nintendo’s blatant exploitation of the smash community is really something
idk if hegemony is really the right way to describe it but the way much of the community (up to and including (former) top players) is happy to be officially recognized and (basically not even) supported is something else
idk seeing hungrybox get moved to tears over the panda global/nintendo tournament series was wild. why would you WANT nintendo’s involvement. did you just completely forget what their relationship with competitive smash has been this whole time
@aescling problem with having a scene that only young people can really excel in
@aescling @Lady the impression i get from the people who are "excited" about nintendo involvement is that their position is
"there is no 'nintendo leaves us alone' outcome. there is 'nintendo gets involved, with everything that brings with it' and 'we're not allowed to have tournaments'."