History YMMV / Chuggaaconroy

** Walnut the Forretress from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' is divisive, especially for Chugga picking her as his StoneWall over [[StarterMon Baggage the Umbreon]]. Supporters agree with Chugga's assessment that Umbreon's moveset is too lacking in ''Colosseum'' and that it was better to make use of a less popular and available Pokémon, noting that Chugga will have plenty of opportunities to use Umbreon in later [=LPs=]. Detractors of Walnut, however, feel Chugga's reasonings for using her are hypocritical, as while Chugga claimed that Umbreon wouldn't be able to do much besides "Bite and Toxic stall" Foretress ultimately spent many turns either using Rapid Spin (which is a move '''much''' weaker and more situational than Bite) or Toxic stalling, noting that Chugga didn't get Spikes (the main reason he cited for using Forretress) until the post-game and seldomly used the move at that.

** Episode 13 of Pikmin 3, he kills the three Orange Bulborbs in Twilight River with a bomb rock, and says they made the world a better place by reducing the population of Orange Bulborbs. A decreased populace would become a gameplay problem in Pikmin 4, due to above ground enemies not respawning.

** Over the years, Emile has gained flak for his negative viewpoint on ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire]]'' with him going as far on one occasion to call them the worst mainline Pokémon game[[note]]Though he followed it up by mentioning he's never played the Sinnoh remakes nor does he plan to[[/note]]. Many fans of the remake feel he's letting the omission of the Magma Hideout and Battle Frontier cloud his judgment of the games.

** While previous Pokémon teams had varying degrees of pushback over their final member, , ''XD'' took it to a whole new level with Trifecta the Dodrio. They didn’t appear [[EleventhHourRanger until the start of the final dungeon]] and thanks to its pitiful defense stats and shallow movepool they’d prove to be TheLoad overall, with any moments of [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman proper utility being rare.]] Making matters worse, Chugga would constantly defend her inclusion throughout the [=LP=] and blame her losses on poor luck [[NeverMyFault rather than acknowledging her flaws or taking responsibility for his tactical errors]]. Even Chugga admitted years later, [[CreatorBacklash that Trifecta was a poor choice for the team]].

** Walnut the Forretress from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' is divisive, especially for Chugga picking her as his StoneWall over [[StarterMon Baggage the Umbreon]]. Supporters agree with Chugga's assessment that Umbreon's moveset is too lacking in ''Colosseum'' and that it was better to make use of a less popular and available Pokémon, noting that Chugga will have plenty of opportunities to use Umbreon in later [=LPs=]. Detractors of Walnut, however, feel Chugga's reasonings for using her are hypocritical, as while Chugga claimed that Umbreon wouldn't be able to do much besides "Bite and Toxic stall" Foretress ultimately spent many turns either using Rapid Spin (which is weaker than bite) or Toxic stalling, noting that Chugga didn't get Spikes (the main reason he cited for using Forretress) until the post-game and seldomly used the move at that.
** Haywire the Zebstrika from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is divisive with fans just due to how overshadowed she ended up being the entire LP (usually shown up by Emile's Krookodile). She certainly has her fans, having some perfect IV's and admittedly getting better once Emile finally gets some decent moves on her, like Overheat and Wild Charge, while others feels Zebstrika in general is just a Pokémon that tends to suffer from CantCatchUp at higher levels and feel Emile could have chosen a better member for his team (that would still qualify as being underrated). Emile even addresses this in the LP proper, bringing up a vocal part of his viewers that begged him to switch out Haywire (many of them actually wanted Emile to break his usual "no Legendary rule" and add Zekrom to the team, so that there would still be Electric-type coverage), and even admits to having seriously considered retiring Haywire before lamenting that he ''really'' wanted to give her another chance to prove herself and try and make her work... Though by the time ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'' rolled around, Chugga admitted that like Trifecta below, he doesn't think of Haywire very fondly in hindsight.

** Munchkin the Granbull in ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' was disliked for being an EleventhHourRanger who took the place of widely assumed ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and originally planned]]) [[EnsembleDarkhorse Flygon]] as the team's final member, with Munchkin losing their first onscreen battle [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only making things look worrse]]. Ultimately, however, Munchkin proved their worth in subsequent battles thanks to their strong attacks and Intimidate ability making for good kinship with his other team members.

** Pandora the Absol from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Emerald]]'' was widely derided upon her capture due to lacking any [=STAB=] moves to compliment her typing (prior to [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Gen IV]] moves were categorized by type with all Dark-Type moves being special), many predicting that she would be the weak link in the LP. Ultimately, however, Pandora proved to be an amazing asset against several Gym Leaders and even managed to single-handedly defeat the first half of the Elite 4, with many now considering her to be the M.V.P of the team.
** Munchkin the Granbull in ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' was disliked for being an EleventhHourRanger who took the place of widely assumed ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen and originally planned]]) [[EnsembleDarkhorse Flygon]] as the team's final member, with Munchkin losing their first onscreen battle [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only making things look more dire]]. Ultimately however, Munchkin proved their worth in subsequent battles thanks to their strong attacks and Intimidate ability making for good kinship with his other team members.

** While previous final team memebers had various degrees of pushback towards their inclusion, ''XD'' took it to a whole new level the previous team members with Trifecta the Dodrio. They didn’t appear [[EleventhHourRanger until the start of the final dungeon]] and thanks to its pitiful defense stats and shallow movepool they’d prove to be TheLoad overall, with any moments of [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman proper utility being rare.]] Making matters worse, Chugga would constantly defend her inclusion throughout the [=LP=] and blame her losses on poor luck [[NeverMyFault rather than acknowledging her flaws or taking responsibility for his tactical errors]]. Even Chugga admitted years later, [[CreatorBacklash that Trifecta was a poor choice for the team]].

** Volvalgia the Dragonite from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Crystal]]''. Fans appreciate Chugga making use of a [[InfinityMinusOneSword Pseudo-Legendary]] that has been [[PowerCreep overlooked with time]] allowing the Dratini line time to shine and wish Chugga would use a Pseudo-Legendary again in a future team. Detractors argue that Volvalgia proves why Chugga '''shouldn't''' use these types of Pokemon as they don't get much use of [[AwesomeButImpractical their actual power in single-player]], with Volvalgia not reaching its final form [[EleventhHourSuperpower until the penultimate episode]], with her being used against two of Red's Pokémon.

** While previous final team memebers had various degrees of pushback towards their inclusion, ''XD'' took it to a whole new level the previous team members with Trifecta the Dodrio. They didn’t appear [[EleventhHourRanger until the start of the final dungeon]] and thanks to its pitiful defense stats and shallow movepool they’d prove to be TheLoad overall, with any moments of [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman proper utility being rare.]] Making matters worse, Chugga would constantly defend her inclusion throughout the [=LP=] and blame her losses on poor luck [[NeverMyFault rather than acknowledging her flaws or taking responsibility for his tactical errors]]. Any defenders of her would evaporate when Chugga has admitted years later, [[CreatorBacklash that Trifecta was a poor choice for the team]].

* TransAudienceInterpretation: When Chugga first encountered Lasagna the Crustle in his ''Black 2 & White 2'' LP, they initially were a female crab, only to become a male crab instead when Emile reset the game due to not having sturdy. This caused many people (including Emile himself) to interpret Lasagna as non-binary, or as a trans male.

** Volvalgia the Dragonite from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Crystal]]''. Fans appreciate Chugga making use of a [[InfinityMinusOneSword Pseudo-Legendary]] that has been [[PowerCreep overlooked with time]] allowing the Dratini line time to shine and wish Chugga would use a Pseudo-Legendary again in a future team. Detractors argue that Volvalgia proves why Chugga '''shouldn't''' use these types Pokemon as they don't get much use of [[AwesomeButImpractical]] their actual power in single-player, with Volvalgia not reaching its final form [[EleventhHourSuperpower until the penultimate episode]], with her being used against two of Red's Pokémon.

** While previous final team memebers had various degrees of pushback towards their inclusion, ''XD'' took it to a whole new level the previous team members with Trifecta the Dodrio. They didn’t appear [[EleventhHourRanger until the start of the final dungeon]] and thanks to its pitiful defense stats and shallow movepool they’d prove to be TheLoad overall, with any moments of [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman proper utility being rare.]] Making things worse is Chugga would constantly defend her and blame her losses on poor luck [[NeverMyFault rather than taking responsibility for his tactical errors]], or acknowledging her flaws. Even Chugga has [[CreatorBacklash admitted in hindsight she was a bad choice for the team]].

** ''XD'' topped the previous team members with Trifecta the Dodrio, who showed up at the start of the final dungeon and became incredibly infamous for getting destroyed in nearly every major battle despite Chugga's defense of her, though she seemed to be the final victim of the curse as neither Eidolon the Dusknoir or Hex the Cryogonal received anywhere near as much backlash.

** Munchkin the Granbull in ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' was disliked for being an EleventhHourRanger who took the place of widely assumed (and originally planned [[EnsembleDarkhorse Flygon]]) as the team's final member, with Munchkin losing their first onscreen battle [[DiggingYourselfDeeper only making things look more dire]]. Ultimately however, Munchkin proved their worth in subsequent battles thanks to their strong attacks and Intimidate ability making for good kinship with his other team members.

** Supernova the Clefable in ''Platinum'' took up the ButtMonkey mantle left behind by Trifecta. While Clefable does have a varied move pool ([[OlympusMons Mew]] being the only Pokémon that can learn more Technical Machines than it) this utility was limited by Chugga [[SelfImposedChallenge opting to not use any [=TMs=] that the player could only obtain once per cartridge]]. This resulted in Emile having to rely on [[AwesomeButImpractical high power low accuracy moves]] throughout the adventure with Clefable getting [[BornUnLucky horrendous luck]] with said moves ultimately not being as powerful as Chugga anticipated even when they '''did''' hit. As a result, Supernova [[TakeThatScrappy became the team member to sit out of Victory Road]] to free up the HM Slave spot. While obtaining a Life Orb in the post-game (whose ill effects are ignored with Supernova's Magic Guard ability) provided a much-needed power boost, it was ultimately wasn't enough [[CantCatchUp to keep up with the high power and versatility provided by the rest of the team]].

** Pandora the Absol from [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire the ''Emerald'' LP]] was widely derided upon her capture due to lacking any [=STAB=] moves to compliment her typing (prior to [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Gen IV]] moves were categorized by type with all Dark-Type moves being special), many predicted she would be the weak link in the LP. Ultimately, however, Pandora proved to be an amazing asset against several Gym Leaders and even managed to single-handedly defeat the first half of the Elite 4, with many now considering her to be the M.V.P of the team.

** Volvalgia the Dragonite from the [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver ''Pokémon Crystal'' LP]]. Fans appreciate Chugga making use of a [[InfinityMinusOneSword Pseudo-Legendary]] that has been [[PowerCreep overlooked with time]] allowing the Dratini line time to shine and wish Chugga would use a Pseudo-Legendary again in a future team. Detractors argue that Volvalgia proves why Chugga '''shouldn't''' use these types Pokemon as they don't get much use of [[AwesomeButImpractical]] their actual power in single-player, with Volvalgia not reaching its final form [[EleventhHourSuperpower until the penultimate episode]], with her being used against two of Red's Pokémon.
** Walnut the Forretress from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' is divisive, especially for Chugga picking her as his StoneWall over [[StarterMon Baggage the Umbreon]]. Supporters agree with Chugga's assessment that Umbreon's moveset is too lacking in ''Colosseum'' and that it was better to make use of a less popular and available Pokémon, noting that Chugga will have plenty of opportunities to use Umbreon in later LPs. Detractors of Walnut however feel Chugga's reasonings for using her are hypocritical, as while Chugga claimed that Umbreon wouldn't be able to do much besides "Bite and Toxic stall" Foretress ultimately spent many turns either using Rapid Spin (which is weaker than bite) or Toxic stalling, noting that Chugga didn't get Spikes (the main reason he cited for using Forretress) until the post-game and seldomly used the move at that.

* ShipToShipCombat: Chugga has a tendency to root for the FanPreferredCouple over a game's OfficialCouple in many games he plays, most notably both ''Xenoblade'' [=LPs=], which combined with his tendency to get [[{{Squee}} very gushy]] about his favourite ShipTease moments, can cause this trope in the comments sections. This can even bleed over into characters outside of the ship: a major point of contention in his first ''Xenoblade'' LP is his condemnation of Sharla for initially being a Shulk/Melia ShipperOnDeck before jumping to Shulk/Fiora.

** Supernova the Clefable has become this in his let's play of [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pokémon Platinum]] due to constantly [[BornUnlucky getting screwed over by bad luck]] whether it be flinching, getting inflicted with a status ailment, or having its attacks miss whenever Chugga uses it in battle.

** Supernova the Clefable in ''Platinum'' took up the ButtMonkey mantle left behind by Trifecta. While Clefable does have a varied move pool ([[OlympusMons Mew]] being the only Pokémon that can learn more Technical Machines than it) this utility was limited by Chugga [[SelfImposedChallenge opting to not use any [=TMs=] that the player could only obtain once per cartridge]]. This resulted in Emile having to rely on [[AwesomeButImpractical high power low accuracy moves]] throughout the adventure with Clefable getting [[BornUnLucky horrendous luck]] with said moves ultimately not being as powerful as Chugga anticipated even when they '''did''' hit. As a result, Supernova [[TakeThatScrappy became the team member to sit out of Victory Road]] to free up the HM Slave spot. While obtaining a Life Orb in the post-game (whose ill effects are ignored with Supernova's Magic Guard ability) it was ultimately wasn't enough to keep up with the high power and versatility [[CantCatchUp provided by the rest of the team]].

** Walnut the Forretress from ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' is divisive, especially for Chugga picking her as his StoneWall over [[StarterPokemon Baggage the Umbreon]]. Supporters agree with Chugga's assessment that Umbreon's moveset is too lacking in ''Colosseum'' and that it was better to make use of a less popular and available Pokémon, noting that Chugga will have plenty of opportunities to use Umbreon in later LPs. Detractors of Walnut however feel Chugga's reasonings for using her are hypocritical, as while Chugga claimed that Umbreon wouldn't be able to do much besides "Bite and Toxic stall" Foretress ultimately spent many turns either using Rapid Spin (which is weaker than bite) or Toxic stalling, noting that Chugga didn't get Spikes (the main reason he cited for using Forretress) until the post-game and seldomly used the move at that.

** Chugga mentions in ''Colosseum'' that most of the time in his ''Pokémon'' playthroughs, the last Pokémon he gets for his team tends to get forgotten or even rejected by fans, as they suffer from LateCharacterSyndrome and have trouble finding a niche before the ending arrives. There's Tessie the Lapras from ''[=FireRed=]'' (an unevolving gift Pokémon obtained late in the game), Volvagia the Dratini from ''Crystal'' (who suffered from Gen 2's level curve and didn't become a Dragonite until the penultimate episode of the series), Pandora the Absol from ''Emerald'' (another unevolving late-game catch, and a frail one to boot), and Munchkin the Granbull from ''Colosseum'' (a weird Normal-type gotten right before the final dungeon, and many people were hoping that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Vibrava/Flygon]] would be the final team member instead). In fairness, Chugga usually has good reasons for picking each team member, and last choices have been no exception.

** While Trifecta seemed to be the end of the sixth member curse, Supernova the Clefable in ''Platinum'' and Haywire the Zebstrika in ''White'' took up the ButtMonkey mantle, with the former becoming infamous for the ineffectiveness of her low accuracy moves and the latter getting shown up by other team members becoming a recurring joke throughout the series, ultimately reaching their peaks with Supernova becoming the team member to sit out of Victory Road to free up the HM Slave spot and Haywire was replaced by [[OlympusMons Zekrom]] for the final battles. Chugga would later go on to bring up the amount of flak Haywire had received and how he'd even seriously considered the suggestion to replace her, which is practically unheard of for his Pokémon team members.

** While she had a ''loud'' hatedom, Trifecta from his ''Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness'' LP had more than a few defenders who liked that Emile was giving an overlooked Pokémon some time to shine and argued that most of her losses weren't even her fault. Her better performance in the post-game helped win a few detractors over, but as seen from this page alone and Chugga's later regrets, this sentiment definitely isn't universal.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Fans weren't expecting Dusclops/Dusknoir to be Chuggaa's final team member in his Platinum LP, especially since he skipped on using Duskull earlier in the game and even written it off for its poor attack power and low speed.

** To a lesser extent Rocco has gotten quite a division among viewers. Fans find him to be an entertaining JerkWithAHeartOfGold who lament how OutOfFocus he was in the original run of the series, but appreciate that [[spoiler: he was the only one of the five starting villagers to still live in Pallet by the end of the ''Welcome Amiibo'' revisit]]. Others see Rocco as an uninteresting GenericGuy noting how his role as the [[TokenEvilTeammate mandatory village jerk]] was filled much better by Croque and Pango, while not having anything else to make him stand out in part of how OutOfFocus he was in the original run.[[note]] It took until Day 35 to see the interior of Rocco's house, and Emile wasn't actively trying to get inside (or even notice he had never been inside), in contrast with his desperation to see Chester's home.[[/note]] There's also a section of fans who hate Rocco specifically for the events of Father's Day where [[spoiler: his long-winded dialogue cost Emile his chance to stop [[CreatorsFavorite Biscuit]] from moving out, with Chugga not even knowing Biscuit was leaving until it was too late]].

** To a lesser extent Rocco has gotten quite a division among viewers. Fans find him to be an entertaining JerkWithAHeartOfGold and wish he hadn't been so OutOfFocus in the original run, and appreciate that [[spoiler: he was the only one of the five starting villagers to still live in Pallet by the end of the ''Welcome Amiibo'' revisit]]. Others see Rocco as an uninteresting GenericGuy noting how his role as the [[TokenEvilTeammate mandatory village jerk]] was filled much better by Croque and Pango, while not having anything else to make him stand out in part of how OutOfFocus he was in the original run.[[note]] It took until Day 35 to see the interior of Rocco's house, and Emile wasn't actively trying to get inside (or even notice he had never been inside), in contrast with his desperation to see Chester's home.[[/note]] There's also a section of fans who hate Rocco specifically for the events of Father's Day where [[spoiler: his long-winded dialogue cost Emile his chance to stop [[CreatorsFavorite Biscuit]] from moving out, with Chugga not even knowing Biscuit was leaving until it was too late]].

** Pango and Croque ended up being Emile's least popular villagers in his ''New Leaf'' LP, however many also feel he unfairly chose them as the designated bad guys of the village after bad first impressions and at times had to bend over backward to keep that narrative going. To anyone that knows how the ''Animal Crossing'' games work, his treatment of Croque, in particular, is actually very unfair, as what the villagers have as catchphrases are meant to be [[VerbalTic Verbal Tics]] with no ill intent, and other things that they say are not only random but they can easily be seen in a nicer context. Fans note all of his villagers tend to display acts of selfishness on occasion but Emile still enjoys their company causing some to accuse Emile of being a hypocrite.[[note]] As an example, Pietro wanted to replace his [[YouMeanXMas Toy Day]] gift just 4 days after he got it. While Emile is angry at that moment, Emile doesn't hold anything against Pietro in the long run and continues to see Pietro as one of his favorites.[[/note]] He even brings up the random dialogue in regard to Pango in episode 40, saying that he didn't want to talk about that aspect too much in order to keep the "sitcom" feel of the series intact by making the animals seem real. Even taking this into account that one is supposed to treat the villagers with established personalities, some still feel he treated them a bit unfairly, as he seemed to be intentionally twisting whatever they said to be as negative as possible[[note]]For example, Croque mistakes him for a ghost after he returns from his long absence in Welcome Amiibo and begs him to leave him alone, and Chuggaa interprets this as Croque wishing death on him. Before that, Pango writes him a letter asking if he'd like to hang out with her, and Chuggaa jumps to the conclusion that she's trying to mug him.[[/note]], on several occasions even shooting Croque down or not acknowledging it whenever he actually said something nice or attempted to befriend Emile. Towards the end of the series, however, he did come to accept Croque's catchphrase as just something he says without any ill intent, and agreed to bury the hatchet with him (Pango had long since moved out by this point).
** To a less extent Rocco has gotten quite a division among viewers. Fans find him to be an entertaining JerkWithAHeartOfGold and wish he hadn't been so OutOfFocus in the original run, and appreciate that [[spoiler: he was the only one of the five starting villagers to still live in Pallet by the end of the ''Welcome Amiibo'' revisit]]. Others see Rocco as an uninteresting GenericGuy noting how his role as the [[TokenEvilTeammate mandatory village jerk]] was filled much better by Croque and Pango, while not having anything else to make him stand out in part of how OutOfFocus he was in the original run.[[note]] It took until Day 35 to see the interior of Rocco's house, and Emile wasn't actively trying to get inside (or even notice he had never been inside), in contrast with his desperation to see Chester's home.[[/note]] There's also a section of fans who hate Rocco specifically for the events of Father's Day where [[spoiler: his long-winded dialogue cost Emile his chance to stop [[CreatorsFavorite Biscuit]] from moving out, with Chugga not even knowing Biscuit was leaving until it was too late]].

*** His opinions on the latest game, ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' is even more contested. Before the game came out Emile complained how the game had some similarities to ''Sticker Star'' and decided to not buy the it, despite ''Origami King'' being considered a SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to many fans and critics alike. [[https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1364348646385471488 He eventually bought]] ''Origami King'' for a second-hand price to give it a chance, but by the time he finished the second chapter he didn't want to play anymore due to some problems he had with the game that left him conflicted. While a lot of people are okay with his opinions and are glad that he even gave it a chance at all, others felt a lot of his criticisms of the game are very nitpicky or downright bizarre. His opinions about the game's music[[note]]He felt the songs sounded very samey and thought the the previous games had much better variety[[/note]] and [[spoiler:Bobby's death[[note]]He thought his death was completely unearned due to Emile thinking he was [[TheScrappy annoying]] as well as contradicting ''Paper Mario'' lore by having him permanently die as opposed to coming right back like Bombette and Admiral Bobbery[[/note]]]] have been criticized a lot by his fans, with them thinking Emile is being completely {{bias|steamroller}}ed towards the older games as those games had similar issues which he never brings up. That being said, Emile slightly mitigated this later by stating that, while he may not be a fan of the ''Color Splash'' and ''Origami King'' approach, he doesn't consider either of them anywhere '''close''' to ''Sticker Star'' in (lack of) quality.

*** His opinions on the latest game, ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' is even more contested. Before the game came out Emile complained how the game had some similarities to ''Sticker Star'' and decided to not buy the it, despite ''Origami King'' being considered a SurprisinglyImprovedSequel to many fans and critics alike. [[https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/1364348646385471488 He eventually bought]] ''Origami King'' for a second-hand price to give it a chance, but by the time he finished the second chapter he didn't want to play anymore due to some problems he had with the game that left him conflicted. While a lot of people are okay with his opinions and are glad that he even gave it a chance at all, others felt a lot of his criticisms of the game are very nitpicky or downright bizarre. His opinions about the game's music[[note]]He felt the songs sounded very samey and thought the the previous games had much better variety[[/note]] and [[spoiler:Bobby's death[[note]]He thought his death was completely unearned due to Emile thinking he was [[TheScrappy annoying]] as well as contradicting ''Paper Mario'' lore by having him permanently die as opposed to coming right back like Bombette and Admiral Bobbery[[/note]]]] have been criticized a lot by his fans, with them thinking Emile is being completely {{bias|steamroller}}ed towards the older games as those games had similar issues which he never brings up. That being said, Emile slightly mitigated this later by stating that, while he may not be a fan of the ''Color Splash'' and ''Origami King'' approach, he doesn't consider either of them anywhere '''close''' to ''Sticker Star'' in quality.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Emile's redux of his ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' LP features an episode where after beating one of the 'Your Sanctuary' locations, he goes and buys the [[spoiler: really worn out and crapshacked]] house that was for sale in Onett. He then reads the story in a magazine, hidden inside the drawers of the house. Said story turns out to be one that's very crazy and even flat-out absurd as hell, that after finishing reading it, Emile ends the episode in complete and utter silence as he leaves the house; and doesn't even says his usual outro (besides showing off the latest Sound Stone progress before the end-card). In result, he never mentions or references the magazine's story ever again.

** For a more specific example, The LP of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed]]'' had Chugga nickname his Spearow/Fearow "Khold", as a (lighthearted) TakeThat to fellow Let's Player "The Khold One", for using a Farfetch'd (which you get by trading a Spearow for it) on his team. In 2009, The Khold One was a relatively popular Let's Player, with him and Chugga having comparable viewership. In the time since the ''[=FireRed=]'' Let's Play, however, The Khold One has fallen into obscurity, with his last Let's Play occurring in January 2014.

** To a less extent Rocco has gotten quite a division among viewers. Fans find him to be an entertaining JerkWithAHeartOfGold and wish he hadn't been so OutOfFocus in the original run, and appreciate that [[spoiler: he was the only one of the five starting villagers to still live in Pallet by the end of the ''Welcome Amiibo'' revisit]]. Others see Rocco as an interesting GenericGuy noting how his role as the [[TokenEvilTeammate mandatory village jerk]] was filled much better by Croque and Pango, while not having anything else to make him stand out in part of how OutOfFocus he was in the original run.[[note]] It took until Day 35 to see the interior of Rocco's house, and Emile wasn't actively trying to get inside (or even notice he had never been inside), in contrast with his desperation to see Chester's home.[[/note]] There's also a section of fans who hate Rocco specifically for the events of Father's Day where [[spoiler: his long-winded dialogue cost Emile his chance to stop [[CreatorsFavorite Biscuit]] from moving out, with Chugga not even knowing Biscuit was leaving until it was too late]].