And then they would turn into even bigger dicks. It's a lose-lose situation. If Nintendo cracks down on everyone, they'll look like assholes who hate their fans. If they only crack down on the ones that look like they'll be released, they look like assholes for ruining people's hard work. If they don't crack down at all, then their IP becomes unenforceable.commasplice said:If they're really serious about protecting their IP, isn't monitoring for fan projects exactly what they should do? Even if they don't think plans for a Pokemon MMO 9000 will come to fruition, if they really have a problem with the possibility of the end product "diminishing the dignity or value" of their property, the least they could do is send the dev's an e-mail saying, "Knock it off."SilentHunter7 said:Nintendo's not psychic, and it can't tell which ones are going to go the distance, and you can't ask them to monitor the entire internet looking for fan projects.
Either way, Nintendo loses. They just went with the least-painful option. 1 PR disaster is preferable to 1000.