these fools don't learn and don't listen we've seen what happens we've seen it happen again and again and it's going to happen once more 100%
countdown to DMCA!
It's almost like it's not about learning from past situations but about people who just want to make Metroid games.
Don't worry, they know the risks of doing that, they still do because they want to.
I genuinely don't get why there are some people calling gamemakers morons because they want to make fan games. I just don't get it. People do whatever the fuck they want and if all they risk is getting an email/letter from Nintendo telling them to stop, then that's pretty much it.
Also I'm pretty sure DoctorN64 got a pretty nice job on Ori after AM2R. I wouldn't call him a moron for spending years developping a game that was meant to be shutdown by Nintendo.
1. C&D
2. Change name and all assets
3. Development limbo with no updates on progress
Anyone remember Oddity?
Clearly not the same. Not only there are already a bunch of games inspired by Earthbound, but each Mother game had a different cast and took place in a different world. It's pretty easy to have a spiritual successor of Mother 3 without the name.
But take a Metroid game without Samus, it's not really a Metroid game anymore. What's the point of doing an N64-style Metroid game if you take Samus out and just make it with random robot gunner ? The point was to make a game that look like something that could have been released by Nintendo on the N64, that's it.
Now, I do agree that if they really want to complete their game, they shouldn't talk too much about it. AM2R did that pretty well I guess ? I followed it's developpement for years before it's completion and the huge success of it's release caught Nintendo's eye but at least it was already finished.
Prime 2D on the other hand tho ..... It looked so good and random garbage websites talked about it so much. I don't think a Metroid 64 style game would get that much attention tho, but you're never sure.
I guess some people just like showing progress and talking about what they are doing otherwise, could be very hard to keep it secret until the very end.