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Nintendo Shuts Down Unofficial NFT Game

Draugoth

Gold Member

Nintendo has recently closed the door on the development of an unofficial Mario-based platform game that rewards players with NFTs for completing their levels. The people involved in the offering, 1Up, call themselves ‘an NFT powered gaming platform which decentralizes battle royale tournaments for the average gamer, allowing them to earn.’ Interesting stuff, but let’s be honest, everyone knows that Nintendo would never let this slide.

1Up was offering players the chance to play a battle royale style game on their platform for a small fee which purchased them a 1up token, where up to 100 players would compete to win a chunk of the aggregate entry fee. The top 10 players then receive an increasing amount depending on their placing. Players were also offered the chance to stake their 1Up tokens as an incentive to ‘win’ Mario-themed NFTs and access to rare NFT sales. It was always going to attract attention considering Nintendo’s historical stance on someone unofficially using their brand icons.

Nintendo is fiercely protective of their IPs, and it’s not the first time they’ve shut something down related to their lovable Italian plumber. They won a lawsuit against a company offering a physical representation of Mario Kart in the heart of Japan a few years ago, so no sooner had Mario fans made Nintendo aware of the NFT based game, it was gone.
 
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