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From the “about damn time” department (cc’ed to the offices of “this better not be an April Fool’s joke”) comes this bit of news exclusively obtained by geek.com. Mobile 1UP, the makers of iPhone Game & Watch clones such as GW Octopus, GW Helmet, GW Fire, and GW Chef, have received a cease and desist order from Nintendo of America. The developer has been ordered to discontinue the sale of its Game & Watch clones, all of which are set to be removed from the App Store shortly.
This news is hardly surprising. If anything, it’s more surprising that it’s taken so long for Nintendo to notice. In response, Mobile 1UP has created and released a pair of new games — GW Lab and GW Monkey — that feature simplistic Game & Watch-styled gameplay with redrawn graphics. The results can be seen in the screenshot above, taken from GW Monkey. Mobile 1UP plans to release more titles in the near future.
There’s been no word on whether Nintendo plans to take similar action with developer i4nApps for its Game & Watch-like apps such as The Hockey. They’re likely to remain safe for the time being, however, as their games aren’t clones of titles originally released by Nintendo themselves.
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