Unsurprisingly, Nintendo of America has gone after the Link's Awakening DX HD fan project, less than a day after the fangame gained publicity online. Once hosted on Itch.io, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX HD has been removed from the platform, following a DMCA takedown from Nintendo. The notice, shown below, cites copyright infringement for uploading a fully playable version of a Nintendo game. The Link's Awakening fangame was uploaded only after it was completed, though, meaning a backup likely still lurks somewhere on the internet.

To Whom It May Concern:

I am an authorized representative of Nintendo of America Inc., owner of the following copyrighted material:

PA0002212311 (The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening) and PA0000772666 (Legend of Zelda : Link's awakening (Game Boy version).

It has come to our attention that the following game, https://linksawakeningdxhd.itch.io/links-awakening-dx-hd, offered on Itch.io infringes and makes unauthorized use of Nintendo’s copyrights in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening video game.

For additional information visit Nintendo’s website at the following URLs:

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/game-boy-nintendo-switch-online-switc...

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-s...

Please act expeditiously to remove the download and information page for the infringing game.

I have a good faith belief that the material is not authorized by the intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law. The information provided in the notice is accurate, and I swear under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to make the complaint on behalf of the intellectual property owner.

Sincerely,

Nintendo Legal

Nintendo of America Inc.

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[PvD79]

Nintendo being Nintendo...

 

[limpbiz411]

it's already out there, get bent Nintendo

 

[eyeliner]

Yes

 

[ShadowOne333]

it's already out there, get bent Nintendo

For sure. They can't do jackshit except being assholes as usual.
Question, did the game have full source code available?

 

[MadMakuFuuma]

of course. when i saw the original post, my only though was "when nintendo will take action". well, thats not problem fow who was interested, because by then the project already spread across the internet anyway

 

[AdenTheThird]

Death, taxes, and Nintendo jumping on their fan content... oh well.

 

[duwen]

You kind of have to question the sanity of anyone that undertakes projects like these, knowing that this is always the inevitable outcome when dealing with Nintendo IP's.

 

[BigOnYa]

For sure. They can't do jackshit except being assholes as usual.
Question, did the game have full source code available?

I read somewhere else it did indeed.

 

[MadMakuFuuma]

You kind of have to question the sanity of anyone that undertakes projects like these, knowing that this is always the inevitable outcome when dealing with Nintendo IP's.

nor really. maybe those people already knows the project is going to be taken down. they only need to release for a few hours, to let people spread the files, and when the cease and desist letter arrive, the "damage" (meaning files across the internet" is already Donne

 

[spotanjo3]

Simple: Dont support Nintendo for next console system and games in the future. Let them bankrupted then. Maybe not but they can suffer too! That's why I sold Nintendo Switch 1 Generation system. Nintendo is done! They are cruel company! Hello Sony and Microsoft!

 

[SylverReZ]

They are still links of it on Archive.org. So get fucked Nintendo.

 

[Dekirai]

For sure. They can't do jackshit except being assholes as usual.
Question, did the game have full source code available?

Yep, I actually got it uploaded on my GitHub as a private repo.

 

[Tiger21820]

Should have kept it in the deep web, and restricted access to only those they should have chosen...

In other words... YA' SHUDDA' KEPT IT A SECRET!!!!!!

 

[BigOnYa]

It's a cat and mouse game, the cat got one mouse, but there are many more mice out there.

 

[James_]

Oh wowie who could've seen this coming

Glad I downloaded it yesterday lol

 

[JuanMena]

What hurts the most is that with the take down, author of the HD Remake won't be able to improve it further, effectively killing any chances of seeing a better version than the one that's already been saved by thousands of enthusiasts.

 

[Frankbel]

Nintendo being the usual asshole.

 

[K3Nv2]

What a nice threat, they didn't sue them for a kidney.

 

[smilodon]

Nintendo allowed for its development and took the game down after release. It isn't as bad as people make it to be.