Zelda is now officially on the iPhone, though it’s not quite what you would expect. Ultimate iZelda Climb developed by Audio Attack is not your standard Zelda game but is quite simply a clone of DoodleJump. I haven’t had a chance to play it but be sure to grab it before Nintendo take it down.
I would sue. Sue them for all they got.
While you’re at it, you should sue every Zelda romhacker and every Zelda fan game maker. :eyeroll:
As soon as Nintendo see it they’ll sue them for all they’re worth. It’s harming the Zelda brand after all
No… See because Nintendo doesn’t NEED to take them for all they’ve got. They’re not a company that needs to profit off of these guys’ small amount of success. They’ll just get it taken down asap.
Given that these guys are profiting off of Nintendo’s IP, you’re not exactly noticing important distinctions in your sarcasm.
Nintendo wouldn’t waste their time suing a romhacker or fan-game maker, mostly because no money is being made off of their property.
In this case, the app creator is making over $1 USD per purchase while using copyrighted (or trademarked; it’s mostly the same in the large scope of things) material, which is grounds for a lawsuit.
Yes, the difference between Rom hackers and fan game makers though is they don’t distribute their product and if they do they’re smart enough to change what they have to in order to prevent copyright infringement.
That’s different. In this case, this “game” is hurting the brand of the game because this is a ripoff of another game using the Zelda name for their own profit.
They won’t sue them, just take it down… why pay hundreds of thousands to take down a fan-made app? Even if it’s copyright-infringing? Just tell Apple to take it down… it’s quicker (a few days, or even hours, versus months) and free.
“why pay hundreds of thousands to take down a fan-made app?” how would the heck you know that?
It’s not fan made. The team that made this have also made the same type of clone using themes such as Hello Kitty and Call of Duty. Since they haven’t been sued yet, they keep on using those characters as they please to attract people, and they’re charging for the app. A fan made manga or story using Zelda characters is allowed; a shameless rip off of the game so they can make money is violating the copyright act. If this turns into something bigger, even apple may be in trouble because the app store allows people to rip off whatever they want and make money off of it.
not, free not getting it…
Wow. So they’re breaking copyrights, AND charging for it?
Sounds like they’re asking for trouble.
Well there’s a developer that’s about to lose a lot of money!
Bad Zelda clone.that’s the best Apple can accomplish..
Apple didn’t make it…
It is developed for their “system”
That doesn’t mean crap.
It does now! now make me a sandwich.
It even says developed by Audio Attack, my guess? he’s trolling.
Apple approved it. They reject tons of apps from 3rd parties (which end up on Cydia) – but then they approved this.
If Someone stole a car radio, and gave it to me, then I sold it, I’m a partner in crime.
It’s Zelda. Apple should have known better. If it were me, I would hold Apple responsible as well.
You can’t expect every apple employee to know what Zelda is.
And you can’t expext them to typ in “Zelda” in google?! …
I don’t. I expext every human being, and some animals to know what Zelda is.
^Expect.
+ 1 for Jaded
“You can’t expect every apple employee to know what Zelda is” Are you saying that one employee does this? It should take lots more people to help approve apps.
Im sure that they have to do some amount of research before they approve apps.
Even when they dont know zelda…. audio attack also made call of duty, fast and furious, jurassic park and hello kitty apps. dont you think they should know at least one of the names?
Honestly they are begging for beiing sued
They don’t need to know what Zelda is, but they should be running copywright checks. The least they could do is internet search the name of the app they’re approving, a google image search would show the character and they could see from wikipedia that it’s owned by nintendo…
If they’re incapable of simply searching the title, i’m baffled as to how their approval process works…
Apple didn’t make, the more you know, and knowing is half the battle.
Go Joe!
I am now off to correct other idiots of the internet.
Good luck!..Undercover Cobra agent..
better recheck who the idiot really is. Its irrelevant if apple made this. This is a unauthorised nintendo PRODUCT on a apple device. So ye apple is also responsible
apple approved it, knowing all the facts is the key to winning the battle.
Well, it HAS been stated that Apple is pretty desperate for Nintendo to develop some first party games for their, er, “consoles”, as they may call them. This is probably the best they’ll get though.
Once again, you’re talking about guys in an office who accept applications to a device – Why should they know what games Nintendo own? Not all apps are games, and not all people who play games on a phone are familiar with Nintendo’s titles.
P.S. Apple never said anything about wanting Nintendo games – It’s analysts. Geez.
this comment is full of fail
Well the fact that nintendo is one of the most well known gaming companies means that you’d expect the average person to at least know the company.
If it’s your job to make sure a game is allowed onto the app store, and it’s your job to check if it breaches copyright, and you let a game like this through that even has the name of the franchise it is ripping off as part of its title, you can’t be very good at it…
Shameless Games Apps
Bad Zelda clone lol, that is the best Apple can do.
You are inept? Apple didn’t make this
*are you inept
lol go back to school.
Me be Inept?
This is 3rd party.
3rd party develuper for apple not owned by apple.
a 1st party is owned by apple.
And Android????
Take ’em down Nintendo!!!
And you Apple fans claim the iPhone is a gaming platform. hahaha. This is proof.
First of all Apple only calls the iPad a gaming platform. I would never call the iPhone a gaming platform.
You’re talking like everyone here gives a crap about your opinion.
They specifically called out the iPod touch as the number one gaming device in the world. You hear that? NUMBER ONE GAMING DEVICE IN THE WORLD.
Source.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/321308/apple-ipod-touch-now-the-no1-portable-game-player/ Here’s your source. Happy now?
Should we call it “Device-which-plays-games-and-makes-phone-calls” then?
Really? A Zelda clone is proof? I play much more on my 3DS (already have over 300 hours clocked) than on my iPod, but really you’re just being an idiot. The iOS devices play games, therefore they’re gaming platforms. Is that too complicated for you?
Just because something can play games does not make it a gaming platform would you call a Texas Instruments TI-84 a gaming platform?
Your statement sounds true but in case of iOS there are probably close to 100,000 game apps. Though most of them are crap, still you can find some really excellent ones with the help of review websites. I spent probably several hundred hours on my ipod last year playing games. If that is still not considered as a gaming device what the hell should I call it?
A phone?
If you want to troll, then do it right. Mine is ipod (runs iOS which I consider a platform for gaming)
This is like saying if my car has a radio, it’s a radio.
idevices are multimedia devices, not handheld gaming devices.
And the 3DS isn’t a multimedia device? It plays MP3’s, it takes pictures, it plays videos, it has a web browser, it has apps on the eShop…I think that is enough to call the 3DS a multimedia device. ;)
Would have been more interested if it was any of the Zelda CDi games ;)
For $5 (or less) I might have seen what all the (bad) fuss was about.
Go for a CD-i emulator
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Wow, not worth 99 Cents. No sound effects, no music and terrible game mechanics.
How long until it’s taken down? I give it a maximum of 3 days. Starting… now!
This sucked big time, don’t waste your money!
xD you actually bought it!?
I did too. :D Purely because I want to see if I’ll be issued a refund when it’s removed and I complain about it. I seriously doubt it though. ;)
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I don’t see how this is damaging Nintendo. Now zelda is on a console that people actually own.
Oooooh low blow……ass
@ Andrew, hahah XD
Sorry not all of us have time to buy the iphone 5 .365 Super Ultra Mega Extreme Awesome X-2.
Now for the intelligent fact, *cough* Wii Total Sales *cough*
Right, because millions of people that own Nintendo consoles equates to nobody owning Nintendo consoles.
Can’t tell if troll, or just really, really, really, really, really stupid. Or both.
I own a 3ds and so do my friends. Thus, argument negated.
funny that you say that, because the majority of people own a wii, even if they dot play it anymore (which i do) nintendo still made the money, so i would bet more people have bought a wii than an xbox or something
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I was like “OH yeah will get that now-oh…69p..f-that.”
I thought Nintendo wasn’t going to do mobile games?
They aren’t this is developed by Audio Attack without Nintendo’s premission
Is that a mug shot of you?
lol this ^
I like how the developer is called Audio Attack, when their is no audio in the game…
Lol! i find it desturbing when company’s are being sarcastic to attract customers.
Zelda can’t be played with out music!!!!!! Really, thats one of the main reasons i play Zelda…. the Music…………
this looks so pathetic nintendo will probably take it down because its copyrighted and its just a disgrace to zelda and fans everywhere
I wonder how this fits into the timeline hahahahaha
It fits into the CD-i timeline
Of NON-EXISTANCE!!!!!!!! ^_^
Game looks retarded…. Sue them Nintendo!!!
Is it possible to e-mail Nintendo about this?
I would be fine with this if they weren’t charging for it. But, I don’t think Nintendo should sue, but just have it taken down. People who make iPhone apps generally aren’t rolling in cash, so taking their money is a little harsh.
i agree, when something does well and is popular, you see “clones” of it, on the exbox there is a game that is the same as angry birds and it’s called angry fish, when something is popular and a clone is made, it increases profit by more then you expect, there is a ton of knockoff games everywhere, it’s part of how people make money
Sometimes the clones were more popular than the original..
Yep. Even Angry Birds is actually a clone of a Flash game that came out years before it!
Well, the developers are doing it on purpose and this can damage Zelda’s image. Plus, they’re charging for it and it’s not the first time they do it. They have used Call of Duty themes as well as Hello Kitty. When it comes to protecting their stuff, Nintendo can be pretty harsh. There was this guy that pirated New Super Mario Bros and uploaded it to the Internet. I’m not sure if he charged anything for it, but Nintendo won the case and the guy was order to pay over 1 million dollars for damages plus he would have to cover Nintendo’s legal fees like the court and stuff. Nintendo has also won against R4 cards that had been used for the piracy of games and stuff.
Nintendo can be pretty hardcore in this aspect and you wouldn’t want to be caught dead damaging their properties.
That’s one thing I love about them: they care about their image a LOT!! ^_^
Wow. These guys have got some big balls to do something like that.
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS!
At first I thought the face is terrible but after a while is OK.
Still this looks like some simple action jumping game. Totally can’t compare with big N Zelda.
Zelda Doodle Jump? I almost LOL’d. :)) WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY.
Why do so many people hate Apple? My friends, and so many people in this comment thread do not understand what apple actually do as a company.
*waits for negative response* :3
Apple is a great company in overal but i hate their comments on gaming and hate their approval system. They Approved a Zelda clone payware on Iphone.
Apple is a great company appart from that, I have a mac and i love it over Windows. Fact, Microsoft copied the Apple Operating system. Apple is a original company as they don’t copy but did Apple get their Ipad idea from startrek?
Also, I think it’s quite silly for you to suggest we pay for a game that is breaching nintendo’s copyright. It’s obviously not even that good, and you’re just helping a company make money of someone elses franchise
ROFL why is link floating on air?? XD