Nintendo has issued a copyright claim that has forced "No Mario's Sky" developer's to take down the "Mario/No Man's Sky" game. Developer ASMB Games made a post on its website that "No Mario's Sky is no more-io!" This was expected, considering the game's use of the Nintendo IP.
"As from the copyright claim by Nintendo, we have taken the game down," developer ASMB Games posted.
The post read, "thanks everyone for enjoying and playing our little fan game." "We would love to see a formal Nintendo game in this style--a Mario Galaxy-style game in 2D within a procedurally-generated universe."
While "No Mario's Sky" game is no more, it is been replaced by "DMCA's Sky," as called by ASMB. The game is same to "No Mario's Sky," but it utilizes a character by the name Spaceman Finn instead of Mario who is looking for Princess Mango, not Princess Peach, Game Spot reported.
ASMB Games is a four-man indie studio that received its name from the first names of its crew: Alex McDonald, Sam Izzo, Max Cahill, and Ben Porter.
"Help Spaceman Finn search for Princess Mango in an infinite universe," the detail for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's Sky reads. "Featuring crazy Moombas, an Infinite Universe, muscle, amazing physics and a radical space ship."
The first public version of "No Mario's Sky" was released by ASMB Games on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The team spent the following days handling reported errors and responded to players' online feedback.
According to Nintendo News, despite "No Mario's Sky" having a similar look and feel to Nintendo's "Super Mario Bros.," Mcdonald highlighted that the game uses completely original artwork and sounds. "We made all by hand," he noted. Adding that it was a lot of fun designing their own versions of the characters, like Goofy Mario and Muscular Toad.
"No Mario's Sky" removal was highly inevitable. It is also not the first fan-made Mario game pulled down by Nintendo. Two fan-made games, "Metroid 2 Remake" and "Pokemon Uranium," were recently taken down. The creators of "Pokemon Uranium" say they were not contacted by Nintendo's lawyers and instead, they took it down as a respect for the right's holders. "Metroid 2 Remake" was however, issued a DMCA takedown notice by Mario publisher.
In addition, Nintendo also had the "Super Mario 64" HD fan project pull off. The project was a remake of the N64 game's first level, "Bob-omb Battlefield," built in Unity.
As for No Mario's Sky, just like anything on the internet, it is still available in certain places.
Watch the "No Mario's Sky" gameplay trailer here: