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Nintendo doesn't litigate if they believe the community project won't impact their sales/profits. For example, wii homebrew is not taken down by nintendo, even

by chii 2y ago

Nintendo doesn't litigate if they believe the community project won't impact their sales/profits. For example, wii homebrew is not taken down by nintendo, even if there has been a recent "discovery" that the wii homebrew had relied on decompiled nintendo SDKs. Nintendo's litigious intention always has been profit driven (and this includes vaguely IP related issues, such as palworld's game mechanics - which i think is frivilous but apparently not according to the courts).

nottorp 2y ago
So you have to gamble on your project not affecting Nintendo's unpublished plans.
smus 2y ago
Nintendo sent cease and desists to streamed super smash Brothers melee tournaments during covid. Buncha free advertising to their IP by a group of their most passionate fans
- astrange 1y ago
  Japanese companies don't like surprises or things they can't control, and often care about this more than money. They don't /want/ free advertising and have mixed feelings about passionate fans. …Especially adult passionate fans of children's media.
lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
> and this includes vaguely IP related issues, such as palworld's game mechanics - which i think is frivilous but apparently not according to the courts Do you happen to have a link handy to an opinion document? It seems weird that Palworld’s “mechanics” would put them under fire but somehow development teams behind Tem Tem and Nexomon (and Cassette Beasts and Abomi Nation and ...) get away with selling games that are primarily about capturing and/or befriending different monster species and pitting them in fights against other monsters.
- chii 1y ago
  It's being claimed as a violation of their patent: https://youtu.be/0PQUbotRkLE?t=254 https://youtu.be/0PQUbotRkLE?t=254
- astrange 1y ago
  Pokemon didn't invent that, it's an actual Japanese children's hobby. Although they do it with stag beetles. You can see the realistic version in Boku no Natsuyasumi. A funny thing about Nintendo games I've always noticed is how completely disconnected the fans are from the people making it. Like, people argue about Zelda games' lore and timelines and such, but Nintendo cares about this so little that BotW and TotK have the same plot even though one is a direct sequel. I'd guess that zero of those "Zelda T-shirt and cargo shorts" people work at Nintendo and that almost none of their employees have had video game-themed weddings. (Well, the US office is in Seattle so that one's definitely possible.)
DrillShopper 1y ago
> Nintendo doesn't litigate if they believe the community project won't impact their sales/profits. lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKY9hmbfgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKY9hmbfgo

by chii 2y ago

nottorp 2y ago

So you have to gamble on your project not affecting Nintendo's unpublished plans.

smus 2y ago

Nintendo sent cease and desists to streamed super smash Brothers melee tournaments during covid. Buncha free advertising to their IP by a group of their most passionate fans

astrange 1y ago
Japanese companies don't like surprises or things they can't control, and often care about this more than money. They don't /want/ free advertising and have mixed feelings about passionate fans. …Especially adult passionate fans of children's media.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago

> and this includes vaguely IP related issues, such as palworld's game mechanics - which i think is frivilous but apparently not according to the courts Do you happen to have a link handy to an opinion document? It seems weird that Palworld’s “mechanics” would put them under fire but somehow development teams behind Tem Tem and Nexomon (and Cassette Beasts and Abomi Nation and ...) get away with selling games that are primarily about capturing and/or befriending different monster species and pitting them in fights against other monsters.

chii 1y ago
It's being claimed as a violation of their patent: https://youtu.be/0PQUbotRkLE?t=254 https://youtu.be/0PQUbotRkLE?t=254
astrange 1y ago
Pokemon didn't invent that, it's an actual Japanese children's hobby. Although they do it with stag beetles. You can see the realistic version in Boku no Natsuyasumi. A funny thing about Nintendo games I've always noticed is how completely disconnected the fans are from the people making it. Like, people argue about Zelda games' lore and timelines and such, but Nintendo cares about this so little that BotW and TotK have the same plot even though one is a direct sequel. I'd guess that zero of those "Zelda T-shirt and cargo shorts" people work at Nintendo and that almost none of their employees have had video game-themed weddings. (Well, the US office is in Seattle so that one's definitely possible.)

DrillShopper 1y ago

> Nintendo doesn't litigate if they believe the community project won't impact their sales/profits. lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKY9hmbfgo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKY9hmbfgo