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I do see your point, but it’s out there now. How many thousands of people just grabbed it, or will, because of the article?
Just like PGP, decss, and countless other things, it will be kicking around at the usual places for anyone who wants it for long time, probably well past the point where anyone cares anymore.
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Yeah it kills me when I see someone share something like this in the early stages of development though, like great you just ensured this will never see the light of day
Nintendo already shouldnt care about it, as they dont release good emulators/PC Versions anyway.
First rule of Game Club: We do not talk about fan-made games.
Second rule of Game Club: We DO NOT talk about fan-made games.
I can’t believe Nintendo hasn’t taken it down yet
“So I report about it on PC Gamer and make Nintendo aware of it.”
DLed for posterity, so once it’s down I can still share it with those interested in actually enjoying it, rather than letting Nintendo continue to ruin shit like the whiny babies they are.
edit: ahem.
Oh great. Now I gotta download this before Nintendo takes it down.
Oh don’t worry, Nintendo has a death squad en route to the creator’s house in this very instant.
Is Nintendo owned by Wizards of the Coast?
No, but they are just as litigious when it comes to their IP
It’ll be gone within the next 48 hours now.
12 hours ago: https://itch.io/takedowns/2402026
Game looks cool, but I always have mixed feelings about articles like this. On the one hand it helps raise awareness about the game to the people who want to play it, but it also helps raise awareness about the game to the people who are going to send the cease-and-desist letter.
I’m pretty sure devs are fully aware of what’s going to happen which is why they avoided putting their names on the project and included the source code.
Hammer was always going to come down since they included game assets in the build - news articles won’t really change much on this matter,
Including a trademarked term right in the title is the thing that gets most fan projects. It’s a multiplier for takedowns, it can’t get any easier for companies than running a simple script that just searches Itch/Gamejolt/Github for terms and then doing a mass takedown of the results. And that will even catch things with 3 downloads.
Sure user-added* or redone assets could help, but just distancing the name would help a lot more. Having 100% new assets won’t stop a takedown if you use trademarked terms (see DMCA’s Sky), and the DMCA system doesn’t really discourage overstepping unless somebody has the willingness/money/time to take it to court.
*=image detection could be a thing as well though, so be careful with screenshots especially with a logo
Of course, I hope my comment didn’t imply otherwise. Unfortunately even a different title and completely original assets (AM2R?) won’t help much with some companies.
Good enough project will catch their eye sooner or later anyway.
It blows me away that people do these incredible projects but just for the thrill of to see if they can.
Just imagine what people would do if they didn’t have to work anymore!
Probably just sit on their asses and wither, I’m sure. No one will do cool projects that many will benefit from.
I don’t think it’s entirely on the thrill of seeing if they can, it’s also a passion project from their love of the original. They put it out there so people can enjoy the game in a fresh way, the way the devs want it to be able to be experienced.
Someone should get a bunch of games that Nintendo shut down and call it the forbidden library.
You know, that’s not a bad idea.
just download it and shut up then
Well I’m glad I managed to hear about it before they do! LA DX was my first Zelda game. Time to relive some memories in HD!
The Link’s Awakening remake on Switch is worth your time. I loved the original, and I loved the remake. I hope they continue bringing their old games forward like this (LA, Mario RPG, etc.)
Oh don’t you worry, I’ve completed it. But thank you :)
I agree, I thought it was great and I felt the art direction really fit the original perfectly!
I’ve been slowly working my way through 100%ing every Zelda game. Done almost all of them other than BotW & TotK.
Fans do what Nintendon’t.
keep it before nintendo ninja does their job
I created a torrent file for this game. Does anyone know a good place to post it?
anyone got the Link?
Likely a tip by Nintendo as legal collects themselves
I tried downloading and the website says the download was quarantined. Anyone else see this? I was able to download anyway.
Yeah it’s a safeguard by Itch.io which flags potentially malicious users, but they let you proceed if you are sure you can trust the author
