How Nintendo Chooses Which Fangames to Sue
Channel: Video Game Story Time
Date: 2024-04-05

Nintendo has developed a reputation for basically suing anyone and everyone who makes a fan work based on their characters and intellectual property.

The truth, though, is that Nintendo's threats of legal action can be a tad unpredictable. Some fan works stay untouched for years, while others will be taken down almost immediately.

So how do Nintendo's lawyers choose which fan projects to take down? It all depends on a few factors, most prominent among them being: money. That and whether the works appear to be respectful of the "dignity" of Nintendo creations.

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