Did you ever get so much trouble online?
One of the things in this Top 5 is most likely the problem.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
i guess a list like this for "online" Mario Kart might be different than an overall one, because i'd personally put the blue shell at #1. it is one of the cheapest, most unfair and BS things in gaming. you basically get punished for doing well. that's frustrating. lol.
You can instantly tell you're potentially playing a royal douche in MK7 online when they ALWAYS select Maku Wuhu for their track. They are either a clueless person who doesn't know the exploit, and therefore doesn't know the etiquette of politely not selecting that track, or they are trying to get an easy first place. Thankfully, I rarely encounter more than one per race and the others will almost always race the track fairly.
The online rankings are also kinda dumb, because they are just additive. In that you can't really know if someone with a high rating is any good. Most of the time they are, but not always. They could just be game addicts. A high rating means: 1) They are legitimately good and have a high rating because they place high consistently, or 2) They suck, but have scored 3 measly points in 400 online races, adding to a high total through dinking their way to it.
Agreed on all above comments, except one.
There's a couple other ways to dodge blue shells that were not mentioned.
-use a mushroom: its insanely difficult to time, but it can be done, I've only done it once on mk7, but when I did, it was one of the greatest feelings of accomplishments I've had in 25+ yrs in gaming!
-use a star: nearly impossible to get in first place, but if u save one from earlier in the race....
My annoyance is the lack of true leaderboards, mario kart wii did it perfectly! Why take it away?