Fan artists stay winning.
I’m surprised Nintendo has suffered gen AI as long as they have. They don’t want people thinking about Nintendo IP for free, I can’t imagine they’re happy about every single Nintendo art asset being shoved into AI models for nothing.
let them fightWhoever wins, we lose
Reminds me of Epic v. Google over allowing alternative app stores that weirdly enough put F-Droid and the likes into danger. This too can lead to unforseen consequencies for everyone excluding megacorps. Almost feels like you are a NPC watching super-persons plowing through half the city to settle some little grudges between them.
Yea, nothing to do but hope the least bad option wins out
But then the monkey paw curls…
the year is 2030. you google search “mario”. gemini ai pops up at the top of the search, informing you that you have just broken Nintendo Law 248, attempting to generate an ai output regarding a Nintendo intellectual property. the SWAT team is en route.
The American Tech CEO fears Luigi
Nintendo’s legal department being used for the societal good one (1) time sounds about right
I don’t like the idea of corporations getting more power
But in this circumstance, it seems like that’s going to happen either way so I hope the courtroom has a gas leak that explodes and unleashes some sort of ancient powerbeast that destroys every corporation
Alien vs. Predator
Nintendo has been vocal about being anti-ai before. It’s about the only good take they’ve had lately.
I hope they both kill each other
Bring back dueling
Plot twist, this image is AI generated /s
The manga and anime industry is actualy important and they are firmly against it. I don’t think Nintendo makes any difference at all in the current stage, maybe in the future. AI fan works are vastly unappealing and several Japanese fan sites already segregated AI works. Making purely AI slop gets view but very little real engagement and sales.
The real problem is China is arguably already the biggest anime related consumer and Mihoyo(the biggest CN anime games maker) is already incorporating AI sadly. Its frustrating because I had a lot of hope for them(Genshin anime etc), but now I see a future China will gladly use AI slop and continue to destroy JP influence. On the other hand CN gets nothing in the long term from this, instead of creating a real manga/anime industry, if they go the AI slop route it will just crash and burn when people worldwide push back against AI. Not like they care, nationalism and all.
Marxism-Leninism-Boivinism-Muscleism-Maddenism-Starism reigns supreme, again
