Stories like this remind me of why I don’t own any Nintendo consoles at the moment. It’s not about “protecting their IP” as claimed, it’s about Nintendo basically being whiny because they hate to see their anything on another platform.
At least if you’re going to force stop custom projects using your property, provide a reason other than “Because we can/said so.” From the article, and the email the person received, that’s all Nintendo was saying, because they can and nothing you can do about it. Had there been financial gain, then Nintendo would have a point and no one would argue against financial gain. But it’s basically showing off talents.
And to all those who claim Nintendo being in the right; it’s about destroying creative freedom using a name they (the customer) like without making any money. While you’re at it Nintendo, how about disbanding all the Mario hacks, the Zelda mods to make the games more fun, and the custom Donkey Kong levels.
