Unsurprisingly, Nintendo of America has gone after the Link's Awakening DX HD fan project, less than a day after the fangame gained publicity online. Once hosted on Itch.io, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX HD has been removed from the platform, following a DMCA takedown from Nintendo. The notice, shown below, cites copyright infringement for uploading a fully playable version of a Nintendo game. The Link's Awakening fangame was uploaded only after it was completed, though, meaning a backup likely still lurks somewhere on the internet.

To Whom It May Concern:

I am an authorized representative of Nintendo of America Inc., owner of the following copyrighted material:

PA0002212311 (The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening) and PA0000772666 (Legend of Zelda : Link's awakening (Game Boy version).

It has come to our attention that the following game, https://linksawakeningdxhd.itch.io/links-awakening-dx-hd, offered on Itch.io infringes and makes unauthorized use of Nintendo’s copyrights in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening video game.

For additional information visit Nintendo’s website at the following URLs:

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-nintendo-switch-online-switc...

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-s...

Please act expeditiously to remove the download and information page for the infringing game.

I have a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law. The information provided in the notice is accurate, and I swear under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the intellectual property owner.

Sincerely,

Nintendo Legal

Nintendo of America Inc.

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[Classicgamer]

Have played the original new and then this version I much prefer the original version, although I can appreciate the work and design changes in this project.

 

[RedColoredStars]

Everyone should write to Nintendo and let them know how much fun they are having playing the Links Awakening fan remake.

 

[Noctosphere]

I miss the old times, when video games were supposed to be about having fun, and not a 100% pure business thing

 

[Arras]

What the hell did people expect? It's literally just a pirated version of the game.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I miss the old times, when video games were supposed to be about having fun, and not a 100% pure business thing

To Nintendo it was never about the fun and always about the business. That's how they roll, may Iwata be turning on his grave.

 

[BastarB]

wanna share it

I dont think thats a good question to ask at this forum.

 

[Purple_Heart]

Fucktendo.... Lmao slowly I hate em more.

 

[Jacobh]

I miss the old times, when video games were supposed to be about having fun, and not a 100% pure business thing

What magical time was this? Intellectual property laws have been around and affecting entertainment from before video games existence. Copy protection schemes have existed from the start of the video game industry and there was a patent infringement lawsuit around Pong and Magnavox which is generally considered to be the first home video game.

 

[Rudy69]

I must say I was hoping for a '1.1' release before Nintendo took it down. It's nice but there could be some improvements. For some reasons controller support was a bit buggy for me. It would have also been nice if we could map the scaling to buttons on the controller, it's SUPER cool to see the whole world 'alive' and moving, but I'd love for an easy way to zoom in when I go inside

 

[Noctosphere]

To Nintendo it was never about the fun and always about the business. That's how they roll, may Iwata be turning on his grave.

I mean, that was kinda my point. Back in Satoru Iwata sensei time, yes, it was still a business thing, but at least, we could see there was a "it's all about fun" thing.
We could see Iwata, Miyamoto and many other big figure of Nintendo during Direct, which happened more often back then than now.
If you want my opinion, Nintendo is becoming a lot like mcdonald

 

[Rune]

You kind of have to question the sanity of anyone that undertakes projects like these, knowing that this is always the inevitable outcome when dealing with Nintendo IP's.

Well if you're working on a project knowing you're not gonna make any money off it in the first place, then a DMCA takedown was never gonna deter you.

 

[PhyChris]

As developing games gets easier we will see lots more!

 

[impeeza]

Is was sonic. They will be invited to the HQ and ask to join in the next release...

By the way the source code is in the release file if anybody interested.

 

[duwen]

Well if you're working on a project knowing you're not gonna make any money off it in the first place, then a DMCA takedown was never gonna deter you.

Yeah... like if you design and build an elaborate extension for your house without acquiring planning permission, permits, etc, and know that it will get demolished as soon as the authorities find out about it... totally sane.

Seriously, if the dev cared about reaching an audience they would've changed enough of it to not encroach on any intelectual property... but riding on the coat tails of a revered franchise was obviously more important.

 

[ELY_M]

We have 1st amendement rights!!!!

 

[tech3475]

I miss the old times, when video games were supposed to be about having fun, and not a 100% pure business thing

IIRC Nintendo sued (and lost) to prevent sales of the Game Genie back on the NES, game rentals and are at least attributed with the 30% fee devs/publishers deal as well as other restrictions.

 

[Jayro]

I have it, so if anyone needs it, just ping me on Discord.

 

[Noctosphere]

I have it, so if anyone needs it, just ping me on Discord.

same here

 

[slaphappygamer]

Should have kept it in the deep web, and restricted access to only those they should have chosen...

In other words... YA' SHUDDA' KEPT IT A SECRET!!!!!!

But it was a secret to everyone.

 

[M7L7NK7]

Simple: Dont support Nintendo for next console system and games in the future. Let them bankrupted then. That's why I sold Nintendo Switch 1 Generation system. Nintendo is done! They are cruel company! Hello Sony and Microsoft!

Is this a real post? Because lol