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Nintendo of America President: “Everyone Has the Right To Form a Union” (www.inverse.com)

submitted 11 months ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 101 points 11 months ago

This is the best thing nintendo have ever said

[-] qooqie@lemmy.world 99 points 11 months ago

They’ve also said “wahoo” and that’s been a general hit I think

[-] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Hell yeah

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 9 points 11 months ago

Hyaa!

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago

"Said" being the operative word. Talk is just talk. I predict that if any union-forming attempt is made, Bowser's opinion will change with frame perfect accuracy and this statement will be memory holed. (Although unionization of Nintendo employees is unlikely to happen in Japan anyway. If it does, it will more probably be within their American or European subsidiaries.)

We should remember that Nintendo is a privately held, for-profit company run by Japanese people. They have their own ethic, the company belongs to them, and profit comes first. They might make video games and franchises we like, but they are not good guys. There is tons of well documented past behavior on their part that illustrates this in many ways.

[-] LethargyTheGhost@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Why? It's obligatory, it's literally the law. It's also against the law to say the opposite. The best thing they've ever said is a bunch of nothing?

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Well, no, it's not obligatory to freely state it in an interview. That being said, I understand what you mean.

[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

I meant that this is something that not many other companies would say. And it doesn't matter if it's the law, big companies still prevent it from happening.