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Nintendo Honors Game Preservation Efforts by Enshrining Names of All Who Attempt It in Lawsuit (hard-drive.net)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Nintendo cited Tears of the Kingdom in their lawsuit. Not in the article.

[–] Squeak 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok. But the article is satire. The reason Nintendo sued is obviously not to enshrine people’s name for game preservation… that’s the joke.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nintendo also didn't sue every single person involved in video game preservation. Thatsthejoke.jpg

The "community reaction" you're referring to doesn't exist. People by and large are saying "no surprise, they did it while the console was still on sale, and they tried to make money doing it".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wrong comment my guy

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You were exactly the one I meant to reply to. You're criticising what is clearly a joke as if it were a real position and inventing controversy with a scarecrow argument.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They didn't criticize it at all. Pretty sure you replied to the wrong person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You're right, usernames began with the same letter but are different