A History of Nintendo and Anti-Consumerism

Nintendo have a long history of disregarding their customers and making life unnecessarily hard for their own fans, but the Switch era seems to have shone more of a light on their distaste for many of their own consumers than ever before. This isn't just Nintendo vs other companies, it's Nintendo vs the fans.

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Sources:

Earthbound Book:
https://www.polygon.com/2014/1/18/5308416/why-did-nintendo-quash-a-book-about-earthbounds-development

Etikons:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-12-07-nintendo-trends-on-twitter-as-etika-charity-joy-con-ban-fuels-frustration

EVO 2013:
https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/11/4513294/nintendo-were-trying-to-shut-down-evo-not-just-super-smash-bros-melee

Big House:
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-shuts-down-smash-tournament-over-some-absurd-b-1845719656

How Nintendo Has Hurt The Smash Community:
https://twitter.com/anonymoussmash2/status/1331031597647355905

Project M Twitlongers:
https://twitter.com/CLASH_Chia/status/1331259806456418305
https://twitter.com/LiteralGrill/status/1331115475133194245

ARMS Twitlonger:
https://twitter.com/hanukkahjambore/status/1332177954806390784

Splatoon 2 North American Open:
https://mynintendonews.com/2020/12/06/nintendo-cancels-splatoon-2-na-open-finals-livestream/
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/dec/06/splatoon-drop-nintendo-smash-support/

Fraymakers:
https://twitter.com/McLeodGaming
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcleodgaming/fraymakers-the-infinitely-replayable-indie-platform-fighter/posts

"Why Nintendo Games Almost Never Go On Sale" by Polygon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emi74MDRMV8

"A New Era of Smash Bros - Melee Will Never Be The Same Again" by Akshon Esports:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Qr0eAobvg&t=773s

Additional Sources:

"Super Mario 3D All-Stars is Pathetic" by KingK: (this video helped a lot for research on 3D All-Stars)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ggERRZR3Y

This thread of tweets by Liam Triforce on Nintendo's business practices is also fantastic and helped a lot for my own research:
https://twitter.com/LiamTriforce/status/1335817630972866563

0:00 Intro
2:12 Anti-Consumerism
3:28 #1: Limited Releases
9:08 #2: Joy Con Drift
11:44 #3: Switch Online
17:58 #4: Pricing
22:08 Intermission
23:50 #5: Fan Projects
31:31 #6: Competitive Communities
43:50 Conclusion
45:42 Post-Video

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