Developers Of Cozy Title Unpacking Are Asking Nintendo To Remove "Egregious Scams" From The eShop

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Witch Beam, the creator of the popular indie game is asking Nintendo to take down several fake games from the Switch eShop. These copycat games have similar names and designs, which they say trick customers into buying poor-quality products. This issue raises questions about how well Nintendo checks the quality of games and protects intellectual property on its platform.

Witch Beam has pointed out several games on the eShop that look and sound like its title, including one called by a developer named CGI Lab. Per Eurogamer, Witch Beam claims these games and their extra content are «egregious scams» that exploit 's success and trademark. It also claimed that Nintendo hasn't responded to reports about this situation for over two weeks, even though the copycat games are still available on the eShop. A similar case happened in 2022, leading to the removal of a copycat game from the iOS and Google Play stores.

While many BlueSky users are commenting on this issue, Bobby Jack, in particular, makes a great point:Nintendo likely has its own team dedicated to protecting its property and another team for the eShop. Tiny Newt pointed out that

Unpacking is a zen-like indie game experience of life, love, and moving. Although short, the story and experience are well worth the effort.

The situation shows how hard it is for independent games like to protect their ideas on big digital stores. Nintendo's slow response to these scam games could encourage more developers to make similar knockoff titles, which can hurt both players and genuine developers. These copycat games can reduce trust in the eShop, making it less appealing for indie developers to share their games there.

I'm normally pro-competition, but this doesn't look like it's competitive, just exploitive. The fake games start with the game name and then have a colon, as if they're an add-on. User Chalkitdownn seems to voice what many comments say:

Even still, it isn't fair to say that Nintendo doesn't care. Knockoff