To this day, I remember that Zelda fan game creator who faked his death ~15 years ago for exactly this reason.

You can't stop it if it let's us save Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever !

1. Make game 2. Use Nintendo placeholder graphics to get a free Kotaku article 3. Get DMCA'd for another free Kotaku article 4. Finally get around to making the graphics for your game and release 5. PROFIT!!

And that is why you turn your fangame into an original work and sell it, so that all the fans stop caring

Cold.

NOOOOOOOOOO LMAO

The Oddity devs realizing Nintendo doesn’t actually own Mother and can’t free them from their Development hell

Nintendo only c&ds fan games when they outright replace shit they have unless its pokemon cause they nuts so sadly that guy aint gettin sued anytime soon unless he makes it a remake of link to the past