Nintendo’s latest release, Game Builder Garage, is a little different. Players can use it to develop real game making skills, and can even create things within the garage that can be shared and played by other people. Naturally, this lends itself perfectly to the development of fan games, particularly based on Nintendo franchises that haven’t seen much love lately.
Nintendo has something of a reputation for coming down hard on fan games, and with good reason – the company has already axed hundreds of fan games this year alone.
That said, it’s important to remember that there are different sides to the multi-faceted entity that is Nintendo. While the company’s legal team may be eager to slap all fan games with a Ceast and Desist or a DMCA takedown notice, the developers who actually make Nintendo games are increasingly experimenting with offering a space for creativity to players.
Ask Shigeru Miyamoto, and he’ll tell you that Nintendo games have always been about fostering creativity. So, the move to allow gamers to make their own games – even Nintendo fan games – has grown naturally out of what Nintendo’s developers have been building for decades.
As for the legal side of things, a lot of Nintendo’s issues with fan games is the fact that Nintendo can’t control how these games are distributed, whether anyone else makes money from them, and how they reflect on the Nintendo brand as a whole. By offering an official space for these kinds of fan projects, Nintendo’s greatest fears can be assuaged a little.
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Sources:
https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-mass-dmca-takedown-removes-hundreds-of-fangames-from-game-jolt-210105/
https://github.com/gamejolt/dmca/blob/main/2020/2020-12-29-nintendo.md
https://www.gamefront.com/games/gamingtoday/article/nintendo-flexing-copyright-clout-on-youtube-lets-play-channels
https://time.com/4030885/super-mario-maker-nintendo-wii-u/
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Wait, Nintendo loves fan games?
This is a new fact to me..
Im just waiting untile someone makes an ace attorney case in game builder garage
Who would have thought?
I do love the idea of Nintendo promoting creativity. I would like to see Nintendo take this further and have more creative options in their games going forward.
The reason that Nintendo is making game builder garage is because they're the ones selling it. Fan games don't make them any money, but this game you have to buy from them, so they'll let you do whatever you want with it.
So who else got a game garage ad when the video ended?
If Nintendo keeps up these draconian lawsuits, they’re going to be having a lot of ugly problems! People are just gonna continue to find ways to make fan games with or without Game Builder Garage!
It would be really cool if this leads to (even though I severely doubt it) an official nintendo website where people can post their fan games, but in a controlled environment where nintendo makes most of the profit if not all.
“you can make fan games as long as you pay us”
I'm ready for someone to make botw2 in game builder garage
I wonder if nintendo will make official game jams, like how they did with Labo, since the main director or GBG is from Labo
Mario 2d world fan game arises in game builder garage and mother 3 fan game
Nintendo : GET D D D D— M CCCC— A. 👏
Can't wait until SEGA release a new game developing engine like Nintendo Game Garage Builder and allow more Sonic creative fan makers to watch their talent and hired them for future Sonic projects
they think they give them Ideas so yeah
The day Nintendo embraced fan games is a moment that will be passed down for generations
you know i really like Nintendo games and content, but they are very control freaks sometimes.
im sorry they "love" fan games?
If Nintendo won't give us a Star Fox sequel then we'll make it ourselves!
I love that message at the beginning lol
They never loved fangames lmao
This is just for profit
I wonder if Nintendo would remove Sony's IP from their Game Builder platform without Sony's request.
i can’t wait to make a game in game builder garage
Nintendo still takes down Pokemon fangames.
And also, Game Builder Garage doesn't make you profit in any way whatsoever, and it is a switch-exclusive of course so why not?
Ah yes! Lawyer Luigi! I'm probably a bit optimistic in saying this, but Game Builder Garage could potentially help the company scout for developing talent because of its confined and controlled nature. Nintendo's presumed ability to monitor and assess popular fan games may lead to inspiration for dormant IPs (at the very least) or flat-out hiring creative, talented developers (at best). Either way, it's nice to see Nintendo embracing fan creations instead of discouraging them.
Luigi’s got that dumptruck back there tho 😳😳😱😱😱
Seems like they stopped with their copy right stereo type
They could never be like Sega with the fan games tho. All the good devs left Nintendo cause all those damn dmca's.
Wait untill someone made superman 64 unring edition
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