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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.

ekianjo 13y ago
Yeah, the same thing has happened to the "Super Mario in a Browser" project a couple of months back.
- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  On the other hand, they didn't do a thing to Super Mario Bros. Crossover (http://www.explodingrabbit.com/games/super-mario-bros-crossover http://www.explodingrabbit.com/games/super-mario-bros-crosso...) or Mari0 (http://stabyourself.net/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"?
  - jjsz 13y ago
    Thanks, Mari0 works perfectly. http://i.imgur.com/LWKpLz1.png http://i.imgur.com/LWKpLz1.png
  - tokipin 13y ago
    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.
  - tracker1 13y ago
    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.
    - TheZenPsycho 13y ago
      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.
stefan_kendall3 13y ago
I don't know why you would pour so much time and advertising (twitch videos) into CnD bait.
- laxatives 13y ago
  Couldn't he just change up some of the images and sounds and release it as a new game?
  - chc 13y ago
    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.

ekianjo 13y ago

Yeah, the same thing has happened to the "Super Mario in a Browser" project a couple of months back.

PhasmaFelis 13y ago
On the other hand, they didn't do a thing to Super Mario Bros. Crossover (http://www.explodingrabbit.com/games/super-mario-bros-crossover http://www.explodingrabbit.com/games/super-mario-bros-crosso...) or Mari0 (http://stabyourself.net/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"?
- jjsz 13y ago
  Thanks, Mari0 works perfectly. http://i.imgur.com/LWKpLz1.png http://i.imgur.com/LWKpLz1.png
- tokipin 13y ago
  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.
- tracker1 13y ago
  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.
  - TheZenPsycho 13y ago
    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.

stefan_kendall3 13y ago

I don't know why you would pour so much time and advertising (twitch videos) into CnD bait.

laxatives 13y ago
Couldn't he just change up some of the images and sounds and release it as a new game?
- chc 13y ago
  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.