Why do people make fangames?
10-29-2011, 12:25 AM
Strange. I'm not sure how I even found this. Sorry for that. I didn't mean to necropost, but I felt this was a pretty important topic that ended on the wrong note.
Pokemon games seem to do quite well on the internet. A problem seems to be, that everybody wants to do the same games. I've seen every name of Pokemon games there is, plus a dozen Final Fantasy Ones (which in itself, since new characters are introduced almost every game, it's really not much of a constant series. I suppose most people do it for the races of characters.), as well as quite a few Sonic the Hedgehogs (One was absolutely stunning. Just as good as any you can find in the store), and everybody insists on trying to make a Super Smash Bros.
I've seen quite a few Mario and Mario spinoffs. Some have been great, others, not so much.
Ask yourself this; how many Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Metal Gear, even Super Mario RPG (Which I would think would be a no-brainer, being RPG Maker and all) have you seen? These have some of the largest fan bases in the world. I can't tell you how many forums I've seen begging for a Pikmin 3, or asking for Chao back in Sonic. These have been out for what, 7+ years now, and nobody has bothered. If you google those, you'll find either a bunch of hoaxes (Pikmen on Youtube, Spore Pikmin, Texture hacks for the original game, ect.) or half-put together, incomplete projects (Every single Chao game out there is Dress-up, or a Chao running around a garden. Somebody made an Animal Crossing, but not with any of the characters from the game. They just used the RTP in a fixed town and called it that.) Super Mario RPG has a single hack that recolors Mario to look like Luigi, but nobody has taken it upon themselves to go ahead and do it right.
I don't know about the legality of doing something like this, but I'm pretty sure the companies don't really mind. Just give them full credit, tell people who play it to go out and buy their real games, and don't charge any money for it.
Pokemon games seem to do quite well on the internet. A problem seems to be, that everybody wants to do the same games. I've seen every name of Pokemon games there is, plus a dozen Final Fantasy Ones (which in itself, since new characters are introduced almost every game, it's really not much of a constant series. I suppose most people do it for the races of characters.), as well as quite a few Sonic the Hedgehogs (One was absolutely stunning. Just as good as any you can find in the store), and everybody insists on trying to make a Super Smash Bros.
I've seen quite a few Mario and Mario spinoffs. Some have been great, others, not so much.
Ask yourself this; how many Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Metal Gear, even Super Mario RPG (Which I would think would be a no-brainer, being RPG Maker and all) have you seen? These have some of the largest fan bases in the world. I can't tell you how many forums I've seen begging for a Pikmin 3, or asking for Chao back in Sonic. These have been out for what, 7+ years now, and nobody has bothered. If you google those, you'll find either a bunch of hoaxes (Pikmen on Youtube, Spore Pikmin, Texture hacks for the original game, ect.) or half-put together, incomplete projects (Every single Chao game out there is Dress-up, or a Chao running around a garden. Somebody made an Animal Crossing, but not with any of the characters from the game. They just used the RTP in a fixed town and called it that.) Super Mario RPG has a single hack that recolors Mario to look like Luigi, but nobody has taken it upon themselves to go ahead and do it right.
I don't know about the legality of doing something like this, but I'm pretty sure the companies don't really mind. Just give them full credit, tell people who play it to go out and buy their real games, and don't charge any money for it.
