Nintendo lawyers put an end to fan-made Super Mario 64 PC port

[yRaz]

Nintendo will never release their old games for the PC.

The problems comes from the fact that they aren't releasing them at all

 

[Fearghast]

I find it hilarious when people beg for a product for years or decades and then a fan makes it, the company goes crazy and sues everyone. This would not have been difficult for Nintendo to do and probably make them millions of dollars. Instead of making millions of dollars on a product people were begging them to make, they're going to spend that money on lawyers instead of development costs. The lawyers will probably cost MORE than development. And the person who released this doesn't have the money they're asking for, they wont get anything out of the guy when they out spend him in court.

I don't know why people think nintendo is such a nice company, they're known for being sue happy. They're known for putting their fans in debt when they make something that is a labor of love. Hell, porting "classic" games to switch would probably be enough for people and far fewer people would be able to pirate it.

I really want to know the justification from companies who don't make products that people ask for. They have the sourcecode, ports/remasters take relatively little effort at that point. The hardwork is already done

It's Nintendo, they always were dipsh*its when it comes to emulation, punishing fans and restricting even YouTube videos containing (and even not containing) their games.
I like to think these decions are made by 70 yo japanese business men, because their non-japan parts of the company seems friendly to users, fans and even acceptable of moders (at least to my knowledge).

 

[OutlawCecil]

Glad I grabbed my copy. Going into my archives.