Nintendo has long been one of gaming's more interesting publishers to follow, but with every massive success (like the Switch) comes even more decision making that can be characterized as *interesting*.

Now, the company moves to close down eShops and close down discussion, but those decisions are being met in some quarters with considerable hostility.

Nintendo marches to the beat of its own Donkey Kong drum set...in Virtual Legality.

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#Nintendo #eShops #PlayTests

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Discussed in this episode:

ARTICLES

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/lawyer-lambasts-sony-for-deceptive-marketing-of-horizons-free-ps5-upgrade/

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-wii-u-3ds-classic-games-mario-zelda-eshop-shop-1848544931

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-is-forbidding-switch-sports-play-testers-from-sharing-info-on-social-media/

TWEETS

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https://twitter.com/KyleOrl/status/1493981251530895362

https://twitter.com/GameOverThirty/status/1494005014469165059

NINTENDO DOCS

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/57847

https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/7465c9bc0183c858

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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