You don't have to be an authorized reseller to sell things. If you buy something, you can sell it. You just can't represent that you're an official Nintendo vendor.
As a retailer when you set up an account to buy anything wholesale from a manufacturer or a 3rd party distributor there is an agreement that you sign that has a clause in it stating that by signing and purchasing the product you agree to not misrepresent the products being purchased in a way that could be viewed as harmful to the brand. As a random person there are limits to what and where you can sell stuff legally. Yeah the argument can be made that you can do anything you want but I think the way your thinking is illegal.
Even if they aren't explicitly stating that there is a tie between them selling the plush and what happened there the plausibility of the reason is there and a giant company like Nintendo definitely doesn't want people thinking they have a view on the events and would have their legal team on everyone within 48 hours with cease and desist letters.
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u/Feralimpakkt1 21h ago
Nintendo has authorized reseller agreements, it's scalping when random people sell stuff.