I do think that #FreeMelee and the backlash towards 3D All-Stars, even though they probably didn't effect Nintendo's bottom line at all, even positively or indirectly, did make one thing about Nintendo change for the better, albeit more out of luckly timing than anything else: they were some of the first public corporate decisions made under Doug Bowser's Nintendo, and because that was the first impression, it basically killed any chance of Bowser successfully farming the parasocial clout Nintendo has weaponised since Howard & Nester in the 80s (and god did he try for a year or two), and allowed people to look back more critically on the likes of Reggie and Iwata as public figures.