Also the quality of the switch is below my expectations. My NES controller still works, but my joycons are dead.
For reference, Nintendo stalked Neimod and compiled a dossier on him[1][2], tried to get him to incriminate himself online[2], and then dangled a job opportunity in front of him in exchange for information about his 3DS exploits[3].
From here[4]:
> Nintendo had run background checks on the hacker, knew where he lived, where he worked, and where he graduated from. To make the story even more creepy, the gaming company was allegedly spying on the man, knew everything about his typical day, his usual activities, friendships, times he left his residence, restaurants he liked to visit, and more.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25580861
[2] https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/134123063191354163...
[3] https://twitter.com/orcastraw/status/1341178144708059136
[4] https://www.technadu.com/nintendo-spying-3ds-hacker-neimod-t...
- "Surveillance didn't reveal any friends or visitors entering or leaving the residence"
- "Only additional activity included a trip to the bank and a restaurant (alone)"
They stalked the guy as part of their operation they named "Belgian Waffle".
Any good Switch jailbreak resources? I'm comfortable doing it, I don't know what's the latest and most effective hack these days.
I've always wondered, with Nintendo's history of being rather litigious and forcing fans to take down gameplay videos, etc, how have they not sued Roblox out of existence yet? Practically every game I see my kids play on Roblox makes heavy use of unlicensed Nintendo IP: models/images of Mario, Yoshi, Pikachu, well known music and sound effects from various Nintendo games, and so on. Robolox is not some obscure app, AFAIK it has over 150 million users and rakes in money from these games that are making extensive use of Nintendo's IP. IANAL but this seems like a slam dunk, what gives?
Roblox is protected by the DMCA from liability for copyright infringement based on user submitted content. All that Nintendo can do is file DMCA claims and then wait. Nintendo could not sue unless Roblox fails to take down the material.
Suing the users who submitted the material would be a waste of time in most cases, because most users don't have any money to pay damages.
But then again, people can make money with Roblox, so i'm curious whether Nintendo does sue people who make Money with their content on Roblox.
Bro, what?
Want to play the old Star Wars Battlefront 2 with fan made leader servers? Go ahead, there's a project out there for the hundreds to thousands of nostalgic people.
Want to play Battlefield Bad Company 2 in a similar manner with fan made projects to support the game after the company behind it has given up? You're more than welcome.
Want to play fan made mods/expansions for KOTOR2 or maybe the Jedi Outcast games, or maybe Battlefield 1942 or Battlefield 2? Sure!
Perhaps play a newly created fan game for the Duke Nukem series, which really took a nosedive a few years back? Go ahead, enjoy that person's art.
Of course, one can argue that it would become way more problematic if the developers of any such project tried charging money for them, though as long as they're freely available and any donations are entirely optional, i don't see any problems.
And yet, in our current world, things are not that simple - whenever there's a threat of cease & desist for any project like that. Games like STALKER have a rich modding scene that keeps the games alive years after the developers finished them and introduce everything from new mods to total conversations, something that might as well not be possible with a different company behind the game, which would pursue legal action.
That is exactly the point, though. It's only complicated due to artificial problems created by misguided people and overreaching companies like Nintendo. I deeply wish that we could collectively just become a bit more relaxed about things and stop trying to control everything.
This discussion reminds me of the fan made power rangers short video with Katee Sackoff in that got removed from pretty much everywhere. As an adult who watched power rangers as a child I loved it. However, power rangers is ultimately a children's TV show, having violent R-rated content flies totally against the image the company is trying to portray.
Nintendo certainly take it to an extreme but I totally get why.
Tough shit. Japan has a huge fan-made media community[1] and the original creators still somehow manage to exist in the same market. I really dislike the modern idea that because you created something, you get exclusive control of every component of it for the rest of eternity. I think it's really harmful to try to lock down our shared culture in that way.
I don't want to be flippant, but so what? Problems with this are entirely artificial and a product of the mind.
> What if it's a buggy mess that people start to associate with your brand?
It's always possible to think of excuses to exercise stifling control over other people and their creativity. The degree to which this is a real problem is debatable.
In the end, I consider brands less important than people, freedom and creativity. Perhaps it's worthwhile trying to rethink the world in this manner?
So given that Nintendo has some quality standards on their trademarks and IP, be that whether it's suitable for children or whatever other reason they come up with, expecting Nintendo to check every popular fan project is unrealistic.
edit: Just to add:-
> In the end, I consider brands less important than people, freedom and creativity. Perhaps it's worthwhile trying to rethink the world in this manner?
My world view is totally irrelevant to this discussion. I was arguing from the perspective of Nintendo that it makes absolutely no sense for them to leave fan projects to do whatever they want. I could not care less about protecting Nintendo's IP or any other corporation's IP, but they clearly do.
Thus my comments were directed at you specifically, but were more of a general commentary that, yes, Nintendo clearly does have a legal leg to stand on. But in my opinion, no, they shouldn't. And perhaps it's time for society to think through the problem once again instead of deferring to the learnt pattern of thinking IP is always right.
Do you have to blow in your switch to get the games to work?