The move blindsided the SWT team who had believed, after years of friction, they were starting to make some progress with Nintendo:
In November 2021, after the Panda Cup was first announced, Nintendo contacted us to jump on a call with a few folks on their team, including a representative from their legal team. We truly thought we might be getting shut down given the fact that they now had a licensed competing circuit and partner in Panda.Nintendo reached out to us to let us know that they had been watching us build over the years, and wanted to see if we were interested in workingthem and pursuing a license as well.
That lengthy conversation changed our perspective on Nintendo at a macro level; it was incredibly refreshing to talk to multiple senior team members and clear the air on a lot of miscommunications and misgivings in the years prior. We explained why so many in the community were hesitant to reach out to Nintendo to work together, and we truly believed Nintendo was taking a hard look at their relationship with the community, and ways to get involved in a positive manner.
T had not been successful applying for—the team also allege that Panda went around undermining them to the organisers of individual events , and that while Nintendo continued saying nice things to their faces, Panda had told these grassroost organisers that the Smash World Tour was definitely getting shut down, which made them reluctant to come onboard.
Imagine my surprise when I do not care that someone who has hundreds of thousands of dollars to lose has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. (I do not actually feel this way my emotions on this topic are neutral as I do not have enough knowledge to comment)
Wait but why *can* Nintendo do this? Is this not just people playing the game? Can they stop me from playing the game if they don't like me?
Organizers don't have rights to the game so they can suck it
Good 99% of players are straight garbage the other 1% just gay.
Nintendo just hates its fanbase
TL:DR - Nintendo signed a deal with Panda Cup for licensed Smash tournaments. Panda tried to bully Smash World Tour, an unlicensed Smash tourney, into signing with them, and when they didn't, they whined to Nintendo to step in and shut them down.
Lmao at Nintendos legalese statement. What a fucking joke.
Why even shade Nintendo that hard like Panda didn't exist? Fix the title love
How much did pokemon rake in? I can't imagine Nintendo gives a shit ngl this feels on brand to them
NintendoEurope Not buying from you guys again . Switch games run better on PC anyways
I don't get why Nintendo doesn't just decide to just host their own tournaments with their own venues and all that. That'd be like printing free money.
This was due to Panda's actions though, Nintendo only reacted. Reacted poorly, no doubt, but don't take the blame away from Panda.
This was due to Panda's actions though, Nintendo only reacted. Reacted poorly, no doubt, but don't take the blame away from Panda.
Honestly, isn't boycotting the official Smash Bros. tourny they're using as an excuse the right thing to do? The fact they would shit all over something because they're late to do anything is just pathetic. So far beneath what a company should be doing in regard to their fans.
With that money they could make rollback netcode instead
Good old kotaku clickbaiting at its finest 👌
Good job misleading people yet again, Kotaku. Nintendo sucks, but there's so much more to this particular case than 'Nintendo bad'
Maybe people should stop playing for money then Bet they’d smell a hell of a lot nicer if they put down their fucking switch for once
ggjd115
freemelee
ROFL I have no pity for them either. Good on Nintendo
Nintendo of america doing inly shit as always
Panda Global “
I’m seeing a lot of hate being directed towards PandaGlobal and DrAlanB, and I’m confused as to why they’re the ones getting hate, unless if I am missing something massive, to me it seems that Nintendo just put on a nice face up until the end of the tour 1/2
Nintendo and Sony, whenever their names are mentioned in recent times, it is all due to something bad they have done. These companies are toxic for consumers. Boycott them.
This just reminded me that you STILL in 2022 have to download an APP on your phone for voice chat while still paying for a poor netcode. Totally forgot playing my Switch games on Steamdeck and Steam games online with no fee
Actually here's my devil's advocate question, Nintendo shut down a smash tournament.......So What? does that mean the people are unable to play Smash anymore or are they just play smash for the money?
Jesus Christ, How many influencers and media coverage do we need to throw a huge pressure on Nintendo choices here cause this has to stop, now
Nintendo should just run their own tournaments directly, since they require such minute levels of control over every detail.
SSBGyromight Can you clarify that company PandaGlobal run by CEO DrAlanB is responsible for Nintendo's choice?
I'm waiting on what my boy maximilian_ has to say because this is disgraceful
I'm glad I stopped buying nintendo products lmao
What of Panda? If they were not equally affected then I’d be crying insider foul by now.
This is just a bad headline.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... Boo, Nintendo, Boo.
Multiversus might get more ppl again after this
Hold panda accountable as well.
Nintendo shouldn't be taking actions like this to begin with, but I assume the people behind these events also can just run them without streaming the event, which would mean there's nothing for Nintendo to C&D, presumably?
glad I’m making the switch to multiversus 🙏
Here we go with Nintendo doing what people didn't want it to do...again....
Not really Nintendo, primarily PandaGlobal
This article DOES NOT DO ENOUGH to detail the role pandas CEO had in this unfolding - the allegations have now been corroborated by staff at BTS see my pinned tweet plz
Just wanna say right here you all thank Christ! It would have been a fuckin bloodbath with your boy PAC Man standing on top of all y’all digital corpses.
Please talk about panda as well.
Like I always say, if it's Nintendo, piracy isn't a choice, it's an obligation.
Panda getting mixed into it is a new element, but the key notes remain the same: an up-and-coming esports group gets strung along by Nintendo's promises of approval if only they'll comply, then once they've thoroughly gutted themselves, they leave em for the birds. Same as before
Nintendo momeny
This is why Nintendo is an absolute dumpster fire of a company. Never stick up for them, never defend them, and never treat them like some friendly old toy maker because they are not. They are one of the worst anti- fan companies in the business
A week ago Mario gave us the finger, now Nintendo does it for real
This article DOES NOT DO ENOUGH to detail the role pandas CEO had in this unfolding - the allegations have now been corroborated by staff at BTS
BoycottPandaCup FuckNintendo
yes, more exposure, this is exactly what the scene needs (even if it's kotaku)
Make sure to not let Panda off the hook too!!
Focus just one hundred dollars into enabling in-game party chat so I can play with my friends online! NintendoAmerica Please! Why not?! Why can Fortnite have it but not Smash bros?!
What NintendoAmerica can do is watashi no bõru o suu
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