Also selling things related to a dead person is effed up even if it's for their fans or even to support the family, I mean imagine selling pictures of your idol after their death as an 'honor' and 'memoriam'. I mean good thing Nintendo pull that stuff out quickly because I can imagine that guy get into trouble with the family if he decided to keep the money that he gets for selling that and profiting off of Etika and his fanbase, people will absolutely be furious.
To be perfectly clear here: it does seem, at least from a glance, that the people running the charity had their hearts in the right place. And I have nothing against the concept of posthumous charity in itself, so long as it's used to benefit people in need and it's done with the consent of the deceased's family.
But from a company's perspective, I have to acknowledge that
someone I don't know (and therefore have no control over) reskinning and reselling one of my products, all in the name of a beloved content creator who passed away is like...
If anything,
at any point, goes wrong with said charity, that's a PR nightmare waiting to happen, from Nintendo's pov. One far worse than the backlash they'd get for C&Ding the campaign. It's why we don't see Nintendo taking down every single custom Joycon/Amiibo reskin under the sun, but this one caught their eye, I'd guess.
Then there's the fact that they probably wouldn't want to get involved with the charity in the first place. Overall it's just a really sad situation and I'm not even sure if there is anything the people behind the campaign could do to mitigate this - maybe using an original product would be a start, but it's hard to say.
Now, to go back on topic... TGA is this week. I'm cautiously excited, tbh. Not just for Smash, but for other stuff I like as well. So my question is: do you think we could get any Nintendo news there? Outside Smash, I mean.