10-14-2016, 05:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-14-2016, 05:09 PM by EeveeBailey.)
The part that I really don't understand though is how Nintendo is willing to drop the banhammer on fangames like Uranium, and yet they seem perfectly fine with fanart of their IP, fanfic of their IP... seriously, go to DeviantArt or FanFictionNet and search "Pokemon" -- I was mindblown at how many search results came up!
At the very heart of it all, isn't creating an interactive story/art tribute like a fangame fundamentally no different than writing fic or drawing art? In all three cases, a fan is repurposing Nintendo's IP to suit their artistic whimsy (without Nintendo's express written permission, at that!). So how is it that Nintendo then allows fanart and fanfiction to exist, but not fangames? Legally right or wrong, it's a double standard.
At the very heart of it all, isn't creating an interactive story/art tribute like a fangame fundamentally no different than writing fic or drawing art? In all three cases, a fan is repurposing Nintendo's IP to suit their artistic whimsy (without Nintendo's express written permission, at that!). So how is it that Nintendo then allows fanart and fanfiction to exist, but not fangames? Legally right or wrong, it's a double standard.
