Serious question, why pirate at all? If you (general you, not you specifically) don’t like Nintendo’s practices don’t buy Nintendo games. Period. Just like if you don’t like what Musk / Tesla is doing, you don’t buy Tesla. (Yes, I went with a car example, and I know it’s a very stupid comparison, but that’s what popped in my head, maybe because of “You won’t download a car” thing).
Nintendo isn’t the only one making kid / family friend games. Indie devs are filled with those (i.e if you don’t like what other big publishers are doing). Leave Nintendo, and buy those game, so that they can keep making more games. Boycott Nintendo / Pokémon. Why keep yourself attached to their IP?
I am not saying this as a mod here. Just curious about it. We all have limited time, so if we don’t like a specific company, why waste time on their product (paid or pirated), when we can spend that on someone else’s game that will benefit with more people playing there games. And indie / small devs are make so much good stuff right now.
P.S: This is specifically about pirating Nintendo games because of not liking their practices, cause people have been pirating all kind of games, even from small indie devs, from pretty much the beginning, so not discussing those right now.
P.P.S: Sorry, on rereading, it kind of feels like a rant, but I have already written it, so just going to post it :-)