i don't know how one runs a beloved game company and simultaneously makes every effort to smash and kill and burn alive every creative fan work dedicated to one's games. what the fuck is wrong with nintendo
i look at the mario man and i smile. i think of oatchi and i weep of pure joy. i daydream of star fox and a beautiful tear comes to my serene eye.
but seriously, fuck the company that makes those games. last year i took a hardline stance. i would not buy new nintendo shit, i would not talk about new nintendo shit, i would not promote new nintendo shit, i would not play new nintendo shit on stream. there was no one inciting incident for this but the infamous legal staredowns Nintendo has come to be known for. DMCAs and C&Ds of fan projects across the entire creative spectrum. videos, music, games, stories, art made of love for nintendo games by people who ostensibly love nintendo games, all wiped from the internet with cold legal demands. the tightening fist of control around Smash tournaments. the attempts to entirely snuff out the Melee scene through litigation. the ransacking of game preservation websites. there's more but suffice to say it all sucks and i can't imagine being the target of such a cruel act.
these are people who are fucking passionate about nintendo games yet regarded as leeches by the company who is enriched by their fervor. it is an attitude that physically disgusts me. it fills my belly with vitriol and ruins my appetite. every time i hear about a new Nintendo legal attack it wrecks my day. because i know something cool was just killed. something that deserved to exist. something that was being made with love. and it was Nintendo's hand that held the knife.
