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i got distracted by a new pac-man game and then my mind went to shifty look and wait, how is sleeping dogs a spooky game

“Nightmare in North Point” DLC, which has its own entry somewhere on the page.

It's less that they couldn't legally get away with a lot of it, which falls under fair use as parody, it's more that as the article says, Nintendo is not interested in risking a lawsuit. It's entirely possible that they simply wanted to wait until all these samples EarthBound Central dug up "blew over" so they wouldn't have a legal disaster on their hands if a Beatles lawyer Googled it.

I’m aware of the possible legal stuff, but last I checked, Nintendo has some pretty pricey lawyers on retainer.

I honestly don’t know if their reasons go beyond “this analysis we did suggests we better not”. Nintendo internals are often mysterious anyway.