#fuck you nintendo

[genericpuff]

completely off topic but regarding something that i saw pop up in my FB feed and i need to rant about

please do not fall for this shit

nintendo is NOT anti-AI.

it's really easy for them to say they're not going to use generative AI to create their games, because this statement has nothing to do with the very real issues with AI art such as the blatant theft of artists' work, environmental impact, replacement of humans in the industry, and just flat out unethical shit that AI has been designed around

it has EVERYTHING to do with their intellectual property rights, which Nintendo is NOTORIOUS for protecting with an iron fist even at their own expense. and i'm not talking the usual sensible argument shit like "ofc Nintendo wants to protect their IP's, they're a business!" i'm talking about the fact that this is the same company that just recently did a major takedown of the vast majority of Nintendo-licensed games on Vimm's Lair which aren't even being sold legitimately anywhere anymore-

i have so many fucking bones to pick with the flaccid bootlicking anti-piracy arguments out there but basically it comes down to this:

Nintendo is not a small indie company. They are literally one of the biggest, richest, most powerful gaming companies on the planet, rivalling Disney in just how many major franchises they own and profit off of. Many of their games are cultural classics, not just through the sentimentality and nostalgia of our childhoods, but also for all the innovations they made through games like Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and many others that we, within the world of gaming, owe a lot to and should be able to access and play. It's not a matter of "wanting these games for free", it's a matter of wanting to be able to access these games, period, and Nintendo is deadset on making it as difficult as possible, even when it doesn't necessarily profit from them (need I remind you that many of the games that were taken down from Vimm's Lair are NOT available through their shitty, poorly-ported emulation subscription service - plus that subscription service can be altered and/or removed at any time, regardless of what you paid for, just like the Wii Virtual Console was, meaning you do not own any of the games you're paying to play on there.)

This isn't about being "cheap" or "not wanting to pay for games". This is about media preservation and the virtue of actually owning the things we pay for. If these games were resold at official outlets for reduced prices or made more accessible through e-shops that don't close down in between console generations or drip feed the odd legacy title every few months or release crappy ports on their outdated af tech for only a few months at a time for three times the price of their original value, people would gladly pay. It's the fact that people are having to put up with all of the hoops that Nintendo has put in place to prevent them from even handing them money to play their favorite titles that even drives them to piracy to begin with, and Nintendo will gladly shut those sites down to protect their IP even when it's an IP they're no longer profiting from and aren't making active efforts to sell.

Like, I would gladly hand over a reasonable amount of money (i.e. not the cost of a brand new triple A title in 2024 which is like $80-$100 here in Canada) for Diddy Kong Racing on the Switch, but ofc it's not on the fucking online play store and even if it was, I'd have to deal with paying an overpriced subscription fee for a port of the game that would undoubtedly run WORSE than it does on my PC, and that subscription service can be taken down at any time. But Nintendo wants me to not pirate the game that's not available on their shitty subscription service because... just don't do it, pretty please??

Nintendo is not anti-AI. They would gladly use AI in place of manual labor to scour the internet and dish out DMCA's to every emulation site, archived ROM hub, fan game, and artist alley creator if they could... oh wait, they already are.

Do not fall for the virtues of anti-AI when it comes to companies like Nintendo. They are not anti-AI. They're anti-ownership. They're anti-preservation.

[sleepy-pile-of-ashe]

Nintendo taking down Yuzu and Citra was tactical

Because the biggest 3ds emulator with an online server is Citra, and they're killing the 3ds this April.

This was fucking tactical.

[mycomori]

happy birthday to me my favorite game (animal crossing pocket camp) that i’ve invested years of time and money into and has been the one constant thing to give me comfort the last five+ years is shutting down!

[annoyingfurry]

I LOVE PIRACY AND EMULATION!!!!

[facelessfinest]

I will forever be superior to Nintendo because I once stayed up for 2 days waiting for their website maintenance to finish so I could buy 5 of the Ace Attorney games for 20 bucks total.

It's what Maya Fey would want.

[goose-24-7]

does nintendo have a kink for matching me with teammates that dont even know how to respond to a "This way!" or smth...

[puddicure]

I’m playing Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn on my 3DS in the year 2023, and I wanted to show ppl the cute room I made, but Nintendo stopped supported 3Ds Image Share, and Twitter no longer has 3ds browser support, so I had to get creative

life finds a way, motherfucker!!!!

[1ndigoaway]

me before bed wishing for tomodachi life 2

[darkdragon768]

You don't understand how fucking MAD TotK's ending makes me.

Like, ok, it was kinda obvious that we'll ""heal"" Zelda of being a dragon for eternity but...

Why give Link his arm back????? What??? Why??? This doesn't make sense??

Nintendo, please make your characters a little fucked up and LET THEM ACTUALLY STAY FUCKED UP. BEING FUCKED UP IS OK AND AMAZING.

We love our lil fucked up guys.

[hollysoda]

Finally went and finished Tears of the Kingdom and I will now proceed to do nothing but cry for the next 24 hours this game has RUINED me I am a MESS

[nyonyia]

i dont understand why devs dont make their games as cheap as possible. the product literally doesnt exist, so its in your favor to have as many customers as possible even if they pay less

[idios-maximus]

Guess the website correctly to win a prize.

(No harm on them btw, it's just that seeing this HURTS LIKE HELL)

[myurucrie]

honestly lads is the fastest game I dropped??? Like it took me …5 years to drop feh

[azurecanary]

CITRA'S GOING UNDER?!

[psynoftheages]

WILD take here but if you create a piece of media be it games, movies tv shows or whatever it should be required that it is made available for consumption SOMEWHERE in order for you to continue holding the rights for that media. Otherwise the media is released to the public domain AND you are forced to release ALL materials related to that media for archival purposes.

This is in response to seeing post after post of animated tv shows getting removed from streaming services BUT ALSO I want to play retro games without having to fuck around with illegally downloading roms or trying to track down old hardware.

Is this extreme? Probably. But we've lost so much media over time because corps just lock that shit away.

[hoshanti]

when i, a b-rank in splatoon, am put against s+ players i should not be receiving penalties for losing