There are so many content creators on the internet that sometimes, amidst fake podcasts recorded to create false controversies, people screaming while watching a trailer, or official plagiarizers of jokes, those who truly create original content are at risk of being buried under the terrible and always tumultuous waters of the internet. Perhaps that’s why it feels so satisfying to see creators like Zequio and Becky succeed viral after viral, always relying on originality as their banner.
The prisoner of Zelda
After spending enough years on the internet, one knows that when faced with a video titled “The Battle of Consoles,” all that’s left is to sigh out of boredom. However, when in the video, the protagonists are PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo discussing Activision, ‘Call of Duty,’ and, of course, ‘Zelda,’ things change. In just one minute and ten seconds, Zequio perfectly summarizes everything that others have been trying to make us see through extensive and repetitive speeches.
“Why are you fighting over an external franchise? Why don’t you focus on making your own games the best they can be? Games like Zelda, for example,” says Nintendo, aware that the battle over Activision and multi-platform games will only have one clear winner: never, ever bet against Nintendo. After years of uncertainty about ‘Tears of the Kingdom,’ with many assuming it would be a hastily made sequel to ‘Breath of the Wild,’ the Japanese company has once again made a strong statement and changed the history of video games. Well, considering that it’s an industry where something “changes history” every month, it’s not exactly groundbreaking.
Being a Nintendo fan means being downtrodden for eleven months of the year and incredibly proud during the one month when you can say, “Oh, sure, your little shooting game is nice, but when are you going to make another ‘Super Mario Odyssey’? Oh, you don’t know?” If we overlook the fact that they would sue a dog if its paw pad resembled Kirby, it’s hard not to have sympathy for a company that marches to its own beat. And if they happen to get a ‘Call of Duty’ by chance on the Switch, well, that’s just a bonus for them.
