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** [[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Fi]]. Most fans [[The Scrappy|loathe her]] for effectively taking the [[Stop Helping Me!]] factor [[Up to Eleven]], even rivaling fellow [[Exposition Fairy]] Navi. While she can get rather annoying, by the way some people talk about her, [[Flanderization|she constantly interrupts gameplay every five seconds and always reports information shown right in front of your face,]] [[Ruined FOREVER|and made the game near unplayable.]] The fact that [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Tatl]], [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|the King of Red Lions]], and [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Midna]] were [[Ensemble Darkhorse|fan-favorites]] didn't help, and Fi's comparatively [[The Spock|cold]] and sometimes [[Uncanny Valley|creepy]] disposition only made it worse.
* Veigue of ''[[Tales of Rebirth]]'' is only remembered by the fandom as "that guy who [[Say My Name|screams his girlfriend's name a lot]].
* [[Way Forward Technologies]] is better known for their oft-maligned launch period [[Nintendo DS]] messenger app release ''Ping Pals'' and [[The Problem with Licensed Games|mediocre cartoon tie-in]] than their more applauded work, notably the rare and [[Needs More Love|underappreciated]] [[Game Boy Color]] game ''[[Shantae]]'', and as such, has infuriatingly been referenced instead in features and reviews on their work in ''[[Contra|Contra 4]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]].
** ThisThankfully, probablythe doesn'tgood qualifyreception as a [[Never Live It Down]] example anymore, sinceof ''Contra 4''{{'}}s was pretty well received andallowed Wayforward managed to build up its reputation with good games such as the Wii remake of ''[[A Boy and His Blob]]'', ''LIT'' and S''hantaeShantae: Risky's Revenge'', among their usual licensed work, thus averting this.
* ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' was, unfortunately, hyped just a little too much on its release, leading to key figures in the gaming industry slamming it, to the effect that even now it seems to be remembered as little more than a poor Mario imitator. As anyone who grew up actually playing it at the time can attest, this is quite wrong - it was a beautifully designed, addictive platformer with one of the best soundtracks to grace any game of any time period. And its first sequel was even better in all regards.
** During the peak of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''{{'}}sits popularity, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] famously complained that "players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good." What he actually meant was that he was angry at his Nintendo bosses for [[Executive Meddling|interfering with his development of]] ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'' [[Executive Meddling|by insisting that it mimic]] ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''{{'}}s [[Executive Meddling|visual style]]. Many took this to mean that Miyamoto believed the game itself was nothing more than eye-candy, and to this day you'll often hear people declare that Miyamoto hated [[''Donkey Kong Country]]''.▼
** Unfortunately, game music composer Grant Kirkhope has run into this with the infamous "DK Rap," which served as the [[Theme Tune Rap]] for ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. However, Kirkhope has [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926160412/http://grantkirkhope.com/donkeykong64.html stated that], contrary to [[Misblamed|popular belief]], the DK Rap was ''supposed'' to be cheesy and silly, and not a ''serious'' attempt at a rap song about cartoony talking apes.
▲** During the peak of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''{{'}}s popularity, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] famously complained that "players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good." What he actually meant was that he was angry at his Nintendo bosses for [[Executive Meddling|interfering with his development of]] ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'' [[Executive Meddling|by insisting that it mimic]] ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''{{'}}s [[Executive Meddling|visual style]]. Many took this to mean that Miyamoto believed the game itself was nothing more than eye-candy, and to this day you'll often hear people declare that Miyamoto hated [[Donkey Kong Country]].
* Nintendo will ALWAYS be considered the gaming patron saint of [[Bowdlerization]]. Never mind they have gotten past the [[Never Say "Die"]] point long ago, and how in fact they're the more LENIENT company nowadays, with games released on multiple systems having less censorship on Nintendo systems (or at least the same, but not MORE). Sure, they still censor some stuff every now and then, but no more than the others. Ironically, the most censor-happy company right now is ''Sony''. The same Sony who [[Informed Ability|supposedly]] is [[Darker and Edgier]] than Nintendo.
** Of note: Several of the entries for the [[Cluster F-Bomb]] [[Video Games]] page are on the Wii, including ''[[No More Heroes]]'', ''[[MadWorld]]'', and ''[[House of the Dead]]: OVERKILL'', which had a ''Guinness World Record'' for the number of F-bombs dropped during the game. One might think Nintendo is going out of its way to break their "Kid Friendly" image.
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