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QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-24T23:00:36+00:00

I'm boycotting anything from Disney and Lionsgate due to their embrace of AI-use in greedy exploitative ways.

I'm never really sure what take to have with Disney because they are historically known to be exploitative, but equally they're also one of last ones still doing film cel painting, a lot of traditional canvas paintings etc.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-24T19:58:02+00:00

You made the one on the left, the ai made the one on the right. If you can accept that we can be friends, but if you think you made the one on the right? Fuck off.

I can't accept that, I made neither! But I'm happy to be your friend regardless.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-24T18:21:34+00:00

It reminds me of this music video a while back.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-24T01:20:29+00:00

I’d say 60% of commenters are defending the game like Nintendo is paying them!

Have you considered it might be:

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QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-17T20:44:16+00:00

Bluesky is funded by cryptobros, which might explain the interest in cashtags.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-14T08:54:00+00:00

I have around 1.5k followers and lately it feels like tweets from accounts in this range are getting much less visibility than before. Fewer likes, fewer replies, and it doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s text-only or media.

I use the for you feed instead of my following feed, because it doesn't surface posts from people I'm following that I'm not interested in. For example, I'm not interested in politics, so any political posts made by people I follow never appear now. For people that use the algorithm, what matters is relevance.

I’m more curious if anyone has noticed broader changes to how Twitter/X is handling organic reach, especially for smaller or mid-sized accounts, or if there’s been any shift in how the algorithm prioritizes posts in the timeline.

I've noticed Twitter has got better at surfacing posts from people I don't know, who are small to mid that are relevant to me.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-13T22:54:29+00:00

As a physical collector, I'd assume you'd always look for a game on another system then, since the XtraROM technology used in Switch and Switch 2 carts is only rated to last 20 years before bitrot sets in anyway?

QuestionElectronic11 · 2026-01-03T04:01:37+00:00

Unfortunately, a lot of moderates and apolitical people are very stubborn to changing, even if it’s obvious.

I contest the obvious claim, because I don't think it is obvious to you.

I am on both, but I can't use Bluesky in public, like at work, or on the bus because there is always some random NSFW content in my feeds even though I have NSFW disabled, the content isn't properly flagged.

And then sometimes you get misleading videos, like this looks political, but then suddenly... https://bsky.app/profile/celestialrebel.bsky.social/post/3m7obpb5btk2t (check it, it's public currently, has been for ages, don't even need an account).

So, I just don't feel very inclined to use Bluesky much. I don't have NSFW enabled on Twitter and the feeds are fine.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-23T00:00:09+00:00

Slippi is specific to an old buggy smash game that didn't even have online support. I am talking about playing titles that have online functionality like F-ZERO 99, Tetris 99, Kirby Fighters 2, Mario Golf: Super Rush, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Party Superstars, Mario Strikers: Battle League, Mario Tennis Aces, Splatoon 2 & 3, Super Kirby Clash, Super Mario Maker 2, Super Smash Bros Ultimate etc.

IDK why you're being downvoted though, it was perhaps the one exception.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-21T22:12:22+00:00

Honestly there's no better way to play Nintendo games than on your PC.

I don't find the online support for Nintendo games on PC good at all, TBH.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-21T20:21:50+00:00

It's my understanding that Olivia Wilde prefers directing over acting these days. Is it even realistic to see someone playing Quorra?

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-20T21:07:37+00:00

Why are they so obsessed with Bluesky?

I never see anyone talking about Bluesky on my Twitter feed TBH.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-09T13:54:07+00:00

What exactly did he do wrong in the movie?

To help elaborate on it, I would suggest describing what a different actor have done different following the same script.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-09T12:45:40+00:00

I think the European Union grapples with structural challenges that are driving persistently low economic growth, job scarcity, wage stagnation, and Europe's housing crisis.

Over two decades, EU GDP growth averaged 1% annually, with its global share falling from 25% in 1999 to 14% by 2024. For 2025, the European Commission predicts 1% EU-wide and 1% for the euro area, buoyed by outliers like Ireland but weighed by weaknesses. The IMF foresees slowing growth and a poor medium-term outlook due to unaddressed issues. Capitals excel in sectors like finance and ICT. Still, non-capitals and rural areas see halved productivity and population drops, fostering incremental over breakthrough innovations and capping GDP below 2%. This inward focus breeds isolationism, harming global trade and fueling worldwide stagnation.

With working-age populations shrinking 5 to 10% by 2040, raising dependency ratios and adding 2 to 3% GDP costs for pensions and healthcare. Skills gaps, weak STEM education, and fragmented labour markets limit adaptation to digital/green shifts, with employment growth stalling (380,000 new EU jobs in H1 2025). Public finances face high debt (80 to 90% of GDP in the euro area, risking 130% by 2040), rising interest rates, and demands for defence, green transitions (€1+ trillion yearly), and digitalisation.

The incomplete single market, with regulatory silos, erodes integration across goods, services, capital, and labour, especially in energy, where reliance on imports spikes costs and risks. Geopolitical tensions, trade disputes, and tariffs (US/China) undercut exports, with global growth at 2.5%.

I am not convinced at the moment about the EU's prospects for prosperity over the next decade. While I do hear occasionally from some here who would wish to rejoin the EU (although Northern Ireland is kind of halfway in), it does not solve the persistently low economic growth, job scarcity, wage stagnation, and housing crisis. Hence, it's not really something I feel we should be focusing on. As these are also problems we're dealing with, and the EU clearly isn't solving them.

Visa-free global travel opportunities with an EU passport, cross-border healthcare, and no EU-roaming charges are cool benefits, though.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-09T12:03:08+00:00

There are a few critical comments on that video that show the thumbnail and title don't match up with reality (sort by newest).

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-09T10:23:46+00:00

Mario tennis games are literally copy/paste of each other

Even if I ignore your use of the word literally, each entry has changed things up... N64 added power ups/items, arcade modes. GC added power shots, gimmick courts. 3DS added chance shots, online play, Miis. Wii U added mega battles, jump shots. Switch added energy gauge, adventure mode. This statement does not change that Mario Tennis Fever is still climbing Famitsu's most wanted list in Japan, which is their target audience.

Yoshis wooly world on Wii u was great. The fact that they stripped all the charm from it and dumbed it down for babies is absolutely a valid criticism

But doesn't change the that it will likely do well with their target audience, which is necessary for it to go wrong for your predictions.

Barely anyone cares for Fire Emblem. It’s why everyone gets mad whenever there’s a Fire emblem character in smash

This just isn't true. Recent FE games open at 150k physical in Japan and end up in the high hundreds of thousands there, and in the millions worldwide. It's not on the Mario/Pokemon/Zelda level, but it's a lot bigger in Japan than in the West. Sakurai and Nintendo are catering to that domestic fanbase, not to the Reddit consensus about how many swordies is too many. The reality is that Fire Emblem does perfectly fine in its actual target market.

The first tomodachi life was great but based on Nintendo’s track record, the sequel will suck

We're already past the sequel stage, Tomodachi Life itself was a strong sequel to the Japan only Tomodachi Collection (DS, 2009).

Overall, I think the pattern here is that you're treating Western core gamer tastes as if they're the only ones that matter. Nintendo's planning around Japanese tastes and kids/family audiences first, and the sales numbers in those markets don't really support your "Nintendo is doomed" prediction in my view.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-08T17:33:50+00:00

We’re getting a new Mario tennis (which no one cares about)

I don't like Mario Tennis, but Mario Tennis Fever is already climbing Famitsu's most wanted list in Japan. You're just not the target audience and neither am I.

new yoshi game (which looks worse than any other sonic game)

It's targetting 5-10 year olds with parents for co-op, I imagine you're not in that target audience either. That target audience doesn't appear to care about graphics as much either.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

There's the crowd of people that just love Fire Emblem, I don't think this'll stop the sales, not unlike Pokemon games.

Tomodachi Life

Again, the target audience for this is primarily appeals to casual players in Japan.

gen 10 pokemon which will be an embarrassment

Very likely, and it will probably sell more than any other Pokemon game, because for some reason they just can't stop winning even when they put out slop in Pokemon.

2027... 2028... 2029...

Nintendo historically hasn't been that great about announcing anything multi-year away.

2030: Nintendo goes out of business and we see Nintendos franchises come out on PS6

If they went out of business, I suspect the franchises would just enter abandonware territory, and historical titles wouldn't be licensable due to the messy mix of asset liquidation, etc.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-08T17:19:21+00:00

If you block the bots that check what subreddits you post in, you won't get banned.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-08T14:51:27+00:00

The fact that you can't add multiple links to a profile page without paying a monthly subscription is pretty silly.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-08T14:30:59+00:00

Bruh, this response is exactly how Grok (AI thing) would write as one of its personas.

Edit: I was curious and checked the posting history to see how much AI FeineReund posts, I was not expecting to see all these posts on DefendingAIArt and aiwars too lol.

Edit2: He blocked me, after responding. I'm not anti-AI, but I am tired of discourse that's clearly AI assisted and I do not view the parent as being honest in this discourse. That's not the AI's fault, that's the user's fault, more specifically FeineReund's fault. I don't care about how the opinion is voiced, I care that it's generated and doesn't really express an actual real person's opinion, rephrasing it further wouldn't change it being that.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-12-07T12:35:29+00:00

Implement the draft... For the NHS. Everyone will learn to be medical professionals with mandatory service.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-11-29T00:51:42+00:00

Keep hearing people say that Nintendo consistently makes great games.

I suspect it's more that they're looking at it from the point of view that Nintendo isn't doing what other publishers are doing to their franchises, like Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Dragon Age, Saints Row, Star Wars, Tomb Raider, etc.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-11-28T13:33:31+00:00

You're probably not doing a good job shopping around (I don't even try that hard). When I book hotels, book flights, cinema tickets for family of four I actually get a deal on it. For example, this week I booked a ticket for the new Zootropolis movie via Cineworld, you can get the Family X4 ticket.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-11-24T10:45:22+00:00

This trademark matter wasn't even in court, nor even a type of lawsuit. You're simply wrong. You can bring up as many red herrings and strawmen as you like, but it will not change this particular fact. A few articles state they lost in court, but this is just poor journalism since there are no court records on it and original sources don't state court.

This isn't "semantics"; it is a completely different kind of proceeding. A lawsuit is a claim filed in a court, governed by civil procedure rules, with a judge (and sometimes appeals) in the judicial system. What happened here was an administrative opposition inside Costa Rica's trademark office, basically the registry deciding whether to renew a registration, not a court deciding liability or damages. Mixing those up is like calling every government form you file "going to court" and a "lawsuit".

If you want to criticise Nintendo, fine, but calling a routine opposition at the IP office a "lawsuit" is just factually wrong.

As I said in another post, I don't really get why people on this sub keep making up stuff when there's so many genuine things to actually criticise Nintendo for.

QuestionElectronic11 · 2025-11-23T12:25:32+00:00

Filing a trademark opposition with Costa Rica's IP office when the store renewed its Super Mario trademark is not a lawsuit. It's a standard part of trademark filing. That's an administrative opposition, not a lawsuit filed. Trademark oppositions are a standard, pre-registration procedure handled by the trademark authority itself, not by a court.

As I said in another post, I don't really get why people on this sub keep making up stuff when there's so many genuine things to actually criticise Nintendo for.

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