Fun Fact: There is a Doordash ad based around a Fortnite reference. In this ad a woman gets upset at her friend for lagging, after which he states "My batteries are toast." implying that the dead batteries are to blame. I do not need to explain that dead batteries will not make it look like you're teleporting in a game.
Another Fun Fact: I would not have posted this if I have gotten this ad 30 TIMES TODAY ALONE!
Is it better for a game to try to do new things and fail terribly or do nothing new and be mediocre?
I don't know, but subjectively I'll always take the first.
The worst trope is when the show says "OH THIS TROPE IS BAD, THIS IS A BAD TROPE AND YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT!!!" then proceed to do THE EXACT SAME TROPE WITH NO VARIATIONS.
There is two schools for the "Power of Friendship" trope.
1: Nuance. Play it carefully. This is just people being driven by their friends.
2: MASSIVE LASER BEAM.
I don't like Geeta's design. It gives off the worse vibes I've ever had the displeasure of feeling. I've played so many games you'd think could give off worse vibes. Amnesia, one of the scariest games I've ever played, still has more enjoyable vibes then Geeta from Pokémon. Her official artwork has three pinky joints, she is absurdly long too the point of going far past the uncanny valley.
She is the definition of a failed vibe check, and the dread the amount of fanart that will expose me to her terrible vibes once again.
It okay to play as Mario in Mario Kart.
It's not basic, no one does it.
It's not bland, it's unlikely others will be Mario.
It's not cringe, Mario is based.
I don't play as Mario myself. I'm too busy being Dry Bones and Blue Yoshi, but Mario is still cool.
It also is constantly up for maintenance, and doesn't work with any flash game written with version 3.0 of Action Script. Also, whenever I use it on an iPad, I can't play any game that has keyboard controls, and sometimes the tapping can be very finicky compared to using a mouse. Additionally, text rarely loads, making game instructions hard to figure out for new-comers.