• MurrayL@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Nintendo has always been litigious. I don’t understand this myth that they used to be wholesome and friendly in the good old days.

    They sued Atari for making NES games. They sued Galoob for making the Game Genie. They sued Blockbuster for renting their games.

    Kirby the character is literally named after Nintendo’s lawyer John Kirby.

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      4 days ago

      That’s a very good point. But they’re even more of a corporate behemoth now.

      I was a Nintendo Power subscriber until the GameCube era, and I feel like they used to share a little bit of behind-the-scenes fun (e.g. making-of Donkey Kong Country VHS) and promote 3rd-party titles even on the magazine cover. But it seems like even that kind of stuff is long gone.