Weāre used to seeing tons of Mario tributes on the internet, in live action videos or custom-made browser games where Nintendoās mascot does things he wouldnāt normally do. The Japanese publisher seems to turn something of a blind eye to most of these.
But SOPA probably wouldnāt. Itās that supposition that powers NoLan Labsā Super SOPA Bros. Made as part of a protest game jam on rapid development site Ludum Dare, SSB strip out anything recognizableāand thus most of the charmāfrom World 1-1 of Super Mario Bros. I played it for about 10 minutes before I wanted to stop.
Thatās ultimately the point, though. SOPA could possibly eliminate a whole category of creativity that references or comments on other creativity. As Stephen Totilo pointed out yesterday, itād strangle use of copyrighted material and SOPAās vague language seems to indicate that any use of such material would be tantamount to piracy and a violation of the law, were it to pass.
You can play Super SOPA Brosāif you want toāand the other Ludum Dare Stop SOPA Game Jam entries by visiting this page
SOPAJam [Ludum Dare]
