Nintendo Co. pulled its products from Amazon.com Inc.’s US site after a disagreement over unauthorized sales, meaning the e-commerce company missed out on the recent debut of Nintendo’s Switch 2 — the biggest game console launch of all time.

The Japanese company stopped selling on Amazon after noticing that third-party merchants were offering games for sale in the US at prices that undercut Nintendo’s advertised rates, according to a person familiar with the situation. Enterprising sellers were buying Nintendo products in bulk in Southeast Asia and exporting them to the US, said the person, who requested anonymity to discuss confidential information.

BFGF Syndrome by Patabot

Credit: Super-Fun-Pak Comix by Ruben Bolling

There's a bit of intro/explanation for the setup. Jump to 6:20 for the start of the runs.

The idea feels like sci-fi because you're so used to it, imagining ads gone feels like asking to outlaw gravity. But humanity had been free of current forms of advertising for 99.9% of its existence. Word-of-mouth and community networks worked just fine. First-party websites and online communities would now improve on that.

The traditional argument pro-advertising—that it provides consumers with necessary information—hasn't been valid for decades.

Huge deal for shmup preservation. Amongst the other games saved are:

Deta Na! TwinBee 1
Deta Na! TwinBee 2
Gradius 2
Gradius Complete
Gradius II Part 1
Gradius II Part 2
Gradius NEO
Gradius NEO Imperial
Parodius
Parodius Da! Part 1, 2, 3
Salamander
Space Manbow
TwinBee

In the unlikely event that you own a Polymega console, you may want to pick up their Volume 8 physical release. Featuring games made by Visco, it includes the following shmups:

CAPTAIN TOMADAY ARC, AES
ANDRO DUNOS ARC, AES
GALMEDES ARC
UN DEFENSE FORCE: EARTH JOKER ARC
STORM BLADE ARC