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Japan's biggest charity speedrunning event won't have Nintendo games because Nintendo couldn't help but Nintendo
RTA, Japan's biggest charity speedrunning event, has confirmed there'll be no Nintendo games present at this year's sho…
In a statement shared on the RTA website(as translated by Automaton), organisers say they were contacted by Nintendo on 13th June and told that "as a legal entity, they would have to ask for permission in advance" to feature the company's games. It seems Nintendo expects RTA to apply for permission to feature its titles on a game-by-game basis, but the complexity of the task meant it wasn't practical to do so in time for this year's show. While some might see YouTube fan videos and similar community content as an opportunity for free promotion, Nintendo has historically deemed such activities as copyright infringement, even going as far as to demand all ad revenue for streaming at one time.
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