Tetris Company Disavows White House Arcade Game as Site Uses Console IP
The White House's use of game IP for its Arcade site has drawn a public disavowal from The Tetris Company, while the console makers whose boot-up assets appear in the promotion have stayed silent.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The White House promoted its new Arcade website with videos using boot-up music and visuals from the Sega Genesis, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS. The site hosts five games, including Build the Wall, which resembles Tetris. The Tetris Company said it was not involved in the game's creation and takes copyright infringement seriously. Sega, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have not issued statements about the use of their assets.
The White House opened its Arcade site with a post that ran the Sega Genesis boot-up and Sonic the Hedgehog's Green Hill Zone, captioned "CAN'T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account." The Associated Press reported that three of the five games resemble Tetris, Snake, and Tapper, and The Tetris Company said it was not involved in Build the Wall. Forbes noted Sega, Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have not commented.
- Flappy Bill: resembles the 2013 mobile game Flappy Bird
- Build the Wall: resembles Tetris; The Tetris Company said it was not involved
- Rio Run: resembles Snake
- Supply Line: resembles Tapper
- Trump Savings Tycoon
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.