It can be now if you want. But Nintendo is being dumb and that's the only explanation, that they don't want the competitive scene making Smash appear to be something hardcore and thus hard to get into.
The excuses I've read here as to why "Nintendo don't need to involve themselves with the community to sell copies, as opposed to Capcom and Bandai". Like, who the fuck is talking just about sales in this case?
Nintendo literally has no reason to lie about that though. Like, they could just shut it down and not offer a reason for it. They have shown pretty definitively they do not care about backlash from the competitive side. It seems way more likely that there is intent to set up events but for various reasons they fall through. Rather than some weird conspiracy that Nintendo is screwing over Red Bull and Twitch just so they can lie to Smash fans for no reason?
Is this for real? Nintendo are marketing masters, their shit prints money.
Some people, my god. Oh a 130+ year old company doesn't understand marketing because they don't let people hold tournaments unlicensed. Jeez.
The same company that finally made a new sandbox 3D Mario game, a "Skyrim" Zelda game, a sequel to Pokemon Snap (granted that's TPC), got eon requested characters (like Banjo) into Smash, got rid of region-locking (remember that?), clearly hate their fans. Sure.
The torches weren't put away though, the Melee stuff has been going for a while now, so...
Oh believe me I've noticed! Most likely still don't know about the Etika Joy-Con maker being a total grifter because some people conveniently won't update their viewers on the news about this joker since that part began.
I 100% understand you, but people have just seen this before. It's not conspiracy stuff, agreements were agreed upon but not signed, Nintendo didn't sign, ghosted, then said "hey we'll come back to you with New Game and do that instead" and guess what didn't happen? Why would, now, not back then, Nintendo suddenly start their own setup?
And you do agree with what people are complaining about in that regard, I assume?
Except for all of the bad publicity that smash players have brought over the years....
As far as controversies go, this is pretty weak. I can't help but feel that between this and the joy-con seller that the outrage is manufactured in a cynical attempt to boost the flailing #FreeMelee movement.
I don't know what Nintendo's ultimate goals regarding the Smash and larger competitive scene is. I certainly don't blame them for wanting to wash their hands of the scene completely and forever after the events of this summer. Which by the way have not exactly been completely washed of from said scene, because one of the offenders was recently spotlighted in that new Melee scene documentary:
Their business of how they handle people in the community is not always agreeable, but Nintendo have just reasons for making their moves (again with events having to do with being licensed, trademark infringements, etc.).
I see Nintendo's point of view in these scenarios because I can grasp their reasonings. I'm not in the group that tries to push their buttons and then act surprised when said company isn't happy.
Wouldn't be surprising. Corporate Japan does have a reputation for being... uh, traditional, one could say. Fax machines, I'm looking at you.
Right, but it's just another adding in a sea of them that's spiraled out of control because either due to misinformation, or because people are "having their fun ruined". Another example I saw was someone tweeting this:
Well, time to start thinking as a consumer then, just a little piece of advice to take into account.
