A couple of days ago, we informed you about the release of a free fan-made Metroid 2 Remake, Project AM2R. As we said, it was pretty obvious that Nintendo would try to take it down (once the company became aware of its existence). And it appears we were right.
As Nintendo claimed in a statement provided to IGN:
“Nintendo’s broad library of characters, products, and brands are enjoyed by people around the world, and we appreciate the passion of our fans. But just as Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of others, we must also protect our own characters, trademarks and other content. The unapproved use of Nintendo’s intellectual property can weaken our ability to protect and preserve it, or to possibly use it for new projects.”
Thankfully – and contrary to other fan-made projects – Project AM2R has already been finished and can be found on the Internet. And while the official download links are not working, PC gamers can find a torrent in order to download it (we won’t obviously share any links to that torrent).
In case you weren’t aware of, Project AM2R takes elements from newer Metroid titles: the fast paced gameplay of Metroid: Zero Mission, the atmosphere and solitude of Super Metroid. This project also features new game mechanics, a map system, updated graphics and a high quality soundtrack.
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Already on my hard drive, suck it Nintendo.
Told you, you can’t take other companies or people’s work like that even if it means well. Always ask permission first.
Actually, from a legal standpoint that’s probably worse.
If you just do a fan project & release it, a simple takedown is the end of it, as otherwise it would generate a ridiculous amount of bad press to go after community members in court, with a really flimsy case.
If, on the other hand, they asked first, & Nintendo straight out said “no”, & they went through with making/releasing it regardless, legally that puts them in a bind…. They were denied permission, but proceeded regardless, because “f*ck you”?
Yeah…….
I mean sure don’t get me wrong, common courtesy is common courtesy, but yeah, legally the best option is to quietly make it, & then disseminate the finished product as widely as possible as fast as possible before the takedown requests start going out.
It’s the way it works, I always ask permissions and always have when it do other people’s themes or use their work for something. I’ve actually been in this situation where I had a Pepper Pig wallpaper taken down which I put on which I made myself from vectors for my daughter(I decided to share it) but It’s their work, they own the right to the name and charcters and if they say I can’t give people that wallpaper but only for person use then that’s end of story.
You don’t seem to understand, you can’t do what you want with other people’s work without permission, especially if it’s proprietary, END OF STORY and people can say f*ck you to Nintendo all you want, they just sound like a spoiled child and clearly have no experience in this sort of thing, try being on the other end of it some time.
Oh great, I forgot to censor *ss.
Anyway, sorry, I opened the tab days ago, & then let it get buried…. My bad ^^
Addendum: It’s also worth keeping in mind most Trademark &/or Copyright dispute cases aren’t actually resolved by Judges, rather, they’re dragged out as much as possible by the Mega-Corporations who have at their disposal armies of Lawyers & Bureaucratic clauses with which to basically financially bankrupt you at will, if you refuse to comply with their generally absurd, & thoroughly lies-based claims.
Ever hear the story of Interplay’s sale of the Fallout IP to ZeniMax-Bethesda, & the clause that allowed them to retain the rights to a Fallout Online MMO?
TLDR – ZeniMax almost sued them to the point of bankruptcy – repeatedly, until finally, Interplay just cased & sold off the Fallout Online rights to ZeniMax for pennies, even though Interplay was in the right the entire time.
These people don’t play fair. Another example is how much DMCA trolling they do on a daily basis. It’s absurd.
I said this was going to happen on Kotaku and got screamed down by rabid fanboys. I guess it serves me right for even visiting that pitt.
It’s funny to think of how many Mario clones I’ve seen/played over the years.
Do you mean the stupid amount of mario games nintendo makes for children year after year?
No, I mean the games that rip off those games in both assets and gameplay.
Understandable as Nintendo pretty much have to do this from a legal point of view. That said, they could’ve simply worked with the devs and approved the game or arranged for it to be sold on Steam for a low price or something.
Hey someone had to make a decent game for once, with nintendo popping out mario after mario game and catering to the 8 yr olds in their fanbase. If they want to sell games they should see what the fans actually want and do that instead of “innovating” with garbage like metroid prime federation force which is a slap to all metroid fans except the 8yr olds previously mentioned
That’s why you should always announce your remakes after finishing them.
Hehe well said!
In related news the sky is blue and i got a hairy a*s
Thanks, DSOG!
I downloaded it and am going to play it soon.
Go play your pokemons and suck my kiss, Nintendo.
I’m surprised actually. :v
Because I don’t understand how some project are shut down and other are going for years without they bothering.
Hey at least the project it finished, torrented and everyone will still play it regardless. Go out with a bang I say.
Meanwhile at Sega, they not only support fan games, they hire the people who made them too.
Wait, wasn’t Streets of Rage Remake taken down by Sega? Correct me if I’m wrong.
Wait, it was? I didn’t even knew it existed in the first place. Well, then, um…, I take back what I just said…
Yup, it was, I’ve just checked. It’s a great, massive game. Cool to do some couch co-op too. You can still find it to download, on torrents sites of course.