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Re: Feature: Games That Got Us Through Tough Times

BabyYoda71

Other than the obvious ACNH, another game that really helped me through COVID was Super Mario Maker 2. Me and my best friend got it at the same time (May, actually) and throughout 2020 played it for hundreds of hours together. When I couldn’t see anyone in real life, I used SMM2 to play with my friends.

Re: Poll: Does Nintendo Really Need To Release Mother 3 In The West Anymore?

BabyYoda71

I’m not that interested in Mother, but I think they should release it. Hardcore fans will have played it, but I know lots of not-hardcore fans would buy it anyway. I would probably play it, even though I’d never go through the hassle to play a fan-made translation. I know other people are like me, so it’d sell well. They shouldn’t not release just because some people have played it, that doesn’t make any sense.

Re: Epic Games Faces Lawsuit Over The 'It's Complicated' Fortnite Dance

BabyYoda71

@lolwhatno Yeah… the fact that it’s short sort of makes it less relevant, but as a dancer myself, I’d be mad if someone stole something I made up and made money off of it.

@victordamazio Copyright’s a mess, and I doubt ANYTHING will happen here, but I still don’t think Fortnite should ever had done this in the first place.
As for your second message, you just said all copyright is ok. If I’m in high school, and I copy and paste a Wikipedia page into my assignment, is that alright just because I didn’t delete the Wikipedia page? No, because I didn’t do my assignment, so I fail. Fortnite isn’t doing their assignment, they’re ripping off YouTube videos.

@Entrr_username SO? It being “body movements” doesn’t mean the creator of them shouldn’t get anything. A string of body movements make up a dance, same as a string of words makes a phrase. You can copyright a 4-word phrase, so why can’t you copyright a 4-step dance? It’s not easier to come up with a dance than words. Also what do you mean about my parents? Your message to me made no sense.

@SwitchForce There’s a minor difference: Nobody is currently gaining any money/popularity from walking. Fortnite is making tons of money from these dances that they had no part in creating. They don’t even credit the original creators, let alone let them take any money. Fortnite’s making money from this, while the person who created it isn’t. Nobody “ripped off” walking and is getting money from it, so it’s COMPLETELY different.

I want to make a couple things clear on my opinion here: I don’t care about copyright, the whole workings of it is trash and it’s never going to do anything. I don’t even know how it works, so I don’t have any opinion on him having copyrighted it, I just think Fortnite shouldn’t be making money without giving royalties to the creator. Second, I wouldn’t say there’s anything wrong with using other’s dance moves, there’s a lot they could do to fix it. If they credited the original creators, I’d be less mad. If they gave them money, I’d be happy. If Fortnite was a small indie game with no in-app purchases, it’d be fine. Fortnite is getting money off of this, and that’s what bugs me so much.

Re: Epic Games Faces Lawsuit Over The 'It's Complicated' Fortnite Dance

BabyYoda71

@victordamazio I politely disagree with that, some people put a lot of effort into dancing and choreographing their dances. You shouldn’t be able to just steal whatever you feel like, even if it’s only a few seconds.

I’ve never played Fortnite, but I’ve always despised the fact it steals all its dances and never creates anything original.