Nintendo has conspicuously shut down a Zelda fan film on copyright grounds, disappointing fans who held the work in high regard.
“The Legend of Zelda: Hero of Time,” a 100 minute live action fan film inspired by ocarina of Time, was released late in 2009, but seems to have attracted the attention of Nintendo, who promptly shut it down.
The trailer is still visible for the moment:
The creators “voluntarily” withdrew the film from circulation:
Hey, everyone. We just wanted to let you know that Dec. 31 was the last day that The Hero of Time was available for viewing.
We came to an agreement with Nintendo earlier this month to stop distributing the film. In the spirit of the holiday season they were good enough to let us keep the movie up for you to watch and enjoy through the end of 2009, but not past 2009.
We understand Nintendo’s right to protect its characters and trademarks and understand how in order to keep their property unspoiled by fan’s interpretation of the franchise, Nintendo needs to protect itself — even from fan-works with good intentions.
Curiously, Nintendo generally leaves doujinshi and other such unauthorised derivative works alone in Japan, where even semi-commercial fan-works with purely pornographic intentions pass completely unmolested, with the relationship between fandom and publishers understood to be a symbiotic rather than adversarial one.
Zero no Tsukaima F Yuri Skinship Anime
Yozora Mikazuki & Sena Kashiwazaki Figures
To Love-Ru Darkness Totally Tentacular
Ano Hana Naruko Anjo Anal Dress Figure
Top 10 Most Followed Seiyuu
Wonder Festival 2012 Winter Wondrous As Ever
Ciel nosurge: “Your Date With Ion = $170″
Nisemonogatari – “Where Did All The Ero Go!?”
Police Hunt Ushijima for “Public Indecency”
Cops Bust Cop in Nude BDSM Club Raid
K-ON! “Causes Keionbu Girl Band Boom”
Vippers vs Vankers: 2ch Targets “Korean Propaganda”
Overflow Delays “Final” Game: “We Are Not Going Bankrupt!”
Ritsu Topless Manga Time – “She Has Boobs After All!”
Top 10 Most Boring Anime of Winter 2012
Behold: The ONACOUNTER
Future Diary Unveils Eye-Popping Scenes of Sex & Guro
K-ON! Pilgrims Invade London
Top 10 Essential Anime Elements
Lolicon Teacher Rapes Pupils 37 Times, Faces 30 Years
Wonder Festival 2012 Winter Cosplay
“Post The Highest Level Cosplay Ever!”
“Share The Cutest Cosplay Ever”
“Dolls vs Figures – Which is Best?”
“Why Do Girls Always Have Such Cute Rooms!?”
Ranka Lee Wedding Dress Cosplay by Tomia
Shoko-tan’s Madoka & Ika-chan Cosplay “Excessively Cute”
Guilty Crown Yuzuriha Inori Cosplay by Sasa
IdolMaster G4U: “Who Needs 3D Idols Now?”
Anegasaki Nene Cosplay by Rinami
that link is not a man, NAY
I'm not surprised with Nintendo shutting down a fan-made movie but it's obvious why they won't touch doujins with a ten-foot pole.
Just imagine the headlines:
"Nintendo Cockblocks Link in lastest Zelda Porn Crackdown"
Talk about tarnishing their "family-friendly" name...
>Nintendo generally leaves doujinshi and other such unauthorised derivative works alone
link plz =D
>Nintendo generally leaves doujinshi and other such unauthorised derivative works alone
link plz =D
Change the names to Zolda and Lank and re-release it, problem solved.
That looked pretty good. Especially for a fan made movie.
Of course Nintendo will try to screw up as many fans-- err, I mean copyright violators as possible as long as it doesn't give them overly negative press (which banning any and all forms of fan material in Japan would most probably cause).
Why should Nintendo be faulted for shutting it down?
They have every right to.
Besides, this "film" looked like crap anyways.
your judging with out seeing
your judging with out seeing asshole
Just to piss of Nintendo, can someone tell me where can I download ROMS?
Trailer looks rather poor anyway. Perhaps Nintendo were embarrassed with the quality?
I would've told nintendo to go fuck themselves and just leave the video up..
so if a famous hollywood directer wanted to shit on a franchise im sure nintendo would not only jump with glee but would also spend millions of dollars to produce it.
the chun li movie rocked btw :p
Who cares, it's shit...
The April Fools trailer from a few years ago looked awesome, they should make that
another example of Nintendo just being ass hats to the western market. if this was doujinshi in japan they wouldn't give a shit. but once you get a group of american white dudes doing their own thing, they drop the hammer on them.
Nintendo and Nintendo of America are damn near separate companies. The different approaches to fanfic is not a surprise.
The key there is the word "American"
Pfft, I would've told nintendo to go fuck themselves and leave it posted anyway.
I think it's dumb of Nintendo to do that, even if the fan movie sucks syphilitic donkey dick.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" it's a French saying, but also used by George Lucas.
First, he dealt with "Turkish Star Wars". The people of Turkey wanted "Star Wars" imported, but their government wanted to keep their culture "Pure" so they commissioned their own version of the movie. Kind of imagine "Land of the Lost" meets 70's "Martial Arts" movies and has some Star Wars footage and the Star Wars and "Indiana Jones" music put in...
I've heard that in "Turkish Prison" they offer it as "rehabilitation" to very vile criminals, like ones who kill and rape little girls or drink alcohol in public... The fools usually accept: "I can watch a stupid movie for three hours, beats twenty years in torture chamber!" Then they get strapped to a chair, "Clockwork Orange" style and watch the movie. In the main dungeon, the torturers hear their screams and pause from their ghastly work, shuddering with guilt and fear.
---Think I'm joking? Watch it on YouTube
Now, of course, George Lucas had nothing to do with this. He heard about it, got a copy and watched it. He said, "Well, I couldn't sue them even if I wanted to. Turkey has no copyright treaty with the United States... And, well, imitation is the highest form of flattery, so I can only forgive." he looked stunned and mentioned he'd like to communicate with them, that if they wanted to make any more movies he'd have his studio help at very reasonable costs...
Later, when computer technology made digital movie making accessible to most people, a few "Fan Made" Star Wars movies came out. Likewise, George Lucas said he'd accept them as long as they made no money from it. His rationale on copyright is 70s and non-mickey mouse. He's against copying the star wars tape and giving it to friends, but making your own stuff on your own time, well it's flattery and if anything free advertisement.
Lest you forget.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/movies/28HARM.html?pagewanted=1
Wait, so Nintendo lets Wand of Gamelon and Faces of evil get made and, adding insult to injury, distributed, but a FAN FILM get's canned?
What the hell, Nintendo? What the hell?
Take that! Fans of our franchise that you helped support. We don't take kindly to folks that take kindly 'round here.....Oh, It sucked?? Vault that shit then.
Reminds me of how Square axed Chrono Resurrection back in the day :(
Seen the movie, not the best piece of fan made movie I've seen, they could have looked for people who can act but I don't think Nintendo was right to shut them down. Then again the horror that was Mario probably still haunts Nintendo to this very day.
Thank goodness it wasn't Legend of Neil.
Don't know about you guys but the trailer looks like a B-movie? But still there are budgeted game movie for you guys can enjoy like Metal Gear:Philanthropy you can watch this at
http://www.watch-movies-online.tv/movies/metal_gear_solid_philanthropy/
I personally loved the trailer and wanted to see the film so badly. It looked like it had a good story and decent effects (for a fanfilm that is) and I'm a fan of Zelda (not so much the newer games, really) so when I first saw the trailer, I nearly had a nerdgasm. I'm still a fan of Nintendo, even though they commited possibly the biggest mistake they have ever made. And I noticed someone mention the Megaman film in one of the above comments... that film was actually decent, and actually had Asian actors (oddly enough, though, they all played the robot characters).
The Legend of Nelda: Times of Copyright
Should of produced it under that name.. would of made it...
Just another reason why copyright needs to be changed.
Call it something neutral and give Nintendo the Finger. But since I know how Law works they would have needed some major money just to keep Nintendo off their back in court even if it was not based on Zelda.
The real world is so cool with all these fools in it.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"?
Seems like N*ntenDONT was too proud to let this movie off the hook. Perhaps making a movie (in comparison to "smaller", more "subtle" doujinshii) based on a certain (very) famous character is crossing the line in this one? I think if the movie were to be made by Japanese, it would've encounter the same fate, no?
Like other commenters say, sooner or later, the movie will be available to curious ones out there. In Internet, resistance is somewhat futile?
ow come on
cant your fans dream a little?
if you dont wanna make a movie, just let the fans make it theirself...
why the F does every one think the movie was bad do you want some uwe bol person to do it i think not.
It's decent it drags on allot but once the movie gets to its climax its great the swordfighting etc. it just really bugs me.
Dont judge a film unless you have a valid source or you have seen it.
Lol i saw this movie bout a week ago. it wasnt too bad for a fan fic, i've defenitly seen worse.
This movie happen right after the Super Mario Brothers movie. It leaves off where the movie ended and the Marios make a camio
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT! MAN OR WOMAN? ANIWAY... MINE!!
COWARDS
lol, did any1 else notice "link" did'nt say a single word in the ign trailer? :P
The last time I heard, parody works and copyrighted characters were allowed to be used as long as:
1. You say flat out that you are not connected with Nintendo in any fashion or any other copyright-owning company.
2. The work is tasteful to the objective observer if released on a website where anyone can get it if they wish to (I.E. no sex stuff unless it's on a site with parental controls and a password login needed).
Now, that is American law.... I'm not sure if the laws are different where this guy is living, but most times in the rest of the world, the laws are even more lax than they are in the United States when it comes to parody and fan-made stuff.
Try telling that to Disney.
Dude, this film really sucks.
The one on youtube looks better than this one. the one that nintendo made on april fools day. If you havent seen it go to youtube & check it out.
Thank god NIntendo shut down this shitty movie. Bad movies like these ruin the image of great games.
Nintendo sucks dick!1 I wanted to see this shit but NOOOOOOO!!! family friendly dicks. They let every single hentai manga slide, no problem. But a fan film that looks kickass, they hop on it like rednecks on their cousins.
The trailer was great! It made me laugh for the fail that was filling up the screen! It's a great comedy!
Maybe Nintendo thinks the movie is screwing up their sales because people are losing faith in Zelda after watching the film
Nevertheless, the movie sucked. But it is a kick in the balls to get something offline when you worked years on it.
In my opinion, Nintendo should leave it online, even though it is crappy, and even though it might damage the image Zelda has created.
It's not like that this movie will ever make it into the cinema, nor gain popularity. So what does it matter?
"Curiously, Nintendo generally leaves doujinshi and other such unauthorised derivative works alone in Japan, where even semi-commercial fan-works with purely pornographic intentions pass completely unmolested, with the relationship between fandom and publishers understood to be a symbiotic rather than adversarial one."
That matter, I do understand. This movie can be seen everywhere online. However, the doujin policy is quite strict in Japan. You need to really SEARCH for it if you want to see it. That means that you choose for it, to have another view on Zelda. That's not the case with the movie.
Also, another fact is that the creators already know that somewhere on the internet, someone already saved the movie, and probably will put it online again. It's not like a word of Nintendo will stop trivial stuff like that. Otherwise, the whole pirating industry would be down already.
Can you give me a good explaination of the doujin policy? The OKs and the No-No's?
You're implying that because it's online people are somehow forced to watch it and gain a different viewpoint. I'm pretty sure I chose to watch it, nothing was holding me a gunpoint and telling me to watch.
I hardly see how looking for a manga or stumbling across a barely promoted movie are any different.
Thats because a real Zelda film is in the works!!!
I'm glad they shut it down.
For those who complained: have you guys actually see the trailer??
I know it's fan made and all, but they should have done it in smaller scope and not B-buster movie (b as in BAD)
Good they shut it down, it looked like shit.
Is like a bad joke ? Well in 2010 make a movie like that, even a amateur can do something better than this thing...
So Nintenshit stop trying to make movies. thanks.
What do you expect? The makers were whites.
So true, so true.
If it had been made by slanty-eyed yellowskin gooks it would probably have been better.
At last, they'll be able to spell Link's name corectly :D
Spell maybe but if asians were doing the movie we'd only here people calling "Rink" all teh time since they don't say L's.
would suck.
Link looks way too damn old.
SOMEONE POST A DOWNLOAD LINK RIGHT FUCKING NOW!
no
Sure is ORIGINAL CHARACTERS DO NOT STEAL in here.
The Hentai doujinshi is a different matter.
Nintendo used to be a love hotel long ago.
So they can appreciate that.
why?
because it would surely be terrible (the trailer is indication of that) nothing is worse than weaboo fan movies (except maybe weaboo fan dubs). i hate you all
don't worry, we hate you too :)
the legend of zelda Evolution XD
Nintendo doesn't seem to be the good company that it used to be.
I am very disappointed at the double standards that they have set
Except, they have always been uptight about copyright issues, especially their policy on ROM emulation.
But as mentioned, nothing as petty as this.
Hey, don't drag Doujinshi into this. What if they go after that stuff as well?
Once again companies show their two-facedness.
Just fuck nintendo, no one needs that shitty company anymore!
sorry but this fan movie was an insult to the Zelda fanchise. If you actually liked this movie, you are not a true Zelda fan at all. Fuck off with your faggotry. This fan movie was complete shit. The actors were complete shit. And WTF Saria is Links adopted mother??
Think before you speak. It was shut down because it insulted the series. If I never played a Zelda game in my life before and saw this movie first, then I would think Zelda is a piece of shit.
Glad Nintendo took action. Not only was this movie bad, but the creators of it had a giant ego and wanted to look like a Hollywood blockbuster. Doing tours around the US and then wanting to release it on DVD. And yes, They were making money off of this shit. They were just covering up their asses.
you wouldn't want fans shitting all over you franchises either
OMG, completely. I had the unfortunate willpower to sit though and watch all of the fanflick. Man was it one of the worse crap-fests I have ever seen. If only nintendo had moved sooner so I would have missed it.
Movie was shit, actors were shit, plot was shit. OoT may be an awesome game, but it would be a horrible movie.
"Doubt you will do better" or "If you haven't seen it, don't comment" are both entirely irrelevant and illogical arguments. If you brought that up in any respectable debate, you'd get shot down faster than a cannon fodder gundam facing the Freedom.
Whether or not the commentor has the ability to do better is entirely irrelevant as to the actual quality of the work (and the commentor's right to comment about it). If it is bad, it is bad.
Nintendo sucks balls.
Doubt you will do something better; stop being so Nintendo about it...
And te wii is a fag console to gays who like to pee sitting.
Saw the trailer? Had that been my franchise I'd do everything possible to stop such western faggotry.
If only the guys who sold Dragonballz to Hollywood realized the same thing...
Movie is a piece of shit. Every character is horribly miscast and is a terrible actor. Link looks like a cross between Tidus and Raiden from MGS. Or just a gay pornstar.
I hope that Capcom has the balls to do this with the Mega Man shitfest that is being made.
Oh, and I'd rather fap to Zelda than play watch this video diarrhea. I am pretty sure Nintendo agrees with this too.
Yeah you are a faggot. At least they tried to make something interesting.
Kudos to them for trying to make something interesting, unfortunately it did indeed look like shit. I don't think Nintendo should have stepped in, but I don't think of this as something I'd want to watch either (really, it's the same kind of bastardization we in the west are known for).
hero of time was alright the last part of the movie was the best i would say great swordplay.
dont judge it unless you've seen it. also its better then supermariobros the movie.
Nintendo has been doing this for years even when Poketmonster fans wanted to share Information on stuff. Nintendo kept trying keep Poket Monster fans on a lid on stuff even Enforce there copy right laws agianst fans it seems if Nintendo wants to sue people just using there Image is being used as a Parody or something far worse then your going to find that fans won't buy your products.
When i read the article, is went Nintendo FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, but then i saw the trailer and thanked Nintendo from the bottom of my heart for shutting down this blaphemy to Link's quality name.
actually from the trailer this seems so bad it might qualify as a parody which is an exception to copywright laws. that's how sat night live and mad tv get away with all the crap they do.
This is trademark law which is different than _Copyright_ laws.
A company has to actively defend the use of their trademarks or else they lost it to common usage.
Copyright = a right. Not Wright.
Yes, because individual fans apparently have the production power of Hollywood.
Over-expecting, much?
Watch the trailer, it looks beyond stupid and like a high school play that was shot before hand and had a budget for some early 90's special affects.
Ironically enough,they actually would allow a doujinshi manga where link took a shit on zelda.
It's gonna be available as a torrent for long, long time.
Congratulations Nintendo, you have created the Streisand Effect.
That trailer was a well made april fools joke done by IGN. Shame it wasn't real, because it almost looked decent.
Dreck, you're thinking of the April fools day joke done by IGN, I believe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8
That's actually WHY they made this film.
Actually I thought I remember seeing a different trailer to a independent film of zelda about a year 1/2 ago or so... it looked a hell of alot better than this - but now I'm starting to wonder if its the same or what X_X
Ever seen Assassins Creed fanmade movie?
Well, it was crap! So would have this movie be if they did not stop it.
It was stopped a month after distribution.
Does that not denote to you the status of it's completion?
Lord of the Rings fan-made pretty good imo
well the trailer is still crap so the complete work is crap
Compared to all the utter masterpiece fan-made works you've had the pleasure of viewing I imagine?
There's nothing "curious" about tolerating doujins but not this movie. That'd be because comapnies like Nintendo are litterally many-faced, being multinationals, ie aggregates of several companies that actually each have their own policies. Nintendo's japanese component tolerates doujins, and Nintendo of America doesn't tolerate fan movies. Two different companies, two different policies.
Its Nintendo America is why we can't stand Nintendo anymore. They're complete idiots that push hardware, casual shovelware and other crap we don't care about.