Probably has a lot to do with the fact that the Exe Producer and Creative Director from DR3 work at Activision now.

“I think you are overestimating the amount of work Nintendo would have to do if they bought it, as there is no reason to write a manual or do marketing besides putting a notice on their own store page. basically they would only need to do the certification... And the porting. But they could just have the maker port it…

And before any one calls infringement - I’m using it as a reference for comedic purposes, which is an example of fair usage. Unlike remakes of games that are actively on the market.

“Obviously the characters and the universe are owned by Nintendo, but the creator of this project is neither claiming them as his own or profiting off of them, so I’d say what he did could and should be seen as fair usage. Then again, Nintendo is apparently selling the original game on VC and since this is clearly the…

Right, and if I write out the any of the Harry Potter books by hand in some sexy cursive, scanned it, gave it a nice treatment and disturbed the PDF I would still be plagiarizing someones work. In both cases there is even real opportunity for monetary loss and product confusion.

At this point you’re literally spewing nonsense. The fact remains that Nintendo still sells Metroid 2 via the VC. This remake creates a secondary, free version of Metroid 2. Nintendo, the owners and creator of Metorid 2 have the right to step in and say stop selling a knock-off of our on the market product on a…

The incense buff shouldn’t matter. The logic already exists to check spawn conditions/allowance. Checking if a region is allowed to spawn pokemon at all would just be a condition in the array that checks geolocals (coords) when deciding spawn chances and types. This would be one of the first checks you do so you can…

“ Either that or confiscate the toy and dispose of it. But since he hasn’t harmed anyone with it, only caused a minor nuisance I see no reason for it.” - In the picture, there is a ruler labeled “Captain’s Office.” I’m going to assume that photo was taken in the Police Captain’s office and not Cap’n Crunch’s.