quote:Original post by plazma Guys what if I were to put a disclaimer up stating that the characters etc dipicted were property of nintendo? Wouldn''t that solve any sueing issues?
thx in advance
Nope. You need written premission from someone with the proper authority at nintendo.
If you can''t get that and you want to be safe, you need to create your own characters.
One of the things of making fan games is that when the company is aware of that, it is more likely to simply force you to shut your site & game down. They might sue you, but it does cost money for them and as other said it''s bad publicity, so they should start by shutting you down. Anyway, they don''t really care about fan made games, some companies even encourage this (like Capcom, send them an email and you''ll see). However, this is not Nintendo''s case (Someguy I know tried once by asking permission via email to them, but they didn''t want to).
