Nintendo have a long history of disregarding their customers and making life unnecessarily hard for their own fans, but the Switch era seems to have shone more of a light on their distaste for many of their own consumers than ever before. This isn't just Nintendo vs other companies, it's Nintendo vs the fans.

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Sources:

Earthbound Book:
https://www.polygon.com/2014/1/18/530...

Etikons:
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...

EVO 2013:
https://www.polygon.com/2013/7/11/451...

Big House:
https://kotaku.com/nintendoshutsdow...

How Nintendo Has Hurt The Smash Community:
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Project M Twitlongers:
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ARMS Twitlonger:
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Splatoon 2 North American Open:
https://mynintendonews.com/2020/12/06...
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/d...

Fraymakers:
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

"Why Nintendo Games Almost Never Go On Sale" by Polygon:
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"A New Era of Smash Bros Melee Will Never Be The Same Again" by Akshon Esports:
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Additional Sources:

"Super Mario 3D AllStars is Pathetic" by KingK: (this video helped a lot for research on 3D AllStars)
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This thread of tweets by Liam Triforce on Nintendo's business practices is also fantastic and helped a lot for my own research:
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0:00 Intro
2:12 AntiConsumerism
3:28 #1: Limited Releases
9:08 #2: Joy Con Drift
11:44 #3: Switch Online
17:58 #4: Pricing
22:08 Intermission
23:50 #5: Fan Projects
31:31 #6: Competitive Communities
43:50 Conclusion
45:42 PostVideo