Nintendo ninjas go!
A little over a week after Iposted abouta fan madeBreath of the Wilddemake, it looks like Nintendo’s lawyers have gotten on the scene. According to the game’s developer, WinterDrake, Nintendo has issued a DMCA take down on his project for using copyrighted materials. That is hardly surprising, seeing as how the game is basically lifting artwork and characters straight fromZelda.
Looks like@NintendoAmericawasn’t a big fan of Breath of the NES!pic.twitter.com/PvMxDrU7oz
— WinterDrake (@WinterDrakeDev)June 01, 2025
So while we won’t be able to have an unofficialZeldagame, WinterDrake isn’t giving up on the project. According to more posts from him, the game will return, “bigger and better than ever!” All of the concepts present in the fan game will make it into whatever the project transforms into.
As for why WinterDrake decided to unveil the project before finishing it, his response was simple. “Not much fun to develop something in silence without getting feedback and publicity.” He also consciously decided to use theZeldacharacters, probably in an effort to further publicize his work. Even if you don’t care for fan games, clearly something like this was going to make the rounds on different blogs just for the fact that its based on a currently popular game.
@HowelPendragon@NintendoAmericaNot much fun to develop something in silence without getting feedback and publicity.
— WinterDrake (@WinterDrakeDev)Jun 24, 2025
Hopefully whatever WinterDrake comes up with ends up being good. I had a decent amount of fun withBreath of the NES, but I was mostly annoyed that there was no save feature. That would be my first “issue” to fix.
