Nintendo Forces Speedrunners In Japan To Apply For Permission To Play Its Games

Nintendo Forces Speedrunners In Japan To Apply For Permission To Play Its Games

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Nintendo forces Japanese charity speedrun event to pull its games from the lineup after claiming "unauthorized use," now organizers have to ask permission for every single game in the future

RTA in Japan, which was inspired by Games Done Quick, is set to benefit Doctors Without Borders

Japan: Nintendo games excluded from big speedrunning event as organisers had to apply for permission for each game

RTA in Japan has revealed exactly why Nintendo titles won’t feature at the huge speedrunning event in The Land of the Rising Sun. The team says that they were told by Nintendo that they needed to apply for permission to feature each individual game in the tournament. Therefore RTA in Japan will not be using any… Read More »Japan: Nintendo games excluded from big speedrunning event as organisers had to apply for permission for each game Source

RTA in Japan will not feature Nintendo games in speedrunning this year

RTA in Japan is a charity speedrunning event held in Japan every year that raises money for various different causes across the world. Similar to GDQ, RTA in Japan has competitors run their favorite games while livestreaming their attempts at breaking world records or simply putting up new personal bests. Popular Nintendo games were featured at the event in the past, but 2025 will be different. As the company explains on its website, this year’s…

Yet another speedrunning event forced to pull Nintendo games

and they won't stop coming...