Ehhh the few good things I remember about that gen was that Valve & Platinum were firing on all cylinders and the console dashboards being customizable.

Kayfabe, brother. That's Firecat.

Neuron activation

He's a bunkmate!

I think nintendo is trying to put Samus in the same simplified lens as Mario, DK, and Kirby but it doesn't really work.

You must be living in a different dimension. Nintendo only get a fraction of the ire Sony and Microsoft get.