Nintendo has been actively taking down YouTube videos that feature its games being emulated or modded, which has sparked significant discussion and concern within the gaming community. This action primarily targets content creators who showcase modified versions of Nintendo games, such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and others, often using emulators like CEMU or Yuzu.Reasons Behind Nintendo's ActionsIntellectual Property Protection: Nintendo's aggressive stance is largely driven by the need to protect its intellectual property rights. Under Japanese copyright law, failure to enforce these rights could potentially weaken their legal standing, leading to a loss of ownership
  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Nintendo once again treats its fans with contempt and hostility. It’s not a good look.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      And Nintendo fans will respond by obediently lining up to immediately buy the Switch 2 and every single re-re-re-rereleased game for it the second it launches.

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m sure Nintendo still make great games, but that’s not enough anymore.

    One day I hope more video game embrace open source/free software values.

  • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    …Recent laws in Japan have criminalized console and game modding, as well as save file editing…

    WHAT? why?..what???

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Because:

      Due to an amendment in December 2018 of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act in Japan, certain gaming-related activities and services have now been declared illegal. This includes:

      • Distribution of tools and programs for modifying game saves
      • Selling product keys and serials online without the software maker’s permission
      • Game save and console modding services
        As such, sales of products such as Pro Action Replay and Cybergadget’s “Save editor” have been discontinued.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/abk551/save_game_editors_and_console_modding_now_illegal/

      It’s meant to ban sale of hardware devices and services that allow playing pirated games on Switch and such, but due to the way it’s worded it just bans them all.

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “Nintendo targets free marketing that’s much more effective than their really, really weird ads featuring skinwalkers from an alternate reality attempting to appear like normal humans doing the gaming.”