19th August 2004, 8:56 AM
From Games Are Fun:
Well there goes that planned Zelda fan game for me! I must say that this is one of the dumbest things that Nintendo has ever done. They're struggling enough as it is to gain new fans, and now they're alienating the few hardcore fans that they have left. Microsoft didn't stop those fans from making that neat-o 2D Halo game, Valve didn't stop those fans from making that 2D HL games. The only reason why people are doing this is because they love Nintendo's games so much. Lucasfilm embraced the fan film community and even hold an awards ceremony each year to congratulate and award the people who make these wonderful tributes to Star Wars. And several of these amateur filmmakers have gone on to work for ILM and Lucasfilm! What better way to find new talent!
Nintendo is making a huge mistake here. This is the last thing they should be doing. Well fuck 'em, this is going to hurt them a lot more then it will hurt us.
Quote:Nintendo cracks down on fan-game developers and their projects
Posted by Ash Paulsen at 04:57:45 AM EST on 8.19.2004.
There's news coming out of Zelda Universe today that Nintendo has gone on the offensive and sent warning E-mails to the developers of various fan games based on their most popular franchises, and also to the websites that host current builds of these games on their servers.
In addition the increasingly well-known, popular "Ocarina of Time 2D" project, other fan-games - including "Open Zelda," "Adventure Zelda," "Zelda: Link's Odyssey," "Zelda 2: Enhanced," and "Super Mario World Classic" - have already been targeted and affected by Nintendo's actions.
Nintendo is no doubt only doing what they feel is right to protect their interests and properties, but this is also sparking some heated controversy on whether or not the company's going too far and/or picking the wrong targets. In any case, there are heated arguments on both sides of the issue and it will be interesting to see how this develops.
If any more news of interest develops from this story, we here at GAF will be sure to let you know!
Source: Zelda Universe
Well there goes that planned Zelda fan game for me! I must say that this is one of the dumbest things that Nintendo has ever done. They're struggling enough as it is to gain new fans, and now they're alienating the few hardcore fans that they have left. Microsoft didn't stop those fans from making that neat-o 2D Halo game, Valve didn't stop those fans from making that 2D HL games. The only reason why people are doing this is because they love Nintendo's games so much. Lucasfilm embraced the fan film community and even hold an awards ceremony each year to congratulate and award the people who make these wonderful tributes to Star Wars. And several of these amateur filmmakers have gone on to work for ILM and Lucasfilm! What better way to find new talent!
Nintendo is making a huge mistake here. This is the last thing they should be doing. Well fuck 'em, this is going to hurt them a lot more then it will hurt us.