What Nintendo does

As news broke yesterday about the latest bed Nintendo has decided to shit in, targeting a longtime fan with DMCA strikes for sharing videos featuring their games, I was reminded of a few things.

This kind of hostile behavior is, unfortunately, what we’ve come to expect from Nintendo. Never mind the cute alarm clock or music app—they’re one of the most needlessly customer-hostile companies out there. Remember the Nintendo Creators Program? Or the strict, joy-killing guidelines they’ve slapped onto Super Smash Bros tournaments? Why do we keep cheering them on every time they release something “cute” or nostalgic?

What’s particularly frustrating, as we've seen countless times in their battles against emulation sites, is that Nintendo themselves aren't interested in offering any legal way to play many of the games featured on Crandall’s channel, going so far as shutting down the virtual console back in 2019 and cutting off access to over 400 classic titles games.

Enough is enough already.