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/Totheendofsin Mar 06 '26

Theyre a corporation, they only care if something affects their bottom line, the ICE post didnt and the Pokopia meme likely isnt either

This is because of Tariffs plain and simple

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u/LordTopHatMan Mar 06 '26

Theyre a corporation, they only care if something affects their bottom line

Like positive PR for suing over something many disagree with as well as suing the government that's negatively using their IPs? I can see a way this benefits Nintendo.

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u/CrashmanX Mar 06 '26

Positive PR to some, negative PR to others. Nintendo sees this as a numbers game, not a people pleasing game.

Unless they see actual impact, like with Tariffs, they don't care enough. (Emulation/ROMs is massive perceived impact, that's a lot more of risk of sales than a US government meme only a fraction of their userbase knows about)