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Nintendo Issues Statement Regarding Alleged Abuse in Super Smash Bros. Community

Nintendo has issued an official statement regarding the allegations made against a number of Super Smash Bros. professional players.

Allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, misconduct, and inappropriate behavior has popped up over the past week which has cast a negative light on the community.

Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada, and D’Ron “D1” Maingrette were among some of the pro players that have been hit with allegations.

Nintendo has issued a statement condemning the behavior.

“We are deeply disturbed by the allegations raised against certain members of the competitive gaming community” Nintendo said in a statement issued to BBC. They are absolutely impermissible.

“We want to make it clear that we condemn all acts of violence, harassment, and exploitation against anyone and that we stand with the victims.”

 

Anthony DiMoro

Covering Content Creators, Twitch, YouTube, Streamers & the digital culture. Anthony has written for publications such as Forbes and the Huffington Post, among others, during his career.

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