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Destructoid
Destructoid
Andrej Barovic

Game companies say “don’t use our IP.” The US government keeps doing it anyway

It's happened again. The US government, specifically the White House X account, used Nintendo's IP to brag about its "successes" in Iran, combining footage of the games with clips of US strikes on Iranian targets.

The official White House account on X once again utilized a company's IP, presumably without permission, to forward and showcase its political content. Like one of the last times, it's Nintendo's IP, specifically Wii Sports, which was combined with clips of US strikers on Iranian targets, such as ships, with the White House declaring the US is "UNDEFEATED" in this war with that Middle-Eastern country.

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