{"id":20642,"date":"2025-08-06T05:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=20642"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:09:12","slug":"nintendo-games-skipped-in-japans-biggest-speedrunning-event","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-08-06\/nintendo-games-skipped-in-japans-biggest-speedrunning-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Games Skipped in Japan\u2019s Biggest Speedrunning Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Nintendo Games Skipped in Japan\u2019s Biggest Speedrunning Event<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" 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class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>On Aug. 4, 2025, RTA in Japan, the biggest speedrunning event in Japan, came clean with the reason why Nintendo games are absent from the event. According to the organizers, Nintendo deemed it necessary for them to submit a request for each of its games that will be featured at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The note came to them on June 13, 2025, when Nintendo pointed out that the use of its games required permission, and prior events where its games were used were classified as unauthorized use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">RTA in Japan \u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306e\u5229\u7528\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\uff5cRTA in Japan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zf7qrShyiT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zf7qrShyiT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RTA in Japan (@RTAinJapan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTAinJapan\/status\/1952338881107685532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nintendo games are usually the highlight of these kinds of events due to games like <strong>Super Mario 64<\/strong>, one of the most popular games that is currently being speedrun by a large community, being one of the staples in events such as RTA in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organizers mentioned that they still want to be able to feature Nintendo games at their events in the future and have started to work with Nintendo regarding permissions. Unfortunately, the summer event, as previously announced, will not have them, as the organizers failed to receive permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendo-owned-titles-excluded-from-japans-biggest-speedrunning-event-after-organizers-were-told-they-had-to-apply-for-permission-for-each-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Automaton Media<\/a> has pointed out that the complication might\u2019ve been from RTA in Japan becoming a legal entity in 2020, despite it being a non-profit organization. Every donation made in the stream will go to charity. 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