Serious Sunday: AM2R - Return of Samus, & the strange case of Nintendo vs. its fans
46This week, on Serious Sunday, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Metroid, Luke takes a look at the newly released fan remake of Metroid II, AM2R - Return of Samus - And, in typical doom and gloom fashion, speculates as to the possible issues that could crop up in the wake of its release if Nintendo gets wind of the project.
With trademark and copyright being a major concern of Nintendo's, and their historic heavy-handed and hostile approach to anything that could even partially be considered to violate its IP rights, Luke worries aloud for a while about what dark fate may befall AM2R if we, the fans, aren't lucky.
Play AM2R: http://metroid2remake.blogspot.ca/p/am2r-downloads.html
UPDATE: Luke's predictions came true, sadly - Nintendo is starting to issue DMCA notices: https://twitter.com/MetroidDatabase/status/762432458641936388
UPDATE 2: Aaaaand, it's gone: http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/08/08/nintendo-shuts-down-metroid-2-fan-remake-am2r
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