I would love for them to lose and for any garbage gambling to be eradicated from video games. However, being evil isn’t actually illegal. :/
ErsatzCats
If they hated gacha games, why go for MK? There’s plenty of worse offenders…
MarioLuigiNabbitTrio
The paid ones have been gone for at least a year now I believe, and I don’t see how the ones you get by just playing the game could be considered immoral
I’m so used to Nintendo suing other people that I thought Nintendo was the one suing.
Dudewitbow
Though i do like burning nintendo for bad business practices, the following comment from the prosecution:
> Between the lines: The suit alleges that Nintendo intentionally made the game difficult to proceed in without paying, using “dark patterns,” an industry term for tricking consumers, to steer players toward spending more.
Literally you get to play all the tracks, the only thing that requires better stuff is if you want to play against higher ranks. You always get matched up to players in your own tier, so i dont understand how this is tricking anyone. Essentially whales end up playing against whales of the same tier because they float up faster due to having higher base point parts.
cayendo_
I speak for everyone when I say we hope Nintendo loses
Inhalemydong
i think this is silly cuz all the pipes you get are from tour rewards plus the one in the shop you buy using event tokens.
they got rid of the actual gacha aspect some time ago and rupees (the microtransaction currency) are used to buy drivers, gliders and karts directly instead of using them on a pipe.
the only lootboxes (pipes) you get are free ones (except for the gold pass and challenge card golden pipes, but you’re guaranteed a high-end driver/glider/kart plus many other rewards including rupees)
redjedia
Loot boxes aren’t in “MK Tour.”
magikarp-sushi
Nintendo: *removes casino slots from Pokémon RBY and GSC bc you can’t have gambling for kids*
Nintendo less than 20 years later: mobile gacha prizes
SabatinoMasala
This is the reason Mario Kart Tour is unavailable in Belgium. Nintendo didn’t want to comply and just made the app unavailable 😅
jimbobdonut
I’ve been playing MK Tour for a while now. To get everything in the game including drivers, karts and gliders would cost thousands of dollars. Even if you do spend that money, it really doesn’t make the game any more fun.
dannyphantomfan38
Nintendo got rid of most of the pipes, meaning they got rid of most of the gatcha mechanics, also, they always showed the rates that you can get items from the pipes, that company that suing Nintendo so they can take lots of money Nintendo got from the mario movie and tears of the kingdom, i wouldn’t be surprised if that company is hoping their lying helps them win and to get funding for their company from Nintendo because they aren’t making enough money to stay in business
ZiggyStarDub
Oh, look, it’s another “I didn’t supervise my child and will blame someone else for our negligence” episode.
Zandrick
Out of all the companies that do this shit Nintendo is the one people are going after? Really?
WorldlyDear
Good loootboxes need to be purged
toofarquad
These lootboxes were genuinely worse than average (and that’s saying a lot), at launch. I lost a lot of respect for nintendo from that. But I heard they reversed a lot of it later on, didn’t they? And if this is about not publishing odds, that’s just plain incorrect in this case. Still, having a game targeted at kid with dark patterns is pretty gross, that’s mobile gaming for you.
MediumLong2
I hope governments crack down on loot being given away through random chance. It’s not fair to the players.
ArrrGaming
Lootboxes should be illegal, period.
AnneTheOminous
There are far more egregious examples of mobile games with loot boxes, microtransactions, gacha, etc. Nintendo is merely a drop in the bucket in comparison.
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Wait until they hear about Activision Blizzard.
I would love for them to lose and for any garbage gambling to be eradicated from video games. However, being evil isn’t actually illegal. :/
If they hated gacha games, why go for MK? There’s plenty of worse offenders…
The paid ones have been gone for at least a year now I believe, and I don’t see how the ones you get by just playing the game could be considered immoral
The article cites that lawsuit is based on the fact Nintendo doesn’t disclose the odds for Mario Kart Tour, which is patently false. [Example drop rates from this Inverse article](https://www.inverse.com/article/59610-mario-kart-tour-pipe-drop-rates-loot-boxes-odds)
Good, Nintendo should not have lootboxes.
I’m so used to Nintendo suing other people that I thought Nintendo was the one suing.
Though i do like burning nintendo for bad business practices, the following comment from the prosecution:
> Between the lines: The suit alleges that Nintendo intentionally made the game difficult to proceed in without paying, using “dark patterns,” an industry term for tricking consumers, to steer players toward spending more.
Literally you get to play all the tracks, the only thing that requires better stuff is if you want to play against higher ranks. You always get matched up to players in your own tier, so i dont understand how this is tricking anyone. Essentially whales end up playing against whales of the same tier because they float up faster due to having higher base point parts.
I speak for everyone when I say we hope Nintendo loses
i think this is silly cuz all the pipes you get are from tour rewards plus the one in the shop you buy using event tokens.
they got rid of the actual gacha aspect some time ago and rupees (the microtransaction currency) are used to buy drivers, gliders and karts directly instead of using them on a pipe.
the only lootboxes (pipes) you get are free ones (except for the gold pass and challenge card golden pipes, but you’re guaranteed a high-end driver/glider/kart plus many other rewards including rupees)
Loot boxes aren’t in “MK Tour.”
Nintendo: *removes casino slots from Pokémon RBY and GSC bc you can’t have gambling for kids*
Nintendo less than 20 years later: mobile gacha prizes
This is the reason Mario Kart Tour is unavailable in Belgium. Nintendo didn’t want to comply and just made the app unavailable 😅
I’ve been playing MK Tour for a while now. To get everything in the game including drivers, karts and gliders would cost thousands of dollars. Even if you do spend that money, it really doesn’t make the game any more fun.
Nintendo got rid of most of the pipes, meaning they got rid of most of the gatcha mechanics, also, they always showed the rates that you can get items from the pipes, that company that suing Nintendo so they can take lots of money Nintendo got from the mario movie and tears of the kingdom, i wouldn’t be surprised if that company is hoping their lying helps them win and to get funding for their company from Nintendo because they aren’t making enough money to stay in business
Oh, look, it’s another “I didn’t supervise my child and will blame someone else for our negligence” episode.
Out of all the companies that do this shit Nintendo is the one people are going after? Really?
Good loootboxes need to be purged
These lootboxes were genuinely worse than average (and that’s saying a lot), at launch. I lost a lot of respect for nintendo from that. But I heard they reversed a lot of it later on, didn’t they? And if this is about not publishing odds, that’s just plain incorrect in this case. Still, having a game targeted at kid with dark patterns is pretty gross, that’s mobile gaming for you.
I hope governments crack down on loot being given away through random chance. It’s not fair to the players.
Lootboxes should be illegal, period.
There are far more egregious examples of mobile games with loot boxes, microtransactions, gacha, etc. Nintendo is merely a drop in the bucket in comparison.