Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates: Difference between revisions

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On '''May 8th, 2025''' (with changes generally effective '''May 7th-8th, 2025'''<ref name="GameFileEffectiveDate">{{Cite news |last=Totilo |first=Stephen |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Nintendo warns it may brick Switch systems whose users “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with” their games and services |url=https://www.gamefile.news/p/nintendo-emulation-hacking-brick-warning-terms-of-service |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=Game File}}</ref><ref name="IGNBrickingMay2025">{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Vikki |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Nintendo Revises User Agreement, And If You Break It, Nintendo Reserves The Right to Brick Your Switch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-revises-user-agreement-and-if-you-break-it-nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-switch |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=IGN}}</ref>), [[Nintendo]] released significant updates to its [[Nintendo]] Account User Agreement<ref name="EULAMain">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Account User Agreement |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/eula/US?lang=en-US |website=Nintendo Accounts |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref> and Privacy Policy.<ref name="PrivacyPolicyMain">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/privacy_policy/US?lang=en-US |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=Nintendo Accounts}}</ref><ref name="PrivacyPolicySummaryChanges">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy - What's Changed? |url=https://www.nintendo.com/us/privacy-policy/whats-changed/ |website=Nintendo |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref> These revisions introduced new terms with the potential to severely impact consumers. Key changes include:
On '''May 8th, 2025''' (with changes generally effective '''May 7th-8th, 2025'''<ref name="GameFileEffectiveDate">{{Cite news |last=Totilo |first=Stephen |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Nintendo warns it may brick Switch systems whose users “bypass, modify, decrypt, defeat, tamper with” their games and services |url=https://www.gamefile.news/p/nintendo-emulation-hacking-brick-warning-terms-of-service |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=Game File}}</ref><ref name="IGNBrickingMay2025">{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Vikki |date=May 9, 2025 |title=Nintendo Revises User Agreement, And If You Break It, Nintendo Reserves The Right to Brick Your Switch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-revises-user-agreement-and-if-you-break-it-nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-switch |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=IGN}}</ref>), [[Nintendo]] released significant updates to its [[Nintendo]] Account User Agreement<ref name="EULAMain">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Account User Agreement |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/eula/US?lang=en-US |website=Nintendo Accounts |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref> and Privacy Policy.<ref name="PrivacyPolicyMain">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy |url=https://accounts.nintendo.com/term/privacy_policy/US?lang=en-US |access-date=May 15, 2025 |website=Nintendo Accounts}}</ref><ref name="PrivacyPolicySummaryChanges">{{Cite web |title=Nintendo Privacy Policy - What's Changed? |url=https://www.nintendo.com/us/privacy-policy/whats-changed/ |website=Nintendo |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref> These revisions introduced new terms with the potential to severely impact consumers. Key changes include:
*Updates to '''Section 6 (User-Generated Content)''' of the EULA, now requiring adherence to Nintendo's specific content guidelines.
*Updates to '''Section 6 (User-Generated Content)''' of the EULA, now requiring adherence to Nintendo's specific content guidelines.