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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 3 years ago

Nintendo's claim that emulation 'stifles innovation' isn't just absurd—it's hypocritical

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Nintendo's claim that emulation 'stifles innovation' isn't just absurd—it's hypocritical

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 3 years ago
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The fan emulation scene has not only lead to countless innovations over the years, it's directly benefited Nintendo.
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    It’s especially funny when you consider the Virtual Console. There’s some debate as to if they actually sold pirated roms or not but what cannot be argued is that they used iNES headers on their roms which means they benefited monetarily from the work of the emulation community

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