Unpacking developer Wren Brier has claimed that Nintendo is not responding to her requests to take down blatant copies of the sport which are nonetheless squatting on the Swap eShop.
In a thread on social media platform Bluesky, Brier factors out that this subject was first raised round two weeks in the past, when a person by the title of Daniel Vuckovic described eShop listings like “Unpacking: Deluxe Version” as “straight up copyright infringement”.
Earlier right this moment, although, within the new thread, Brier says that “it has been over two weeks” and that the listings, which additionally embody the likes of “Unpacking: Chill Music Pack” and “Unpacking: Haunting Areas“, nonetheless have not been eliminated.
Not solely that, however Nintendo hasn’t responded to any of Brier’s studies of what she calls “these egregious scams”, which she accuses of utilizing Unpacking‘s “trademarked sport title” to be able to “purposely [trick] Nintendo clients into shopping for low-cost fakes”.
Disappointingly, this is not the primary time Brier and her staff have run into spurious grifters making an attempt to revenue off their work. Again in 2022, a comparable subject arose when a cellular Unpacking ripoff topped the charts on the iOS App Retailer (shortly earlier than being eliminated, that’s).
It is particularly disheartening when contemplating that Nintendo is apparently more than pleased to implement the type of strict content material laws that result in the Neptunia video games’ Western launch being canceled on Swap, however to not cope with seemingly apparent instances of infringement like this.
As for Unpacking itself, if you have not performed it, it is a puzzle sport that revolves round placing objects of their correct place throughout a collection of rooms. As you play, you will additionally uncover a story advised via the sorts of objects you are, effectively, unpacking.
The sport proved well-liked with gamers, crossing the million-sale mark in November 2022 and bagging itself a cellular launch the next 12 months. You possibly can test it out proper now on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Swap, in addition to the aforementioned cellular units.