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Nintendo has particularly gone after the modding and emulation communities, frequently forcing community members to take down passion projects, whether they can enforce those demands or not. The highest profile example is [[Project M]], a mod that gained significant traction in the competitive scene, to the point of major tournaments hosting brackets specifically for the mod. The mod ceased active development on December 1, 2015, with members of the team saying it was done out of fear for legal ramifications of making a gray market product. | Nintendo has particularly gone after the modding and emulation communities, frequently forcing community members to take down passion projects, whether they can enforce those demands or not. The highest profile example is [[Project M]], a mod that gained significant traction in the competitive scene, to the point of major tournaments hosting brackets specifically for the mod. The mod ceased active development on December 1, 2015, with members of the team saying it was done out of fear for legal ramifications of making a gray market product. | ||
A more recent example is the incident with the [[cancellation of The Big House Online]]. Before the tournament could begin, Nintendo wrote a cease-and-desist letter to the venue, forcing the event to be shut down. The reason given was that the online aspect forced the ''Melee'' bracket to resort to emulators like [[Dolphin]] and [[Project Slippi]], which Nintendo openly disapproves of. This spawned #FreeMelee, and later #SaveSmash, to trend across the internet with enough traction to be picked up by famous influencers and news | A more recent example is the incident with the [[cancellation of The Big House Online]]. Before the tournament could begin, Nintendo wrote a cease-and-desist letter to the venue, forcing the event to be shut down. The reason given was that the online aspect forced the ''Melee'' bracket to resort to emulators like [[Dolphin]] and [[Project Slippi]], which Nintendo openly disapproves of. This spawned #FreeMelee, and later #SaveSmash, to trend across the internet with enough traction to be picked up by famous influencers and news outlets. It even bled over into other communities, with a notable example being the finals of an official ''Splatoon'' tournament livestream being canceled likely due to several members having nametags that reference the movement in some way. This caused most of the teams to simply walk out and join a fan-made tournament, canceling the official finals. | ||
===Widespread DDoS attacks on community sites=== | ===Widespread DDoS attacks on community sites=== | ||