Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Miniki Shigeki, criticized an earlier video released by the United States White House, noting its unauthorized use of Nintendo video. According to the report of the Co-Counsel, Moo Moo Moo Ming said: “In general, even public institutions are inappropriate for copying their works without the consent of the copyright owner”. The video was released on 13 March by the official White House account X. This video, which uses Nintendo video, begins with an imitation of Nintendo Wii host to start the interface, and is then used in Wii Sports to play tennis, golf, baseball and so on, in exchange for the American air strikes. This fusion of play and entertainment content with war has given rise to widespread controversy.
This is not the first time that the Trump Government has used unauthorized IPs in public relations activities. Last September, the United States Department of Homeland Security account X and the White House account number TikTok released a video comparing the capture of immigrants to a “breadful dream”, using an animated video and a theme song from Boco Dream, which was contested by both the public and Boco Dream. Boco Dream issued a statement clearly stating that its IP was used on video without authorization. On 6 March of this year, the White House official account X released another promotional video that mixed multiple video and an animation of the Game King, triggering copyright protests. The King of the Game has issued an official statement denying any connection to the video and emphasizing the White House ‘ s unauthorized use of its intellectual property.
Last month, the White House, in celebration of All-American Agriculture Week, released an engraving with the Animal Forest Friends, making Tromp the main player. Shortly thereafter, the White House published a new picture of the new cover of Pokopia in Nintendo to promote the political slogan of its MAGA. The ad was denied once again.
In the face of repeated “provoked” by the Trump Government, Nintendo made it clear that it had no particular political position and had never authorized the White House to use any of its IPs. Bocoma also reaffirmed its mission to connect the world, not to serve any political agenda. It is worth mentioning that the United States company Nintendo filed an action against the United States Federal Government in early March 2026 for damages to Switch 2 for the sale price and volume of the illegal tariffs.
