I don't know if Nintendo has ever actually acted on its legal threats against hobby-ish projects. The threats might just be to show general "due diligence" for more serious legal scenarios that could arise elsewhere.
Neither of the games you point to seem to be using original Nintendo models or assets.. the style is similar, and a trademark suit could be made, but would be difficult. I remember a Super Maryo Bros, and a couple of other games as well... I really wish that Super Mario War could be playable as a portable game with network multiplayer, that would be awesome.
Maybe you forgot to put on your glasses. What he said was accurate: Both of these games contain within them a 100% accurate recreation of Super Mario Bros. Complete with original graphics and sounds. Just with some other stuff you can do.
If by "some" you mean "roughly all," then yes, but then all he'd have is a late-'90s platformer engine with some unprofessional graphics and sounds. The whole point here is using the Mario assets to evoke Mario 64.
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Posting that video (and it ending up on polygon) has doomed this project. He'll be getting a Cease and Desist letter from Nintendo in a few days.
Yeah, the same thing has happened to the "Super Mario in a Browser" project a couple of months back.
On the other hand, they didn't do a thing to Super Mario Bros. Crossover (http://www.explodingrabbit.com/games/super-mario-bros-crosso...) or Mari0 (http://stabyourself.net/mari0/), both of which contain 100% of the original SMB game. So...I'm not sure what the lesson is. Maybe "it's okay to duplicate as long as you also add stuff"?
I don't know if Nintendo has ever actually acted on its legal threats against hobby-ish projects. The threats might just be to show general "due diligence" for more serious legal scenarios that could arise elsewhere.
Neither of the games you point to seem to be using original Nintendo models or assets.. the style is similar, and a trademark suit could be made, but would be difficult. I remember a Super Maryo Bros, and a couple of other games as well... I really wish that Super Mario War could be playable as a portable game with network multiplayer, that would be awesome.
Maybe you forgot to put on your glasses. What he said was accurate: Both of these games contain within them a 100% accurate recreation of Super Mario Bros. Complete with original graphics and sounds. Just with some other stuff you can do.
Thanks, Mari0 works perfectly.
http://i.imgur.com/LWKpLz1.png
I don't know why you would pour so much time and advertising (twitch videos) into CnD bait.
Couldn't he just change up some of the images and sounds and release it as a new game?
If by "some" you mean "roughly all," then yes, but then all he'd have is a late-'90s platformer engine with some unprofessional graphics and sounds. The whole point here is using the Mario assets to evoke Mario 64.