For anyone who doesn’t know, Nintendo last year (or the year before) sent a C&D to a really cool fan made Mario Battle Royale game. Then this year they released a game in a similar vein this year. While it’s their right, Nintendo has a history of being EXTREMELY litigious and hostile to their fan-base, almost Disney-like. And yet, in spite of that they’re probably still the video game company with the greatest customer goodwill, mainly based on the Mario, Zelda and Pokemon series, if I had to guess (although technically Pokemon is a joint venture between Nintendo and a few other companies).
I was a Nintendo fanboy during the Iwata era. IIRC he owned a majority of their stock, so pleasing investors meant pleasing him. And that seemed to involve very cautiously dipping their toes in micro-transactions (eg. Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball), and maybe generally being fairly customer friendly in a few other areas.
