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DefHalan

DefHalan

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Mon 6th August, 2012

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DefHalan

#3

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

@Geonjaha
Well I am defending Nintendo because they have every right to do this or worst to take down those Videos. I don't think it is a smart idea for Nintendo to do this but they are well within their rights, plus they are still letting people do them. Nintendo isn't stopping them or removing their videos.

DefHalan

#4

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

@Geonjaha
I don't think anyone is saying this is a good idea.

@HugoSmith
New reporters and reviewers are allowed to use a minimum amount of content to express their point under Fair Use. LPers are not reporting news (although they may talk about recent news, they are not reporting it), they are not reviewing the game (although they may give their opinion about the game it is not a review), what LPers are doing is using copyrighted material to create entertainment and making money off of it, which is illegal unless they are given permission to use those assets. Nintendo has a right to make money off of their created assets that they have copyrighted.

DefHalan

#5

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

@HugoSmits
The fact remains that LPers sre using content that is copyrighted to make money which is illegal. There is no getting around that. Rather than shutting down LPers, Nintendo is trying to make money (just like when Disney paid Nintendo to used Bowser in Wreak it Ralph)

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#6

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

@WaxxtOne
How many LPers are "promoting" Nintendo. Nintendo is not doing that well in the eyes of many uneducated gamers. This move could stop the people that are bashing on Nintendo Products just because they are Nintendo. If people are demanding Nintendo Games in Let's Pays then LPers will do them, Supply and Demand. Why should these people get to use any product however they wish without permission of the Content Owners/Creators and make money off of those product's contents? Nintendo isn't stopping people from making money off Let's Plays, Nintendo is wanting their share (which in some caes will be all the profits) for providing the content the Let's Play is about. What is wrong about that?

DefHalan

#7

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

@WaxxyOne
I think they encouraging people to make them by saying we aren't going to take your video down if you make one. It is almost like a promise that Nintendo won't mess with your creativity. They are only asking that if you make money off of the videos shouldn't Nintendo for creating the game the video is displaying?

DefHalan

#8

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

@HugoSmits
It is the same idea if I took screen shots of a movie to make a comic strip series to make money off of. I am not giving the viewer the same experience but I am using assets that are copyrighted for profit. Under Fair use Nintendo Life is able to use some assets from Nintendo Products to critic Video Games. Many Let's Plays do not critic games but just make fun of them or to guide players through the game. I don't have a problem with what Nintendo is doing because they aren't even removing the videos, which they have the right to do.

DefHalan

#9

DefHalan commented on Thomas Was Alone Creator Responds To Nintendo ...:

Nintendo isn't taking down videos so the marketing excuse is null. It won't affect videos of people that have been granted the rights to use the license for the game. The only problem I see is that people will now have to watch ads about Nintendo games while watching a Let's Play of a Nintendo game... if anything that is a great Marketing idea: this person is interested in New Super Mario Bros. U well why don't we show this person a 3D Mario ad

DefHalan

#17

DefHalan commented on Wii U Owners Shunned Again As Warner Refuses T...:

3rd Party thinks Wii U doesn't sell well, so they support it less, so 3rd Party doesn't sell well, so they support it less. It is a cycle. Nintendo needs to help out but also if a 3rd Party supports the Wii U fully then I will purchase the game. 3rd Party needs to realize that the Wii U will be around for awhile, they can make more money off the Wii U over time than the 360 or PS3 which will be replaced by the end of the year.

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#46

DefHalan commented on Virtual Console Games Will Eventually Be Playa...:

I am still waiting to see if Wii VC will transfer into Wii U VC. I don't want to transfer everything then find out A) I still have to play it with a Wii Classic Controller and B) That I still have to hold onto my Wii to play Game Cube games.

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#48

DefHalan commented on Feature: The Making Of Star Fox Adventures:

There has never been a bad Star Fox game, including Star Fox Adventures. I have enjoyed every Star Fox title for how different they are and celebrate how I have never felt liked I am playing the same game over again, like many current game series.