Nintendo has fought against video game preservation for years, often deleting games and communities rather than saving them.

Let's look at four of them: the cancellation of Super Mario Maker 1, the deletion of Miiverse, the removal of Nintendo Power Magazine from the Internet Archive, and how they put an end to projects like AM2R and Marcus Lindblom's book about EarthBound and its translation.

Groups like the Video Game History Foundation and the Game Preservation Society work hard to preserve the history of gaming. With the ongoing debate over emulation and ROMs (groups like Vimm's Lair and Emuparadise are in the crosshairs), the question is, what are fans supposed to do when they have no other options for playing classic games?

When it comes to this topic, ask yourself: What would you be willing to do to play your favorite game again if it were no longer available? Find out how other fans and communities reacted in today's episode of "Nintendo is Not Your Friend"!

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Nintendo's tricks to sell you games at full price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwE2f48UgKo
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▶ Chapter ▶
00:00 – What would you do if your favorite game disappeared?
02:05 – What is /“Video Game Preservation/”?
04:23 – Super Mario Maker 1 goes offline
06:17 – The gateway to Mario Romhacks
12:45 – Why did Nintendo close Miiverse?
13:57 – Savage Miiverse posts
10:41 – Nintendo Power Magazine is pure gaming nostalgia!
16:57 – Did you know: Nintendo has sued Blockbuster
17:44 – Nintendo Power Magazine archive removed from the Internet Archive
19:34 – The Internet Archive is a friend of consumers
22:36 – Emulators and Roms (Vimm's Lair & Emuparadise)
24:25 – The importance of the 3DS and WiiU eShop
26:32 – Memories of the Gamecube and its great games
30:14 – Another Metroid 2 remake (AM2R)
32:16 – Metroid returns to the 3DS
33:25 – EarthBound & Marcus Lindblom’s book
37:01 – Mother 3 is *still* not available in the West
38:20 – Who wins if they clear the game history?
40:55 – “Nintendo is not your friend” community highlights

▶ Sources & Links ▶
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1onrL3SM7_CMly6fkcf-EK7c46zI3nz1oSQbZl6KXBO4/edit?usp=sharing
Video Game History Foundation: https://gamehistory.org/
Wildlife Conservation Society: https://www.gamepres.org/en/
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/
Moon Channel (Legal insights on Nintendo) https://www.youtube.com/@moon-channel
Apacalpa's channel (technical repair videos) https://www.youtube.com/@apacalpa

▶ Music Assignment ▶
“Hep Cats” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500022
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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