Relic Fortress, the most important Pokemon fan sport web site round, has apparently been shut down as a consequence of 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 capacity to play its library of video games that it has made virtually unimaginable to play. And now evidently Relic Fortress, a Pokemon fan sport web site, has additionally been shut down, although it is not significantly clear who by at this time limit (thanks, Kotaku).
For people who have not heard of Relic Fortress earlier than, it was a discussion board arrange again in 2014 the place folks may share their love for Pokemon fan video games. It was additionally widespread follow to share hyperlinks to those fan video games that folks may obtain from third-party web sites, although Relic Fortress by no means hosted any of those video games itself, it is essential to notice. Basically, it was only a handy place to seek out any fan video games you would possibly need to play.
Earlier this week, the official Relic Fortress Twitter account shared that the location has now been shut down utterly as a consequence of a DMCA takedown discover, however the assertion supplied did not say the place the discover got here from – Nintendo is clearly recognized for being significantly protecting over its IP, but it surely could possibly be that it was The Pokemon Firm that filed this one particularly.
“Relic Fortress has all the time been a non-profit, ad-free, tight-knit neighborhood and we delight ourselves in what we have now 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deep remorse that I’ve to tell you that the discussion board a part of this neighborhood, which was to show 10 years outdated this 12 months, has needed to come to an finish. With over 20,000 members and 65,000 posts, Relic Fortress was a house to many people. The Discord server shouldn’t be 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 have been sometimes hosted elsewhere, however it can clearly make them tougher to seek out. Pokemon fan video games are extremely widespread, with numerous distinctive takes on the favored RPG sequence, and so they clearly do not harm the gross sales of the primary sequence both, making the transfer all of the extra irritating.
