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==Controversial Practices==

~~'''Forced arbitration and bricking of consoles'''~~

As per the May 2025 update to the EULA, Nintendo now forces customers into binding arbitration and can brick your consoles, rendering your hardware you legally own, and software you have purchased completely useless, should you decide to not to use your console exactly as they intend. https://www.nintendo.com/us/eula-update/?srsltid=AfmBOopMRkjTJlKzMxVtTUFKddFwwPs47CveE41aoWOehl3Iv2PrSxva

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===History against emulation===

Nintendo is well-known for their extensive history of combating emulation, from them suing N64 emulator UltraHLE in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Hemos |date=12 Feb 1999 |title=Nintendo Confirms It Will Sue UltraHLE Creators 96 |url=https://games.slashdot.org/story/99/02/12/0943207/nintendo-confirms-it-will-sue-ultrahle-creators |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=games.slashdot.org}} </ref> to more modern emulators, such as [[Nintendo Switch]] emulator Yuzu in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Joseph |date=11 Apr 2024 |title=Ninten-don’t: Breaking Down the Yuzu Emulator Lawsuit |url=https://www.romanolaw.com/ninten-dont-breaking-down-the-yuzu-emulator-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=www.romanolaw.com}} </ref> Nintendo has also pressured for restrictions to access emulators, such as Dolphin's non-inclusion as a core for the [[Steam]] version of Retroarch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 Jul 2023 |title=What Happened to Dolphin on Steam? |url=https://it.dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/07/20/what-happened-to-dolphin-on-steam/?cr=it |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=it.dolphin-emu.org}}</ref>

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- To quote Mikaeli, Fair Enough. - JamesTDG -->

In May 2025, Nintendo updated their privacy policy<ref name=":0" /> to reserve the company the right to brick consoles owned by consumers if it detects modified hardware or software attempting to run on the system.<ref name=":1" />

===De-listing/destruction of access to games===

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On May 6, 2025 Nintendo changed their Privacy and Policy. The changes are added for the new GameChat feature. In the process of changing the policy, any user cannot touch/access their data unless they accept. Another issue is that for certain account, you cannot accept the new Privacy and Policy making the account inaccessible.

Additionally, these policies<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nintendo |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/privacy_policy/US?lang=en-US |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Nintendo Accounts}}</ref> reserve the right for Nintendo to disable functionality on consoles consumers paid for,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nightingale |first=Ed |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-console-following-unauthorised-use-in-bid-to-prevent-piracy |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref> affecting owners of both generations of Nintendo Switch, effectively granting the company the right to "brick" the console. Nintendo claims this is accomplished as a measure to halt piracy for software on both generations of [[Nintendo Switch]] hardware, however due to the ~~overreaching status~~ of the ~~terms, Nintendo~~

Additionally, these policies<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nintendo |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/privacy_policy/US?lang=en-US |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Nintendo Accounts}}</ref> reserve the right for Nintendo to disable functionality on consoles consumers paid for,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nightingale |first=Ed |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-console-following-unauthorised-use-in-bid-to-prevent-piracy |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref> affecting owners of both generations of Nintendo Switch, effectively granting the company the right to "brick" the console. Nintendo claims this is accomplished as a measure to halt piracy for software on both generations of [[Nintendo Switch]] hardware, however due to how vague these terms are defined, simple software being run for diagnostics from a non-authorized repair shop could be treated in the eyes of Nintendo as the equivalent said shop trying to rip games from the console to commit piracy.

==Products==

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 ==Controversial Practices==
-'''Forced arbitration and bricking of consoles'''
-As per the May 2025 update to the EULA,  Nintendo now forces customers into binding arbitration and can brick your consoles, rendering your hardware you legally own, and software you have purchased completely useless, should you decide to not to use your console exactly as they intend. https://www.nintendo.com/us/eula-update/?srsltid=AfmBOopMRkjTJlKzMxVtTUFKddFwwPs47CveE41aoWOehl3Iv2PrSxva
-I don't know how to format a wiki edit, sorry, I canr even figure out my login info here (MonadoLink). I hope this sparks a Louis Video
 ===History against emulation===
 Nintendo is well-known for their extensive history of combating emulation, from them suing N64 emulator UltraHLE in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@Hemos |date=12 Feb 1999 |title=Nintendo Confirms It Will Sue UltraHLE Creators 96 |url=https://games.slashdot.org/story/99/02/12/0943207/nintendo-confirms-it-will-sue-ultrahle-creators |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=games.slashdot.org}} </ref> to more modern emulators, such as [[Nintendo Switch]] emulator Yuzu in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Joseph |date=11 Apr 2024 |title=Ninten-don’t: Breaking Down the Yuzu Emulator Lawsuit |url=https://www.romanolaw.com/ninten-dont-breaking-down-the-yuzu-emulator-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=www.romanolaw.com}} </ref> Nintendo has also pressured for restrictions to access emulators, such as Dolphin's non-inclusion as a core for the [[Steam]] version of Retroarch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 Jul 2023 |title=What Happened to Dolphin on Steam? |url=https://it.dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/07/20/what-happened-to-dolphin-on-steam/?cr=it |url-status=live |access-date=7 May 2025 |website=it.dolphin-emu.org}}</ref>
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 - To quote Mikaeli, Fair Enough. - JamesTDG -->
+In May 2025, Nintendo updated their privacy policy<ref name=":0" /> to reserve the company the right to brick consoles owned by consumers if it detects modified hardware or software attempting to run on the system.<ref name=":1" />
 ===De-listing/destruction of access to games===
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 On May 6, 2025 Nintendo changed their Privacy and Policy. The changes are added for the new GameChat feature. In the process of changing the policy, any user cannot touch/access their data unless they accept. Another issue is that for certain account, you cannot accept the new Privacy and Policy making the account inaccessible.
-Additionally, these policies<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nintendo |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/privacy_policy/US?lang=en-US |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Nintendo Accounts}}</ref> reserve the right for Nintendo to disable functionality on consoles consumers paid for,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nightingale |first=Ed |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-console-following-unauthorised-use-in-bid-to-prevent-piracy |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref> affecting owners of both generations of Nintendo Switch, effectively granting the company the right to "brick" the console. Nintendo claims this is accomplished as a measure to halt piracy for software on both generations of [[Nintendo Switch]] hardware, however due to the overreaching status of the terms, Nintendo
+Additionally, these policies<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nintendo |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/privacy_policy/US?lang=en-US |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Nintendo Accounts}}</ref> reserve the right for Nintendo to disable functionality on consoles consumers paid for,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Nightingale |first=Ed |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-console-following-unauthorised-use-in-bid-to-prevent-piracy |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref> affecting owners of both generations of Nintendo Switch, effectively granting the company the right to "brick" the console. Nintendo claims this is accomplished as a measure to halt piracy for software on both generations of [[Nintendo Switch]] hardware, however due to how vague these terms are defined, simple software being run for diagnostics from a non-authorized repair shop could be treated in the eyes of Nintendo as the equivalent said shop trying to rip games from the console to commit piracy.
 ==Products<!-- Please keep this section reserved for products which are expected to be relevant to the wiki, and at least try to organize products chronologically. -->==