Nintendo

Raised as a usability problem by 24 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 25 threads.

People raised many different problems with Nintendo, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 26 complaints

Swapping top and bottom screens spins slowly, a painful wait2026-06-11
Installing homebrew needs awkward hardware modding, like tinfoil and a toothpick to close a jumper2026-01-31
Day-one game releases are sometimes unplayable and rely on later patches2025-05-01
Near impossible to filter or find things in the store2025-01-16
Classic game experience is extremely poor compared to emulating on old PCs2024-03-14
Lint gets stuck between stick and sensor, breaking it, and the sensor is hard to access to fix2023-04-04
Original DS browser is unbelievably slow and barely usable2023-03-03
Wastes time figuring out how to reach the save and apply changes2023-01-02
Navigating downloadable content feels like hitting a brick wall; hard for older and disabled users2022-06-30
EShop is slow and painful to browse, with poor selection2022-06-23
Creating accounts and linking profiles to consoles is a frustrating experience2022-05-03
Recently added N64 games have high input lag and graphical issues2022-02-06
Volume can only be changed through several menus with unreliable touch buttons2021-08-24
D-Pad is poorly built and hard to use accurately2021-07-09
The store is terribly slow to interact with, likely due to its UI layer2020-11-23
EShop takes a long time to start and shows content only after loading2020-11-23
Can't tell whether the orange-green status LED is on or off2020-10-03
Controllers sometimes become unmapped for no reason2019-10-11
Buying anything takes five or more clicks even with a saved card2019-06-20
Has to use Discord on a phone or computer alongside the Switch for proper voice chat2018-01-18
Hard to tell which of Nintendo's many accounts serves which service2017-04-06
Motion controls cause frustrating input problems, so the player couldn't get past the first hour2017-03-01
Needs a light bar and batteried remotes, so the console is hard to set up and play2017-02-20
Moving an account to a new console requires a phone call, security questions, and days of waiting2016-10-20
Right-hand buttons are hard to press; layout feels counterintuitive to fingers2015-07-13
Touch screen not used for in-game controls despite being a key feature2015-03-02