The title was later locked out of consideration at The Game Awards after initially being listed among the nominees in the Best Fan Creation category. 'We sincerely apologise that we have to do this, but there is no going around it.' Advertisementįurther Reading Nintendo’s DMCA-backed quest against online fan gamesPokémon Essentials was used to build Pokémon Uranium, a fan game that received a reported 1.5 million downloads before being shut down by Nintendo. Earlier this week, however, PokéCommunity forum moderator Marin announced that 'the Pokémon Essentials wikia and all downloads for it have been taken down due to a copyright claim by Nintendo of America.' That means 'we will not allow Pokémon Essentials or any of its assets to be hosted or distributed on PokéCommunity,' the announcement reads. As a free mod for the paid RPG Maker software, Pokémon Essentials offers all the graphics, music, maps, and tilesets a fan game maker needs to craft their own Poké-adventure.įans of the tool congregated around the PokeCommunity forums and a dedicated Pokémon Essentials wiki to download files, share creations, and discuss the scene. Since 2007, Pokémon Essentials has been a crucial part of the Pokémon fan game community. Now the company is taking aim at one of the tools used to build some of those fan games. Further Reading Mod that adds online play to Super Mario 64 draws Nintendo’s ireNintendo has a long history of using legal action to take down fan games based on its popular copyrighted franchises.

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