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Has Nintendo shut down a game because it cloned the gameplay of one of their games? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm developing a game that very closely mimics the gameplay of the ghost minigame from Nintendo Land. I'm not including Nintendo characters, names, etc.

Is there any precedent of Nintendo going after people for something like this?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Palworld is still up. Make your own assets, and don't use any nintendo names, you'll be fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nexomon is a better example

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Palworld literally recreated nintendo assets. Nexomon just copied the concept of pokemon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I’m developing a game that very closely mimics the gameplay

The post

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And ripping off assets is much more likely to get you in legal trouble than just making a game in the same genre. Wtf are you on about bro

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you’re giving an example then it should be relevant to the question

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good thing i did, then! Thanks for the feedback!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No see, the gameplay is what OP is worried about and your example wasn’t an example of a gameplay clone

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Jesus alright dude be pedantic