Super Smash Bros. Dating App Apparently Gets Cease and Desist from Nintendo

Super Smash Bros. Dating App Apparently Gets Cease and Desist from Nintendo

Video games have always brought people together. That’s been true ever since couples would play Pac-Man and Donkey Kong together in smoke-filled bars in the ’80s, and it remains the case decades later. This has continued on into the internet era, where matchmaking in video games can mean more things than one. That seemed to be the genesis for “SmashTogether,” a suggestively titled app meant to bring together those that play Super Smash Bros. Ult…

Nintendo issues cease and desist to Smash Bros. dating app ‘SmashTogether’

If you’re a dedicated Super Smash Bros. player who was looking for the love of your life to share your gaming hobby with, the recently closed “SmashTogether” app may have been perfect for you. I’m using the past tense here because Nintendo has issued a cease and desist order to its creators, so the app will not be going live. Sadly, all of the Smash Bros. players will now need to actually talk to people in real life if they want to find their si…

Have you ever fallen in love with the skill of your enemies at Super Smash Bros. and thought: Man, my opponent can smash so well, because I really want to date? Somehow it must have happened, otherwise I can hardly explain that a fan comes up with the idea to develop a dating app for Super Smash Bros. But if you look at the dating app landscape, it is somehow not extremely surprising that there are also portals for gamers of a special game. More

Super Smash Bros dating app sent cease and desist

A Super Smash Bros fan app that described itself as "the premium dating app for Smashers" has been blocked from release, its creator has said.

Random: Unofficial Smash Bros. Dating App 'SmashTogether' Shut Down By Nintendo

No smashing please, we're Nintendo - We're not sure we've reported on the fact that an unofficial Smash Bros.-themed dating app is a thing that exists in thi...

A gamer love project was shut down before it was born. SmashTogether, a dating app based on finding your perfect match at Super Smash Bros., received a Nintendo Caesar and Disist just before it was released in open beta. The app, announced a year ago, already had more than 400 registered testers. Its goal was to match players not by personality, but by its compatibility in Doubles games in Smash, betting on the classic “couples playing together,…