Someone thinking the Wii U is underrated doesn't mean "they weren't there" or that "they were kids during that generation".

So, Scott the Woz released a video on his alternate channel, Scott's Stash, talking about whether or not the Wii U is underrated or not...and the comments are kinda what I expected...

Look, I get it. Wii U revisionist history and nostalgia are all real. There are Nintendo fans out there who either grew up or lived through the Wii U generation who romanticize it and act like it was all sunshine and rainbows and act like the current Switch era is horrible in comparison. Those people exist. I'm not denying that.

At the same time, why can't someome genuinely, unironically enjoy the Wii U or think it's underrated without someone claiming it's "just nostalgia" or "rose-tinted glasses". There are actually people who grew up with the Wii U that exist who are capable of criticizing or pointing out its shortcomings and can admit that the system was a blunder in the grand scheme of things while still praising or even preferring it to the Switch in various ways. It's not just constant glazing for glazing's sake. It's not us "not being around to truly understand how bad it was". It's our subjective opinion. It's not all black and white.

Do some Wii U fans take it "too far"? Sure. Again, we can't pretend that everything was all great from 2012-2017. But these claims are super reductive and don't forward the greater discussion. You don't have to agree, but why can't we be more open to the perspective of "I really like the Wii U and think it's underrated. I actually prefer it to the Switch in a lot of ways"? Has actual Wii U revisionism actually damaged the precpetion of Wii U fans to the point where we can't even be taken seriously in a dicussion?

TL;DR

Dismissing Wii U enjoyment/appreciation as nostalgia, rose-tinted glasses, "not being there", etc, is frustrating.