Explore Nintendo's latest actions and the clash between IP rights and gaming creativity in the retro gaming community.

Nintendo has been actively taking down YouTube videos that feature its games being emulated or modded, which has sparked significant discussion and concern within the gaming community.

  • Capt. WolfEnglish
    52•6 hours ago

    Also, what the fuck is with Japanese law, criminalising modding?

    My best guess would be that they’re trying to get ahead of the recompiler scene before it catches a bigger foothold. But also, that lumps in the entire rom hacking and fan translation community, which I’m sure they view as perpetuating the piracy of their games.

    • @woelkchenEnglish
      40•6 hours ago

      My best guess would be that they’re trying to get ahead of the recompiler scene before it catches a bigger foothold.

      If AI-generating images from copyrighted training material is legal, then generating source code from copyrighted binary code is as well.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•5 hours ago

      It’s probably not about that but rather to destroy the secondary market of modchips and save-file editors in Japan.