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Random Zelda Fan Project Turns 'A Link To The Past' Into Roguelike Dungeon Crawler | Time Extension
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If you want to make a fan game, make spiritual sequel instead.
Nintendo can't do much about games that are very similar to Mario, Zelda or Pokemon for as long as they do not copy any assets, (some) names or levels from those games. Based on the videos the main character is unique but most if not all the other art assets are direct copies from the original game.
You can play as the original character from snes.
There is even meme where one of the people in prison says, “I’m the creator of this game, I’m in jail because Nintendo doesn’t like when people use their assets.”
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Do I seriously need to sign up on discord to get this?
Yeah, I was annoyed by that as well, but if you like a link to the past, it’s worth it.
I disagree. Discord asked for my phone number when I tried to sign up, probably because I used a throwaway mail address and it detected that. No thanks.
Yeah ive has problems in discord rooms that require this cuz i refuse to give them my phone and they're good at catching the fake numbers from the Internet i tried to pass off. I wonder if it'd work if i tried some alphabet mafia phone numbers?
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Latest Version 1.0.8 Download: https://files.catbox.moe/y7ych7.zip
Haven't run it but the contents look legit, just in case anyone wonders if they should risk downloading a random file from a stranger online, thanks Jack Sparrow!
It's windows, so an exe, I will need to check if it runs later in Linux, not sure when I get to that.
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What did the dev do to shield the project from a DMCA? Couldn't find it in the article. If it's not a romhack, then it would be vulnerable to those.
He might not be in a country that the dmca has authority over.
Or any other copyright claim... 🙄
Nothing, Nintendo can wipe it at any moment. The dev will probably not get sued if he removes the game at the first request and since he hasn't monetized it in any way. But if Nintendo feels like it he can definitely get sued.
We can hope Nintendo let it be, but in the past they've killed many fangames like this one. Like the 2D OOT which was very good but got wiped by Nintendo.
I know it's common, fun and morally correct to dunk on Nintendo, but they need to "defend their IP", if they don't want to lose their trademark on it.
Not how this works.
Its not? Are you sure there's no "reasonable defense" requirement within IP law here for N? Can you explain why it doesn't apply?
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