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iiicon posted...

how did people react to this reveal? poorly. they didn't like it. they were given ample information, and came to the conclusion that this is a bad idea. why is this a bad thing? why is the only acceptable reaction in this scenario, "cool! thanks nintendo." what's the harm here?

The harm here is that the gaming fandom has become kinda prone to bandwagons to the point where there's no good faith to trust.

And that's not the only acceptable reaction. Heck, that's also a bad reaction. Judging a game to be awesome or terrible based off of the first look is, honestly, a knee-jerk reaction and often unreasonable.

The harm is when this bandwagon continues on and negatively affects the game's reception when it's finally released.

Let me give you an example of an awesome game that no one asked for and, initially, nobody cared about and nobody liked: Wind Waker. People wanted this uber realistic Zelda and were given a chibi toony Zelda. People instantly raged when the first trailer hit the screen. They felt betrayed by Nintendo. They hated Nintendo. Zelda was ruined forever, a dead series, etc. etc.

Then Windwaker came out and it was good. But if this happened in today's gaming culture, it would've only been a cult hit, because the meme of it being a bad game would have started seconds after it being announced and continued past its life span.

Just because an opinion is popular doesn't make it more correct. I acknowledge people's right to hate Federation Force based off of the game as it is, because it under-delivered, because brainwashed Samus is the final boss. But god damn, hating it and spreading rumors about it the moment it gets announced, and bashing anyone who actually does like the game is utterly shameful.
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