Mario Kart Tour maker Nintendo is facing a lawsuit over the smartphone app's now-removed randomised reward mechanic, lo…
Mario Kart Tour maker Nintendo is facing a lawsuit over the smartphone app's now-removed randomised reward mechanic, lodged by a boy who racked up $170 in-game using his father's credit card.
The class action suit was lodged this month by an unidentified minor - albeit via his legal guardian . The suit claims that Nintendo's gacha-style rewards system in Mario Kart Tour violated consumer protection and business profession laws. Specifically, the boy is seeking compensation for Mario Kart Tour's Spotlight Pipes, which let you pay real-world money for in-game Ruby currency, and spend them on chances for randomised rewards."As with other lootbox games, [Nintendo]'s lootbox mechanism capitalised on and encouraged addictive behaviours, akin to gambling," the lawsuit alleges.
"The 'Pipe' lootboxes offered in Mario Kart meet the definition of gambling as set for in a multitude of gambling statutes and regulations and rely on the same predatory practices designed to induce consumers to spend money on games of chance."Minors are especially susceptible to these addiction-enhancing elements of game design.
Before the change, the minor who filed the lawsuit states they spent $170 on Mario Kart Tour microtransactions discovering his Nintendo Account was hooked up to his father's bank account.You're not signed in!
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