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We told you, we’d be back with this. Nintendo has made some pretty strange choices as of late. Well… actually, they’ve always had a few awful approaches to things. So let’s get right into it, let’s talk about the worse side of Nintendo.

Sources:

Fan-Games:

• Polygon, 12 September 2017, “Metroid: Samus Returns review“
• TheGamer.com, 17 September 2020, “10 Fan Remakes Of Nintendo Games You Have To See”
• Nintendo Life, 6 January 2021, “Nintendo Issues Mass DMCA Takedown, 379 Fan-Made Games Forcibly Removed”

ShackNews.com, 29 June 2017, “Fan-Made Halo Game Installation 01 Gets Blessing From 343 Industries”

Nintendo on Competitive Smash Bros.:

• Iven Global, 18 March 2021, “Sony’s Evo acquisition reveals Smash missing from Evo Online 2021 lineup“
• Polygon, 19 November 2020, “Smash Bros. tournament The Big House 10 canceled over netcode“
• Destructoid, 10 January 2020, “Nintendo president tries to explain why they haven’t supported the Smash Ultimate esports scene“
• Destructoid, 12 July 2013, “Nintendo wanted to shut down Smash Bros at Evo entirely”

Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack:

• Screen Rant, 20 October 2021, “Nintendo Switch Online Expansion’s High Price Possibly Because Of Sega“
• Metro News, 18 October 2021, “Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack gets release date after pricing backlash“

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