Goten4
Nov 29th, 2009, 05:37 PM
Nokia's new N900 features possibly illegal Nintendo Emulators
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http://m2.n4g.com/8/News/434000/434821_1_hs.jpg The N900, Nokia's new smartphone (http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-434821.aspx#), was recently released in the US and is already causing problems, namely through a video posted via the Nokia blog. Said video shows Apps for the smartphone (http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-434821.aspx#), which enable you to play classic Nintendo games with an emulator.
"There's already a bunch of great retro gaming emulator apps available for you to download" is one of the video's captions, while Super Mario World is being played on the N900. The author's description adds that some emulators require additional ROMs to be downloadad, which "most publishers allow, provided that the user is in possession of the original title."
According to Nintendo UK PR Manager Robert Saunders, Nintendo was unaware of Nokia's actions, but will investigate this topic, to see if copyright infringement has taken place.
The youtube-video can be found in the source. I think they should have contacted Nintendo if they wanted to use games from them on a cell phone, I mean Nintendo would have told them no. But at least they would have tried the right way.
6 (http://www.n4g.com/wii/NewsCom-434821.aspx?CT=1#Comments)
http://m2.n4g.com/8/News/434000/434821_1_hs.jpg The N900, Nokia's new smartphone (http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-434821.aspx#), was recently released in the US and is already causing problems, namely through a video posted via the Nokia blog. Said video shows Apps for the smartphone (http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-434821.aspx#), which enable you to play classic Nintendo games with an emulator.
"There's already a bunch of great retro gaming emulator apps available for you to download" is one of the video's captions, while Super Mario World is being played on the N900. The author's description adds that some emulators require additional ROMs to be downloadad, which "most publishers allow, provided that the user is in possession of the original title."
According to Nintendo UK PR Manager Robert Saunders, Nintendo was unaware of Nokia's actions, but will investigate this topic, to see if copyright infringement has taken place.
The youtube-video can be found in the source. I think they should have contacted Nintendo if they wanted to use games from them on a cell phone, I mean Nintendo would have told them no. But at least they would have tried the right way.