{"id":43598,"date":"2018-08-29T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/nintendo_enforces_takedown_of_fan-made_game_creator_pokemon_essentials"},"modified":"2018-08-29T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:45:00","slug":"nintendo-enforces-takedown-of-fan-made-game-creator-pokemon-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/29\/nintendo-enforces-takedown-of-fan-made-game-creator-pokemon-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Enforces Takedown Of Fan-Made Game Creator Pok\u00e9mon Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2bc28bb2c25ed\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2bc28bb2c25ed\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2bc28bb2c25ed\/pokemon.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2bc28bb2c25ed\/pokemon.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following our recent stories on Nintendo&#8217;s battle against piracy, you&#8217;ll likely be aware that the company recently filed a number of lawsuits against emulation sites, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/nintendos_recent_legal_action_against_rom-sharing_sites_scares_major_player_into_removing_downloads\">sparking the closure of a major player<\/a> in the process. Continuing this, and sticking to its reputation of being\u00a0unashamedly protective of its franchises and IP, Nintendo has now enforced the removal of a popular fan-made creation tool with which players could create their own <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong> games.<\/p>\n<p>The tool, called Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Essentials, included full sprites, music, tilesets and more from the real games which could be used to create a whole new project (think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/super_mario_maker\"><strong>Super Mario Maker<\/strong><\/a>, but with Pok\u00e9mon instead). It was used to create the famous fan project Pok\u00e9mon Uranium, which featured a complete fan-made region with online battling and trading available and amassed an impressive 1.5 million downloads at launch.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"The Pok\u00e9mon Essentials tool in action\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86356a259ebba\/the-pokemon-essentials-tool-in-action.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/86356a259ebba\/the-pokemon-essentials-tool-in-action.900x.jpg\" alt=\"The Pok\u00e9mon Essentials tool in action\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Essentials tool in action<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Of course, the fan-made Pok\u00e9mon Uranium eventually disappeared a couple of years ago, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/08\/fan-made_title_pokemon_uranium_withdrawn_by_creators_following_cease_and_desist_fears\">multiple takedown notices from Nintendo of America<\/a> forcing its creators to shut it down for good. With that in mind, it comes as no surprise that Nintendo would also target the tool behind such creations, although the strange delay between the two takedowns is slightly confusing.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes from <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokecommunity.com\/announcement.php?s=5af0ff9955fa69681e879782cd7adaa8&amp;f=244&amp;a=823\">Marin<\/a>, a member of the Pok\u00e9Community forum. Marin mentions that a copyright claim from\u00a0Nintendo of America has once again caused the takedown, although politely asks fans of the tool to refrain from getting angry at the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Today, the Pok\u00e9mon Essentials wikia and all downloads for it have been taken down due to a copyright claim by Nintendo of America. We&#8217;d like to share a few important notes on this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Please don&#8217;t freak out about the claim, and there&#8217;s no reason to get angry with Nintendo or anyone else involved. It doesn&#8217;t need to be a bigger deal than it should be.<br \/>&#8211; We will not allow Pok\u00e9mon Essentials or any of its assets to be hosted or distributed on Pok\u00e9Community. This includes derivatives such as Essentials GS or Essentials DS. We sincerely apologise that we have to do this, but there is no going around it. Mods such as the BW2 Mod which don\u2019t feature itself Essentials, are still fine, though.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re sure the debate on Nintendo&#8217;s copyright claims will go on for eternity, with some believing that fan-made projects should be allowed to exist as long as they are non-profit type releases, and others believing that Nintendo has every right to protect its property in all situations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which, feel free to share your thoughts on this news in the comments below. Do you agree with Nintendo&#8217;s legal actions, or would you prefer a slightly more lenient approach to be adopted?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following our recent stories on Nintendo&#8217;s battle against piracy, you&#8217;ll likely be aware that the company recently filed a number of lawsuits against emulation sites, sparking the closure of a major player in the process. Continuing this, and sticking to its reputation of being\u00a0unashamedly protective of its franchises and IP, Nintendo has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}