{"id":62950,"date":"2026-03-13T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=62950"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:30:12","slug":"white-house-now-using-nintendo-wii-sports-gameplay-clips-juxtaposed-with-war-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/white-house-now-using-nintendo-wii-sports-gameplay-clips-juxtaposed-with-war-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"White House now\u00a0using\u00a0Nintendo Wii Sports gameplay\u00a0clips\u00a0juxtaposed with\u00a0war footage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 12, the official White House X account\u00a0posted a video\u00a0featuring\u00a0footage\u00a0of U. troops\u2019\u00a0activities,\u00a0mixed with\u00a0gameplay\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>Nintendo<\/strong>\u2019s Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort\u00a0titles. The\u00a0gameplay\u00a0footage\u00a0was\u00a0even\u00a0modified\u00a0to fit the agenda, with\u00a0the\u00a0Wii Sports title screen\u00a0replaced by the words\u00a0\u201cOperation Epic Fury\u201d \u2013\u00a0the name of the\u00a0military campaign launched\u00a0against Iranian forces\u00a0on February 28, 2026.<\/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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UNDEFEATED. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jt69bcag5y\">pic.twitter.com\/Jt69bcag5y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2032115039985881556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Given Nintendo\u2019s\u00a0penchant for\u00a0protecting its IPs,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a wonder that the White House video is still up. At the time of writing, there is no mention of the topic on the\u00a0Nintendo of America\u00a0or\u00a0Japanese Nintendo\u00a0X accounts, but given that commenters are already\u00a0fervently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/1030\/status\/2032137308162474379?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tagging the company<\/a>\u00a0in the video&#8217;s reply section,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0likely\u00a0only a matter of time before\u00a0the matter is addressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;isn\u2019t&nbsp;the first time the official White House X account used&nbsp;popular&nbsp;Japanese media&nbsp;in its public posts.&nbsp;A few days ago,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/yu-gi-oh-official-x-account-denies-involvement-with-white-house-justice-the-american-way-video-says-use-of-anime-clip-was-unauthorized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the official Yu-Gi-Oh! X account denied the franchise\u2019s involvement<\/a>&nbsp;in a \u201cJustice&nbsp;The&nbsp;American Way\u201d video,&nbsp;asserting that&nbsp;the post was made without&nbsp;permission&nbsp;from the rights holder. 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