They made the project knowing the risks, and they got taken down. That's all there really is to it. Yes, Nintendo could work with them if they wanted to, but maybe Nintendo doesn't want to do that. There can be many reasons that Nintendo wouldn't want to work with them. Maybe they're not a super professional company that's well known. Maybe Nintendo has their own idea for a Metroid game they are going to make similar to this one. Nintendo likes to heavily control their IPs so they know every aspect about them and can stay within their sets of standards. And of course, why would Nintendo give people who didn't ask for permission to make their Nintendo games the right to make their games in the first place and still continue to make it? Nintendo owns the IP, and decides what they want to do with it, even if that means not letting people make fan games of it. That also doesn't mean that the best choice is always letting fan games be made of Nintendo IPs. Many people seems to assume that letting fan games be made of all of their IPs is always the best choice and will always come to the best conclusion for what Nintendo wants to do themselves. Maybe Nintendo doesn't want that to happen for whatever reason. Until people know Nintendo's reasoning for why they do things, no one can assume what's best for them. Just because a game inspires you, doesn't mean making a extremely similar game of it is a good idea or legally safe.
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Re: The Fan-Made 2D Metroid Prime Game Has Been Forced To Shut Down
They made the project knowing the risks, and they got taken down. That's all there really is to it. Yes, Nintendo could work with them if they wanted to, but maybe Nintendo doesn't want to do that. There can be many reasons that Nintendo wouldn't want to work with them. Maybe they're not a super professional company that's well known. Maybe Nintendo has their own idea for a Metroid game they are going to make similar to this one. Nintendo likes to heavily control their IPs so they know every aspect about them and can stay within their sets of standards. And of course, why would Nintendo give people who didn't ask for permission to make their Nintendo games the right to make their games in the first place and still continue to make it? Nintendo owns the IP, and decides what they want to do with it, even if that means not letting people make fan games of it. That also doesn't mean that the best choice is always letting fan games be made of Nintendo IPs. Many people seems to assume that letting fan games be made of all of their IPs is always the best choice and will always come to the best conclusion for what Nintendo wants to do themselves. Maybe Nintendo doesn't want that to happen for whatever reason. Until people know Nintendo's reasoning for why they do things, no one can assume what's best for them. Just because a game inspires you, doesn't mean making a extremely similar game of it is a good idea or legally safe.