Mario Royale is dead, long live Mario Royale
The story of Mario Royale, the free browser-based version of Super Mario Bros. that pitted you against 74 other players, continues. After hearing from Nintendo last week, creator InfernoPlus was forced to change the name of the game and replace all the assets to avoid copyright infringement. That wasn't enough though, and now he's been forced to pull the game altogether.
Heading to InfernoPlus' site, where he'd been hosting the renamed DMCA Royale (starring the one and only 'Infringio'), now only results in a message explaining that the game is no more.
"Sorry, your battle royale is in another castle," it reads. "Unfortunately, Uncle Nintindie's [sic] lawyers have informed me that, despite my best efforts, the game still infringes their copyright. They refused to give specifics (I asked multiple times) but it would seem that either the level design or general mechanics are still too close to the original game."
InfernoPlus said leaving the game up would likely have exposed him to legal action, and that he'll be discussing the whole fiasco on his YouTube channel at some point in the future.
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