Introducing Super Mario Eclipse - A New Super Mario Sunshine Mod Featuring An Expanded Story And Much More

Damn it NL, I hope nintendo doesn't catch wind of this.

Shhhhhhh. The Nintendo Ninjas will see….

Would prefer a sequel to Odyssey but quite impressive!

Introducing Nintendo DMCA, don’t b***h about it when it happens! 😃

I guess it's fully legal and will never be taken down if NL doesn't say anything about it. Great job reporting it (read sarcastically).

Why does all the New additions look like such mud? That is some contrast.

I'm starting to think NintendoLife writes articles about mods specifically to alert Nintendo to their existence 😏

"Isle Delfino is hiding all new secrets just waiting to be uncovered".... You know who else is hiding waiting to jump out instead? Nintendo ninjas

Why do they release demos this early??
It's basically begging to get itself torn down.

@Snatcher
The original creators video even says he isn't worried about it getting taken down, as Nintendo seems to focus more on fan games rather than mods

Oh, come on guys. The Nintendo ninjas are no way near that strict.

There are loads and loads and loads of mods out there that haven’t been touched.
Lots of fan games too. Nintendo ninjas mainly go after ones that recreate games that Nintendo still wants to sell. Not always the case, but they aren’t as strict as the internet likes to harp on about.

I’m kinda surprised to see nl feature a mod… like I said there are lots out there, why this one particularly?

I don't know why I believed for a sec it was gonna be an actual sunshine sequel... T-thanks I guess

@Alpha008
They will absolutely target stuff like this that’s featured on sites like this and social media it doesn’t really matter what the context and scope of the project is, a project will be worked on for months and quietly talked about on forums but the second it gets highlighted like this the takedowns fly. Nintendo sleeps on the dozens and dozens of devices you can get on major online retailers loaded with hundreds of their ROMs but they go at fangames and mods that go viral like a rabid dog.

Gah! For a second I though we were getting a new Mario game!

I’m almost 100% certain that mods are legal. You need to supply your own ROM here.

@SalvorHardin well, I mean, I’m not an expert on the subject, but DYKG did a video about games that Nintendo actually brought the ban hammer down on, and they said it just doesn’t happen as much as it’s made out to be.
Which games are you thinking of that have been shut down?

@SalvorHardin Nintendo Life really needs to stop reporting on these mods/fan games. There are hundreds of mods for Nintendo games like Super Mario World on rom hacking websites. They are not taken down because one, they are not being heavily publicized, and two, they are perfectly legal since they only provide the patches and not the roms.

Then again, the ratio of mods over fan games getting a C&D by Nintendo is leaning heavily toward fan games.

Finally more mods so I can enjoy playing my favorite Mario game even more

@SalvorHardin Not necessarily, they don't go after everything posted online. I doubt they'll go after this:

https://www.nintendolife.com/features/how-the-super-mario-musical-got-made-and-avoided-nintendos-cease-and-desist

But they will go after Super Mario Eclipse because it's using their official assets and branding (Super Mario) which falsely gives the impression of an official product.

I'll always say it but Fangame creators need to stop using Nintendo's assets, branding and logos. They need to create their own assets, logos and like the musical quit calling it "Super Mario". Call it "<insert your name>'s Mario : Whatever you want ".

Lol. Stuff like this survives best underground if folk can stop highlighting it in the media. Ah well.

We all know how this one gonna end

Damn except the pinata level, the new ones look like early alpha. Why release a demo that early?

Nintendo moving in to ruin everything for everyone in 3...2...

haha they should get an artist... those textures look rough man

Hope this runs on real hardware, or at least Wii and Wii U through Nintendont.

Everyone calling out Nintendo life for bringing attention to this. The Project M smash mod has been fairly high profile (including here) for years and as far as I'm aware doesn't ever end up in the crosshairs.

@Dr_Lugae fan-games and rom-hacks are usually meant to be passion projects by fans, there not trying to lower the sales of the official products, if it removes any Nintendo related stuff, its not a fan game anymore

Ahh was hoping the patch could be applied to Super Mario 3D All Stars. Well hopefully can play it on the Steam Deck 😜

You gotta stop with this Nintendo life every time you highlight one of these it gets taken down a week later

I remember playing Counter-Strike beta 7 when it was just a free mod...now THAT was a mod.

@BirdBoy16 So often they use official branding and sprites/models lifted from official games. Which passion or not is still dubious, it's not really respecting Nintendo's rights to give away the assets(Music, art, level designetc.) lifted from an offical Nintendo's game in a free game?

I do some indie games myself in my free time. But if I was going to do a fangame why shouldn't I use my own branding for Mario? and my own work for sprites e.g. here's a Mario sprite I've made before:

https://imgur.com/a/1nccPsx

If anything wouldn't going the extra mile to make your own assets for a fangame of a series you like. Would be both a greater sign of passion while also respecting the boundaries of the company's ownership?

@Dr_Lugae I don’t completely disagree, but most of these fan games are made by developers that are still figuring out how to code, if its not being used for profit and the developer makes a disclaimer stating some official assets are used, then why make a big deal out of it?