It's not always entirely ethical to produce Nintendo-themed goods and sell them on something like Etsy, especially if they're a straight-up copy of official equivalent art or goods. In the era of 3D printing, though, you can download files from fellow enthusiasts and print goodies (for your own use) at your own cost; it's a fun way to make yourself some custom gear.
A good example is this Question Block Switch Cartridge Case, which will hold some of your games and even spare microSD cards. You can see it below.
If you have access to a 3D Printer, this could be a fun little project to try out.
[source thingiverse.com, via tinycartridge.com]
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Cool. Now how do we 3D print cartridges of Mother 3?
That looks great but likely very expensive to gain access and produce it for regular Joe Blogg's.
I question (block) if it's worth the effort.
for those without a 3d printer (probably most of us) a tissue box and some paper mache should do a similar job
That is pretty cool, can someone 3d print me a 3d printer please?
And it is every bit as illegal as copying a game under current copyright law.
Aw.... so Cute !
I wanna buy that if available !
That's cute, and the focus on primary colors means people can make this with the low-end consumer printers.
some libraries have 3d printers you can use
@Therad How? This isn't being sold at retailers...
I'd rather have more slots for games. Why would I need that many memory cards if I'm buying retail. It's not like I would buy a bunch of 4gb.
@Therad How?
@MegaVel91 @scrummer Copyright laws are very restrictive. Even if you don't earn a dime, it is still illegal under current laws. You can't copy any works, patterns or trademarks. This is clearly a derivative work on existing Nintendo properties.
Don't get me wrong, I think copyright laws should be less restrictive. This should be legal IMHO.
@sillygostly Your imagination
Nice sub header
@Therad -and.... you think there's no Fair Use argument here?
Also, how do you know the Question Mark Block is trademarked?
@MegaVel91 no, I don't think fair use applies here. It isn't a review, criticism or parody, which are the strongest fair use arguments you can use. It does however limit the market for Nintendo to make and sell their own block, the very reason copyright laws exists.
You don't need to register a trademark, if it can be associated with the owner it applies automatically. The block screams Nintendo, you can't deny it.
It's cool, but there aren't room for many games in there.
I bought 40ish Wii U games, and I'm sure the same will happen on the Switch eventually.
Pretty cool!
@TommyTLG,
99,9% of all the Switch titles is download-only, so that won't happen!
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