Relic Fort, the largest Pokemon fan recreation website round, has apparently been shut down attributable to a sudden DMCA takedown discover.
Earlier this month, the Swap emulator Yuzu was shut down following a lawsuit that was settled by its creator and Nintendo. This additionally resulted within the 3DS emulator Citra being shut down too, marking one other win for Nintendo in its quest to take away all skill to play its library of video games that it has made virtually unimaginable to play. And now plainly Relic Fort, a Pokemon fan recreation web site, has additionally been shut down, although it isn’t significantly clear who by at this cut-off date (thanks, Kotaku).
For those who have not heard of Relic Fort earlier than, it was a discussion board arrange again in 2014 the place individuals might share their love for Pokemon fan video games. It was additionally widespread observe to share hyperlinks to those fan video games that individuals might obtain from third-party web sites, although Relic Fort by no means hosted any of those video games itself, it is necessary to notice. Primarily, it was only a handy place to seek out any fan video games you may need to play.
Earlier this week, the official Relic Fort Twitter account shared that the location has now been shut down utterly attributable to a DMCA takedown discover, however the assertion offered did not say the place the discover got here from – Nintendo is clearly identified for being significantly protecting over its IP, nevertheless it might be that it was The Pokemon Firm that filed this one particularly.
“Relic Fort has at all times been a non-profit, ad-free, tight-knit neighborhood and we pleasure ourselves in what we’ve achieved,” reads the assertion. “Members have felt at residence, made pals, and even careers with us. It’s with deep remorse that I’ve to tell you that the discussion board a part of this neighborhood, which was to show 10 years previous this yr, has needed to come to an finish. With over 20,000 members and 65,000 posts, Relic Fort was a house to many people. The Discord server is just not going anyplace, and the location continues to be seen as an archive utilizing the Wayback Machine.”
This may not have rid the web of its plethora of fan video games, as once more these had been sometimes hosted elsewhere, however it’s going to clearly make them tougher to seek out. Pokemon fan video games are extremely common, with numerous distinctive takes on the favored RPG sequence, they usually clearly do not damage the gross sales of the primary sequence both, making the transfer all of the extra irritating.