Pokemon Universe MMORPG
Pokémon Universe => Trainers Lounge => Topic started by: Arctus on August 07, 2011, 07:23:03 AM
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I have a question, will the game get closed down shortly after being released by nintendo, or have you foun a way around that, i'm just wondering because nintendo can be protective over games.
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There's no real reason for us to get closed down since we're using the money for servers, all the sprites are made by pixel artists and it's a whole different story and region.
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Thanks for the reply, it's just that pokemon is such a big franchise i thought they might get protective over it, considering other pokemon games have been closed.
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Like Monzta said PU should be safe because the artwork is made from scratch and there is no selling involved. The reason many other Pokemon mmo's have been shut down by Nintendo is because either they ripped Nintendo sprites or accepted donations which Nintendo is not really fond of
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Okay, thanks, i just didn't want to wait this long for the game to be shut down shortly after opening.
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Okay, thanks, i just didn't want to wait this long for the game to be shut down shortly after opening.
Yea i thought that too but PU members helped me out
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You think something like a shut down would stop the Team? Like Ez and Monzta said before, there really isn't a reason for PU being shut down, but if it does I believe there is a backup plan. So no need to worry. :)
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You think something like a shut down would stop the Team? Like Ez and Monzta said before, there really isn't a reason for PU being shut down, but if it does I believe there is a backup plan. So no need to worry. :)
If i remember correctly, the back up plan is to change the name of the game, along with the names of pokemon slightly, so they would still be recognizable.
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You think something like a shut down would stop the Team? Like Ez and Monzta said before, there really isn't a reason for PU being shut down, but if it does I believe there is a backup plan. So no need to worry. :)
If i remember correctly, the back up plan is to change the name of the game, along with the names of pokemon slightly, so they would still be recognizable.
Hopefully we wont need to use the back up plan
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although it really isn't that bad of a backup plan.
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Oh BlastTortoise - you're not out of the picture just yet. <3
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although it really isn't that bad of a backup plan.
Not that the idea is bad i just don't want PU to get closed
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If the game only does a membership plan to support server costs, and nintendo is susspisious, nintendo will ask for proof, and hopefully, the game will continue. Nintendo will not screw our pokemon mmorpg THIS time.
However, they are in it for the money, not the customers, so we MAY be shut down if nintendo really feels like it.
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If the game only does a membership plan to support server costs, and nintendo is susspisious, nintendo will ask for proof, and hopefully, the game will continue. Nintendo will not screw our pokemon mmorpg THIS time.
However, they are in it for the money, not the customers, so we MAY be shut down if nintendo really feels like it.
Lets hope that doen't happen though, because that would be terrible by nintendo.
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INCOMING!
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*BOOOOM*
Like it has been said before, we're trying to keep our chances low on being sued by Nintendo, by creating everything from scratch. We removed the donate option from our website, because we don't need the extra money at the moment to keep servers running. Although we get some money from the Google ads at the top of the page, so keep clicking on them ;)
Making everything from scratch is the main reason it's taking us so long to release Pokemon Universe, because it is hard to find skilled people who are willing to put a lot of time and effort in this game without getting anything in return (except for being worshiped by almost 60k people).
It's especially hard to find (and mostly keep) pixel artists, because for some reason most of they always leave us without proper notice :P The problem is that we especially NEED pixel artists for all the original content we need to create an exciting world. We are hoping we will get more pixel art applications once we have released the first beta.
Going back on-topic since I drifted away. We can't give you a 100% answer on that Nintendo is not going to shut us down, because we're still using the Pokemon name so in the end they have all the right to shut us down. But we're trying to find ways to keep the "infringement" to a minimum so we are less of a threat.
As for a back-up plan, we don't really have one. The plans which have been said above have crossed our minds but we don't have anything concrete. We'll see once I receive a letter from Nintendo on my doormat. We could always start a petition for Nintendo to take us over, so we actually work for Nintendo :3
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I wasn't aware that this game had any infringement.
Pokemon is OC right?
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Oh, I'm sure they'll understand. They're all nice people, right? Here, I'll contact them right now - Directly, by phone.