{"id":49525,"date":"2025-06-27T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=49525"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:56:46","slug":"nintendo-games-completely-excluded-from-japans-biggest-speedrunning-event-raising-eyebrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nintendo-games-completely-excluded-from-japans-biggest-speedrunning-event-raising-eyebrows\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo games completely excluded from Japan\u2019s biggest speedrunning\u00a0event, raising eyebrows\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Held in Winter and Summer every year, <strong>RTA in Japan<\/strong> is the country\u2019s premier speedrunning event, with streams <a href=\"https:\/\/streamscharts.com\/news\/rta-japan-summer-2023-recap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racking up 6.9 million hours of watch time<\/a>. The latest competition, \u201cRTA in Japan Summer 2025,\u201d is due to take place from August 9 to 15, and the organizers recently shared the final game roster for the event. Curiously, the list does not include any Nintendo titles (as spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/06\/27\/154483.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/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=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300eRTA in Japan Summer 2025\u300f\u306e\u63a1\u7528\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u767a\u8868\u3057\u307e\u3059\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EulJsAXlQf\">https:\/\/t.co\/EulJsAXlQf<\/a><br>\u30aa\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u8272\u304c\u300c\u63a1\u7528\u300d\u3001\u7dd1\u8272\u304c\u300c\u30d0\u30c3\u30af\u30a2\u30c3\u30d7\u300d\u3068\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RTAinJapan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RTAinJapan<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RTA in Japan (@RTAinJapan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTAinJapan\/status\/1938209378064056755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous years have featured numerous Nintendo games, and they have arguably been the most popular part of RTA in Japan. For example, Super Mario 64, Pok\u00e9mon Red and Blue, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Splatoon <a href=\"https:\/\/streamscharts.com\/news\/rta-japan-summer-2024-viewership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dominated the most-watched list<\/a> during RTA in Japan Summer 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why then, have Nintendo games seemingly been left out this year? Some Japanese fans speculate that it might have to do with rules set by Nintendo. For example, Nintendo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.nintendo.com\/jp\/nintendo_network\/eula\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end-user license agreement<\/a> asks users not to publicize bugs or exploit them for improper use. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/networkservice_guideline\/en\/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guideline on sharing images and videos online<\/a> also forbids you from showcasing ways to circumvent a game\u2019s technical restrictions. Since speedrunning very often relies on discovering and using exploits, some users think this could be why Nintendo games are no longer part of RTA in Japan\u2019s roster.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is all speculation though, as there has been no official confirmation of Nintendo taking issue with RTA in Japan. Another possibility is that the organizers are attempting to err on the side of safety, to prevent any potential complications from arising. Regardless of the cause, the exclusion of classic speedrunner favorites like Super Mario 64 comes as a big bummer for participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RTA in Japan Summer 2025 will take place from August 9 to 15, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo titles like Super Mario 64 and Splatoon have disappeared from the roster of RTA in Japan Summer 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":39144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-49525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nintendo games completely excluded from Japan\u2019s biggest speedrunning\u00a0event, raising eyebrows\u00a0 - 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