Ninendo back to their old 1939 Germany policies: No Pokemon screenshots for you!

[ManaByte]

Pokemon Black & White is out in Japan. Post screenshots on your website and get a cease and desist from NOA:

http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

I have just received notification from Nintendo regarding the Pokémon Black & White games. They have requested that I no longer post images about the games claiming they violate intellectual property. As such, for the time being I have had to remove all images related to the games. Our section will still be massively indepth and I'll continue to cover the games where possible and provide an alternative to the images as and when we can.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Anyone interested in Pokemon probably isn't old enough to be on the internet anyway.  No big loss here.

[Van Cruncheon]

wise. only child predators post pokeymon pictures.

[Joe Molotov]

That sucked when Germany stopped letting the Jews post pictures of their Pokemons.

[Great Rumbler]

People still play Pokemon? 

[Eel O'Brian]

who is the pokemon's amon goeth

[Great Rumbler]

"I could have posted one more picture of Pokemon Black... and I didn't! And I... I didn't!"

[Van Cruncheon]

well, i can see why, new screen spoilered below:

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[Sho Nuff]

well, i can see why, new screen spoilered below:

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  holy shit

[Positive Touch]

that's offensive

[magus]

youtube is full of video's showing the game,why you would do this and leave the youtube video alone?

are we sure that site isn't just pulling somebody legs?

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

LOOK AT ALL THE AWESOME IMPROVEMENT THAT MAKE IT LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL DIFFERENT GAME!

[Third]

Anyone interested in Pokemon probably isn't old enough to be on the internet anyway.  No big loss here.

Nailed it.

[Joe Molotov]

well, i can see why, new screen spoilered below:

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[Olivia Wilde Homo]

well, i can see why, new screen spoilered below:

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[Eel O'Brian]

HoF this thread

[Diunx]

Would true gamers find it immoral if I pirate this?

[magus]

i would find immoral if you bought it

[magus]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407864

"oh nintendo sucks for doing thi... oh wait,the webmaster is a playing the rom? THAT DIRTY PIRATE TOTALY DESERVED IT!"

That's really the same way I feel. The Pokemon Company International is actually pretty good with community relations compared to Nintendo of America though. This seems to have come from NoA. I feel like telling your fansites to take down sprites and stuff from the game is a pretty crappy way of dealing with the people most hyped about your game.

The ROM thing though is just

That is one butthurt pirate

Throwing a tantrum is "spot-on"?

It sucks that Nintendo did this, but they're not exactly in the wrong here. Like Firestorm said, Pokebeach dude blatantly advertised his use of the ROM.

gaf

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=35277.0

"oh I don't care, site's probably lying...oh wait, nintendo is sending C&D letters to pirates? HOW DARE THEY INFRINGE ON HIS FREEDOMS!"

i would find immoral if you bought it

magus

[Vizzys]

nintendo is pretty much in full on AP mode whenever a new pokemanz comes out

- its region locked
- dsi got a firmware update last week that blocked all flashcarts, it was a year since the last update so the reason is pokemon
- which was circumvented in less than a day by supercard and a week by acekard fyi ^

[Rman]

The dude apparently used a ROM to get his screenshots.

I don't get on a high horse about piracy, but I'm still trying to see what is so draconian about a company enforcing its copyright.  Their legally bound to do so.

[Madrun Badrun]

[magus]

http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=35277.0

"oh I don't care, site's probably lying...oh wait, nintendo is sending C&D letters to pirates? HOW DARE THEY INFRINGE ON HIS FREEDOMS!"

i would find immoral if you bought it

magus

if only a site says the got a C&D i can have my doubt,but when there are two of them saying it,i'm starting to think it's real and incredibly stupid

what can i say i gave nintendo too much credit,i always do this mistake :'(

The dude apparently used a ROM to get his screenshots.

I don't get on a high horse about piracy, but I'm still trying to see what is so draconian about a company enforcing its copyright.  Their legally bound to do so.

well what do they gain by taking down screenshot? do they think someone won't buy the game because they saw a screenshot with the horrible yorkshire terrier looking pokemon?

it also strikes me as twice as dumb because youtube is swarming with pokemon video,including video that give you direction to the actual ROM

[ManaByte]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=407864

"oh nintendo sucks for doing thi... oh wait,the webmaster is a playing the rom? THAT DIRTY PIRATE TOTALY DESERVED IT!"

That's really the same way I feel. The Pokemon Company International is actually pretty good with community relations compared to Nintendo of America though. This seems to have come from NoA. I feel like telling your fansites to take down sprites and stuff from the game is a pretty crappy way of dealing with the people most hyped about your game.

The ROM thing though is just

That is one butthurt pirate

Throwing a tantrum is "spot-on"?

It sucks that Nintendo did this, but they're not exactly in the wrong here. Like Firestorm said, Pokebeach dude blatantly advertised his use of the ROM.

gaf

Well, I don't see anything wrong with what Nintendo is doing really. Anyone caught posting impressions from Pokemon roms will be banned from GAF, so Nintendo is just doing what they can do moderate on their copyright. It's actually kinda funny.

Doesn't duckroll download DS games?

[EmCeeGrammar]

Meh, what nintendo doesn't understand in this instance is that they are sending these letters to borderline autistic ocd pokeaddicts who will buy three versions of the same game in addition to using the rom for research material.

[iconoclast]

Roms are better for the Pokemon games anyway since you have access to Pokesav on PC. No need to grind if you don't want to.

[Robo]

well, i can see why, new screen spoilered below:

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hahahah