When a 9-Year-Old Sued Nintendo

[@GamingHistorian]

Hey! I'm back! I'm finally all moved in and back to making videos. This is a short one, but I wanted to get something out as soon as I could. Still working on a few big videos as well. Enjoy!

[@ElRealPetChicken]

Hey Norm, for real though, will you do an earthbound video?

[@robertdavis4192]

Welcome back Norm, or as I like to call you, the Ken Burns of video games!

[@pdoucet]

Welcome back,missed your videos!

[@GOJOWrestling]

Thank you

[@BigHushAffiliate]

So glad to have you back! 😃👍👍👍👍

[@reopuraimu4962]

"Father, this game contains insufficient data to allow me to make managerial decisions" - Clark, 9 y.o.

[@zavier3644]

I’m not sure why I read that with a British accent

[@coversix2462]

And quote

[@thehamster0520]

@@zavier3644 me too dude

[@sayanghosh6996]

I read it in hugh laurie's impression voice like he does in 'fry and laurie'

[@baconpancakes8899]

@@zavier3644 damnnn so did i

[@Funstuff13613]

“When a 9 year old’s father attempted to sue Nintendo and lost.”

[@EL_RCM]

Lol true

[@Henrik46]

Well, he did sue, didn't he? They even showed up in court.

[@appletherapy3492]

Henrik Vaula Rasmussen True

[@thegodhoward8037]

Im the 666 like

[@jaydenfarley6840]

666 likes lol

[@Poever]

That kid's first mistake was wanting to play an LJN game.

[@lynntaylor9681]

Yep.

[@dadamj]

I agree. The kid should have checked the internet to see what other people were saying about it, THEN made a decision. What an absolute fool. I mean, he's 9 years old. Should be aware that everything isn't as it seems and be cynical about everything ever...

[@drdandan6128]

@@dadamj the internet wasn't nearly as big and widely used as it is now, chances are, the kid didn't even know the internet existed when he bought the game. EDIT: I just realized this is sarcasm, my bad.

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

But back then people didn't know about LJN.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

Corky was displaying how absurd it is to expect a 9 year old in the late '80s to research these claims by taking it to the extreme. Their comment is a criticism of those who absolve companies of all responsibility for false advertising and expect the consumer to do research before buying any game.

[@33LB]

"why would a kid sue Nintendo?" video: "… LJN..." "oh..."

[@doozy435]

“he’s gonna take you back to the past”

[@triano86]

"to play some shitty games that suck ass"

[@ridercrusader01julian65]

“He rather haaaaaaaaave a Buffalo take a diarrhea dump in his ear”

[@WeirdLuigi]

He's the angriest gamer you've ever heard

[@madnessmangus8687]

Ljn got claped

[@PhazonEnder]

So the family sued Nintendo because the box failed to accurately represent the game. What would've happened if the kid had bought the original Mega Man?

[@fifaworldcup1994]

That's an entirely different matter, but you have a point.

[@r.u.s.e3586]

I don't know why anyone would buy the game to play as the dude on the box art lol

[@lordmuaddib]

or even most games for the C64, most covers had images from other, better ports. this matter is laughable, even for the era

[@seankorch6280]

R.U.S.E 35 because he had a gun?

[@r.u.s.e3586]

@@seankorch6280 Because uncanny valley.

[@Its__Good]

We were poor in my house. My dad only let me sue Atari. I was always jealous of the kids that got to sue Nintendo.

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

👍🏼

[@iZetto1]

Noo poor atari whyy

[@calvin2045]

lol hahahaha

[@melindiegalpin3132]

Underated Comment!

[@thewizardman362]

Truly underrated

[@Elzrydo]

He settled on a game: LJN’s Major League Baseball Me: Oh no...

[@temslink2000]

You didn't need to comment oh no your pfp says that perfectly XD

[@Takinthehobbitstoisengard]

I would slap my kid if he ever got a game from ljn

[@Werewolfmage]

Lol right soon as I saw ljn I said here we go...

[@Meta4ce]

@@Takinthehobbitstoisengard they had some cool wwf games for snes

[@glitchy3428]

All I heard was Ljn and I said the same thing

[@hdofu]

They probably later mailed him a picture of the duck hunt dog laughing.

[@TrollMalefico1984]

They should have, if they didn't

[@skullsmitten]

I'm sueing this video for false advertising because it sounds more like the kid's DAD sued nintendo

[@Discrym]

r/wooosh

[@skullsmitten]

@@flourtortilllas9147 I'm sueing you for trying to sue me for sueing this video, that depicts the father of a 9 year old child sueing Nintendo on the child's behalf, when i bet the kid didn't even care that much and the legal case was completely out of his hands once it got to his legal representative, i.e. his dad

[@Anna-fk5hq]

Stop with the sueing!

[@movedtopikalynxlvl8802]

@@Discrym yes WE NEED REDIT NOW

[@cxttoncandy_skies4771]

*r/wooosh*

[@frankafer920]

Me at 9 years old: **playing with my game cube** Clark at 9 years old: **tries to sue a whole entire company**

[@TheMoisticle]

I mean, Clark lost so you are not missing out much

[@pwnership3292]

You mean fails to sue a while entire company

[@moondust2365]

@@pwnership3292 Don't you mean "Sues a company but fails the case"? "Sueing" doesn't include winning. It just means going to court saying that someone or something did you wrong by law and that you want them investigated, as well as giving you a lawyer if you don't already have one.

[@straightshook6493]

@@moondust2365 well you just cooked the joke.

[@themarylandgoatman4475]

Is Clark still alive or is he dead

[@psolus21]

Incomplete game in 1989: "Give me back my money!" Incomplete game in 2019: "Shut up and take my money!"

[@psolus21]

@Jacob Harvath Back in the day, we demanded our money back for incomplete games. Today, people buy incomplete games and keep throwing money at it for DLC. Didn't think my comment was so obscure?

[@resmur8095]

@@psolus21 now Developing a game is more expensive, do *YOU* want to pay 150 Buck for a complete game?

[@Crygear]

Justin Y. Gamers would like the full release of the game,dlcs is making the release longer,well the developer did do something to check the game.

[@LordTrashcanRulez]

@@resmur8095 not really more expensive , if you have a good team you can make a good game with not too much resources , also developers earn more money from games

[@crazycrew1284]

This is why I love 2019

[@lifefruit8738]

If a kid sued Nintendo, does that mean i can sue Tony Leondis for making the Emoji Movie?

[@kblakey55]

Yes

[@justaguy5855]

According to matpat the movie is illegal

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

@@justaguy5855 in the end of the video it says that it is legal, so the video was just a rant on how movies don't have to say "this movie was sponsored by" while on youtube you have to

[@tspcpr]

I will be Your lawyer 👌

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

@@theartillery9724 watch the full vid

[@OutlawFarmersRC]

The outro always feels like I just watch a show from PBS.

[@retosius7962]

I always think this and I think it's intentional.

[@Seantendo]

This video was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you!

[@Luigiawesome13]

The nostalgia man.

[@ender7278]

I think that's the idea.

[@j2323j]

Yo it does makes it 100x better

[@DW3010]

PLOT TWIST!!! That nine year old kid grew up to be the AVGN...And now you know, the rest of the story.

[@mr.patriotjol]

Maybe that’s why Nintendo got pissed when James used the original title “Angry Nintendo Nerd”

[@AlBundy319]

Ah, so that's why he never plays sport games, it left a mark in him for the rest of he's life lol

[@paulduhamel5050]

Excellent Paul Harvey reference. Well played.

[@somemtfguard3049]

DW3010, no I don’t

[@DW3010]

Paul Duhamel glad you noticed that ;)

[@Nic5Cyprus]

Now Nintendo is suing nine year olds for uploading music/gameplay of hacks on youtube

[@johnalbertson79]

Good job commenting on a video you didn't finish watching.

[@TayoEXE]

@@johnalbertson79 What?

[@fieryelf]

@@johnalbertson79 Good job commenting on a comment you didn't read.

[@ff_crafter]

Oh so that a revenge, i just realised that

[@polrealfake]

@@fieryelf Nice

[@TheWaynelds]

I’m sure AVGN would be very pleased to find out that “Laughin Joking Numbnutts” was sued.

[@kekke2000]

This is the 1989 version of leaving a one star review.

[@orereo2328]

Lol

[@Discrym]

The true story Child: can i sue Nintendo because of a game? Father: *y e s*

[@ShadowCurito]

And he sis

[@Alexander-vm2ox]

fathers idea

[@3riormrsup]

You realize nobody comes back to your comment to see how it's doing so why do people like you make those stupid "edit"s thanking people for liking your comment?

[@chaddsteinberg3758]

RBLXMC YOUR WELCOME 👋😇👍 nowon kjhg☝️😾🖕

[@josephhtv6209]

nowon kjhg Facts why tf do people do this shit it’s not cute

[@pointless132]

As soon as you said LJN, I had a bunch of flashbacks of AVGN

[@dereklouden7415]

LJN?!?!?!

[@LermaBean]

Those are some Laughing Joking Numbnuts

[@kamildouglas]

Same

[@Jared_Wignall]

AVGN has Vietnam flashbacks to LJN.

[@NobesBLO13]

Fred Fuchs is behind this

[@luciddre4m]

I remember my mom bought me Ghostbusters on the NES at Toys R Us and when we got home, I was so traumatized by its awfulness that we returned it, no fuss. They must've known.

[@blam.3533]

Wow I feel you.

[@Starscream2588]

I think it depends on the Retailer & such if they allow you & such. I never ever even heard of this store.

[@Aevilbeast]

@@Starscream2588 You've never heard of "Toys R Us"...? Whoa..they were basically the biggest toystore around, both in terms of stores and actualy size of the store, seriously I don't think there was any toy-store bigger "Toys R US", it was the size of a Wal-mart. They had stores internationally, not just in the US. Well, that is until they eventually went bankrupt 2018 and closed all there stores. In 2018, they were acquired by WHP Group, the same company that owns Macy's and they opened an online store..But it's just a shell of it's former self, just another faceless generic online retailer using the Toy R Us name for it's name value and brand recognition. Nothing will ever be able to replicate that magical feeling you got as kid entering Toy's R Us" and looking through aisle at all the various toys to eventually pick one out. The whole experiance was like a kids dream come true. (Supposedly, WHP Group is planning on opening up to a dozen flagship Toys R Us stores in select cities at Macy locations this year. It's not quite the same thing, but it's better than just an online store!)

[@athiestjesus8133]

That was me with Superman 64. Luckily I just rented it

[@Angelgreat]

I bet the kid got upset that he lost his case and ended up becoming a Sega fan.

[@LethalBubbles]

Sega (and later EA) did shell out big $$$ for player liknesses unlike LJN here.

[@The1uptriforce]

Sega would welcome him to the next level with open arms

[@allewis4008]

Not a Sega fan, but they had excellent sports titles.

[@mavrick45]

@@allewis4008 World Series Baseball I & II for the Saturn....oh my yesssss that game was frickin epic

[@hanafuda]

can't lose the case if it's not heard :D

[@jasonc3a]

"Ricky Henderson would also like to have Ricky Henderson on Ricky Henderson's team!" - Ricky Henderson

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

Jay Cee Funny, except you spelled his name wrong.

[@21stCenturyDub]

@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew he stole the e

[@gh0stm0nst3r6]

@@21stCenturyDub nice.

[@Quasi_Terrible]

I actually heard that in my head like a voice over from one of my ancestors!

[@kyoku1982]

"Dad my game doesnt have player names. Can I sue somebody?" "Sure son! You can always sue somebody!"

[@encountersltd]

@@ashkitt7719 🎵FUK YEAH!!🎵

[@CringePoop]

@@encountersltd yum

[@Mr.Tacoman999]

teen: hey dad, my red bull didn't give me wings Dad: Then we sue red bull teen: why? Dad: because suing people solves everything

[@clodz_7456]

Reminds me of Dib and Professor Membrane

[@jkterjters]

I read this in Markiplier's voice for no specific reason...

[@TheIcefreeze]

Lmao I love how he's complaining about the players not having a name when graphically they all look the same.

[@altus3278]

That's the point. If you can't identify a player by its name what will you use? A bunch of pixels?

[@clumsyslime3369]

@@altus3278 yeah, this comment is so dumb

[@hotdogstanley3434]

Vishwa your right

[@Celicagame13]

weimu you use their jersey number

[@dhruvaingale8718]

@@Celicagame13 yeah good luck with that

[@michaelwedgeworth8625]

The 9 yr old was quote "not able to make efficient managerial decisions " lol... it's funny that kids thought to sue decades before players would.

[@gdeangelkick]

Yeah, how many 9 year olds wanted to play "fantasy baseball" in 1980? None. They just wanted to swing and watch the ball go over the fence. Or pitch a strikeout. The fact that this plaintiff took the time to cross compile which player with which states and which jersey number was actually on which team shows that they were not representing "misled children" who played video games, but maybe just children who played Nintendo all day and were also baseball card collector nerds.

[@alienxotic5028]

@@gdeangelkick yeah

[@bs8716]

“When a 9-year-old’s lawyer-father sued Nintendo.”

[@Ansem1313]

Sounds to me he wanted them attorney fees

[@mrnukes797]

Sorry wrong reply

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

Let’s sue Norm!

[@dacypher22]

It depends on how the paperwork was filed. If the father was only representing his son, then it is the son vs. Nintendo. But I am not sure if a minor can sue in their state so it may have been the father bringing the lawsuit.

[@TwentySeven1337]

Look man, it gets more clicks. Norm needs money just like the rest of us lol

[@cleotasberkley9048]

"LJN" Well there's your problem right there.

[@misinformation2516]

Little joking numbuts

[@pizzaman8918]

*laughing

[@Tachikawa_2006]

Laughing Joking Numbnuts

[@emperorza5777]

“Child World” would definitely be shut down as a kids store in 2020. Lmao

[@thedinonugget2927]

david freeeman yeah and so is toys r us

[@Chibekoe]

It’s got non-essential shit lmao.

[@Ayuraos]

Oooooooo

[@mooplex4466]

I feel bad for you Americans, your kids will never experience Toys R Us

[@aljaberhk]

@@mooplex4466 no Robo rods kinda sounding sad doe

[@runiqe]

Nick, a lawyer Decided to take things into his hands *Ace Attorney music starts*

[@kingofblacks1680]

Nightmare of Snipers on Hightower you are not a clown..

[@johnmiller1070]

You are the entire circus

[@vanguard7551]

Reading this as soon as he says it

[@inaz1963]

The dad should have truly taken things into his own hands and not had children.

[@lolitahaze02]

Objection!!!

[@leekoelz]

9 year old: daddy, can I sue Nintendo? Dad:Sure.

[@jar6264]

It's The dad's decision you dumb fuck.

[@Miguel-om9tv]

Dad: sure I needed some more money anyway

[@glane3962]

[Zr]•ɢʀɛʏɮǟʀօռ• No shit dumbass

[@DaRashedShoW]

[Zr]•ɢʀɛʏɮǟʀօռ• why you so angry dog

[@bennydarko]

Dad: Bet

[@logansmith2703]

"LJN's Major League Baseball" well that was a terrible choice

[@yoshihirogamer]

That's right

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Everyone should learn a lesson from this story: never buy LJN games.

[@phoneguys7213]

except spiderman maximum carnege that is actully a good LJN game

[@rexventura4603]

Phone Guy's Yeah “ITS NOT SHIT!”

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

They're a publisher, they're more a toy company than a video game company and it should he clear by now that they commissioned games by actual developers such as Rare and Atlus

[@Laynel8]

The WWF Raw & Royal Rumble games on the SNES & Genesis weren't half bad for their time and they were also published by LJN

[@SkellyDrAgOn]

Their wrestling games were great though.

[@blagosvirakolo]

This kid should meet the AVGN and talk to him about how he SUED LJN

[@BBC600]

Alexei Blagonadezhdin That would make a quality episode we must find the boy and crowdfund a ticket 🎫 to get him to the AGVN “studios”!

[@JW666]

Though the kid would now be an adult. I know, just a nit pick, just saying though.

[@JosephAland]

He would probably have some washed up comedian pretend to be the kid.

[@scott56994]

But LJN is bankrupt

[@alexhardline2208]

@@scott56994 and ? We still talk about them and their shitty games that suck ass.

[@TrueFernie]

The embodiment of “let me speak to your manager” My parents would’ve just laughed at me and said “You should’ve spent your money on something more useful”

[@MrDustpile]

Lawyers have a collective reputation of being either disproportionate prissy drama queens or arrogant disconnected bullies against common sense and truth. I wonder why.

[@iluvinternalcombustion]

I remember me, my brother and sister all chipping in to buy that game brand new for $70! The disappointment was that the game sucked, it was just awful.

[@MaxOakland]

That’s why I think this lawsuit should’ve won. There was a huge problem back then because you were taking a gamble on games you’d never played. That was bad for the industry. And it wasn’t like people could easily make copies of the games. Doing that required expensive equipment No returns after shrink wrap was bad and anti-consumer

[@xei2694]

@@MaxOakland How was no returns after shrink wrap even legal? If you buy something and it's not what you expected, you should be able to return it, because you obviously wouldn't know the game was different from what was advertised until you broke the shrink wrap. Yes, you shouldn't be able to return something if you just change your mind, but when the packaging is misleading, I don't see how this was legal.

[@MaxOakland]

@@xei2694 I agree 100%. That never should have been legal. Consumers need more protections from corporations

[@MaxW-er1hm]

If only it had players names, you'd have been happy. Lol

[@rekhakataria4036]

If I told my dad that,he would just say ‘I told you not to buy it’😒

[@purpleshirtfish]

This kid is having a hell of a time playing MLB today.

[@SoldierMan1557]

You want to know what his problem was Buying a LJN Game in the first place

[@yurisstories2865]

Lol you deserve more likes

[@SoldierMan1557]

@@yurisstories2865 thank you for writing that comment really appreciated it

[@gameselectronicsrus3909]

Avgn would totally agree

[@fro1308]

-y e s-

[@Dargonhuman]

As soon as I heard "LJN" I was like, "Well, there's your problem."

[@jasonbolden4767]

Up Next: A five-year old sues Microsoft for not having enough exclusives.

[@JaVWS]

After that: a 2 year old sues Sony for making a console he can't even play yet

[@matiasfox5597]

Good luck trying to play starfield in ps5

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

Newborn sues Sega for not giving him a bottle

[@bobertpixel]

69 likes lol

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

@@bobertpixel 70 now!

[@memezoffuckery3207]

“Not enough casinos in my basketball game” 0/10

[@xarvis9047]

Well this was a baseball game...

[@dennisbowden8029]

@@xarvis9047 r/wooosh

[@dennisbowden8029]

@JoJoMKWUTeam but, it was a joke.

[@Cygerion]

took me a while, but i realized you are talking about nba2k20

[@dennisbowden8029]

@JoJoMKWUTeam I know it was baseball as well.

[@troywright359]

Kid: " why doesn't the roster of a 1988 game have the real life player lineup of 1990?" Lol was he expecting magical updates via his phone line or something? Boy, that'll be the dsy

[@D0ntTaseM3Br0]

You can though! For only 59.99 per year!

[@Trippsy05]

@@D0ntTaseM3Br0 that's only a small price to pay compared to the whopping $10 a month payments Xbox and Playstation offer.

[@Dargonhuman]

You kids and your sci-fi pipe dreams. Next you'll tell me that I can play muh interactive stories with anyone in the world with some sort of invisible magic instead of having an actual person next to me.

[@drpringles436]

As if a 9 year old would know when a video game was developed and published?

[@heartclock08]

They could have recalled the game's copies just to update it, but that would have been really annoying for obvious reasons if they were to do that every single year.

[@steven1671]

Long story short, this kid has bad taste in video games. Should've bought Super Mario Bros.

[@L33PL4Y]

he probably already had it dude

[@Kodeb8]

@@L33PL4Y then he should've bought another good game, like Metroid, dude

[@L33PL4Y]

@@Kodeb8 maybe he already had it, dude

[@neilnordegirl]

Chillin' Like a Villain Killin' Krillin he should’ve bought another good game, like 7 granddad, dude

[@whyisno4630]

@@neilnordegirl He probably didn't have that, dude.

[@JustSkram]

This kid probably grew up to be the frat boy who constantly reminds you that his dad is a lawyer if he even feels slightly uncomfortable.

[@blastofo]

I give him props for collecting soda cans to earn money to buy the game with his own money, when most lawyers woulda bought their kid the game for them.

[@lazereodude2924]

No I don't think so the kid was hsut worst because she didnt know what his favourite players are and his dad just saw cash signs.

[@cookscreativecorner]

*Gets rejected by girl of his dreams* "My father will hear about this! He's a lawyer!"

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

If we assume that entire part of the story is true to begin with.

[@Wil_lyp]

Everybody: Not everyone can sue a major company. Clark: Hold my juice.

[@jj.jayjay.]

Hold my Juice😅🤣

[@spruce-wake5887]

Me:hold my Nintendo

[@christianthompson1839]

Can relate to "hold my juice"

[@RocketBomerAndyb]

Id never heard of Child World, so the first image made it look like that guy bought a kid at the store

[@fifaworldcup1994]

LOL

[@mrwalkway4740]

Mahanahan child clown outlet vibes

[@ohnoitschris]

The one in the town I grew up in closed in I think 1990. I know I went there but can't remember a thing about it since I was so young at the time.

[@ghostchaser1631]

I remember Child World. It was awesome but not as awesome as Toys R' Us.

[@Pendarr]

I thought about picking up a kid from Child World but it had an LJN logo and I said screw that noise.

[@Pasadenaboy27]

On one hand I'm glad that a father stepped up to the plate for his son, on the other hand, dafuq is he bringing that to court for?

[@happythekatt8419]

Bidisha Dey Since when? If you’re talking about that one infamous lady who sued McDonalds- the coffee was so hot that it fused her legs together and caused 3rd degree burns. She was hospitalized for 8 days and had skin grafts done. It rooms years of medical treatment to fix it. I’ve spilled a normal decently fresh cup of coffee on myself, and I could rinse it off with minimal damage. There was no reason for that coffee to be that close to boiling. People don’t just sue for hot coffee, they sue because of the hospital fee’s and damages.

[@happythekatt8419]

Bidisha Dey she was a 79 year old lady... accidents happen- how would you like it if a restaurant served you a drink so hot that it’d give you 3rd degree burns? It’s a safety hazard- when I make coffee in a pot it doesn’t come out 190 degrees Fahrenheit. When you make tea, there’s a waiting period. You don’t immediately eat pastries right out of the oven. She won the suit, for good reason. There were about 700 others who were also scalded by the coffee as well. You don’t just serve people near boiling anything- especially without their knowledge. You’re making light of something that literally scarred someone for life.

[@Suutashi]

@@bidishadey3815 Um, no, no sane person makes coffee with water that hot unless they want their coffee to taste like crap and be too hot to drink. Coffee is supposed to be made with water well below boiling at around 170 farenheit at the most. That McDonald's had been warned twice that their coffee was too hot for consumption before that woman was so horribly burned.

[@Suutashi]

@@bidishadey3815 You are still missing the point. They were warned their product was not safe for consumption. They knew full and well someone could be seriously hurt and they kept selling it at that temperature. It was hot enough that it would have caused burns to the mouth and throat had it been drunk black. So yes they were responsible for her being hurt! There was no God damned reason for her to wind up with third degree burns from a cup of coffee!

[@happythekatt8419]

b Dey She didn’t pour it on herself- she spilled it and she admitted that. McDonald’s even agreed with her that it was dangerous to serve a beverage at that temperature. Also- that makes no sense- her legs are burned so badly they fuse together, yet drinking it somehow mitigates that? What if that was your child or friend who was hospitalized? You’d probably somehow find the empathy to realize that she didn’t make the hazard, what if that was your 79 year old grandma in the hospital..? Over a stupid little coffee spill? When you buy a coffee the expectation is that it’s hot- not broiling. The jury even agreed- she didn’t even go out of her way to sue, but McDonald’s agreed to pay for medical bills but gave $800 when there was a total of $20,000 dollars worth of procedures to get her skin back. You don’t drink the coffee while it’s boiling- do you? If so, then you’re Superman. Gatekeeping coffee is a really weird way of discrediting someone- I don’t usually order coffee at a drive through. I just brew it myself, so I know the risks.

[@bryanfahey3144]

I had that game as a child...I remember being confused by the roster too. I also recall a glitch where you could get your players into the stands...and the ball physics were pretty wonky.

[@yangashi]

Poor kid, of all the games he could get, he choose a sports game, and made by LJN nonetheless.

[@Beyondthe5thPanel]

asdaffewwerqa asafdaqwrad it was a fun game though! I came within one team of sweeping everyone. Sadly the only baseball game I was ever good at playing 😅

[@jeremyzak654]

Could be worse. He could have bought a sports game made by present day EA. If the father sued Nintendo for selling his son a crappy game, imagine what he would have done to EA when he found out his son bought a pre packaged casino.

[@johnamco]

asdaffewwerqa asafdaqwrad what do you mean poor kid he sued Nintendo 🤬🤬🤬

[@totallynotsummermorrison33]

Yeah, I mean anyone who is stupid enough to actually spend money on a sports game is also stupid and enough of a jackass to sue a children's gaming company.

[@bodolandmoviehero6315]

@@jeremyzak654 😂😂😂😂

[@user-hd6xc1xn9d]

"At that point, Nick," Me: *pfft no way this daddy gonna sue ninte-* "a lawyer," Me: *suprised pikachu face*

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

Came across this comment the exact moment that he said this

[@ZeranZeran]

A dumbass lawyer. Sorry but damn. What kind of grown adult thinks that lawsuit would have worked? Doofus. I bet his son didn't even want or play the game, he was just one of those people looking for a reason to sue.

[@asgoredreemurr8513]

trainz 4460 productions Same bro.

[@tokyohanamura]

Should’ve sued only LJN. They mess up everything

[@GamingDelight]

Except Nintendo gave that game its seal of approval, so the lawsuit applied to them, too, as well as MLB. And the result would've been the same, anyway.

[@estrogenizedbird9161]

WHAT A SHIT LOAD OF FUCK

[@newone6410]

When you sue someone, you go after everyone. You let the court decide who's at fault.

[@pyro9102]

9 year old: *sues Nintendo Mario: This is Not Okie Dokie

[@user-un1uo9mt9q]

Me: "Today's kids are DUMB!" 1989:

[@Cornerback80]

Generation X: Hold my beer.

[@sdani.]

ok boomer

[@namename-zu8uk]

Oak ay boom air

[@hendix2200]

Ok boomer

[@omotorera]

Ok boomer

[@metropod]

So... wait... they buy a game with a 1988 copyright date and somehow expect a trade to be included that took place in 1989...? That should be grounds enough to throw the case out for wasting the courts’ time...

[@NilesTheRobot]

It was a nine year old, what did you expect

[@PixelatedH2O]

Even now, thirty years later, sports games don't get roster updates after a year.

[@GamesFromSpace]

@@NilesTheRobot The lawyer wasn't nine years old.... Not making that silly claim, even if a client wants to, is part of a lawyer's job.

[@SawyerIque]

+Joshua Pearce No, the child was 9 years old.

[@GamesFromSpace]

@@SawyerIque And the child had an adult lawyer, you obstinate nitwit.

[@mewgiah8057]

Aka when you have a cheapskate father, and they would rather sue then take a $40 hit. Kid literally had to save trash for years to buy this, and his dad is a lawyer? He wouldn’t buy a game for his son but he will launch an expensive lawsuit that cost him 10x over. Makes sense.

[@edcellwarrior]

Maybe he wanted to teach his son to stand up to shady business practices? Even if the reason they sued was kinda stupid I can see the logic

[@Goldie_Roger]

it shows the old generation viewed video game consoles as a stupidly expensive toy, they think they're teaching their kids a lesson about wasting money, when really they're just inspiring their kids to get an after school job, ignore their studies, and buy that new video game console

[@shamansprout4394]

Gol D. Roger or it could just be your typical responsible parent that still cared about teaching their kids that only through hard work could u achieve any goals in life instead of just spoiling him by just throwing some cash at him and neglecting to do your job as a parent/ life mentor

[@Celinestu333]

@@shamansprout4394 yo this was what I thought was normal everywhere

[@hisenadedo]

40 dollars went further in 1989

[@sanddw7609]

instead of buying his kid a 40 dollar game, he spend 1000s in legal fees. Just goes to show you, any idiot can finish law school.

[@sampanna6983]

wasn't he a lawyer himself? so what legal fees?

[@joshuaarnett762]

@@sampanna6983 the Attorney they hired? Lawrence Kanaga? The one he mentioned out loud

[@Luke-xi2pq]

Jesus Christ this video is only 5:55 minutes long but it feels like an eternity, lmao!

[@thespeedingturtle]

Ikr

[@leighdappa]

❗'Radical Rick' FUCKING DESTROYS 'The Gaming Historian': m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/emTcf5JsrqyYra8

[@smd0512]

@@leighdappa ha that's funny! Nothing and nobody can destroy the game hostorian

[@RetroTube1982]

I was 8 in 1990. I should have sued them for the crappy WWF games.

[@slodekslod9337]

Wrestlemania Challenge was pretty decent

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

Getting WWF Steele Cage was a big disappoinment for my birthday! 😭

[@nickm393]

But one year later we'd get the Wrestlefest arcade game from Technos.

[@victorius2975]

Yeh they have wwf game

[@larsy28]

Yeah I don't understand why people praise those games

[@Mansini77]

“At that point, Nick, a lawyer...” Meh, go figure

[@finkelmana]

Exactly. This was more about a lawyer getting his name out there, than a father doing something for his kid.

[@1mfilms]

@@finkelmana Wow, I don't know why I didn't even think of that. Totally makes sense now.

[@willg4802]

E Mansini dzhoos

[@MARUTITOXDAnimaciones]

Moral of the story: Sports games suck, go play normal games for the love of god

[@hansjerkov7611]

>normal games Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

[@SuprousOxide]

No indication the game sucks. Just didn't have the players' names

[@nil0bject]

moral of the story: pirate everything. eff nintendo and every other capitalist

[@Tibbykibby]

Bro NBA jam slaps and I don't even like sport games that much

[@BigBeerus]

@@nil0bject especially from communists, wouldn't want them breaking their ideal by making profit for themselves off of "evil" capitalism. Its better to hold them to their beliefs.

[@theblackwingedsoul]

"Finally saved enough for a new game for his Nintendo Entertainment System" "He settled on LJN" *Oh no*

[@Vichedges]

That's why I don't get why so many here are calling this kid "entitled" or "spoiled". LJN put out nothing but garbage and unsuspecting little kids (including myself and a friend of mine who bought X-Men) fell for it. LIke I said in another post it's fun to laugh at how bad those games were now.....but if you were a little kid who spent his birthday money or paper route money on an LJN game or got one for Christmas back then.....it wasn't so funny. I got burned for $50 bucks by LJN which was a huge amount of money for me back then. I earned money by having a paper route, I wasn't entitled at all....and I tried to return NFL Football and got the same treatment this kid did.

[@SuperMikeFender]

And a sports game at that... and a baseball game at that... oof

[@rudolphg76]

Finally saved enough for an NES game. Buys an LJN title. - There is a meme here somewhere.

[@thesnare100]

@@Vichedges moral of the story, ask about their return policy first. There were places back then that would let you return a game (for a different game) even if you opened and played it, unlike today

[@AndresHernandez-zw3ug]

theblackwingedsoul He could have bought Balloon Fight or the The Legend of Zelda, but nope!!!

[@CristalianaIvor]

imagine the kid be like "cmon dad, let it be... its okay..." and beeing ashamed to death, lol

[@Donscottmusic]

You're very cute 😉

[@revelati_n]

Don Scott no just no

[@LoganoPiano]

The game box never explicitly said “Play as any famous mlb player you want”

[@philogrobilized]

Polly the Bird explicitly is a whole different word my mans

[@sensarmy]

ikr

[@ratvioli6268]

Well he was 9 9yr olds are pretty dumb

[@Starbonsai]

the sour cookie Says the person with the run on sentence.

[@NumptyDumpty33]

Exactly

[@suspense_comix3237]

Thumbnail says: Clark: "I don't like this game! It sucks!" Nick: "Shut up you damn spoiled kid!"

[@ZealKingdom]

The Angry Video Game Nerd is having PTSD from the mere mention of LJN.

[@sheditz4962]

This is what Peter Griffin meant when he said, "Oh my god, who the hell cares.".

[@danielbrownii3079]

O O F

[@citavalo]

Karl Marx Nintendo and LGN be like

[@kevinboros7427]

Why. Your name is Karl Marx yet you have a picture of Barry the bee as your profile picture. Are you implying that bee societies are actually worker's unions?I've never thought about it like that...

[@sheditz4962]

@@kevinboros7427 This is what Peter Griffin meant when he said, "Oh my god, who the hell cares.".

[@kevinboros7427]

@@sheditz4962 Well this time, mister Karl Marx, Peter was wrong. There is ONE person who cares, and that is me. Why combine Barry with Marx?(If you answer: "This is what Peter Griffin meant when he said, "Oh my god, who the hell cares."." then I will be really upset)

[@volitionVX]

That dude is 38 now... Would've been amazing if you chatted with him for a bit.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

VoLiTioNvx He went to Princeton

[@damienhartley3222]

@@daytonasayswhat9333 Yes well Strange thing that this guy goes to private school and has a lawyer Daddy unlike most whom have no DAD and so he collected cans like a fucking hobo to buy a video game 🤔

[@Sleepygayboi9797]

@@damienhartley3222 dude most people do have a dad that's how your born

[@XAbbeldydooX]

I took it as dad making him earn his own money for games as a way to instill personal responsibility in him at a young age.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Damien Hartley What’s your point? Maybe take just a moment to read it with you right down sometimes and try to make it a bit more clear. This is pretty unintelligible.

[@TeamBlueToad]

Rare footage of young AVGN fulfilling his dreams.

[@goose7618]

@@rollinontheboard it's a joke

[@_jayb]

Damage it to get a new one and since the new one has the wrap and bring it back for a refund.

[@donaldcoppler]

Stonks

[@ulisesminvielle2496]

Big brain time

[@awasdq7684]

200 iq

[@aashman984]

100000 IQ smartest person alive

[@rat_bigmac]

100% of the brain

[@kingofblacks1680]

Kid: You took everything from me! Nintendo: I don’t even know who you are.

[@domafronoy2004]

Endgame

[@Tyrant.162]

*doesnt have his favorite baseball player* nintendo:hey, we ca-*GETS SUED*

[@gdbloxis]

kid: wait, that's illegal

[@ArchangelRG09]

Imagine being a Japanese corporate giant and then some self entitled 9 year old brat who tells daddy to sue..

[@josephceschini5023]

lolol can a nine-year old begin litigation? No. Can a nine-year old speak for himself in court? No. Why are all these people chomping at the bit to yell at this kid when it was his father who actually did everything? People are fucking weird.

[@bringbackbomber7io110]

Mental note: Never look at the cover in old games.

[@SamuelLing]

Never look at the trailer of new games, expecially from ubisoft, unless it's stated

[@HybridAngelZero]

"You know what I'm gonna do to you" "You're gonna pound my face?" "Nah, this is the 90s. I'm gonna sue you." Great to have you back, Norm :D

[@FIXTREME]

Nice abbreviated Suburban Commando reference

[@HybridAngelZero]

@@FIXTREME thank you! I was honestly not sure if anyone would pick up on it xD

[@FIXTREME]

@@HybridAngelZero I was frozen today

[@cosmicjenny4508]

“I’m gonna sue Nintendo, LJN and MLB because... some people’s name aren’t in the game.” _sigh_ Come on, dude. Awesome story, none the less, and a great video, as usual!

[@BeyondDaX]

Well the kid was a baseball fan so...

[@MEKCreations]

The kid was a brat and his dad enabled it.

[@onetwo6039]

People have been sued for more rediculous cases and WON. Like WTF.

[@BeyondDaX]

@@onetwo6039 Because sueing= free real estate?

[@richardtheconquerer]

It's not "some people" it was every single player wasn't in the game. Them expecting Rickey Henderson to be on the A's a year after the game came out is a bit ridiculous but expecting the players to be properly represented at all isn't

[@ec6052]

This is what would happen. Me: Dad the game isn't what I wanted. Dad: Told you it was a waste of money before we went in the store...

[@yogidemis8513]

I was 10 years old in 89 and played little league baseball, I was stoked when this game was released and I ended up getting it. My friends and I spent hours playing each other on rainy days and had fun. It would get us amped up to get the crew together and get a game going down at the park when the rain stopped. Good times!!

[@imjoemama6316]

Yogi Demis that kid who sued nintendo is just a sook

[@user-td2ig4kr7m]

I can't beleive nobody sue Ubisoft, Capcom and EA games at this moment

[@Alex-xi4jl]

You’re kidding right? Please say you’re kidding

[@Alex-xi4jl]

D:

[@noodled6145]

I don't get it, why was everyone claiming it was the 9 year old who sued? It was obviously the dad.

[@tartuffethesprywonderdog5883]

Because saying it was a 9 year old generates more interest. Old-school clickbait, basically.

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

Everyone = Norm? He titled it.

[@cheesy124entertainment7]

Well Clark got the idea for himself that the game he played didn't showcase the players on the team. So he went to his Dad to complain about the issue and his Dad agreed to his argument and the two went to court to appeal to Nintendo about the kid's issue. So it wasn't the Dad who sued Nintendo because of one game not having his son's favorite baseball players, it was the kid himself who told his Dad about it.

[@dacypher22]

Because it isn't considered your attorney who is suing. He was legally representing his son, so it is his son suing. When you look at the names of famous court cases, it isn't Lawyer1 vs. Lawyer2. It is the people's names they represent.

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

dacypher22 - I’m willing to bet the son didn’t come up with the idea of a lawsuit without daddys help, and daddy had access to free legal services. Most daddys don’t.

[@marcpower4167]

This is why back then if there was a game I thought looked like it would be great, I'd go rent it first. If it sucked you were only out the $1 (what it cost back when I had an nes). That's a lot better than being out $30, $40 or more in some cases. One place I used to rent from was even nice enough to let me switch if the game was really bad (no longer in business unfortunately).

[@Hello-pp3hl]

Spoiler: The case was dismissed and Nintendo kept their money

[@diegomarquez5652]

Good

[@hgonzales9562]

Thank god

[@dharinisrivatchan9173]

@Zachary Page WHY WHY YOU READ COMMENTS. THERE WAS A WARNING SAYING SPOILER IDIOT

[@Gintoki_Freecss]

@@dharinisrivatchan9173 I don't think that was what he meant when he said that comment.

[@sproutlune]

because why in god’s name would a case like this win

[@pachylordtaco2128]

These people sound like the biggest “let me talk to your manager” people.

[@goldenretriever6440]

He bought a game from Laughin Jokin Numbnuts What did he expect

[@Mr_Tony_gaming]

Golden Retriever love it, wonder what AVGN would have to say about this?

[@jc.1191]

@@Mr_Tony_gaming assssssssssss!

[@josieyennit6102]

@@Mr_Tony_gaming What a shit load of fuck

[@Erox006]

WHAT WAS HE THINKING ??? *

[@Mike-77-YT]

I'm sorry, but internet was only bulletin boards at the time and didn't have avgn back then. Also, I consider avgn as an unreliable source of game reviews, remember his earthbound review? Sure, you have opinions, but I'm just saying... In short: I don't like avgn.

[@ILoveJesusMySavior]

My gosh this is like suing the writers of a cartoon because the plot didn't go where you wanted it to. XD

[@DarthCuda]

Why did they sue Nintendo if it was an LJN game?

[@culwin]

Even worse they sued Major League Baseball too

[@azinyefantasy4445]

To make a game for the console you had to have it personally branded by a nintendo staff member saying that they reviewed the game and it wasn't porn or shovelware. Ljn made the horrible game but nintendo said it was a good game to sell.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Yeah, all that stuff with the "Nintendo Seal Of Quality" and the basically pre selection to avoid the situation in 1983. There was some expectation that a game on a Nintento console fulfilled certain standards.

[@kev0lution]

because you cant play an LJN game or any game for that matter in a toaster

[@Belgand]

@@azinyefantasy4445 I never understood people who seemingly thought that it meant a game was any good. All the seal meant was that it was an officially licensed cartridge (i.e. they paid Nintendo). It only meant "quality" in that it wasn't a bootleg or fundamentally broken. Who would actually want Nintendo gatekeeping games?

[@benyseus6325]

“After pooling money, Clark was ready to cash it in” 😃 “LJN” 😟

[@SuperSpeed21]

The game was developed in 1987 and released in 1988. The kid bought the game in 1989. So he bought it one year later so within that one year later there was a draft changed. Wow so the kid sued because no names was used (when they never claimed on the box on saying there would be well known names) and invalid roster (when in fact during the time of them developing the game the roster was accurate).

[@lorigulfnoldor2162]

The kid didn't know it as of then. By the end of it all, he came to know all of this. There is a reason why their lawsuit lost. =)

[@katherineberger6329]

"Kid, you bought MLB The Show 2017 and are surprised it doesn't reflect 2021 rosters."

[@SnipingMachines]

Showing some love ❤🙌

[@mmn19900]

What a good day =) the historian is back =D

[@machintosh3008]

"He settled on LJN'S Major league baseball." AVGN: OH SHIIIIITTTTTT!!!!

[@super_xz9924]

Reece Many Bears I kinda have a feeling that the kid was James (AVGN)

[@nootaboot7042]

Guy who’s kid saved up for years to get a faulty game: “ can we just return it?” A multi million dollar corporation: “nah”

[@claguenplague]

Nootaboot ‘Faulty’

[@sleepy--108]

It’s not fault dumbass just because an entitled picky kid started being spooky and needed everything working perfectly, this should be on r/entitledparents and you fucking support it?

[@nootaboot7042]

@@sleepy--108 no need for the language

[@jar6264]

The 9 year old didn't do shit, he only said: "Yeah this game is inaccurate but whatever the fuck, idc"

[@sleeplesscitynights]

It wasn’t faulty, but they should have let him return it

[@l1uchill]

This was a great story! Thank you for a great and informative video!

[@Vulf_Faolan]

You know, for the time and money the dad invested into this, he could have just bought his kid a different game... Seems like that would have been a nice, non-psychopath thing to do.

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

"Almost as if some people are too dumb to be actual parents"

[@seymourkrelborn4780]

Several games infact

[@truesoulghost2777]

Well he was a lawyer. Probably Jewish too.

[@erikh7453]

Finn Mertins Why does him being Jewish matter at all???

[@partisan6070]

The video didn't explicicitly say whether or not ol' pops purchased another game for his son, likely because it was not relevant to the story. You have made an assumption based on incomplete or missing data. Assumptions are bad. Just saying...

[@slr4456]

Man the judge must´ve been like in that episode of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia (McPoyle vs Ponderosa)😂

[@johnpolishimpossible2say191]

Those fkn big plastic hands on the lawyer the whole episode kill me everytime.

[@Clos93]

*"Excuse me my honor, but I'm an expert in bird law!"*

[@thesupernintendophile7404]

That profile pic is f**kin' adorable, mate.

[@slr4456]

@@thesupernintendophile7404 he, he , thanks, its a Midnight Lycanroc doing puppy eyes.

[@Link-ek3iw]

“When an idiot child tried to sue Nintendo over a freakin’ third party, licensed baseball video game.”

[@xyrzmxyzptlk1186]

Idiot child’s daddy.

[@nessamillikan6247]

Gotta love the prosperous late 80s, a time when everyone had loaded pockets and absolutely nothing better to do with their time.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Tengen was the publisher that made “RBI Baseball” a decent NES game in both original and unlicensed editions. It had player’s names and lacking of team’s names (IE Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, and others), so they put city teams (IE New York, Boston, Los Angeles, etc.). LJN also did MLB, but it wasn’t as good as “RBI Baseball”. Stick with the Tengen version.

[@trstmeimadctr]

This is like suing your dvd player manufacturer because the movie you bought was bad

[@balleet210]

Damn, I forgot how much I missed this channel. Good stuff.

[@mpreg444]

Me at 9: *playing minecraft* Clark at 9: *attempts to sue a whole ass company over a baseball video game*

[@deenguyenfamily2468]

"Clark’s Dad"

[@ctgez7927]

Microorganism Giorno Giovanna ok giorno

[@Lucky_9705]

2050: 9-year old sues Google for not featuring his search result

[@mikevisby8744]

What is funny is if someone released an MLB game today, licensed by the MLB and it did not have any of the players on it, people would lose their minds and it would be destroyed by reviews.