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Nintendo controversies

An overview of Nintendo's controversial practices and decisions over the years.

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New EULA: Bricked Consoles, Blocked Lawsuits, and Growing Concerns

2025 Products Severe impact

As anticipation for Nintendo's next-gen console increases, there have been serious legal and ethical issues following a sneaky modification of the company's End User License Agreement (EULA). The upda...

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2025-05-14

Nintendo vs. Palworld: The Patent Controversy That Could Reshape Game Development

2024 Legal Severe impact

## Introduction In September 2024, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company started legal proceedings against Pocketpair, the developer of *Palworld*, alleging infringement on several patents related to ga...

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2025-05-14

Gary Bowser: The Deep Surveillance Behind the Scenes

2020 Legal Moderate impact

In one of the largest video game piracy cases ever, Nintendo sued and prosecuted Gary Bowser, a top member of the **Team Xecuter** hacker group, which is best known for creating and selling modchips t...

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2025-05-15

Joy-Con Drift: A Flawed Legacy

2017 Products Severe impact

## Nintendo Joy-Con Drift Debacle: A Timeline of Technical Failures, Lawsuits, and Ongoing Suspicions Over half a decade, Nintendo has grappled with the fallout of an established and widespread iss...

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2025-05-14