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After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal
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this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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They killed Splatoon's grassroots Esport community thanks to them making a quick buck with splatoon 3, that promised a bunch of network functionality improvements that never materialized.
So now, a game that used to have multiple small but growing international tournaments now has nothing. Hell, they used to have tournaments on the main stage at PAX East.
They've been shutting down Smash Bros tournaments as well.
How they treated professional Melee and especially Project M was the moment I realized Nintendo was just another out-of-touch company. So many indie devs would kill for fans that passionate, let alone a modding scene that robust. Nintendo threw it all away.
Edit: and that ignores the graveyard of fan games Nintendo has killed. AM2R, Pokémon Uranium...
Yeah this was my first moment also and largely why I will never pay for NSO+. How they treat the esport community is crazy.
I recommend going the extra mile and no longer buying their hardware or software.
Emulation is in a great state right now, and it's only getting better. The fewer resources scummy companies like Nintendo have from sales, the fewer resources they'll have to go after community products.
Really hoping this isn't a 3DS situation where they added a notch to gamecarts. Its so dumb that we can't use game consoles like a PC and just fucking install discs if we want to without a shitty checking system.