Nintendo allegedly files DMCA takedown notice over more than 550 fans games

Earlier this week, we posted about a free fan game that mashes up elements of Mario games and the space-exploration sim No Man’s Sky. While those projects are cool, Nintendo’s lawyers are less pleased.

Indie-game site Game Jolt claims that it will have to take down more than 550 fan games because of a notice from Nintendo. In the notice, which the company’s legal counsel filed as a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown request, the publisher claims that Game Jolt is hosting content featuring protected materials from games like Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon. This sort of action isn’t totally new for Nintendo. It has previously used DMCA rules to takedown videos featuring its games from YouTube and other sites. The publisher also recently blocked the distribution of the free fan-made Another Metroid 2 Remake.