Nintendo Issues Metroid 2 Remake With DMCA Takedown Notice

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MDMAlliance said:

JWeinCom said:

I doubt that they really care if it's on the net or not.

If you have a trademark, metroid for instance, that trademark could be lost if you do not show that you are actively defending it.  Nintendo's probably just making a token effort to make sure they maintain the trademark.

This was something I wanted to bring up if no one else did, but also something I wanted to look more into after reading all the replies.  After doing maybe 15-20 minutes of research, what I've learned is that it requires a bit more than that to actually risk losing the trademark.  Though for something like Metroid, it could be plausible, but seems slightly improbable.  Nintendo's probably handling it the way they are to keep their IPs "clean."

It's really unlikely that a trademark like this would be lost... But, if Nintendo just totally allowed every fan game to be be made without question, then it could happen.  They have to defend it sometimes, and when you're actually making a replica of their game, that's probably going to be a problem, especially if it becomes popular.