If you beleive a PGer is looking in people’s windows and cars, then you haven’t played PG. The only people doing that are theives PRETENDING to be PGers so they can case your place for later.

Certainly! Now it’ll be PC Indie darlings that have only been out for 6 months, instead of PC Indie darlings that were on humblebundle 6 months ago.

Sorta? Scanning for discoveries will usually light up the ones you’ve found already, but if you’ve used a black hole, getting back might be a bit tricky.

Woah now. I thought women are supposed to hate Joan of Arc. She tried to be a man.

*psst* It’s NOT Nintendo, it’s Pokemon Co, which is partly owned by Nintendo, yes (33% to be exact) but they do their own thing, like announce they’re releasing a mobile port two weeks after Iwata said no Nintendo games on mobile and suing a guy in Seattle for daring to have a Pokemon party.

Yep. Also change the names of the bigger pokemon to something different (Pikachu, most of the starters, and the legendaries are all trademarked as well) and Pokemon Co would have likely ignored them. “Inspired by the Pokemon games!” doesn’t move units as well as calling it a pokemon game. People downloaded it because…

This one might manage to avoid problems. Key here is they made all the assets themselves from scratch, avoiding one of the bigger traps most fan games make the mistake of. Nintendo won’t care (they last released the game in 2010), Rare isn’t known for being super agressive about this stuff and MS is still trying to…

Thanks for keeping a myth alive. The Pokemon Company owns all things Pokemon, not Nintendo. Nintendo is an equal owner (33%) with two other companies (GameFreak and Creatures, Inc.). And Pokemon Co does what Pokemon Co wants to do. Iwata once declared no Nintendo games would ever come to cellphones. Pokemon Co…

Because if they get even a wiff of profit, Rowlings and Warner step on them.

Those are usually housed in countries that don’t acknowledge trademark/copyright laws and there’s not a lot they can do about it. Why do you think Pirate bay still exists?

I think you confuse copyright with trademark. This group made a game which causes “trademark dilution” or confusion in the marketplace. They can be sued for that.

People also fail to thing of the bigger picture. If someone draws a piece of fanart and sells it, it’s just that one picture (yeah it can go on the internet and get reprinted, but they’re unlikely to make money on) that makes a profit. Maybe they make a dozen prints, it still a limited audience. Once your game gets to…

I’m pretty sure they’ve tried to take down all the fan made games, especially ones that use their assets. Problem is some of these games get hosted in countries that won’t acknowledge a copyright/trademark and therefore won’t take down the material (hence why pirate bay still exists.)

That’s wonderful for copyright. But “pokemon” is a trademark, which you DO have to defend or it weakens.

You are correct, Sir. However, they used the word “pokemon” which IS a trademark and must be vigorously defended in order to maintain your rights.

Because they couldn’t? Up until it gets released it’s just a theory, an idea, a concept. There’s nothing tangable and therefore nothing they could do. Once it comes out, then they can go “ok, they actually did it” and call for the shutdown. Otherwise its just a thought and they can’t control your thoughts, man.

“(or in this case, the more lenient pokemon Company).”

Everyone blames Nintendo but I bet you it’s Pokemon Co. doing the notices. They’re different companies people!

Am I the only person who doesn’t mind all the Ratta/Pidgey/Weedles? I mean, every 4th one is 900 exp if nothing else.

In this case, Nintendo would point out that it actually causes them financial harm. Metroid II is on the virtual console. Why would you buy that if you could get the re-make for free?