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Nintendo-owned titles excluded from Japan’s biggest speedrunning event after organizers were told they had to apply for permission for each game (automaton-media.com)
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[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably because a lot of nintendo games are speedrun on emulators. Since it can be difficult to attain region specific hardware and cartridges that are optimal for speedrunning, they resort to emulators so the barrier of entry isn't unreasonable.

And we all know how Nintendo feels about emulators.

Not to say it explains how it benefits Nintendo. But it explains why they're going this route.