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Writing the Book on Nintendo + the Top 10 Most Underrated Nintendo Games (with Keza MacDonald)

The Back Page · February 6, 2026

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01:03:53 - 01:04:24

were like, oh, imagine being a goon, he gave that a 10. Sorry, guys, appreciate it. I actually did actually say that to me, Matthew, but I didn't want to. Oh, okay, great. I didn't want to put in the book to publicly humiliate anyone. The next game I've put on this list is Endless Ocean. Not a Nintendo developed game, but a Nintendo published one. It was a very chill game about just diving in the ocean and chilling out with sea creatures. ...

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... the devs saying, oh, we could see online comments after Skyward Sword that this series got a familiar and stale. And I just imagine your blood rising, Matthew. I don't like the idea of them agreeing with that and then thinking that everyone else who said it was good was just like some lame sycophant because it wasn't that. They weren't thinking about you. They were like, oh, imagine being a goon, he gave that a 10. Sorry, guys, appreciate it. I actually did actually say that to me, Matthew, but I didn't want to. Oh, okay, great. I didn't want to put in the book to publicly humiliate anyone. The next game I've put on this list is Endless Ocean. Not a Nintendo developed game, but a Nintendo published one. It was a very chill game about just diving in the ocean and chilling out with sea creatures. And it was one of those games that came out at the time when people had much more strong opinions about what was and wasn't a game. And because Endless Ocean was quite vibes-based, I don't think it got appreciated at the time because it didn't have enough game stuff in ...

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