| mZuzek said: I'm sorry to say it but y'all are being an embarassment right now. Liking a company for their games is fine, but defending their continued anti-consumer practices just makes you look like an idiot. Be real with yourselves. -snip- |
Listen, I feel everyone is and should be welcome to voice their thoughts, praise, and criticism against or about Nintendo here. I think that's only fair as this thread is about Nintendo and not intended in any way to be an echo chamber of praise (I find that to be boring, frankly). That said however, I don't feel that it is in good faith or fair to initiate any one of those types of discussions by making sweeping statements like this right from the outset, as it not only incites people against you because they feel wrongfully lumped into an opinion they either don't share or is being misinterpreted, but it also takes away from the points you intend to make afterwards.
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At risk of sounding like a shill however, I echo some of the same points brought up from earlier users. Much of this controversy seems to be built upon an emotional appeal from people on social media that misrepresents the two situations with the attempt to create an overarching narrative about Nintendo's engagement with fans. There's definitely some details that are arguably heavier-handed than they need to be, but I don't feel like Nintendo has made any overtly unreasonable requests in terms of protecting it's trademarks, which in the system we have they have to do or risk losing them.
Also to be completely honest, in regards to charitable giving, I'm not understanding why it's imperative that people get some sort of material reward at all. If the intent was to raise money for charity, then advertise the charity in the person's name and people should be giving money without the expectation of getting something in return. The whole Smash thing is the typical argument about copyright protection, but the charity controversy especially rubbed me the wrong way because it felt intentionally manipulative on the part of people trying to use a sadly deceased person's memory to push their own agendas regarding Nintendo's fan engagement instead of trying to spread awareness about what the charity was meant to accomplish in the first place. Meanwhile, the guy who made the Joy-Cons sure made out well by getting all the free publicity for his business despite the legal decision being made back in September. The only thing that made his story suddenly relevant was the Smash situation.
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