Nintendo: "You shouldn’t assume what you saw on the video represents actual Switch game footage"

[StarOcean]

potato_hamster said:

StarOcean said:

I think people are reading too much into this. Nintendo only wants to reveal their console this year and because that they only showed placeholder games like MK8 and such. Even the actor who worked on set said the TVs and such were blank. The footage was added after the fact. The intention was only to show off the console, not the games. Similar to the Wii U Zelda demo

You know, you'd totally have a point, execept the Switch is releasing in 5 months. In comparison, imagine announcing a game at E3, showing a trailer that gives the impression of gameplay footage, and then coming out after the E3 announcement and stating "you shouldn't assume what you saw on the E3 trailer represents actual gameplay footage".

Ohh wait, that kinda did happen with titles like Alien: Colonial Marines. Lawsuits were filed over that.  I think that's how the phrase "bullshots" game to be. It was a big deal. Why should Nintendo get a free pass if that turns out to be the case here?

Like I said, they weren't revealing games. They were revealing the console. If the intention was to show the games then you'd have something. But nothing like games were promised. They don't want to show games so they aren't going to. There is a clear disclaimer. If you were to hypthetically sue them for this ad you would lose. They clearly stated at the end that the images were not final and do not represent games on the console. They did nothing wrong. They aren't getting a free pass because they were clear cut on their intentions