/vr/ - Retro Games

I would say the Mario fandom changed significantly during the 2010s. They suddenly acquired this weird obsession with things that never mattered before in the series, like their narrative elements, and the "creativity" of characters and settings. At first, it was just the Paper Mario fans, but now this mindset has extended to fans of other games in the series, including mainline entries. When Super Mario Galaxy was new, people shared their gripes on certain things, like the Prankster Comets, but overall, they still enjoyed the game for what it was. No one was saying shit like, "Mario's in space, but Tatanga doesn't return? Woooow, missed opportunity, Nintendo!" And don't get me started on the anti-NSMB and anti-Miyamoto crowds.