Fans created Project M, a popular Super Smash Bros. Brawl mod, in hopes of changing the Wii title so that it would line up more closely with Melee. Adjustments were made to the overall gameplay, characters, stages, and more. This has been an ongoing effort since 2011.

Sadly, Project M is no more, and development is finished. A final blog post added to the official website acknowledges that the news ÔÇ£will come as a shock to many of our fans.ÔÇØ It goes on to explain: ÔÇ£WeÔÇÖve spent six years polishing Project M, and rather than let it drag on through another several years of dwindling development and change-fatigue in the competitive circle, weÔÇÖre going to consider our work complete.ÔÇØ

Project M was most recently updated during the summer. Version 3.6 came out in late June.

Head past the break for the full farewell message.

   Hello friends,

┬á ┬áSix years ago, we started a journey born out of our shared love for competitive fighting games. Eventually, the electrifying passion that coursed through us arced out and drew in more people until our small circle of friends grew into a team, and that team grew into an international community. Project M and its community have grown larger than any of us ever anticipated, and itÔÇÖs truly heartwarming to see all of the unforgettable connections and friendships that have been forged through this project.

┬á ┬áUnfortunately, weÔÇÖre here to say that weÔÇÖre at the end of that road.

┬á ┬áWeÔÇÖve learned so much in the process of making Project MÔÇöaccumulating life-changing lessons in communication, team work, professionalism, work ethic, and moreÔÇöbut thereÔÇÖs only so far we can take those skills in a volunteer project. With this in mind, weÔÇÖve made a difficult business decision: WeÔÇÖre ready to finish development here and move on to bigger and better ventures.

┬á ┬áWe realize that this will come as a shock to many of our fans. Please, forgive us. Again, itÔÇÖs been an excruciating call to make, but itÔÇÖs been made a bit easier by our satisfaction with the previous and final release, v3.6. WeÔÇÖve spent six years polishing Project M, and rather than let it drag on through another several years of dwindling development and change-fatigue in the competitive circle, weÔÇÖre going to consider our work complete.

┬á ┬áIn the mean time, we plan to be hard at work on new projects, built from the ground up. We canÔÇÖt spill the beans just yet, but know that weÔÇÖre looking towards a fresh start with brand new designs. Rather than splitting our focus, many of us want to dedicate ourselves to this new venture fully. In this way, we hope to maintain the level of quality and professionalism youÔÇÖve come to expect from us.

   In summary, we are ceasing development of Project M (effective immediately) and will be making no further releases as we turn our attention towards an entirely new venture. As the PMDev team will be formally disbanded, please forward all official communications regarding Project M to video game attorney and business consultant . We appreciate your support and your understanding.

   One final time,

   PMDev

   Thank you for playing!

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Nunca lo he catado. Tal vez sea el momento, por pura curiosidad.

Era de esperar. Mucho han tardado en cerrar el chiringuito y en llegarles el C&D de Nintendo.

(02-12-2015 11:52)EarthBound escribió:Bueno, hay que quedarse con lo bueno: fue un mod que humilló a desarrolladores con cheques en blanco y que llegó a ser el primer juego de lucha en número de retransmisiones en Twitch. El equipo que estaba detrás seguramente ahora se haga un nuevo juego sin Mario, Link ni Samus, sino con personajes propios. Y si lo hacen F2P para PC, que tiemble la industria...

Hombre esto me parece bastante exagerado, esa gente cogió un juego ya hecho y le hizo unos cuantos cambios. No me parece comparable a crear un juego de 0

The Real Reason Project MÔÇÖs Developers Cancelled the Smash Bros. Mod was Fear of Legal Action

It's only been a day or two since the Project M dev team (PMDT) announced that they were completely shutting down the modding effort, and the Smash community is still trying to recover from the shock. While many fans have expressed gratitude, disappointment, or even a desire to continue the project themselves, the primary response has been one of confusion: why did Project M shut down so abruptly?

Fortunately, we now have an explanation from fellow Brawl modder Mewtwo2000, who spoke out about it on his Facebook page ÔÇô and from what he understands, the decision was the result of neither a lack of motivation nor a Cease and Desist order.

Cita:"[If] you're clever enough, you'll understand that the PMDT has not stopped activity suddenly without thinking about it, because they were lacking motivation, because they thought the game was ready or because of moving into another different project, a Wii U version, or whatever. It has been said that Nintendo is after this. That isn't true either.
"To make things clear, I'll tell you that, as far as I know, no company has contacted with the PMDT to ask them to stop their activity. Of course nobody has bought Project M either. And of course this takedown not something that has happened in one day.
"The truth is that it has not been a responsive action, but a preventive one. Certain event (which, again, doesn't involve a company contacting the PMDT) made the members fear a legal problem if the project kept on. At some point, it was determined that, even just the fact of releasing the announced patch, PM 3.61, could involve negative actions that nobody in the team could afford at all. A lawyer was contacted and it was confirmed that the possible threats the PMDT could face in an hypothetical legal sue were really terrible. As the PMDT was formed mostly by teenagers, people with little money or even in red numbers, and with a long life to run, it was determined that it was better for their safety to stop immediately just in case." ÔÇö Mewtwo2000

So it looks like the dev team decided to cancel the project out of fear of legal action, a fear which was supported by a lawyer. And not just legal action from Nintendo ÔÇô after all, Project M has added characters and stages based off several third-party franchises, so any of those third-parties could have, potentially, taken action against the group.
As for why the announcement was so abrupt, Mewtwo2000 clarified in a response to one of his post's comments:

Cita:"The change is that the PMDT actually realized the real danger. They never thought further than a C&D, a letter or message that would tell them to stop with no further actions if agreed. But the possibility of a legal action without a previous warning has come on the table in the last days, and talking with an actual lawyer about it has changed all what the PMDT feared. Let's say it's changed from the possibility of being told to stop at anytime to the fear of having to pay millions of dollars if dared to do even a single further release." ÔÇö Mewtwo2000

And for those of you pushing for someone else to take up the Project M torch, or even considering doing so yourself, you might want to take a moment to reconsider ÔÇô it may do more harm than good. And not just to you, but to the members of the PMDT themselves.

Cita:"I've read about people who want to make a new PMDT already. Those would be fans who want the project to grow bigger no matter what, but they're not taking into consideration how dangerous for the former PMDT members it would be. So, for the safety of those involved, in case some of them read this, or if you can let them know, please tell them not to do it at all. [...] At least, don't try to continue an alternative 'official' line. Feel free to make as many custom versions as you want, but don't make a Project M 3.7 or whatever. Just don't try to keep stepping forward. Who were doing so have stopped for a reason." ÔÇö Mewtwo2000

You can check out the rest of Mewtwo2000's explanation and warnings on his Facebook page.

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Qué querían meter en el próximo parche que les iba a acarrear problemas?

No habrán más actualizaciones (actualizado).

Grande zothenr.

(04-12-2015 10:33)mike escribió:No habrán más actualizaciones (actualizado).

Grande zothenr.

Jajajajaja. Ya ves a qué hora lo colgué...

Todo sobre una base que no era suya, no?

Con la diferencia de que por muy buenos que sean, pueden hacer algo totalmente genérico e irse a la mierda, no es lo mismo hacer un mod que hacer un juego.

No me entiendes, trabajaban con iconos de Nintendo, ahora que sería? Random niña hippie, random chino amarillo, random perro flauta de Podemos, clon de Esperanza Aguirre como Jefe final

Me entiendes?

Si, hace unas cuantas decadas