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On November 16, 2023, the Norwegian Consumer Council filed a formal complaint against Nintendo over these guidelines. This council, who previously won two legal battles against Nintendo that respectively forced Nintendo to let customers cancel pre-orders and send in [[Joy-Con]] drift repairs for free, claims that changing the terms of service in this manner for products customers purchased years prior violates consumer protection laws around the world. This legal battle is still ongoing.<ref>[https://www.pressfire.no/artikkel/forbrukerradet-vil-ta-opp-nintendos-regler-med-europeiske-forbrukerorganisasjoner Norwegian Consumer Council interview with PressFire]</ref><ref>[https://www.dexerto.com/smash/government-agency-calls-out-nintendos-restrictive-smash-bros-tournament-rules-2387913/ Dexerto article about Norwegian Consumer Council complaint]</ref><ref>[https://gbatemp.net/threads/norwegian-customer-council-to-bring-forth-nintendos-new-tournament-and-copyright-policies-to-european-consumer-organizations.643077/ Partially translated PressFire interview]</ref> | On November 16, 2023, the Norwegian Consumer Council filed a formal complaint against Nintendo over these guidelines. This council, who previously won two legal battles against Nintendo that respectively forced Nintendo to let customers cancel pre-orders and send in [[Joy-Con]] drift repairs for free, claims that changing the terms of service in this manner for products customers purchased years prior violates consumer protection laws around the world. This legal battle is still ongoing.<ref>[https://www.pressfire.no/artikkel/forbrukerradet-vil-ta-opp-nintendos-regler-med-europeiske-forbrukerorganisasjoner Norwegian Consumer Council interview with PressFire]</ref><ref>[https://www.dexerto.com/smash/government-agency-calls-out-nintendos-restrictive-smash-bros-tournament-rules-2387913/ Dexerto article about Norwegian Consumer Council complaint]</ref><ref>[https://gbatemp.net/threads/norwegian-customer-council-to-bring-forth-nintendos-new-tournament-and-copyright-policies-to-european-consumer-organizations.643077/ Partially translated PressFire interview]</ref> | ||
On November 22, 2023, Alan Bunney on the podcast ''Lights Out'' shared some insight on how these guidelines came to be, specifically with how the [[Panda Cup]] was involved.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2DpSz8mpuA&t Dr Alan Reveals EVERYTHING That Happened w/ Panda! | Lights Out Episode 36]</ref> Nintendo wanted to become more involved in the ''Smash'' community in 2019 when negotiations with Panda first started. The plan was for the Panda Cup to be a bubble where the community can exist unfiltered with little involvement from Nintendo, who would then have time to come up with their own plans outside this deal. After the Panda Cup fell apart and the uprecedented intense harassment from the community, the IP licensing department of Nintendo shut down in 2023, which is why they stopped issuing licenses for an extended period of time until the department was restructured and the guidelines were published. | |||
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