This was originally a post I had on GameFAQs (UPD: They deleted it for “trolling”… wtf) but I thought I would also appeal to my users to contact Nintendo as well. I myself have not been contacted by Nintendo, nor have you probably, but we can still help try to rectify this situation because it affects everyone. I don’t want to be in fear of putting up information and you as fans probably want continued coverage across ALL fansites. Please take the time to contact Nintendo here.
On the drop down list you can choose ‘Corporate Questions‘ and in the second drop down ‘Trademark/Copyright Questions‘. If you are too busy to write out your own message to them (I HIGHLY recommend you try) you can copy this message that I have written and put your name at the bottom:
Dear Nintendo,
I’ve seen several Pokemon fansites take down their images of the newest Pokemon Black and White games at your request. I just wanted to write in to express my dissatisfaction with this request. We as fans would like to know all about the games that your company publishes and would like to fully appreciate the long hard work Game Freak has put into this new generation of Pokemon games. It seems uncharacteristic for Nintendo to be so harsh on sites that only wish to see your games thrive and help build the community around them. It hurts not only fans, but also our image of Nintendo as a company. We hope you would reconsider your recent actions taken against sites such as Serebii (http://serebii.net) and PokeBeach (http://pokebeach.com).
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
X
I don’t think I have to remind everyone here that if we all want to be able to receive the best coverage (or in my case give the best coverage) we need to work together as a community to ask Nintendo to allow us to continued access regarding BW screenshots and images. This would take at max 5 minutes of your time. PLEASE HELP!
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“Hello x,
Thanks for contacting us about our request regarding Pokémon Black and White images. I wanted to let you know that Nintendo supports and appreciates the efforts that Pokémon fans go through to create fan sites. In most cases there is no issue with the content that is posted, but on this occasion we had to contact a select few websites to ask them to take down confidential images. I also wanted to let you know that your comments have been documented and made available to other departments to use as they see fit. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us.
Sincerely, x Nintendo of America Inc.”
Just received that, too.
If it’s about “confidential images” (such as the leaked starter images), I can understand. But wasn’t the source 2-Chan or whatever, so shouldn’t Nintendo go after them? (lol Nintendo attacking 2-Chan)
I emailed them asking to specify what these confidential images were. Last I knew ‘confidential’ was a term used to describe things like top secret military reports, not a video game released to the public. :/
I just received that word for word too. :/
This is what I got as well.
Exactly what I just received.
just got a mail back from nintendo as respons to my mail.
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Hello Jesper,
Thanks for contacting us about our request regarding Pokemon Black and White images. I wanted to let you know that Nintendo supports and appreciates the efforts that Pokemon fans go through to create fan sites. In most cases there is no issue with the content that is posted, but on this occasion we had to contact a select few websites to ask them to take down confidential images.
I also wanted to let you know that your comments have been documented and made available to other departments to use as they see fit. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us.
Sincerely,
Mina Harris
Nintendo of America Inc.
I got the same e-mail from Nintendo as well. I will say this about them, at least they replied to player concerns. As far as the whole cease and desist thing goes, it’s silly. None of those images should be considered confidential…
My guess is it’s an automatic mailing. Not as much effort, and everyone feels like you care.
Hello,
Thanks for contacting us about our request regarding Pokemon Black and White images. I wanted to let you know that Nintendo supports and appreciates the efforts that Pokemon fans go through to create fan sites. In most cases there is no issue with the content that is posted, but on this occasion we had to contact a select few websites to ask them to take down confidential images.
I also wanted to let you know that your comments have been documented and made available to other departments to use as they see fit. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us.
Sincerely,
Sharon Matheny
Nintendo of America Inc.
Same as mine :/
Confidential, this is not the Government, this is Nintendo for crying out loud
Also, what if they decide not to release B/W in the states, I’m guessing this thing is pernament then……
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dl i got the same email that’s stupid 🙁
Hi Pokejungle! I’d like to say that I got a response from Nintendo on the email I sent, looks to be the same as everyone elses’ form email.
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I think this definitely supports my theory that Nintendo has something planned for the English-release, as far as publicity goes. The images would only be “confidential” if they were unreleased. As far as English-speaking countries go, the games ARE unreleased. I hope this means we can have all of our images back this spring!
Here’s the response I got from Nintendo:
Daniel,
Thanks for contacting us about our request regarding Pokemon Black and White images. I wanted to let you know that Nintendo supports and appreciates the efforts that Pokemon fans go through to create fan sites. In most cases there is no issue with the content that is posted, but on this occasion we had to contact a select few websites to ask them to take down confidential images.
I also wanted to let you know that your comments have been documented and made available to other departments to use as they see fit. Thank you for taking the time to share them with us.
Sincerely,
Chelsea MacAran
Nintendo really needs to either understand that they can’t keep surprises if they are going to launch the game in one country before other countries. We live in the age of the internet. Or they need to get on the ball and start releasing games at the same time in multiple countries.