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The rumours quickly gained traction, with both #freemelee and #freesplatoon beginning to trend on Twitter, alongside a tidal wave of memes targeting Nintendo's perceived anti-consumer practices. That negative sentiment has brought to light another of Nintendo's recent cease-and-desists. Custom controller designer CptnAlex had created Joy-Con shells themed to commemorate popular YouTuber Etika, who died by suicide last year (with proceeds going to the JED Foundation, a suicide prevention charity). However, the designer was served a cease-and-desist in September, seemingly due to his use of the trademarked term "JoyCon" as part of the design. The story has now been picked up across Reddit and Twitter, causing further criticisms of Nintendo's approach to fan creations and events. In another unfortunate twist for Nintendo, a fan-run Splatoon 2 tournament, The Squid House was subsequently organised, and took donations towards its prize pool. As organisers EndGameTV point out, those donations led to a $25,000 pool, with another $3,000 given to charity - making it reportedly the largest ever prize given for a Splatoon tournament, official or unofficial.Kind of funny that they'll sever their own "support" that they love to parade around as something so fantastic, just because the Splatoon community wanted to stand in solidarity with the other scenes that Nintendo outright harms.#freemelee #savesmash pic.twitter.com/3F77b19pDE
— Slimy (@SlimyQuagsire) December 5, 2020
This weekend marks the latest in a very long line of fraught interactions between Nintendo and fan communities built around its games and products. Smash Bros. has been a particularly long-standing issue, with tournaments, mod use, and Nintendo's stand-offish nature towards its own fighting game community all provoking criticism. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.So that community funded Splatoon tourney is now the highest prize pool in the history of the game
Massive L for Nintendo Massive W for the Splatoon community — IntroFestive (@IntroSpecktive) December 6, 2020
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First Look at Godzilla vs. Kong Revealed
The brief footage shows Godzilla and Kong roaring, with the former swimming underwater and the latter with what appears to be the ocean behind him. Warner Bros. has also released a new logo for the film that you can see below:At CCXP Worlds they showed us a 3 second long teaser for Godzilla vs Kong, even though it's short it got me so excited.#Godzilla #GodzillaMovie #KingKong #KongSkullIsland #KingKongVsGodzilla #KongVsGodzilla #GodzillavsKingKong #GodzillavsKong #CCXPWorlds #CCXPWorlds2020 pic.twitter.com/4lRujAOukd
— Skully Robert #wakandaforever (@SkullyRobert) December 6, 2020
Godzilla vs. Kong is among Warner Bros.' 2021 movies that will be released the same day on HBO Max domestically and in theaters internationally.
The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Jessica Henwick, Julian Dennison, with Kyle Chandler and Demián Bichir.
The official plot synopsis for Godzilla vs. Kong follows:
"In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into uncharted terrain and unearths clues to the Titans’ origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever."
Godzilla vs. Kong is scheduled to open May 21, 2021.
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The brief footage shows Godzilla and Kong roaring, with the former swimming underwater and the latter with what appears to be the ocean behind him. Warner Bros. has also released a new logo for the film that you can see below:At CCXP Worlds they showed us a 3 second long teaser for Godzilla vs Kong, even though it's short it got me so excited.#Godzilla #GodzillaMovie #KingKong #KongSkullIsland #KingKongVsGodzilla #KongVsGodzilla #GodzillavsKingKong #GodzillavsKong #CCXPWorlds #CCXPWorlds2020 pic.twitter.com/4lRujAOukd
— Skully Robert #wakandaforever (@SkullyRobert) December 6, 2020
Godzilla vs. Kong is among Warner Bros.' 2021 movies that will be released the same day on HBO Max domestically and in theaters internationally.
The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Jessica Henwick, Julian Dennison, with Kyle Chandler and Demián Bichir.
The official plot synopsis for Godzilla vs. Kong follows:
"In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into uncharted terrain and unearths clues to the Titans’ origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever."
Godzilla vs. Kong is scheduled to open May 21, 2021.
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