>[Personally I believe that the copyright terms in computer software like this are way too long, and much (most?) Wii software is really abandonware at this point, and should be allowed to be distributed - but that’s not the law]

To be fair that isn't Nintendo's fault. It's Disney's.

But I could see Nintendo doing the same thing if Disney didn't (though, it'd ironically be harder to make a case because by that point decades of disney content would be public domain).