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.
How does this benefit Nintendo? I don’t understand.
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.
The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC
nintendo wants total, and I mean TOTAL control over their IP. not a smidge must escape their grasp.
if they could take down every fanart and every meme with their IP in it, they would
They want these people to license the rights to play the game at events, etc. Like showing a movie or a sports game.