Nintendo nukes fan-made super mario 64 HD browser game

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In recent days gaming fans worldwide have enjoyed playing an amazing in-browser fan recreation of the Nintendo classic Super Mario 64. The full HD offering has proven itself a huge hit but the party is now over. Following a compliant to Cloudflare by Nintendo, the main hosting page has been pulled offline.

While 3D games had been around for a couple of decades prior to its release, the launch of Super Mario 64 alongside Nintendo’s then flagship console N64 in 1996 was a gaming moment to behold.

Coupled with its revolutionary controller, the N64’s hardware placed flesh on Mario’s traditional 2D bones, bringing the iconic character into the 3D world in a way no other game had previously managed.

Little wonder then that the gaming media was filled with delight late last week when news broke that the game’s most iconic level had been recreated by developer Roystan Ross.

Not only had Bob-Omb Battlefield been brought back to life in full HD, but also via the Unity Engine meaning that players were given the first ever chance to play the game via a web browser – a black magic achievement by 1996 standards.

But just as dozens of stories were heralding the return of the king, Nintendo has gatecrashed the party and shut down the fun.

In a complaint sent by Nintendo of America via attorneys at the Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP lawfirm, the game company has ordered CDN outfit Cloudflare to disable access to the site hosting the popular browser version of the game.

“The copyrighted work at issue is Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 video game (U.S. Copyright Reg. No. PA0000788138), including but not limited to the audiovisual work, computer program, music, and fictional character depictions,” the company told Cloudflare.

“The web site at http://mario64-erik.u85.net/Web.html displays, and allows users to play, an electronic game that makes unauthorized use of copyright-protected features of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 video game. Nintendo requests that CloudFlare, Inc. immediately disable public access to http://mario64-erik.u85.net/Web.html.”

In an email to the person operating the server (not Ross himself), Cloudflare said that it had revealed the name of the actual host to Nintendo’s lawyers and forwarded the complaint to the host itself.

“We have provided the name of your hosting provider to the reporter. Additionally, we have forwarded this complaint to your hosting provider as well,” Cloudflare advised.

The complaint from Nintendo was enough to take the browser version immediately offline.

“Thank you for forwarding the request to me. I was hosting this work for a good friend who is an avid fan, and built the project from scratch as a tech demo. As mentioned on the original blog post, and noted in various big name media press, there is no intention to monetize this, ever,” the hoster told Cloudflare.

“All back-end properties hosting the original files have been updated and files removed. I trust that the issue is fully rectified.”

But while the browser edition is now well and truly offline following Cloudflare’s intervention, the desktop versions remain available hosted by Mediafire and with mirrors provided by Microsoft.



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L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

thats awesome man i actually played it it looked and felt awesome until my screen froze

TotePosted:

i remember this game
brings back so much memories

pitythefoolPosted:

It really is pretty dumb when companies like nintendo do this. This guy recreated 1 level of super mario 64 (not completely, no red coins, no shark/dog thing) and it didn't even have stars or anything. Honestly it really wasn't causing any harm.

I just don't get why they had to pull the plug. This really didn't hurt anything, it was more like free advertisement. Nintendo is being a little ridiculous here.

TaillightsPosted:

Damn, all that time spent ruined by nintendo.

MusketPosted:

Nintendo should have allowed him to make it, The game is old enough and he isn't making any money off of it.

1989Posted:

Pryzel Nintendo makes so many mistakes like this, the amount of publicity this would have gotten them...


Maybe they didnt like the fact that they never did it and it was a fan.

1989Posted:

Never got a chance to play this, Nintendo just had to ruin all the fun.

NigoPosted:

Nintendo are just little bitches. Shame the last couple of Mario's have been shit.

RinPosted:

DeluxeHazard Did the guy who made this browser version even make any money because from what I read I don't think so. Nintendo just decided to be that kid who ruins everything for everyone.
What he did was non profitable. It was just a project he did in his free time. Sucks that all that hard work was gone to waste.

XboxPosted:

Wokze Damn, all that time spent ruined by nintendo.


Haha I know. Im mad they did that.