At the end of the day, the lawsuits and fines may work in the short-term, but by shutting down communication, ratcheting up lawsuits and stubbornly refusing to acknowledge that the gaming world has changed since 1985, the mega corporation is starting to look a little villainous, which is a brutal contrast to the welcoming, wildly imaginative image it's nurtured through its games over the years.
Two married costume designers share stories from a decade of traveling the globe with Nintendo.
In a YouTube video showing Nintendo Switch owners how to create a Nintendo Account, Nintendo of America revealed that Bowser is canonically 34 years old.
TG: “Most of us also grew up with Nintendo, likely forming a nostalgic connection with games that have long been crowned as our personal favourites. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was an experience that shaped my view on open world fantasy, and Super Mario 64 changed my life like it did for millions of others. These titles have earned their place in history, and remain loved to this day for so many worthwhile reasons. We replay them and beg for remasters all while delving into their worlds time and time again because they mean that much to us. It’s a shame then that the company behind them often kicks its own sweet darlings to the curb.”
I never got the love for Nintendo games personally. The annoying vocalizations and ugly character designs do nothing for me.
Don't forget the constant hand holding with tutorials. Learn this new ability by pressing Y, now prove that you can press Y 8 times before you can move on....
Another very weird article.
Nintendo is a great company by almost all possible normal measures. The biggest one being: their own staff is happy, and they seem to be very happy, well compensated and retain rate is solid. They are also financially very stable, profitable, and cash rich, so shareholders love them.
Overall it is an extremely creative group of people, and their mission statement is fantastic as well "to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together." The social impact is also massive, not to speak culturally. Additionally, they have a really strong core business, high customer retention rate and loyalty. Nintendo's reputation is extremely good, I think in the US alone they are 9th most reputable company, their customer service is better than the average company. Plus, the press gives them a pass, because they are Nintendo. But there's a reason why they do that, it's not "because they are Nintendo", there are more layers to the argument.
Then, then there's the random negative gamers online...and their "reputation" which is inside their heads. And their western ideas of how a Japanese company should behave or what they should do. But they have no right to ask a company to do anything for them, because they can vote with their wallets.
There's a small vocal community online who dislikes Nintendo for what they are, but then again, there's always a small vocal community that dislikes something.
Nintendo also disagrees with the Western world about IP, but most people call Westerners "hidoi!" when they emulate Tears of the Kingdom and do not experience it the way Nintendo wanted them (even if it is not the best visual way), because it is a matter of principle to them (Japanese are very much against anything close to plagiarism, and there are laws that are tight about creative works copying etc.)
The Western Braveheart "freedoom!" shouters need to understand that it is not an American company, nor they need to behave like one. They can have their own fights based on their principles (against emulation). And they very well may lose the battle with that and change, or find a new audience.
In the end, it is so very simple. Don't buy the products if you don't like a company, but there's no need to paint a picture that is unrealistic about Nintendo either.
I hate virtually everything about their business practices, actually. Suing everybody for virtually anything, shooting down fan projects, games they never let devalue, their online infrastructure and how they handle BC.
They're lucky they make great games, because that's the only thing I feel they do right.
my issue with them, is the complete refusal to have decent tech for us.
and their odd censorship and lawsuits for modders.
People steal from them and they are the villain. Great logic
They had it with the one being sued so now they're going after everyone lol.
They can be pissy, for sure, but if this observation is being made in relation to the Bowser case, that's not fair. He made money from their product and they've nailed him to the wall. That's how you show others it's not a good idea.
There's so many things to touch in here and not all Nintendo lawsuits or copyright strikes are in the right things like takedowns of fan made art is clearly misguided and wrong but takedowns of switch ROMs from the internet is fine it's still a console that's being used however takedowns of nes roms gets a little dicey sure they may re release Mario 1 through 3 and Metroid or Zelda every few years but there's hundreds of games that are not that and no longer owned by a publisher that's still active which should not be taken down as it's abandoned but Nintendo did basically wipe the easy to reach rom sites of Nintendo content. It's still fairly accessible though if you look below surface level.
I've also seen rom sites remove all Nintendo first party IP from the roms and Nintendo leaves that be it's clear it's more a protection of first party
Nintendo is a mixed bag. It's undeniable they are anti-consumer as all hell. If you think otherwise, you are maybe a little too blissfully ignorant when it comes to knowing where your money is going. That said, they are also first and foremost a Japanese company, and although their egregious volume of recent YouTube takedowns is definitely absurd, fair use doesn't really exist in Japan either so they can basically take down any content for any reason any time on the grounds of copyright enforcement, no matter how arbitrary or misguided by western standards. Heck, it can even contradict their provided content sharing standards because those standards are not actually a legal agreement. Your legal agreements are all in the ToS you agreed to when you opted to play a given game.
When it comes to the Doug Bowser 10 million dollar fine, yes that's an absurd sum, but that's the point of it. They made the man into an example for better or for worse, and courts often like to accommodate companies following this path. Although the sum is so far removed from actual damages incurred beyond a doubt, you can more blame scummy company culture than Nintendo directly.
So does everything suck? Yes. Are copyright strikes on YouTube for innocent properly derivative content sharing absurd? Beyond a doubt. Is Nintendo guilty of many acts especially in the space of retro game preservation that you are more than justified in hating them for? Absolutely. But are the basics of their recent actions ultimately justified? For better or for worse, yes.