I'm a game developer, and from the videos that I've seen, the project looks completely illegal. It would have never received press time without nintendo's assets and trademark usage. Think what happens when someone else creates a game with similar amount of work, but without using nintendo's assets and trademark. People would just ignore such project. So the only reason why this project is significant is because it utilizes known company's concepts and designs. This is also the reason why it's illegal. You can easily get famous without ever doing the hard work, i.e. marketing your project yourself. Attaching your project to millions of marketing budget is easy way to make yourself famous, but it's illegal for a reason.
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Re: Nintendo Begins Takedown Proceedings on Super Mario 64 HD Fan Project
I'm a game developer, and from the videos that I've seen, the project looks completely illegal. It would have never received press time without nintendo's assets and trademark usage. Think what happens when someone else creates a game with similar amount of work, but without using nintendo's assets and trademark. People would just ignore such project. So the only reason why this project is significant is because it utilizes known company's concepts and designs. This is also the reason why it's illegal. You can easily get famous without ever doing the hard work, i.e. marketing your project yourself. Attaching your project to millions of marketing budget is easy way to make yourself famous, but it's illegal for a reason.