Canned Dogs has reported on two doujin games– which are, of course, fan-made/amateur games, often based on copyrighted works (but sometimes original, like the Touhou series) –that have been cracked down upon by copyright owners lately. The first is Tatakae! Ore no Hatsune Miku ver 1.2, a game based on the heavily-marketed (and uber-viral) character of the Vocaloid voice-generation software. The second was a Haruhi game called Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou (”The Fierce Fighting of Haruhi Suzumiya”).

The interesting thing is, it looks like neither of these games were ero (and therefore not “damaging” to the characters’ reputations), and apparently Vocaloid owner Crypton won’t allow doujin games even if they’re distributed for free, and Kadokawa has never been fond of doujin games.

…But before you get mad at the Japanese companies for keeping down the fans, keep in mind that in the USA these games would probably never even get made to begin with @_@ Though I somehow feel so tempted to grab a copy of RPG Maker and get started on some Haruhi sprites. As if I don’t have enough to keep me busy already.

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