Smash Melee modder takes a stab at Nintendo's litigious tactics adding a C&D Letter as a custom Melee character

1756825685760.png

Nintendo is well known in the modding and hacking communities for being one of, if not the most, litigious gaming companies in the industry when it comes to fan-created content, with their frequent legal actions against non-profit fan projects always being a point of contention with many gamers and modders alike.

This doesn't stop some people from peeking fun at Nintendo's actions though, as Super Smash Bros. Melee modder Moosh decided to have some fun with Nintendo's legalities and decided to make Nintendo's well-known Cease and Desist letter into a newcomer character for Smash Melee:



C&D Letter joins the brawl, being just an A4-sized letter with a default layout with some Nintendo information, paired together with a couple of detached hands and feet. The small teaser that Moosh uploaded to his X account showcases C&D Letter on the Pokemon Stadium stage, duking it out against none other than Fox McCloud, receiving quite the beat down before C&D comes back down and send Fox out of the stage. It also seems like the C&D Letter character was a mod done of Jigglypuff itself.

The letter in the character's body containts the following text:

C&D Letter character said:
Nintendo of America Inc.
Consumer Service Department
P.O. Box 98022
Redmond, WA. 98073-9732 U.S.A.
Consumer Service | (555) 648-8332​

August 29th, 2025

Mr. Mooshies

RE: Unauthorized Distribution of Nintendo Brand Assets

Dead Mr. Mooshies,
It has come to the attention of Nintendo that you have
illegally distributed copyrighted Nintendo assets for
financial gain through the use of the website Patreon. This
is a breach of the Nintendo consumer contract and we
ask that you immediately cease operations, or you will be
subsequently sued by Nintendo to the fullest extent of the
law. Low-key that mod do be sick af tho lmao, it's just that
big Shiggy will get mad at me if we don't send this out. You
know, legalities and all that crap.

Mooshies you have to stop. Your mods too though.
Your Game and Watch too different. Your bitch too bad.
We'll kill you.

Sincerely,

Doug Bowser
Nintendo of America CEO​

The C&D Letter mod for Melee is of course all fun and giggles. Although, Moosh does make Smash Melee mod consistently, and his most recent one was a Balatro character, which he made available through early access through his Patreon account.

:arrow: Moosh's X profile
 
The fact a clone character that just so happens to use a mock DMCA paper with very little added on top really is front page news shows some really low standards in the vetting process.
Indeed, Nintendo needs to have higher standards in their lawsuit-engaging vetting process.
 
  • Like
Reactions: zfreeman
The fact a clone character that just so happens to use a mock DMCA paper with very little added on top really is front page news shows some really low standards in the vetting process.
Yep. As far as Anti-Nintendo propaganda goes, GBAtemp's news writers are really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Makes you wonder if they're running out of things to trigger outage from the easily baited, simply because even those that dislike Nintendo are just plain jaded at this point.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sylx3
Reminds me of when TPB would post the legal threats they got in the mail and their responses. Good times. Just gotta do it for the love of the game.
 
Yep. As far as Anti-Nintendo propaganda goes, GBAtemp's news writers are really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. Makes you wonder if they're running out of things to trigger outage from the easily baited, simply because even those that dislike Nintendo are just plain jaded at this point.
Propaganda lmao
 
  • Like
Reactions: handy333
how bout a nintendo ninja next or Kirby with a lawyer power up? (I swear they should've added phoenix to smash ult as an unlockable
 
Go see an ophthalmologist then.
I would, but I'm already certain that I can see the double standards in the industry with perfect clarity.

But if you think I'm blind, then you tell me: how would something like a basic joke character mod be front page news worthy? Besides the hate propaganda machine running out of mud that they can fling at NIntendo without any of said mud getting into Sony or Microsoft's eyes as well?
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sylx3
I would, but I'm already certain that I can see the double standards in the industry with perfect clarity.

But if you think I'm blind, then you tell me: how would something like a basic joke character mod be front page news worthy? Besides the hate propaganda machine running out of mud that they can fling at NIntendo without any of said mud getting into Sony or Microsoft's eyes as well?
Hit a slow period for gaming news, it seems
 
i wonder if nintendo has ai bots that just sends out C&D or is it true that nintendo has allocated 70% of their workforce and devs all over the internet looking for any reason?😂
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum