nintendo acknowledged the scene when they added a tournament mode (no items, FD) to smash 4. that was their way of supporting it indirectly. if they needed the exposure sponsorship brings theyd have done it. they don't.
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Smash has literal countless ways to increase liquidity and finance/bootstrap partnerships. If they want to put 0% current value into esports, they can finance it through operating good events. Nintendo could consult a TO and have an online event, $5 buy in, and get 5k entrants.
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or maybe...just maybe...they don't want that? That's the biggest thing y'all never seem to consider. Maybe Nintendo just doesn't want to do that. For w/e their reasons are, they just don't want to get involved with the scene financially. I have no doubt they could if they wanted.
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but do they need that? Or better yet, do they even want that? I just think that smashers tend to never think about the fact that Nintendo may not actually want what the smash competitive scene brings to the table.
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