Update: Well, that didn't take long.
Despite apparently having the permission of Nintendo to run this campaign, the team behind it has now cancelled the Kickstarter.
Does this mean legal pressure was applied, or are they simply re-grouping with a different approach? If we hear anything, we'll update this story again.
Original Story: Just when you thought you had seen it all on Kickstarter, here comes a project, "allowed by Nintendo of America," which, if successful, could see the release of a recreation of ageing screenshots from a prototype of Super Mario World.
Of course, every game goes through a cycle of change during development. Some good ideas get thrown out because there just isn't enough time to realise them. Other ideas get thrown out, because well... they were just bad ideas!
The people behind this Kickstarter are simply known as 'The Team' and are based in Italy. You may think that it's amazing that they have been given permission to develop this project and bring it to Kickstarter. Could we see this ambitious project arrive on Nintendo Switch Virtual Console one day?
Rather than us labelling them as deluded, we'll let you lovely readers share your thoughts on this Kickstarter with a comment below.
[source kickstarter.com]
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Is this an early April fools joke or something?
Just backed it. Can't wait for this!
How can they get this approved by Nintendo? lol
No way is this real.
But if it is then it would be an insta-buy for me
"There will be the porting for Nintendo SWITCH and Nintendo 3DS/2DS/DS when the related level will be hit!" yeah, it is sure allowed by Nintendo of M'urica....
@TommyTLG they can't, haven't and won't
Cease-and-desist from Nintendo in 3... 2... 1...
Ummm... I found a video about the kickstarter and it seems a little sketchy to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYn_Jqf3lKM
Clearly a scam:
https://kiwifarms.net/threads/gian-gaetano-milani.40841/
The video footage and some of the screenshots are from a SMW rom hack found here: https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=6267
A blatant scam attempt. And he's even Italian, as I am.
Picture me slowly shaking my head in disapproval and depression.
lol, of course it's not approved by Nintendo. Anyone who backs this is deceived.
An the evidence of approval he's posting on Kickstarter are plain ridiculous... he posted an application for a sponsorship/event he made on Versaic (funny sidenote - rejected) saying he received approval from Nintendo. Oh god.
Is there a way to report scammers on Kickstarter? Because someone HAVE TO do it.
The moment I read Italy,I knew it was a scam.Aside from a minority of people,most italians barely know Nintendo and mostly buy Playstations(to play only Fifa,GTA and Assassin's Creed).A lot of them even call Super Mario "Mario Bros"(they believe Bros is his last name).
@RetroGamerAndrew Same here.
@Randomname19 yeah mate, don't get me started on (most of) my countrymen's tastes for videogames...
Why do you even feature this? This will be taken down by Nintendo or is scam... either way this is not worth an Article at all.
Not like he will ever see money from this, but yeah, it's clearly a scam.
Im hoping for a sonic mania situation on this
It's a publicly released ROM hack that's available for FREE.
https://www.unseen64.net/2009/11/30/merry-xmas-super-mario-world-beta-remake-released/
These guys are nothing but scammers who're trying to profit from other peoples' hard work and in return they'll put a free ROM hack on a repro cartridge for you.
SCAM.
It’s a scam, I’d expect better than this from Nintendo Life, don’t give scammers free advertisement.
They are in for a Super Mario World of pain. Yeesh.
wow, they got free delivery worldwide... they have nothing to deliver though. Scammers
The project has been cancelled already.
it cant be real, if it gets funded then a lot of people are going to be dissapoihnted and these people will be laughing all the way to the bank!
Good news guys, I just got permission from Nintendo to release Mother 3 on the eShop.
@MarioFanatic64 sameish, I just got permission to release metroid 2 remastered. It may look excactly like AM2R but don’t be fooled, I got the DEMO from nintendo themselves.
"allowed by Nintendo of America" Nah, I don't know about that... This definitely sounds like a scam to me. Especially when the team is from Italy, and they say that they're going to release the game on all current Nintendo consoles. Even the DS? Sheesh...
The nerve of adding this to kickstarter just makes me think the people behind it are just very naive, deluded or both...
@datamonkey Not to mention the people who are actually backing this.
SCAM!
they must be the most idiotic devs on the Earth...as if they didnt know Nintendo and their C&D letters
the thing is kickstarter wont do anything about this. I've backed stuff in the past that got funded and have never received anything but they still get their money! if this gets funded these people will be laughing as the money rolls in!
@MarioFanatic64 so I’m keeping a close eye on the backing, after nintendo life posted this article they managed to get over €100 extra in backing.
I think this article is actually doing harm.
I will back this just after that Nigerian Prince sends me the $6.3 Billion (USD) that he promised me once I had paid that £2,000 (GBP) clearance fee.
if you actually look at their updates they have doctored a supposed email from Nintendo. it even says they wont particpate in the program at this time......if your going to make an email up at least make it look like the project is going to go ahead.......this is hilarious!
These idiots are either trying to scam people with a rejection letter to some sort of promotional partnership program, or they are delusional enough (or have so poor language skills) that they think the letter is a go-ahead-letter.
SCAM!! Why did they even raise $1000+ already ?!
NEWS JUST IN:
It is raining outside. Does that mean there is a strong rumor that the next Zelda game will be exclusively have water levels?
How to make a quick buck: A guide by Gian Gaetano Milani
I'll get my foster Nigerian grandfather to make a pledge.
Do they accept iTunes cards as currency?
Nintendo will shut this down.it will be reported.I would only back it if Nintendo approved
@8-Bit_Superman Oh wow, that's even worse! ;-DDD
As a side note: Nintendo of America couldn't possibly "approve" such a project. It would have to come from Mothership Nintendo Japan itself.
Would had prefer this stay lost and we get Super Mario Maker for Switch instead.
@MarioFanatic64 Yes very true!
If it's actually allowed by Nintendo, I would like to see the paperwork specifically saying that it is. But they would probably fake that as well.
If this was allowed by Nintendo, then Nintendo would be funding it!
They don’t need to lower themselves to get a game funded through kickstarter. /shrug
Their video is literally just footage of the romhack. What a freaking scam.
No way in hell would I back a project looking to bring an IP from a company as famously litigious as Nintendo. Don't care if they say Nintendo is on board. Kickstarter video games are already dicey enough.
Delusional is not the word I would use here. Con artist is a much better one.
@lemonjellydude But isn't kickstarters whole thing is that it's not a preorder like gamestop?
This is hilariously fake, enjoy getting scammed boys.
Cease and desist
Do your research Nintendolife, this is clearly a scam
This Klickstarter is so blatant clickbait it's ridiculous. You think Nintendo would license their flagship to a group of fans, for a ROM hack to release within 8 months, for a license fee of only 30k Euros (I don't know what the exchange rate is but I know it's peanuts to Nintendo).
@8-Bit_Superman nothing delusional about it. Read the description. It’s a scan
“Cancelled - 7 hours ago by the creator”
Ninja’d
Lots of people apparently missed the tone of the article. It was very much 'this is a scam, feel free to mock'.
@CTMike "Lots of people apparently missed the tone of the article. It was very much 'this is a scam, feel free to mock'."
Although I can see this is clearly a scam, sarcasm is very easy to miss on the internet. I don't see why NintendoLife is sharing what is clearly a scam with their readers, even if it is in jest. I think there are people on here who have not picked up on the tone of the article and backed this thing already.
@Alto "SCAM!! Why did they even raise $1000+ already ?!"
Because NintendoLife has stupidly shared this scam with all of their readers, and the sarcastic tone of the article has not been picked up by everyone.
@The_Mysteron I don't think it's very easy to miss the tone here, as such but your point stands.
Why would a Nintendo backed project need Kickstarter in the first place?
God, some people are beyond stupid.
This is so pointless. Everybody knows Nintendo's stance on fan projects. They shut them down. No exception.
@King-K-Rool look who just lost money
Haha, the comments on the KickStarter are hilarious!
@Slim1999
You don't lose any money if the Kickstarter is unsuccessful/cancelled.
@The_Mysteron I can definitely side with you on that. I guess I assume lots of others understand how Nintendo operates like most of us do. Like what they allow and don’t.
Shocking nonetheless. Can’t wait until Nintendo takes it down...
@The_Mysteron "Although I can see this is clearly a scam, sarcasm is very easy to miss on the internet. I don't see why NintendoLife is sharing what is clearly a scam with their readers, even if it is in jest. I think there are people on here who have not picked up on the tone of the article and backed this thing already."
Agree, re-reading the article it is clear the author realises it's quite likely fraudulent, so why as you say did Nintendolife even publish this story? it is a completely unnecessary and at first glance misleading article.
While I wouldn’t want a re-creation like this, I would love it if Nintendo could dig through their archives and release unfinished alphas/betas of games like this on the Virtual Console.
Whether these things even exist any more is questionable, and I doubt Nintendo sees much value in releasing them, but to see some of the early concepts and levels from Super Mario World would be utterly incredible for me. SMW is my favourite game ever so seeing how it came to be would be amazing.
Well that de-escalated quickly!
What a bunch of pantywaists.
Just called him out on Twitter. It was worth it.
If you want to share your two cents, here's the scamming loser's Twitter
https://twitter.com/daigo_gordian
whats the point of making an article on something so dumb and pointless?
@boop22 Clickbait
@CTMike Way ahead of ya, I suggest letting him know how you feel on his Twitter
This will be released on the same day as Super Mario Kart Maker
Why would anyone need that? It was scrapped for a reason!
@shani Yeah, because the person who started it was a moron
@Randomname19 that sounds better than Mario Mario. Just saying....
Not surprised it was cancelled, them saying they had Nintendo’s backing is like when people say “I’m not racist, but...”.
@King-K-Rool, You can't wait to be conned and lose your money?
I remember seeing this one prototype screenshot of SMW and a near-final Super Famicom design in Electronic Gaming Monthly issue #4 (November 1989).
https://i.imgur.com/5aWKdmF.jpg?1
But they have a written note from Reggie himself sayin' it was OK!
If this is now how we get things we want from Nintendo, maybe a Kickstarter to make a robust Virtual Console for Switch or remind Nintendo they abandoned it on the 3DS.
A lot of these Kickstarters seem to be scams. I wouldn’t back one.
Nintendo life you guys can be pretty stupid with these articles.
This rom hack has been out for a few years now, and even if it was real why would Nintendo allow this? Super Mario World is already finished, and Nintendo isn't known for bringing back their old prototypes/ unused designs, unless it's in a remake (like the Mario Advance titles or even Super Mario 64 DS ) which honestly would be a better idea just to make remake of Super Mario World. but since the GBA has a remake of sorts, that might be unlikely.
Meh. Looked at some of the proto screenshots and there's not really much there that couldn't be done in a romhack. Always liked the look of the blue pyramid and mountain backdrops. Why they weren't included in the final release completely baffles me.
Nintendo dont give this type of permission. Everyone wich talked with the legal departament of they know about it. Was a lie to get people's money.
Hmm, was this the same guy responsible for "Super Mario RPG 2!" who tried to spin their cease and desist from Nintendo into outright lies?
Nintendo should get their asses to work on a proper 2D Mario (no, the New SMB doesn't count as they feel as a remix of old assets and ideas).
"Recreation of aging screenshots." Can anyone tell me how a screenshot can age? There's a ticking clock to make the game before the screenshots deteriorate?
I'm sure this was a worthy endeavor while it lasted. I'd have been happy to invest an absolutely chuffing sum in the amount of no less than $20,000 Chodcoins and wire it via iTunes or Green Dot Money Pack gift card to the account of Gian Gaetano Milani's choosing, but my Vindows 5's operating system's event tree viewer services mysteriously stopped earlier in the week. It is currently undergoing the all-inclusive 'Each & Everything' computer service package courtesy of my local level 5 Microsoft-certified technician John Smith.
How would some random people from Kickstarter even get permission for Nintendo?
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