Timebomb Journal Entry

Project Divergence is a process of me turning my long running role playing characters I made with my mates into original creations, and placing them in an unique universe. These characters and my friends' are based on owned IPs such as game freak's Pokémon, Bandai's Digimon, etc. Doing so, I hope will bring about vaster freedom to do what we want with our creations such as producing books, games, and comics based on them without restrictions and infringing. While we may not go as far as monetization, it was to own characters and universe which are truly ours to share how we like.

There is also another reason as well that contributes to my choice...

Cutting ties with Nintendo🕹️

A trigger warning for those that are loyal to Nintendo, it's okey if you don't feel like they fail you in anyway as long as you don't treat it as a perfect religion that you're oblige to blindly defend for no gaddayum reason except intolerance of my personal choice and opinion.

When growing up, I was a fan of Nintendo because I started off playing the original NES. I was in a family of poor gamers that can only afford to rent games than to own them. To me, Nintendo is the go to system of family friendly games and innovative gameplay. They are the inspirers of my passion to go into game designing. While there are other game systems present, I stayed semi-loyal to buying and keeping up in the know of the company through their magazine and others and the geniuses within, only to go to cheaper options when they are available. As I matured, the more my eyes opened to what I'm truly supporting. More and more news of their business practices you only get when you read up on their past and present. The financial impact that are increasingly became apparent as I tried to keep up with my favorite franchise. Historic involvement of lawsuits and their restrictions against companies and their fans. As time went on, it became a drug I no longer have a taste for.

Nintendo is purely a competing corporate business that buys and monopolize the best game designers out there and chase down the next best thing before anyone else does. If you love their games, it is by design. They love their lawyers like Disney and their love for fans and their money are like Blizzard and their business practices are like EA. They sell their best releases behind purposely slow and gimmicky hardware to ensure you have to buy the tools to play their game. Their choices are financially calculated to only give you enough, but your thirst will never be sated. It is a game of chase you can only keep up if you have financial advantage. And this is one of the reason I no longer support Nintendo or own any future product nor own older ones.

It's a choice I made in supporting something bigger. The indie scene of honest creators and artists that produce out of love and hobby, financially and non-financially. To support for their game is of their fan's consent and with shared respect. A gaming freedom not tied to business restrictions. The time to support Open Gaming for all is now. No game console restrictions or battle with intellectual property. No fighting with DRM, or ownership of the games you brought. Just pure fun, how you want it the way you want it. To share with complete liberty. That's what I support.

No BULLSHIT!