It looks like Nintendo is going after fan games again. Earlier this year, Nintendo sent cease and desist letters to two fan games that used Nintendo properties; Pokemon Uranium and AM2R. But it looks like NOA isn't quite done shutting down fan projects this year, as renown romhacker "Coolboyman" has received a C&D for all of his romhacks. Not only has his completed but unreleased hack called Pokemon Prism been targeted, but Rijon Adventures and Brown must also be taken down to avoid legal pursuit. (Of course the latter two have been distributed over the internet many times, so it's pretty much a nonissue.) Last week also saw Konami issue a C&D to a Castlevania 1 remake in Unreal Engine. It's a sad, harsh lesson to everyone that those who wish to create fan projects should not generate hype, but instead quietly release their works and then promote them after the fact. Pokemon Prism was the result of 8 years of Coolboyman's work, and will now likely not see a release.

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[Meteor7]

Nintendo, do you really have the leeway to start burning bridges as of late? It was my understanding that they were in rocky straights, and this was something of a "do or die" timeframe for their company as a whole to either bounce back or fall back. Fan/consumer loyalty doesn't seem like something they have the luxury of jeopardizing right now, so these many C&Ds they're giving out like gift bags filled with spoiled eggnog don't seem like the smartest things to be doing, to put it lightly.

 

[Mr.ButtButt]

I thought since it's just a IPS patch it couldn't be targeted by legal teams due to the fact that they're not distributing any Pokemon assets, or am I wrong here.

that's what I thought too..

 

[munchy_cool]

I don't think gbatemp will allow it , there are some very strict rules against piracy on the temp . while discussing it is fine , actually proving download links to it would be a fast track to a ban .

aah ..gotcha ..well then you have places like reddit ..Front page on reddit would be pretty big.Heck Google started investigation on an issues in the Pixel hardware after it was reported on /r/android and got a lot of upvotes ...

 

[BORTZ]

This was the coolest looking Pokemon hack... ever.

Why the FUCK would these guys blab about their plans, progress, or release to some big ass content agro site like Kotaku?? Why. That's how things like this happens.

 

[Deleted member 377734]

I just had an idea , couldn't he pass it off to someone else , have them finish it and release it , since Nintendo sent HIM a c&d , wouldn't he then be free of any charges since HE didn't release it ?

 

[HaloEffect17]

This was the coolest looking Pokemon hack... ever.

Why the FUCK would these guys blab about their plans, progress, or release to some big ass content agro site like Kotaku?? Why. That's how things like this happens.

Or the live stream on Twitch...

 

[Deleted member 377734]

hmmmm , I wonder , it seems like ever since Itawa died , Nintendo has really started getting serious about it's C&D's, at least that's what I heard .

and another point why do they let people get away with putting cheap ripoffs of pokemon in the app store and making money , but they target non-profit games like these ?

 

[Deleted User]

"oh my god what a bunch of scums Nintendo should let everybody use there IPs they made 20 years ago these devs worked so hard they didn't even make a original IP"

People still don't get it huh? That devs can't just steal assets and property from a company? That's a shame

 

[HaloEffect17]

I just had an idea , couldn't he pass it off to someone else , have them finish it and release it , since Nintendo sent HIM a c&d , wouldn't he then be free of any charges since HE didn't release it ?

Hmmm, I'm not at all knowledgeable if this would work, but I get what you mean. To be extra careful, pass it off to someone on a USB flash drive and upload it to a file sharing host on an Internet cafe computer where they have no way of knowing who used it. There is probably some logistics we don't know about, though.

 

[dpad_5678]

Dick move Nintendo. 'Fuck is wrong with you? They aren't trying to make money off the fucking game, let them be.

 

[BORTZ]

"oh my god what a bunch of scums Nintendo should let everybody use there IPs they made 20 years ago these devs worked so hard they didn't even make a original IP"

People still don't get it huh? That devs can't just steal assets and property from a company? That's a shame

There's some dumbass youtuber with a flat top who has posted a few rants about fair use rants and its clear he has absolutely no idea what "fair use" means.

 

[Lightyose]

I wonder if it can be saved in that iso site and/or any other warez site...

 

[xtheman]

I wonder if it can be saved in that iso site and/or any other warez site...

He would risk getting sued to leak it.

 

[dAVID_]

I found it in a site, the link was broken.
Just led me to a battery or stupid clickbait chrome tab extension site.

 

[HaloEffect17]

I found it in a site, the link was broken.
Just led me to a battery or stupid clickbait chrome tab extension site.

We'll probably see a lot of these in the coming days and months.

 

[Deleted member 377734]

He would risk getting sued to leak it.

Like I said above , he could avoid legal action by quietly passing it off to someone else , have them post it in a torrent site , then proving that HE didn't post it . simple as that (not)
unless they already have his files , Nintendo can't prove that the game isn't already done , and that he didn't comply with their C&D.

 

[munchy_cool]

He would risk getting sued to leak it.

yeah ..now he can't do anything ..not even leak it ..Once you get the CD letter you pretty much have no options, unless of course one of Nintendo's rival funds him to go for the legal battle // err...conspiracy theories

 

[dAVID_]

I should investigate laws.

 

[flame1234]

devs can't just steal assets

Some companies want you to steal their assets. Because when you do, it makes the characters and ideas created by them more popular, and potentially worth more money. Look for the Creative Commons license symbol (circled "CC" logo). Often they will want "attribution", which means you need to identify the company and asset you're using but need not pay money for the use.

It's pretty rare for companies to do this, but you see it sometimes.

 

[dAVID_]

Wait, so, Nintendo is trying to apply Australian law, so, if this guy lives in the U.S., isn't it unfair to punish him with Australian law instead of American law.
That's like Kin Jong-un saying:
''Under the law of North Korea, you are punished to death for making fun of me''.
Sorry if this is a noob question. I don't know much about law.