Willy Wanka
my god this avatar owns
Seems smart. You wouldn't want fighting game fans to get excited about the next game in the series which comes out at the end of the year on two Nintendo platforms. That would be madness.
Nintendo of America not allowing SSBM to be streamed at EVO [Up: Decision Reversed]
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lol.. This is pretty dumb, but come on. This is no where near the dumbest thing Nintendo has ever done.
Silent_Ocarina
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I wouldn't pay attention to him just yet.
Sorcerer Supreme
Member
I stopped supporting this company a long time ago.
I don't know about that. Communities and players donating to a charity to get a game they love in the spotlight at the biggest fighting game tournament in the world, only to have the broadcasting of said game be thrown out the window days before the tournament is mismanagement at its best.
Nintendo of America should've squashed dreams long before now.
Considering how much Nintendo cares about the competitive side of games I wouldn't be surprised that they just figured out "oh yea that EVO thing is around the corner, should give those guys a call".
Net_Wrecker
Member
This is really puzzling and pointless.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The Virtual Boy was more like a four month old fetus that got out of the womb prematurely.
dead
I don't understand NoA's reasoning for not wanting Smash to be included in EVO. It's free publicity/advertising for them, and given how many people attend/watch EVO each year, that's a pretty big deal.
I'm hopeful that Nintendo reconsiders and allows it. It would have been fun to watch.
I'm hopeful that Nintendo reconsiders and allows it. It would have been fun to watch.
Why does NoA make so many fucking stupid decisions? I try really hard to support this company, and love both my Wii U and 3DS to death, but it seems like every day they come out with something that is nearly impossible to defend.
How can one company be so oblivious? These aren't just stupid accidents; some of the decisions they make seem like willful disregard for their fanbase. It's a really, really tough time to be a Nintendo fanboy, that's for sure.
How can one company be so oblivious? These aren't just stupid accidents; some of the decisions they make seem like willful disregard for their fanbase. It's a really, really tough time to be a Nintendo fanboy, that's for sure.
djplaeskool
Member
God damn.
Nintendo more or less verifying how few fucks they give.
Nintendo more or less verifying how few fucks they give.
Yeah nothing will top the Virtual Boy and the entire launch of the WiiU.
Max is already aware of the situation if you check his feed.
The Nintendo I grew up with is gone. They had their last hurrah on the Wii.
The 3DS has plenty of great games from Nintendo and the Wii U is not even one year old, I know people are mad over this but it's no reason to start saying crazy things.
This so much. Nintendo is not in a position where they afford to piss people off.
This sucks so much for people who donated money to get the game into Evo. Why would Nintendo do this?
Yeah it's the same for me too, up until now it was a rollercoaster of defending them and "accusing" them of their way to do things but today they have just passed my personal red line. Even if they take this back it won't change a fucking thing for me they are a thing of the past and until they change several heads at higher levels i'm totally done with them.
inHallways
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Unbelievably, painfully stupid.
They'll probably get thrown out if they try it.
Delusibeta
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You know that post in the fund-raising thread that said the Smash community was looking for competitive support by the developer and legitimisation in the eyes of the FGC?
Well, both are now officially dead. Looks like Skullgirls won in the long run.
Well, both are now officially dead. Looks like Skullgirls won in the long run.
Beast Legacy
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This has me thinking back to a Power Rangers episode, "Forever Red." The episode had all the Red Rangers from the past come back and team-up to stop an old threat. But company heads were super reluctant with the reasoning, "Why are we advertising old toys we don't sell anymore?"
It's a bunch of stupid suits who can't understand the importance of community growth and brand loyalty over the years. While I think this whole thing is a combination of reasons, I have a feeling "brand confusion" with the newly announced Smash is (stupidly) one of them.
I was going to comment your original post was pretty offensive to the people who donated money to breast cancer victims, but alright
Still, you are misunderstanding the gravity of both campaigns. Region locking involves far more than NoA and probably has a lot to do with hardware itself, while this one case is more of a policy regarding video streams which is, at least in terms of an US competition and pointed as much by EVO staff, related solely to NoA.
The fact both are campaigns doesn't mean they are equivalents.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Very lame.
Frostinferno
Member
Well damn...
Incredibly disappointing. Use this time to promote Smash 4 and use this as a platform. NoA doing it wrong.
Incredibly disappointing. Use this time to promote Smash 4 and use this as a platform. NoA doing it wrong.
...I'm okay with this. But yeah, it is unfortunate for anyone who was looking forward to catching SSBM without attending Evo in person.
Starfish Hero
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The Wii U launch was decent actually. Things didn't go downhill until January, though when they went downhill they fell off a cliff.
You mean to tell me that the people at EVO didn't have their shit together?
cj_iwakura
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It very well might be.
tehrik-e-insaaf
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Nintendo doesn't out-right own all the intellectual property in Smash Melee - my guess is that this isn't from Nintendo but from the licensors of the IP contained within (likely Pokemon Company IMHO).
Velcro Fly
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Big difference between a dumb business decision like the virtual boy and shitting on your hardcore fans by doing this.
Hitokiri03
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God dammit, Nintendo is so out of touch.
Starfish Hero
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Not even in the top 10.
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Alright, well in any case it can't hurt. I'm trying to think of the few venues I can possibly affect the outcome or outrage of this at the moment. This very much feels like a "the straw that broke the camel's back" moments. I want to like this company, I really do but they're making it hard as hell with their stubborn and arbitrary anti-consumer attitudes.
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Isnt it too late to do something now anyway? At least for this year's EVO. I would at least assume that the broadcasting schedule is already set now, and that it would require some extra work to put up one extra stream (i think it would kinda suck if they canceled some of the other streams now at least).
Avallon
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I was going to comment your original post was pretty offensive to the people who donated money to breast cancer victims, but alright
Still, you are misunderstanding the gravity of both campaigns. Region locking involves far more than NoA and probably has a lot to do with hardware itself, while this one case is more of a policy regarding video streams which is, at least in terms of an US competition and pointed as much by EVO staff, related solely to NoA.
The fact both are campaigns doesn't mean they are equivalents.
All I was saying is that Nintendo
