While Nintendo a history of ignoring their Esports events for Melee, they’ve rarely actually taken steps to shut them down. The Big house has been ran for a while without any problems. They are shutting it down due to the involvement of a third-party modification to a ROM being used. This time around though Nintendo have stepped in. It has been used all summer, including in other broadcast tournaments. This is the program that allows Melee to be played online in 2020. The problems stems from the Slippi Add on. It seems Nintendo is shutting down online Melee tournaments in general. It is a terrible shame for the players and organizers of the event, as well as fans who where hoping to watch it. © Smash Bros The Big House Melee Tournament The cease and desist happy side of them, hasn’t reared its head for competitive tournaments in a while, so what happened? When it comes to Esports though, Nintendo had seemed to have a turned a corner. The history of video games can be effectively told by looking at the history of people and companies that Nintendo has sued to shut down. Fan games, fan content in general, and even other developers using their platform have been met with lawsuits from the gaming giant. Nintendo is pretty well known for their overactive legal department. The conditions of which seem to imply that any future online Melee tournaments will meet the same fate. The Big House organizers and tournament received a cease and desist letter from Nintendo America. The news of a Nintendo shut down for online Melee has made news last week. Unfortunately it seems it might have been the last of its kind. The Slippi Champions League was a great tournament that managed to bring stable online play to a very old game. The last few months have seen Super Smash Bros Melee thrive in the online world.
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