A Pokemon themed website has been shut down due to the fact that it featured hundreds of fan-made Pokemon games. Relic Castle, a website that has been up since 2014. This site was a forum that was solely for the Pokemon community talking about, playing, and providing different fan-made games.
Sadly, the site has been taken down and the owner has posted a notice onto their Twitter account letting their community know. Here is what was said.
“Dear Pokémon fan game community,” the tweet begins. “It is with heavy heart that I announce that the Relic Castle website has been taken down following a DMCA takedown notice.
“Relic Castle has always been a non-profit, ad-free, tight-knit community and we pride ourselves in what we have achieved. Members have felt at home, made friends, and even careers with us.
“It is with deep regret that I have to inform you that the forum part of this community, which was to turn 10 years old this year, has had to come to an end. With over 20,000 members and 65,000 posts, Relic Castle was a home to many of us.
“The Discord server is not going anywhere, and the site is still visible as an archive using the Wayback Machine. Thank you all for being with us this last decade, and thank you for making Relic Castle as awesome and life-changing as it has been for some of us.”
Things get a little tricky now though, as a past Pokemon employee lawyer stated earlier this week that Pokemon doesn’t get involved with taking down fan-made games unless they start making money from it. For now, it isn’t certain who sent out the DMCA, but sadly the Relic Castle has been taken down.
