![]() What I'm trying to get at is that since Slippi development has a very low chance at being shutdown due to previous court precedent, The Big House Online being shuttered due to the usage of Slippi could very possibly have been something that Nintendo doesn't have the right to do. You cannot deny that, at a baseline, Nintendo has every right to C&D this event, but also at the same time you'd think that if they would do it for a tournament they would do it for Project Slippi itself, correct? Well, from my understanding of emulators and the law it seems that since Slippi is just a frontend and modification for Dolphin, Slippi itself is, in a way, protected by the law since there have been multiple court cases in the past involving emulators where the court sided with the emulator authors and not the console manufacturer (it's exactly the reason why Yuzu hasn't been shut down despite it being an emulator for a commercially relevant console). This C&D is so incredibly touchy, it's unreal. Sadly, all our competitions are affected. We were informed we do not have permission to host or broadcast the event, primarily due to the usage of Slippi. "The Big House is heartbroken to share we've received a cease and desist from Nintendo of America, Inc. It will send out more details about refunds soon. In its own response ( via Twitter), The Big House said it was "heartbroken" it had to cancel its upcoming online event and had no choice but to comply with Nintendo. Nintendo cannot condone or allow piracy of its intellectual property." They refused, leaving Nintendo no choice but to step in to protect its intellectual property and brands. Nintendo therefore contacted the tournament organizers to ask them to stop. Melee that requires use of illegally copied versions of the game in conjunction with a mod called “Slippi” during their online event. Unfortunately, the upcoming Big House tournament announced plans to host an online tournament for Super Smash Bros. tournaments in the past and have hosted our own online and offline tournaments for the game, and we plan to continue that support in the future. We have partnered with numerous Super Smash Bros. "Nintendo appreciates the love and dedication the fighting game community has for the Super Smash Bros. Noticeably, the company says it will "continue" to support the Smash Bros. In a statement to Polygon, Nintendo said the tournament organisers "refused" to cooperate, so it was left with "no choice" but to step to protect its intellectual property and brands. Melee and would also make use of Slippi Online - rollback netcode allowing players to duke it out online. The issue Nintendo has with this year's event is the fact it requires "illegally copied versions" of Super Smash Bros. ![]() The Big House - the longest-running major Smash tournament in the US - has received a cease and desist order from Nintendo of America. community has taken the action online this year, but one event hasn't been so lucky. Original Story : The competitive Smash Bros. Please, realize of how much you could grow #SaveSmash- LG | Maister November 24, 2020 I legit try to think about every reason and I just can’t come up with a justifiable one. 2ewXQkS57E- BlinC | nazura NovemNintendo please wake up, is there actually a good reason for you to say “no” to all of the opportunities that you have with Smash?! ![]() However Nintendo is attempting to kill the very same community I grew up in. #FreeMelee #SaveSmash /5FnLqK8llg- n0ne Novem#SaveSmashįor my mutuals who don't play Smash: I'm tweeting about this is because I've been part of this video game community since I was 11. The same way nintendo got together fighters for a rosterĮveryone is truly here. Poetic and ironicĮveryone standing together to defend smash Update: The #FreeMelee hashtag has evolved into #SaveSmash, and has, at the time of writing, picked up 21.7K tweets – enough for it to begin trending around the world on Twitter.
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