Wasn't sure where to put this, so I posted it here. Anyway, a friend and me are remaking Pokemon Gold. It's a game released in 2000 by Gamefreak, and published by Nintendo. Does anyone know where I should write mails and stuff to get more information about any infringements I might or might not be getting myself into by making such a remake?

do yourself and either stop now or make the game and never ever release to the public. Pokemon is an existing IP that Nintendo takes VERY VERY seriously. they won't allow fan-based games to be released.

Thanks for the information!

It hardly answers my question completely though. :( If I wanted to take someone's word for it fully, I wouldn't have posted here in the first place, because I've already received remarks such as that by other people.

Well, for starters you could check out Nintendo's web page. And then click on the 'contact' button. Or use this link. Mabye the 'general questions' email would be appropriate?

But Alpha_ProgDes is right.

you could also try:
http://warioworld.com/

There's no specific email address because there's no specific department inside Nintendo that is dedicated to "Remakes and Fan Tributes." When you think about it, that really wouldn't make sense.

So go to the Nintendo Corporate site, find an "inquiries" email address and send off your letter, explaining what you want to do and asking that you be redirected to the appropriate parties if necessary.

Good luck. It won't help, but what the hell.

Oluseyi is right. Just submit it like any other submission.

As a few other people have already said, your chances are very low. Especially since your dealing with the Pokemon franchise.

What I would like to do myself is a remake of the Shining Force 3 scenarios released on the Sega Saturn. Two of the three scenarios were never released in english, so I always wanted to remake and translate the other two.

I don't think Sega would allow me too though, which is a great shame :(

Quote: Original post by Afr0m@n
Anyway, a friend and me are remaking Pokemon Gold. It's a game released in 2000 by Gamefreak, and published by Nintendo. Does anyone know where I should write mails and stuff to get more information about any infringements I might or might not be getting myself into by making such a remake?

What you are doing is a breach of copyright and if you were to distribute Nintendo's game to anyone it would open you up to potential legal action. As a previous poster said Pokemon is an active IP which Nintendo will take action to protect.

As you said that you don't want "to take someone's word for it fully" then you should talk to a lawyer.

As for contacting Nintendo you would probably get a faster response if you phone them and ask to talk to the legal/licensing department. Emailing may work but sometimes big companies don't respond very fast to emails sent to info@ addresses.

One important point to note - If you email them and they don't respond you can not assume that it is OK to proceed.

Quote: Original post by Obscure
One important point to note - If you email them and they don't respond you can not assume that it is OK to proceed.

Do people actually think that way?

"I sent an email to ask for permission, but since my email was deleted by their spam filter, I figure it must be okay to proceed."

I have been trying, but cannot fathom any thought process that would assume no response equates to granting permission. Oh well, there are all kinds of people out there, so it must happen occasionally.