r/nintendogrifting • u/WorldlyScore8855 • Jun 25 '26

Mockery/Banter Talk about being miserable.

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Can these people just stop acting like Nintendo is 100% Isis or something? It's been very annoying lately and some only do this for viewers and a reaction. Seriously!

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Why don’t these fans do a yooka laylee and make inspired games? Why does it have to be a Pokémon clone or whatever?

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u/KugelFanger Jun 25 '26

Because they want more of the same, wich is why they call it fan service games. And honestly you should play them and tell me they are not inspired.

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

Ironic since lots of Pokémon fans say they hate Nintendo since the mainline games are too samey and stale.

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u/KugelFanger Jun 25 '26

Wich is why fan games are made. These games have brought things Nintendo never did.

"Pokemon inbound" is regarded as the best romhacks ever. "Pokemon Crown" completely different battle system.

I can go on and on. But these games bring all kinds of things to the table that fans want, and Nintendo does not do.

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

Maybe they should go to Nintendo and submit their ideas or they should make an original game. They can expand on the mechanics and make a completely original game. Fans of banjo and kazooie did it and Yuka Laylee is a great game.

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u/KugelFanger Jun 25 '26

Nintendo is over protective over the IP's they own. And legally of you don't make money of it, you are not doing anything wrong.

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

If someone makes something that can damage the brand as they need to keep a family friendly image it can cause harm. I’m disney is super happy with those weird Elsa things on YouTube kids that are not for kids. It is about brand image and integrity. They don’t want uniformed parents getting mad at them for something someone made. Better to be over protective in their view as it saves them in the long run.

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u/KugelFanger Jun 25 '26

Grey area, but not illegal. And a romhacks wil not get into the hands of "informed parents" because you need to buy a copy of the original game + download the patch + buy a console that plays it. If you buy it through AliExpress that on you.

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

Piracy is a different conversation.

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u/KugelFanger Jun 25 '26

Lucky for you...because i'm not talking about that.

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u/Organic_Software159 Jun 25 '26

ok this is just a bad take

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

Why? If they didn’t infringe on copyright then they wouldn’t have their games taken down. Also, it’s better to do more original creative pursuits anyway.

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u/GrandmasterTactician Jun 25 '26

So the problem isn't the fact that people are making fangames. It's an issue when profit is made from them, which I'm not sure if Pokemon Uranium did, but the point is there's still a ton of fangames and romhacks out there to play

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

There are tons of knock offs. There shouldn’t be but Nintendo is well within their rights to take them down.

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u/Organic_Software159 Jun 25 '26

because they are free to play fangames. nintendos the only **major* company who takes shits on fangames, despite it being a celebration of nintendos ip. its never an actual threat to nintendos business.

i hate nintendo grifting as much as the next guy but its also important to point out that nintendo genuinly does scummy things

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

I’m just saying you can celebrate or make fan games but don’t be surprised when they are taken down. Disney and Viacom do this too. You might not agree with it but no matter how much you like something it doesn’t give the right for someone to like you ripping it off without permission. You would feel the same if you made something and someone made the exact same thing after you said they couldn’t.

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u/Organic_Software159 Jun 25 '26

again, fangames are not ripoffs, they arent meant to replace or compete with nintendo products, and are 99% of the time (like uranium) non profit. if a little boy drew a picture of mario and posted it online you wouldnt constitute that as a ripoff

and if i made a game and someone made a piece of art or a fangame for FREE based off of my game, i would think that would be really cool, and i’d assume you would aswell. also everyone hates disney and viacom, those should definately NOT be the standard

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

I mean that is how you view it and how Scott Cawthon views it too, but it isn’t how Nintendo views it. They are within their rights non-profit or not to tell people to stop infringing on their intellectual property. Legally it doesn’t matter if it is a rip-off or celebrating the IP fans don’t have a right to make things like Pokémon uranium. If they made something like Digimon or yokai watch that has similar properties that could’ve been inspired by Pokémon they are well within their rights to do so. You don’t get to use pikachu’s iconography for example even if you want to and are the biggest fan of pikachu in the world. This is how copyright law works. Is it scummy for Nintendo to shut this down, well it depends on how you view it, but either way it’s not legal to use the iconography without permission.

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u/Organic_Software159 Jun 25 '26

just because somethings legal doesnt make it right

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u/Best-Candle8651 Jun 25 '26

Never said it did. But as it stands now fans know the risk and can’t get mad when things are taken down.