The Yellow Paint Game Design Debate refers to a viral online discourse regarding the use of bright yellow visual cues in modern video games to guide players toward interactable objects or paths. While the practice has existed for years, it became a massive flashpoint for gamers in 2023 and 2024 following the releases of Resident Evil 4 Remake and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Critics argue that the paint breaks immersion and insults the player's intelligence, while developers and accessibility advocates maintain that these cues are essential for clarity in increasingly complex and high-fidelity 3D environments. The meme is typically used to mock the intensity of the argument itself or to point out absurd examples of 'hand-holding' in recent AAA titles.