"That was not received well at Nintendo" - as GTA 6 and Zelda are lampooned by Saturday Night Live, former employees recall Elon Musk Wario skit controversy
📍 Aftermath
{ "epilogue": "Following Saturday Night Live sketches lampooning Grand Theft Auto 6 and Zelda, former marketing leads suggested the recent parody likely went down fine at Nintendo despite framing Link as being for nerds. However, former employees recalled that Nintendo was reportedly not amused by a previous 2021 Elon Musk Wario skit.
Coverage ultimately compared the GTA 6 and Zelda pairing to a potential gaming Barbenheimer." }
Epilogue added 51m ago, after coverage quieted.
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