10-14-2016, 01:40 PM
(10-14-2016, 10:37 AM)Lord Windos Wrote: While I don't like their overly defensive stance on their IP, they DO have a right and legal imperative to go protect it. If they don't, they many, many more people would attempt to produce Pokémon fangame, for profit or not. Since mass quanity does not equate to quality, a lot of shitty games would tarnish the Pokémon IP, potentially decreasing the sales of Gamefreak's games.
Like or not, if Nintendo were right bastards with their IP, it might encourage other to try and rip them off. Wish their was some middle ground to negotiate with them, though, so that this game is not constantly under the threat of CoD and D o D.
Technically it is their IP, and I'm not denying they have the legal right to defend it (arguments over fair use aside). That doesn't mean that abusing this right is an okay thing to do however. Imagine it as a bunch of kids occasionally playing in the corner of someone's lawn: One has the right to tell them "stop running so close to my lawn before I call the police", but does doing so without a good and direct reason make them less of a jerk?
I also don't think that Nintendo is required to do these things, which is an argument I see commonly used. If anyone wants a good example of someone who doesn't, take Sega... which is pretty much the opposite of Nintendo: As far as I'm aware, they have never once sent a C&D order for any Sonic fangame! Has this ever caused them to lose their IP? Has this ever affected their sales negatively? They're doing perfectly fine... and Nintendo would too, if it wasn't made of such horrible people.
