Why fan-made game No Mario’s Sky was taken down

6 September 2016

Earlier this month indie developers ASMB Games released No Mario’s Sky a clever parody that combined the aesthetics of Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky and the platforming gameplay of the Mario games.

Unsurprisingly, the fun police at Nintendo were quick to issue a takedown notice to ASMB for their unauthorised use of the Mario character.

The game seemed dead and buried, with the following statement released on the ASMB website:

“Due to a copyright claim by Nintendo we’ve had to take the game down,” developer ASMB Games said.

“Thanks everyone for playing and enjoying our little fan game. We would love to see an official Nintendo game in this style – a Mario Galaxy-style game in 2D within a procedurally-generated universe. No Mario’s Sky is no more-io!”

We thought that was the end until the game re-released under a new name, DMCA’s sky.

“Help Spaceman Finn search for Princess Mango in an infinite universe.”

“Featuring crazy Moombas, an Infinite Universe, muscle, amazing physics and a radical space ship.”


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