History YMMV / Arlo

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: At the end of a video where he announces longer breaks between uploads to give himself time to rest, he [[ThankingTheViewer expresses his deep appreciation]] for his longtime viewers.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** An unusual case with ''VideoGame/HeyPikmin'' when its trailer was released, Arlo went on a huge rant about the game and harshly criticized Nintendo for making some of their 3D franchises into 2D platformers. Even those who also disliked the trailer felt Arlo was completely overreacting and many found his fears that ''Hey! Pikmin'' was ''Pikmin 4'' silly. Interestingly, [[OldShame Arlo now agrees with the fans]] and took the video down from his channel.
** Arlo has developed a bit of a reputation for accentuating the negative in many of his videos, most often when talking about Nintendo. Though, in his defense, he's stated in recent videos that he doesn't like being so negative, and Nintendo is the main focus of his entire channel. He'll usually only talk about other game publishers or consoles for purposes of comparison and only does reviews for games that are released on Nintendo's console, so ''any'' video he does, positive ''or'' negative, is likely going to focus on Nintendo.
** He anticipates this response to his rants on ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]]'', to the point that he warns the audience at the start of his first impressions video and the review proper not to watch if they aren't ready for negativity. Even the title of the latter video actively discourages viewing.
** Arlo has quickly gone under fire from ''Sonic'' fans for his negative review of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022'', which had many accuse him of being overly nit-picky and rant-y in nature, on top of making numerous errors throughout the review. Many also didn't like that he attacked and accused the film's staff of not caring about the games (despite several of the people involved, such as Creator/TysonHesse, being major fans of the games), seeing it as unprofessional in nature. Arlo has even acknowledged that people will likely hate his review in the video itself. The controversy would become so great that he would later make a video addressing it.

** He anticipates this response to his rants on ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl]]'', to the point that he warns the audience at the start of his first impressions video and the review proper not to watch if they aren't ready for negativity. The title of the latter video actively discourages people from watching it.

** "Yeah, but [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]]." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Arlo has a story of how he was trying really hard to go into ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' as blind as possible by not watching trailers or keeping up with new character reveals. Arlo asked a friend of his (who had watched the first trailer) to not tell him anything about it, only for the friend to reply with the above line anyway, triggering annoyed StunnedSilence in Arlo. In addition to simply quoting the above, fans like to make variations of this line in the comments of his videos that mention things that even Arlo wouldn't consider spoilers.[[/labelnote]]

** If the ''Metroid Dread'' announcement had him excited, the ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' [[https://youtu.be/pjYCeudlYAM?si=UnwYJFgOWHc6EQZV remake announcement]] ''broke his brain.'' His thumbnail for [[https://youtu.be/pjYCeudlYAM?si=qdPEbHe46Ft7lAuA his reaction video]] on the UpdatedReRelease of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is him unleashing a SkywardScream while firing EyeBeams. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

** If the ''Metroid Dread'' announcement had him excited, the ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' [[https://youtu.be/pjYCeudlYAM?si=UnwYJFgOWHc6EQZV remake announcement]] ''broke his brain.''

** His thumbnail for [[https://youtu.be/pjYCeudlYAM?si=qdPEbHe46Ft7lAuA his reaction video]] on the UpdatedReRelease of ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' is him unleashing a SkywardScream while firing EyeBeams. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

** At the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTgWBTSIb0 his video]] criticizing inflated microtransactions for cosmetic items in ''VideoGame/PokemonUnite'', he suggests some more worthwhile ways to spend forty dollars than buying a character skin in a video game. His suggestions include include buying a massive pack of sticky notes and sticking them all over a tractor and buying a huge box of crayons to melt down into a massive mega-crayon.