Nintendo's DMCA hammer creates a successful competitor

Contributed by: Jeff Rivett (site admin) Thursday, May 11 2017 @ 06:49 AM PDT

Nintendo just can't stop shooting itself in the foot. In 2015, the company successfully prevented a fan from distributing a game he created (originally known as Zelda Maker) in response to Nintendo ruling out creating such a game itself. Unperturbed, that fan remade the game, staying clear of Nintendo's branding, and is now successfully selling that game[*1] as Legend Maker. Of course, everyone knows it's really Zelda Maker. Congratulations, Nintendo: your clumsy efforts to crush the spirit of one of your biggest fans has backfired, as usual.

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Nintendo's lawyers can chalk up another victory (NOT)
https://jdrgaming.com/article.php?story=20170511064941245

[*1] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170411/10113437127/nintendo-ended-up-creating-competitor-after-dmcaing-fan-game-it-decided-it-didnt-want-to-make-itself.shtml