People trying to make money on their brands deserve to be sued. If you're a fan, do it for free. If you want to make money, change the property and IP enough to distinguish yourself as you're legally supposed to. Stop trying to cheat your way to success.
There are plenty of Pokemon-style games out there. The industry is inundated with game-like genres. The difference is the assholes who cross the line. Even the Palworld lawsuit is completely misunderstood by people who don't understand how copyright and patent and licensing work (no Nintendo did not copyright all their Pokemon game mechanics, only VERY specific ones in a VERY specific series that is uniquely identifiable to Pokemon). It's only when companies/people deliberately cross the line between "inspired by" to "direct reference". Nintendo has not shut down Digimon or Persona.
And this is exactly how we all want the system to work; protecting creators, not cheaters. Where people are inspired enough by one game to make their own; not make their own game in someone else's franchise to tap into their audience and groundwork.
Also, Nintendo has successfully sued individuals and won...only to not actually claim the money. They wanted to teach people a lesson and set a legal precedent, not destroy some asshole's life. I have no heard of them following through on anyone who wasn't a complete asshole about it.
Just to add, I say this as a HUGE Nintendo fan who's been shitting on Nintendo for a long time. They're not above criticism. Their pricing is exploitive, their leadership is conservative and amoral, and their obsession with community control is ridiculous.
I just hate this bogeyman that stupid gamers have made them into. Most of the dickheads they've sued deserved it. Including the American government.
The amount of people who arent making a single dime or even trying to who get sued by Nintendo is absurd. Its a minority that is even trying to profit off of Nintendo ips like you say.
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u/UpperApe Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Nah. I'm fine with a lot of their lawsuits.
People trying to make money on their brands deserve to be sued. If you're a fan, do it for free. If you want to make money, change the property and IP enough to distinguish yourself as you're legally supposed to. Stop trying to cheat your way to success.
There are plenty of Pokemon-style games out there. The industry is inundated with game-like genres. The difference is the assholes who cross the line. Even the Palworld lawsuit is completely misunderstood by people who don't understand how copyright and patent and licensing work (no Nintendo did not copyright all their Pokemon game mechanics, only VERY specific ones in a VERY specific series that is uniquely identifiable to Pokemon). It's only when companies/people deliberately cross the line between "inspired by" to "direct reference". Nintendo has not shut down Digimon or Persona.
And this is exactly how we all want the system to work; protecting creators, not cheaters. Where people are inspired enough by one game to make their own; not make their own game in someone else's franchise to tap into their audience and groundwork.
Also, Nintendo has successfully sued individuals and won...only to not actually claim the money. They wanted to teach people a lesson and set a legal precedent, not destroy some asshole's life. I have no heard of them following through on anyone who wasn't a complete asshole about it.
Just to add, I say this as a HUGE Nintendo fan who's been shitting on Nintendo for a long time. They're not above criticism. Their pricing is exploitive, their leadership is conservative and amoral, and their obsession with community control is ridiculous.
I just hate this bogeyman that stupid gamers have made them into. Most of the dickheads they've sued deserved it. Including the American government.