A game developer is railing against Nintendo over a situation that not only puts the company at risk but also misleads consumers.
Nintendo remains discreet as the end of 2024 approaches. The most important releases of the year are over and the Japanese publisher had no major announcements planned for the latest Game Awards. However, there is clearly something to be said about Big N. In fact, a game developer takes to social networks to warn against the company's silence that endangers her creations.
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It is a matter of plagiarism what interests us here. When games cause a stir, it is not uncommon for them to be the subject of more or less successful copies. Just yesterday we talked to you about a clone of The Last of Us shamelessly appeared on the PS Store. Furthermore, this comes a few days after the announcement of Light of Motirama title whose aesthetic is more than inspired by the license horizon.
Independent games are not spared. Wren Brier has had the sad experience of this. The designer ofunpacking saw the appearance of several explicit copies of his cozy title on the Nintendo E-Shop. Additionally, it is sold at a low price ($7.99 for the base game compared to $19.99 for unpacking) they compete directly with the original game.
Brier revealed that she and studio Witch Beam had contacted Nintendo support several times. However, yesterday she explained on the social network BlueSky that the company had not responded. In her post she warns and denounces Nintendo's inaction in the face of these “attacks”. THE Scams who use our brand name and intentionally mislead Nintendo customers into buying cheap imitations ».
Nintendo has already taken measures against plagiarism in particular in the past The Last of Us there too. Through social networks, Wren Brier could make enough noise to seek redress both for the Witch Beam studio teams and for the players who were deceived by such proposals accessible on Nintendo Switch.
Source: Wren Brier.
