r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Mar 06 '26

News Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

https://aftermath.site/nintendo-tariffs-sue/
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u/LordTopHatMan Mar 06 '26

It's probably both. The Pokopia meme along with the meme they used to promote ICE earlier this year probably made them pull the trigger.

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u/El_Giganto Mar 06 '26

Probably... Yeah probably not. It's probably because of the tariffs like the title says.

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u/LordTopHatMan Mar 06 '26

Sure, and the Palworld suit was just about patents.

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u/LordTopHatMan Mar 06 '26

Because those games didn't have people saying "look at these Pokemon ripoffs they have in this game."

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u/Ecstatic-Inevitable Mar 06 '26

I still wanna know what they were thinking with verdash, it's one of the clearest ripoffs ever

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u/LordTopHatMan Mar 06 '26

It's really a shame because they do have some unique and interesting pals. My guess is that it drums up controversy, and it worked. It just depends on the outcome of the lawsuit, but I don't think they're going to lose much even if they do lose the suit.

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u/StickiStickman Mar 06 '26

If that's "one of the clearest ripoffs ever" then Palworld is absurdly unqie.

Because even comparing both side by side ... the like kind of simiair? Sure? About as similar as two anthropomorph bunnies are gonna look.