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[LeleSocho]

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FUCKING.




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ME.







FUCK OFF NINTENDO, FUCK YOUR SHIT, FUCK YOUR CEO, COO AND WHATEVER THE FUCK.


FUCK OFF.

 

[boingball]

Way to go Nintendo.

 

[Mik_Pad]

This is bad, while I'm glad Smash allowed for alot of money to be recolected for donation it would have been better to any other game would have taken it's place, I'll never understand NoA.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I don't understand Nintendo's reasoning for anything they do. If Nintendo were a guy, he would be just the weirdest guy.

 

[darkside31337]

This actually got me wondering: why doesn't Nintendo stream the official Pokemon tourneys?

They can't even get streams going for major Pokemon events. Why would you expect tourney streams?

 

[Levito]

"Streaming brings attention & potential sales to Smash Bros, neither of which are part of our business strategy with the Wii U."

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

They probably don't know what this is and simply said "no" as they didn't consider the implications of this reply.

"What is this livestream thing you kids are talking about? Showing our game to everyone on the internet?? We won't tolerate that!"

 

[Holy Order Sol]

I'm both a Nintendo fan AND a KOF XIII player.

I don't even

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Jesus Christ Nintendo, what are you thinking? All that EVO exposure is too little to offset the lost sales for a decade old Gamecube title?

 

[Duxxy3]

Do we need any more proof that the people running nintendo of america are clueless?

 

[strikeselect]

Please understand.

 

[Peter Bazooka]

What the fuck is wrong with Nintendo?

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Clearly Sakurai attempting to whitewash the dirty non-casual SSB from history. But seriously, that's just poor form. What harm is streaming a +10 year old game doing to you Nintendo?

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

This actually got me wondering: why doesn't Nintendo stream the official Pokemon tourneys?

As bad as peoples perception of the FGC may be at least we don't throw our own shit around hotels.

 

[Bob White]

Ponder on Smashboards

Fucking wow.

 

[RM8]

Tweet Nintendo's accounts to show your feelings about this!

@NintendoAmerica

@NintendoEurope

@NintendoUK

Europe and UK?

This is strictly a NOA thing.

 

[HoJu]

people should start spaming sakurai's twitter or something

 

[Exr]

Melee is super hype, big loss for those not going.

 

[APZonerunner]

Quick and dirty

 

[OceanBlue]

Guys Triforce got this don't worry.

The hero the FGC deserves, obviously. :V

 

[Deleted member 13876]

I'm actually incensed at this. I may bitch a lot about little things in general, but mostly I'm never actually angry or anything. But this, this is madness. It is a giant middle finger towards their biggest fans, you know, the few people who actually bought a Wii U or were at least considering it in the future.

 

[SolarPowered]

I feel so bad for Smash fans. I really do. This is the kind of company you support, Nintendo fans.

Amazed that Skullgirls wasn't moved up to an official game status after all this, though.

 

[enzo_gt]

Tweet Nintendo's accounts to show your feelings about this!

@NintendoAmerica

@NintendoEurope

@NintendoUK

Smashboards needs to get on this especially, like right now. Times are dire. Perhaps Nintendo isn't aware of all the work Smashers put in to get their well deserved spot.

This poses an issue for shit like Apex, etc. in the future now that Nintendo is tightening it's grip on this stuff.

I feel so bad for Smash fans. I really do.

Amazed that Skullgirls wasn't moved up to an official game status after all this, though.

Why? Smash is still being run at the tournament.. just not streamed.

 

[prwxv3]

I can't believe how much Nintendo is hating on their fans. They are the only ones buying WiiUs

 

[NeOak]

I hope the games press gets ahold of this news and reports on it. Its so incredibly idiotic people must realize how stupid Nintendo is.

Spam on twitter. Already pinged Crescente and Totilo lol

 

[Vigilance]

Awful, just terrible.

 

[Kusagari]

Fuck Nintendo.

This is beyond fucked up.

Way to shit on your fucking fanbase.

 

[FinKL]

It maybe has something to do with the 'negative perception' that the 'fgc' has a lot of time and they don't want that kind of association?

Exactly what I was going to say. They don't want their family friendly IP to be perceived as a hardcore fighting game. Maybe they pulled the plug once they got wind of Shirtless Marvel.

 

[KidA Seven]

Kotaku is the only hope.

 

[Baleoce]

Over 94 fucking grand raised for charity, and this is the shit they pull?!

 

[Brera]

 

[PhantomR]

As one of the hardest of hardcore Nintendo fans on this forum I will join that chorus. That's sheer lunacy. I don't know if this is coming from NOA legal, or if this is coming down from NCL.


Either way this is complete insanity. Incredibly disappointed right now.

 

[Shiggy]

"What is this livestream thing you kids are talking about? Showing our game to everyone on the internet?? We won't tolerate that!"

Their mi diet probably is "We don't want other parties to make money with our games without giving us a share."

 

[Emperor Bohe]

I am legitimately sad

 

[-COOLIO-]

can anyone think of a slightly plausible reasoning for why nintendo might not want to allow this?

 

[we.are.the.armada]

Uh.

• Smash won the charity drive, it's an honor to be presented
• Smash, at the highest skill level, on the highest stage, should be something Nintendo supports publicly
• Smash fans and supporters who cannot make it to EVO deserve better

 

[j.rob]

Seriously. Times like this I even wonder why I support this company. Goodness sake.

 

[Ferrio]

Their mi diet probably is "We don't want other parties to make money with our games without giving us a share."

They should be happy atleast someone is making money with their games.

 

[Beelzebub]

What the fuck, I was hyped to see Smash...

 

[Dysun]

It's like they do everything wrong on purpose

 

[Baleoce]

And even more disgusting is they wait until 3 days before the event starts. What the shit.

 

[qq more]

people should start spaming sakurai's twitter or something

Uh, why? He probably has nothing to do with it since it was Nintendo of America.

 

[kayos90]

can anyone think of a slightly plausible reasoning for why nintendo might not want to allow this?

Money issue regarding streams and such. Either that or NoJ is seriously out of touch with how streaming is in the west.

 

[MrDaravon]

Ponder on Smashboards

Holy shit, there goes bootleg streams.

Guys Triforce got this don't worry.

This made me laugh way harder than I should have.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

How exactly do they have the right to disallow it?

 

[Espada]

Yeesh, this move just makes no sense. Not only is this free advertising, it'd be a prime opportunity to pimp out SSBU a little (like what KI is getting). Goddamn it, Nintendo.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Guys Triforce got this don't worry.

Oh my god i'm in tears right now, ooh Triforce...

 

[DomZ]

Swift kick to the balls.

 

[Mr.Wreckless]

As bad as peoples perception of the FGC may be at least we don't throw our own shit around hotels.

Wait, what?

You can't just drop that without an explanation or link.

 

[Majine]

Tweeted at NoA.

Well, good luck, fighting fans!