into a mission.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Due to [[spoiler:Samus herself]] being the final boss, some people have joked about how the game has you [[spoiler:kill Metroid (in reference to [[IAmNotShazam people who think that Metroid is the name of the main character]]), despite Samus not dying in the game]].
** Due to the backlash and low interest the game got, many people assumed that the series was going back into hibernation or might even be dead for good, despite Tanabe teasing another mainline ''Prime'' game during this game's press cycle. With ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' releasing the following year, with its reveal being preceded by the official announcement of that aforementioned ''Metroid Prime 4'', statements that the series is dead and Nintendo no longer cared about it now look more like fan overreaction than anything else.
* MisBlamed:
** From the moment of its reveal, the game received immense criticism and the assumption that it was [[DolledUpInstallment an original concept with the Metroid name slapped onto it]] to drum up sales. However, the game's own producer first got the idea to explore the Federation side of the ''VideoGame/{{Metroid Prime|Trilogy}}'' universe during the production of ''Corruption''.
** Some fans blame Creator/YoshioSakamoto for the reason Samus isn't the protagonist of the game, citing his supposed possessiveness of the character, "hatred" of the ''Prime'' series, and overall questionable decisions during the development of ''Other M''. In reality, not only did he have no involvement with the game at all, but he also has no hate for the ''Prime'' series, viewing them as perfectly valid side-stories. He would even go on to reference the ''Prime'' series in [[VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns his next game]]. The real reason given for Samus not being playable is because producer Kensuke Tanabe had wanted to do a game focused on the Galactic Federation and, as a multiplayer game, it wouldn't make sense for ''four'' Samuses to be running around anyway.
* OlderThanTheyThink:
** The SuperDeformed art style featured here didn't start with this game; the [[VideoGame/{{Metroid 1}} original NES game]] had a chibi style ([[GraphicsInducedSuperDeformed though mainly due to graphical restrictions]]) and the official art reflected this. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExHUXbFt5E An early version]] of ''[[VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission Zero Mission]]'' would have used a similar style, but this got changed to a more realistic style in the final release.
** This isn't the first use of the ''Prime'' title that makes it an ArtifactTitle nor the first shooting-focused spin-off of ''Metroid''; ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeHunters'', released between ''Echoes'' and ''Corruption'', had no appearance from the eponymous creature (except in the ''First Hunt'' demo for some reason) or Phazon, and it even had a greater focus on shooting rather than exploration and puzzle solving.
** Kensuke Tanabe had wanted to make this game since 2009. He didn't do it then because the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo DS}}i didn't have the graphical power he needed.
* OvershadowedByControversy: This game is almost never mentioned without talking about the firestorm it caused upon its announcement. It had the misfortune of being a spin-off announced on the franchise's 30th anniversary, at a time when the franchise's future seemed uncertain and fans were demanding a new game starring Samus to fix the franchise after ''Other M'' left it in bad shape. Even its defenders only acknowledge it for the timing of its release tanking an otherwise okay game.
* ScrappyMechanic: The Blast Ball game mode. It's essentially [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace soccer in space]], requires 6 players to play, and can be played on a friend's 3DS through Download Play... but due to the game's poor reception, and even worse sales, there's little opportunity to actually play it. It doesn't help that the main game practically forces it down your throat in the tutorial and boss fight [[spoiler:against Samus]] and, unlike the main game, you can only have 3 people to a team instead of 4.
* SoOkayItsAverage: After all the aforementioned controversy surrounding the game's very existence, the general consensus is that ''Federation Force'' amounts to little more than a mediocre spin-off with a handful of decent concepts.
* SpiritualLicensee:
** The main missions are the closest players will get to a sequel to ''VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando''.
** Blast Ball is like a first-person, mech-based ''VideoGame/RocketLeague''.
* TaintedByThePreview: With ''Metroid''[='s=] [[MilestoneCelebration 30th anniversary]] on the horizon, and [[SequelGap 6 years]] having passed since ''Other M'', fans were hoping for another classic {{Metroidvania}} to undo the controversial gameplay and characterization choices of that title. So when the next game of the franchise to be announced was ''Federation Force'', a cartoony GaidenGame SpinOff with Samus in a supporting role while [[ADayInTheLimelight the main focus is placed on the Galactic Federation army]], the backlash was swift and furious. Additionally, the game's Blast Ball mode was shown during Nintendo World Championships before the game's official reveal, which had the unintended effect of making the game look too generic to pass for a ''Metroid'' title. It reached the point that the trailer on Website/YouTube received over 34,000 dislikes in only ''24 hours'', and a petition was drafted to cancel the game.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler:The final boss of the game is a BrainwashedAndCrazy Samus [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever who has been enlarged to giant-size]], but absolutely nothing interesting is done with the concept. What could have been an exciting fight with several distinct phases where a giant Samus unleashes her entire arsenal upon the Galactic Federation Marines, reminiscent of the SA-X encounters from ''[[VideoGame/MetroidFusion Fusion]]'', only on a, well, larger scale, is immediately thrown out of the window as Samus is {{Mode Lock}}ed into her Morph Ball for the entire fight, making the whole final boss battle into a glorified round of Blast Ball.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A spin-off starring [[BadassNormal normal Federation troops]] without OP [[AppliedPhlebotinum Bird Magic]] could've been the most intense and gritty Metroid game to date. Imagine playing the final days of [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes the Tyr's crew on Aether]], or having a more intimate look at the Space Pirates' effects on galactic civilization akin to what ''VideoGame/RepublicCommando'' was to ''Franchise/StarWars''. What fans got were chibi-style soldiers in mechs fighting cartoonish incarnations of the Space Pirates, complete with a very basic evil plan premise.
* VindicatedByHistory: From the time of its announcement to the months after its eventual release, this game was viciously torn apart by fans and critics for being an action-based CoOpMultiplayer spinoff with a goofy-looking art style that didn't focus on Samus, but on these seemingly completely unrelated troopers instead. In short, it was basically everything the fans didn't want, coming off the polarizing ''Other M'' and during a time fans were sure Nintendo would put the franchise on ice. After ''Samus Returns'' was released to warm reception in 2017, with it only becoming more clear that the ''Metroid'' series would continue going strong in the years following, the game is looked back upon much more kindly than it was at release. It is now acknowledged and treated by fans as the worldbuilding side-story that the creators intended it to be, rather than a cruel insult, and -- even if it wasn't a great game -- an interesting attempt to experiment with the franchise.
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ThatOneLevel/SplatoonSalmonRun

Shortly after [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} the Squid Sisters]] stopped hosting Inkopolis News, a mysterious individual by the name of Mr. Grizz set up shop in a shady corner of [[VideoGame/Splatoon2 Inkopolis Square]]. Grizzco Industries probably isn't the most legal of businesses, but he's nonetheless opened his doors to proven Turf Warriors to assist him with the dangerous job of collecting Golden Eggs. It's dangerous work, and no one really knows why he wants so many of the things, but all the fresh clothing and doodads he offers alongside the usual pay definitely helps ensure a steady stream of workers who are content to fight Salmonids without asking too many questions. Heck, operations in Inkopolis Square were so good, he was even able to open up a second, around-the-clock office in [[VideoGame/Splatoon3 the city of Splatsville]].

While there is much profit to be had working part-time for Mr. Grizz, many Inklings and Octolings[[note]](while the Salmonids do have a trade agreement with the greater Octarian race for their military technology, they will attack Octolings on sight all the same)[[/note]] consider [[ThatOneLevel the trends and conditions exemplified on this page]] to fall under "diminishing returns" at best, and an exercise in masochism at worst. In short, these combinations of Salmonids and natural phenomena are why hazard pay is (well, [[BadBoss should be]]) a part of Grizzco.

Click [[YMMV/Splatoon2 here]] to return to the ''Splatoon 2'' YMMV page, and [[YMMV/Splatoon3 here]] to return to the ''Splatoon 3'' YMMV page.
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