ROMs V. Nintendo

While Nintendo may have a lot of success, they are also run by complete morons. For any time they move forward a step, they move two steps back. I blame it on their Japan division and not understand stuff beyond the 80s and 90s. I'm curious yet baffled at the decision to sue a couple websites for infringement of ROMs of their games.

They are looking for millions of dollars in damages. Really, they are the only one that has issues with fan made stuff and ROMs and all that stuff. It's not a surprise that there's a lot of people who pirate or use emulation or create their own little project. I'm not the hugest supporter of emulation, but I'll use it. If this has something to do with a Virtual Console or eShop thing that they are doing for the Switch, I can see what they are doing... somewhat.

In that sense, it is justified. But for what? Just so they can milk Mario 3 and Zelda: Link to the Past for the tenth time? It's not a surprise that Virtual Console hasn't been the same since the Wii U launch in 2012. There hasn't been much effort, even with promises of stuff like Game Boy Advance and potentially GameCube titles. In the last seven years, Sega has only done a few handfuls of Game Gear games for 3DS, and they stopped after 2013. They didn't even bother with the Wii U. Not to mention that these titles can be found at used game stores, pawn shops, yard sales. Is it really going to hurt Nintendo? Absolutely not.

The efforts Nintendo has done since the 3DS has been poor. Their GBA selection is piss poor. The NES and SNES are getting the same titles over and over. No Nintendo 64 efforts. They went through original Game Boy games very quickly. Even with the cheap costs depending on the system of choice, they still leave it tied to the particular system and not the account. If the Japan offices weren't so narrow minded about how the world is, they would not have all these mistakes they have made since 1996. For now the Switch is still selling really well, but it could fade away or the next console could be a disaster.

And it's not like Nintendo can keep doing this suing thing, either. You can't shut down every website just because they have GBA games or anything going back to their NES days. If only they just put more effort into the Virtual Console or whatever their new Switch thing is like they did when it was a new concept. And it has to be more than just the same NES and SNES games. Actually dig deep into their catalog. It's a waste of time to go after ROMs, even if they are within their rights. Tons of stuff get replicated every day. Anything can be found on the Internet.