Gotta C&D 'em all: Pokemon Uranium reaches 1.5 million downloads, is promptly nuked by Nintendo/TPC - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Ta16;50887630]Which is why it's strange, why go through all that trouble to AVOID infringement just to still use the name and infrigne the IP anyway. I mean 150 NEW pokemon with movesets is ALOT of work.[/QUOTE] first off, theres been large releases of fangames before which have not been shut down right away so its got some fair use wiggle room but really they probably didnt see 1.5 million downloads coming

One of the legendaries is named after a friend of mine :v: But yeah, it sucks that it was taken down especially after all the hard work that was put into it.

[QUOTE=J!NX;50887603]I'm starting to believe more and more that fan games are wasted talent, at least when it comes to Nintendo that is no matter how good you are you will only live in the shadow of the original... unless you end up lucky like those sonic guys or other and get hired, or Blackmesa source[/QUOTE] If anything, quality fangames like this should put these kinds of "fan-indies" (I don't know how else to classify these kinds of developers) on the map for studios to snap up. Have them work for you to make something interesting. Or alternatively, "fan-indies" could think about forming their own little studios, and use their prior experience to make something original. Like how this one group of fan-indies was making a Sonic fangame, and ended up transforming it into its own thing by the name of Freedom Planet.

[QUOTE=darth-veger;50888720]I like how the moderators are ignoring our questions as to why this is warez but whatever[/QUOTE] It's under discussion currently. We are span many timezones. [editline]16th August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE]Garry: my opinion, wait until the company complains to us[/QUOTE] Do as you please.

[QUOTE=Sableye;50887567][...] that could maybe be licensed somehow someday [...][/QUOTE] I agree with the rest of this post, but this is a game that's full of nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning and [I]lets the player use it against other Pokémon[/I]. There's no way Nintendo is going to touch this with a ten foot pole (unless there's a pike on the end, that is).

[QUOTE=Bradyns;50889429]It's under discussion currently. We are span many timezones. [editline]16th August 2016[/editline] Do as you please.[/QUOTE] Great! Right on it then, mirror website to the game. [URL]https://sites.google.com/site/pkmnuranium/[/URL] Edit: includes a patcher to v 1.0.1

[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;50887661]Jesus, Nintendo's copyright lawyers are some of the most hardass people on the planet. But warez implies that this game cost money in the first place. Therefore it shouldn't be against forum rules to ask for a link.[/QUOTE] Warez implies illegally shared software, which this is because it has no legal right to exist. That rule can be enforced arbitrarily, however.

[QUOTE=Octopod;50887935]i don't blame them for fighting against emulation since they're selling the emulations of their own games on the wii [editline]14th August 2016[/editline] in this case it doesn't matter even if they're the nicest conpany in the world, becuse even then if they cared about their trademarks this game would've been taken down i agree you on that last part tho, if their game is solid they could easily make original assets and make a game that they can sell (unless nintendo somehow patented the entire concept of pokemon)[/QUOTE] They are free to sell official emulators, but people are also free to write their own. [editline]15th August 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Omali;50888868]It is theft to make a product based on another person's IP without permission, regardless of if you are making money off of it.[/QUOTE] Not necessarily, fair use exists, it does not cover uranium as far as I know though.

Why artwork is ok: it does not compete with Nintendo's product line. A game does. Even if it's free.