User:Niiue/Shigeru Miyamoto vs Markus Persson/Rap Meanings

Markus Persson:
My name is Markus Persson and I've created Minecraft,

(A direct quote from the beginning of one of Notch's interviews)

And in a year, I made $100 million off of my craft.

(A reference to Minecraft making $101 million in 2012. Also a diss referencing Miyamoto only making 1.13 million a year.)

I still don't know why you're so revered!

You made a few games and they all turned out weird!

(A reference to Miyamoto's quote, "I made some games, but I'm pretending like I didn't because they all turned out weird.")

Maybe in the 80s, your games used to be fine!

Nowadays, no one plays 'em once they're past age nine!

In the past 40 years, you created a monopoly

(Miyamoto originally joined Nintendo in 1977.)

And locked away titles from Phoenix Wright to Mother 3!

(A reference to two games, Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken and Mother 3, both of which were never released outside of Japan.)

You should've done like me when you started losing money,

(Nintendo's stock dropped multiple times in 2016. Notch is saying that Miyamoto should do what he did, and...)

And sold all your best games to a better company!

(...Sell his most successful franchises to another company, just like Notch did with Minecraft.)

Shigeru Miyamoto:
You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for me!

The industry would've died back in '83!

You built on Infiniminer but forgot to give credit!

From what little I've seen, you're the Phil Fish of Reddit!

And in my opinion, you know a game's a fraud

When all its newest features are just copied from mods!

I once said a delayed game will be good when completed,

But after seeing Minecraft, I'm not sure if I believe it!

Markus Persson:
At least Mojang allows fanmade content to begin with.

Your company gives fangames cease and desists!

And don't try to tell me about stealing games to make classics!

You expect fans to shell out 60 bucks for Lunar Magic!

Shigeru Miyamoto:
Inside you is a child trying to act like an adult.

You don't need to respond to every single Twitter insult!

Your game was a passing fad, you're not my competitor!

I've done more than you ever could with 140 characters!

Markus Persson:
Kids used to grow up battling animals on Route 6,

Now they're going on a Super Mario Run through your pockets!

When people used to see you, they used to want to be you!

All that changed after you released the Wii U!

(A reference to Notch's notable disdain for Nintendo's Wii U, as well as its poor reception in general. Notch is saying that Nintendo stopped being taken seriously in the industry due to the Wii U and its poor sales.)