When is a game referencing something else cool and when is it cringey?

Cringey when it is Nintendo, cool when it is everyone else.

What is this referencing?

Cool-- when the game doing the referencing is good.

Cringey-- when the game doing the referencing sucks.

See: "Tales of" series cameos. In the newest titles, the cameo battles are just cringey because they basically say "haha hey, remember when this series wasn't waifu prog-rock bullshit and was actually good?"

>>381585897
Cool when the reference flies so low and under the radar that people aren't exactly sure it was a reference at all.
Any other time where is obvious is usually cringe.

>heehee

This shit infuriates me to no end.

It's cool when it feels natural to the game or is very subtle. Sometimes even blatant references can be cool if they're unexpected/plays off your expectations and used appropriately or as a gag (like the Nier reference to Zelda). Really in your face references that serve no purpose are just shit though. Like "Lmao remember MARIO??? Us gamers :)".

Well, for the record Stories: The Path of Destinies has an achievement called "What does the fox choose?"

>>381587943
Stories is chock full with that shit. I'm pretty sure eighty percent of the random lines are some sort of reference.

>>381588089
I know and I still liked it, was a bit short even if you go for the golden ending, though.

>>381586306
>cool when it is Nintendo™, cringey when it is everyone else.
FTFY

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>>381585897
Cool when it isn't forced. Cringe when it is forced just for the sake of wanting to make a reference. Exception to the rule are costume-based references.

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It's okay when Japan does it

>>381586678
If I talk about it HE will show up

>>381585897
I had to reread this a few times before i realized you're an underage.

>>381588613
Aren't those 4chan references just 2ch ones in Japanese anyway?

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>>381585897
Is this a Dark Souls reference or some shit?

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Best example of a cool reference.

>>381585897
It's alright when it's in achievements, or remains subtle.
If it's in your face, you really need something to make up for it.

>>381589821
Is it Dark Souls? Not memeing, that's just what I took away from the Lord Ember thing.

>>381591357
I think it's ponies.

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It's all about the execution, references should be fun.

>>381585897
Good: if subtle in an appropriate context, bonus points if the game is from the same company and it's somewhat believable the game could share the same universe

Bad: Anything else

Also I unironically can't believe there's grown men getting hyped for plain shovelware like Knack

>>381588332
You just proved his point, congrats

>>381592198
This is a Nintendo™ aligned board my friend.