Sony has pulled a popular Super Mario character model from PlayStation 4 game Dreams after a complaint from Nintendo.
As spotted by GoNintendo, Dreams creator PieceOfCraft took to Twitter to reveal “Mario projects in Dreams are on hold” after their Super Mario, used by many user-generated Super Mario levels, was pulled offline.
Good news and bad news
We flew too close to the sun boys! A big video game company who i will keep nameless obviously didn’t read my “be cool” note in dreams
no worries though have a back up plan. But for now Mario projects in dreams are on hold until i put said plan into effect pic.twitter.com/ifGDM0jFZ3— PieceofCraft (@Piece_of_Craft) March 20, 2020
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PieceOfCraft went on to say they received an email from Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe that stated Nintendo had objected to their use of the Super Mario intellectual property in Dreams.
The email came through to the same email i have linked to my psn but it was from the legal and business affairs Division of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
so not from Mm.
And stated Nintendo, themselves, had objected to my use of their Super Mario IP in Dreams— PieceofCraft (@Piece_of_Craft) March 21, 2020
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PieceOfCraft said they can no longer edit the original creation, which is flagged as removed because it contains copyrighted material, and other Dreams players will not be able to find or use it. “It’s kinda like a slap on the wrist,” they said.