Nintendo is taking battle royale Super Mario Bros offline for the second time

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The developer behind a battle royale-style Super Mario Bros game has, according to Nintendo, violated copyrights, forcing the game to be taken offline. Earlier, the maker already received a warning and the adjustments turned out to be insufficient.

On its site, developer InfernoPlus says that despite the adjustments after the previous takedown based on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Nintendo still believes the game is infringing copyrights. The developer does not know what copyrights these are, but it seems that the levels and general gameplay are still too similar to those of the original Super Mario Bros. The developer indicates that he does not know what to adjust and does not want to change things blindly to avoid further legal consequences. Infernoplus indicates that it will soon go into detail about the game and its short lifespan on its YouTube channel.

The battle royale-like game suddenly appeared on the internet a few weeks ago, after which the developer quickly received a message from Nintendo that he had to take the game offline. Infernoplus then modified the game with custom items and characters. The game has since been called DMCA Royale with the main character Infringio instead of Mario.

In the game, 100 players played against each other in randomly generated levels. The player who reached the finish line first won and second and third places also got a mention, but all the other players fell into the lava. The hundred Marios could not interact directly with each other, but could interact with each other through the game world, for example by strategically moving shields.

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