Twitter users are already buying checkmarks to pose as Nintendo

Anyone with an account can gain a blue checkmark with the help of the verification service. Users are already paying to impersonate some of gaming's biggest companies as a result of the change.

The change is part of a larger change to the service. On Tuesday alone, the company rolled out a new form of " official" badges on profiles to differentiate official accounts from fakers. The feature was shut down within a few hours. The users abused the system quickly.

The display name of the account was changed to Nintendo of America in order to match the profile picture of the account. There was a fake announcement that a sequel to Super Mario was in the works. Soon after, it posted a photo of Mario making a gesture. The account is no longer open.

Thanks to a now-verified account, Valve is currently being pranked by a now-verified account. A fake sequel to 2000's Ricochet was teased on the account, which has 21,000 followers. It is a joke as the account points out a flaw in the verification system.

It's easy to spread misinformation and the damage it can cause can have a real impact on people. You now own a massive platform and this is what you want to do with it.

Nintendo and Valve aren't the only accounts that are being impersonated There is an immediate hurdle for the site's new system due to the fact that public figures like Giuliani and Musk have similar accounts. Musk has said that accounts that are found to be fake and not marked as parody will be suspended, though accounts that have clearly stated they are parodies have been shut down.

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