Pokémon Uranium is one of the Nintendo-themed fan games that is no longer being considered for The Game Awards.
A pair of fan-made games based on popular Nintendo properties have apparently had their nominations for the upcoming Game Awards show revoked. Both Pokémon Uranium and Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R) were initially listed as nominees in the award show’s “Best Fan Creation” category. Those titles have now been removed from the nominees list on The Game Awards website, leaving only Brutal Doom 64 and Enderal: The Shards of Orde to contest the category (here’s the original nominee listing, courtesy of Polygon).
Nintendo told Ars we could “get in touch with the folks at The Game Awards” for comment, and representatives from the awards haven’t responded to a request for comment. But Nintendo has taken action against these fan creations in the past. Both AM2R and Pokémon Uranium were forced offline by legal threats from Nintendo earlier this year, as were with hundreds of simplistic fan games on Web portal Game Jolt. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime also sits on the advisory board for The Game Awards.
Nintendo takes a particularly hardline stance on the use of its properties in fan-created media, from strict limits on monetization of its games on YouTube to exerted authority over use of its titles in public tournaments. Nintendo has also issued takedown requests for dozens of fan games in the last few years, including an intriguing HD remake of Super Mario 64.
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Source: Ars Technica – Two Nintendo-themed fan games have been locked out of The Game Awards