YouTuber and hot take crafter VideoGameDunkey did what he usually does and released a video about a recent game, this time being Xenoblade Chronicles 3. As expected, Dunkey stuck to his guns and continued to lean into his persona that has a long history of self-admitted dislike for JRPGS, which Xenoblade squarely falls into.

Also, as expected, some on Twitter erupted in a sea of uproar over the video game review and began to get angry at Dunkey, apparently enough to cause him to become trending on the platform. The primary part of the anger, however, stems from his use of spoilers in his video without warning, with the game just being released a little over a month ago.

Okay, I gotta mention it

Don't look up anything revolving Dunkey if you're still playing Xenoblade 3, twitter and youtube. Dude is just posting massive spoilers like its nothing.

— Agnus' strongest soldier (@SpadesEnder) August 30, 2022

Dunkey's video on Xenoblade 3 apparently spoils a bunch of late/endgame shit with zero warning.

I say "apparently" because I'm not giving him views to verify that (honestly very believable) statement and neither should you, but the warning is being put out there anyway

— Screwy / Lumin @ Soul Hackers 2 (@ScrewyClassic) August 29, 2022

Dunkey: Posts an endgame spoiler with no filter or warning:

Also Dunkey: Damn, why am I trending on twitter?

His fans who are too lazy to search context: It's just a joke bro, why you taking it so serious.

Rinse and repeat… Same song and dance. pic.twitter.com/dWJ3P6ztgp

— MangaKamen – Beware the Groove (@Manga_Kamen) August 30, 2022

People defending dunkey saying "oh its just satire. His opinion." He hates rpgs. Why does he keep playing them. You know why? Its the new trendy game. Gotta do a video. Its not because he likes it

— Commander Crona (@AlbarnsDemon) August 29, 2022

This, however, created a counter backlash against Twitter, by Twitter. As usual, people began to call out others for going too far in their hatred of Dunkey, with one Twitter artist pointing out that the numerous caricatures of Dunkey done in a way to shame and upset him are really just done in bad taste and shouldn't be how things are done.

Others began pointing out how Dunkey not liking the JRPG doesn't impact the game in the slightest for those who do enjoy it, and that Twitter drama like this solves nothing. This also became a rallying point for people who are just mad at anime and JRPG fans, with Dunkey possibly gaining allies by virtue of shared dislike of Xenoblade.

Im not the biggest Dunkey fan in the world but making art of him and his wife as intentionally gross looking caricatures to pwn him because he posted spoilers for a game on twitter (and then deleted them) is fucking weird behaviour, ESPECIALLY from like a Twitter Artist

— 🦐 Mason (@sonyPlaytation) August 30, 2022

Dunkey is completely forward about not liking JRPGs with long wait times. Why are you still getting mad? His negative review didn't prevent the last Xenoblade from selling enough to get a sequel. Him not liking it doesn't affect you dumb weebs.

— Doobus Goobus (@DoobusGoobus) August 30, 2022

my biggest shock from people getting mad at dunkey this time is that there are people who are sincerely emotionally invested in this pic.twitter.com/ifIIRhgpFX

— alexapdos (@alexapdos) August 30, 2022

Idk who Dunkey is, nor have I wanted a single video of theirs

But they make Xenoblade fans angry and for that they're my goat

— 🌊Splash⁶⁴🐋 ➡️LMBM⁉️ (@SplashSixtyFour) August 30, 2022

In the end, it seems Dunkey was able to post and laugh off the situation, which is just one of multiple he has caused in the past by not wholly agreeing with the opinion of a large part of social media, with his most recent example being his liking of Last of Us 2.

This, in turn, has caused some people to label Dunkey a contrarian, who knows that cherrypicking and posting hot takes about small parts of the game will just lead to this exact thing happening, effectively admitting that Dunkey knows how to game the system.

wow i'm trending on twitter, guess people really liked my new video

— dunkey (@vgdunkey) August 30, 2022

Dunkey is relevant once again, so it is my civil duty to post this image once again.

Dunkey just makes the most god awful, disingenuous takes and then claims its a shit post whenever people get serious enough to prove how he's wrong. pic.twitter.com/1UgciUEDJZ

— ✵Guster Buster✵ (@A_Guster_Buster) August 30, 2022

twitter when dunkey makes fun of their anime game again pic.twitter.com/DApbx0v5S4

— maus (@indeimaus) August 30, 2022

I watched the Dunkey Xenoblade 3 video and there's a large section of the video dedicated to just saying the names of the characters in a funny voice, proving Dunkey is just the video game reviewer equivalent of CoComelon.

— Christina Tasty (@ChristinaTasty) August 30, 2022