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Nintendo-owned titles excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after organizers were told they had to apply for permission for each game (automaton-media.com)
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[–] 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm doing my part by never exposing my kid to Nintendo and capturing all my kid's friends before they leave tablet gaming and convincing their parents to look into PC gaming and steam decks. It's an easy sell to their parents once I show steam's parental controls and how every game isn't full price all the time. Plus remote play makes the initial cost low if they have a computer. Their kid can just play my kid's games. I've already converted 6 kids. My kid just started first grade, so I expect to convert a lot more.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As an NES and SNES kid, this makes me incredibly sad

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't see why. I grew up with those systems as well, but Nintendo is actively hostile to videogame culture, so there is no reason for my child to develop a love of Pokémon or Mario. She can be nostalgic over new things.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I think you are missing a big part of my meaning.

    As an original Nintendo child, they were different. If they are so bad now that you and others are not letting them be Nintendo children, then it's sad for me because they aren't who they used to be.

    If you can't see how is a dad thing that something I loved is now a shitty thing, you are going to have a really tough time in life, given the last few years.

    As the saying goes never meet your heroes. Innocence lost kinda thing.

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