Reading through the replies, I will say this:
1) I’ve never played any of the Persona games, even when they were peaking with popularity. Though, I did recently check out a Shin Megami Tensei history-like video as how the game was made, and it made me interested to play Nocturne more than Persona.
2) I’ve never owned any Fire Emblem games and I knew the series was unique, but like Zelda and (to an extent) SMT, I sometimes don’t know where to start. I could do the research and pick the most popular one to play, but I’d feel like I’m cheating myself into not checking out the story of how the game came to be known as Fire Emblem.
3) Playing Nintendo almost the majority of my life, it’s been nothing but a mix of Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario Party, Donkey Kong and old Sonic. I guess I wasn’t “hip” enough to play the likes of RE, Luigi’s Mansion, Wind Waker, the original Animal Crossing or Banjo Kazooie.
4) Every fanbase in video game history have always had people go to extreme lengths to outdo actual sports who think they know more about the games than the actual creators that invented and created the games in the first place.
Overall, I wouldn’t shame people for playing diverse titles like Hyrule Warriors, Xenoblade Chronicles, Astral Chain, Bayonetta and the like. If anything, the last year or so made me want to play the titles that Nintendo is known for, but the majority of their fanbase would never play. If I can play Mario and Sonic Olympics games, and fast forward to myself playing No More Heroes because I love the soundtrack, then why should most people care about why Smash is more popular than the game that no one else would play in the first place?
Again, long rant, but just to be clear: all Nintendo fans on social media do not speak for the majority of Nintendo’s gaming fanbase.