> Don't ask me why they even bothered taking down fan games, though. They seem to care a lot about art assets in particular.
If talking about AM2R, it posed a rather credible threat against the success of the official Metroid 2 remake (ignoring the fact that AM2R is of much higher quality anyway). Plus it contained ripped sprites from Zero Mission, Fusion, and incorporated all of the characters and enemies that Nintendo owns.
You can't just make your own Lord of the Rings or Star Wars without infringing the copyright of the original work. Same with fan remakes.
If talking about AM2R, it posed a rather credible threat against the success of the official Metroid 2 remake (ignoring the fact that AM2R is of much higher quality anyway). Plus it contained ripped sprites from Zero Mission, Fusion, and incorporated all of the characters and enemies that Nintendo owns.
You can't just make your own Lord of the Rings or Star Wars without infringing the copyright of the original work. Same with fan remakes.