I've been contacted by a lawyer representing Nintendo of America Inc. and I've been given a list of games that had to be removed from Vizzed. 2,196 games have been removed from Nintendo systems which include Nintendo NES, Super Nintendo, Virtual Boy, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color and Nintendo N64. You can find a full list of removed games here:
https://www.vizzed.com/boards/thread.php?id=93240

EDIT: You can also filter through the removed games in the RGR using this link:
https://www.vizzed.com/playonlinegames/index.php?disabled=Removed%20by%20Nintendo%20of%20America%20Inc.

I'm not sure what I'll be doing now that the games which were responsible for the site's primary traffic and revenue are removed but I've got a few options that I'll be looking into and hopefully I'll have a solution of some sort by next week.

Nintendo is stupid and I don't like them sometimes. They need to stop being so sensitive, it's killing their company. This angers me to no end. Sorry to hear about this..

Man, I was just talking to a friend about this last night (a Vizzed friend). I mentioned that Nintendo was too sue happy to not throw legal action at Vizzed if they found out...unfortunately I was right. And really we all knew it would happen if they ever saw. I guess Vizzed just became too big to evade notice.

So sorry to hear you're facing such a struggle now, David. You'll be in my prayers.

Well I'm not as angry as I am annoyed, I get why Nintendo would do this though it still really annoys me.

... Well, my normal response to such a thing happening is one that is not quite PC enough to be posted here, so I'll calm it down some.

It. Bloody. Sucks. If I could help you out I am sincere in saying I would. Not to long ago I mentioned to one of my IRL friends that they should come to this place since they were complaining about their GBA dying and no longer being able to play their gateway Pokemon game on the franchises 20^th. All I can really say here is that what you've been doing over the years hasn't been in vain; you've brought smiles to many and helped us forget whatever may be troubling our thoughts, if only momentarily. I really do question companies sometimes. I understand the lawyer who contacted you is merely doing his job, but does not Nintendo understand that sites like this help keep them relevant in the world of gaming? That these sites act as portals for those unable to afford to buy games no-longer in production back to their childhood?

I suppose we must leave the sites luck in surviving this blow to heaven...

Yep found about it as I was going to play a Nintendo game with the intent of recording it for a video. Guess not anymore! Wheeeee! *sarcasm*

Davideo7 : Dang I can't believe this has happened, it's odd though because I thought this site is legal as the games were believed to be abandon-ware isn't it David? Also in fact some of those games don't even get released any-more even on Nintendo e shop, so they're pretty much gonna end up forgotten otherwise don't you think mate? guess Nintendo just want to leave those games to die it seems oh dear.

Davideo7 : I just saw this myself as a game page that I had tabbed over had reloaded and showed me the bad news. I'm really sorry to hear this. If there's anything I can do to help through this process, I'm willing to do it.
As you know, this saddens me greatly on a personal level, because you know I LOVE the NES, SNES and Gameboy/GBA

I had been wondering when this might happen as Nintendo has been getting pretty crazy with their content claims on sites like Youtube and Coolroms over the years. Fingers crossed we can somehow get through it.

Over 2000 games removed from Vizzed...

I got numerous requests of Nintendo games to play since I'm here. And games I wanted to play or replay by myself. Guess I'll have to find another way to play these games then. Fan-tastic...
I'm afraid to say that I don't have any solution at the moment that could replace that loss of traffic and revenue. Though, I'll do anything I can to help you and Vizzed, once I'll get the opportunity to do so.

Also, Nintendo should stop playing with fire. Being a golden empire capable of crushing anything doesn't mean it's immortal. The actions affect the consequences and the worst could come, anytime soon.

Nintendo must for hard up for money though it baffles me that this site has been up for 10+ years and they are now deciding to shut games down. It's a scumbag move especially while the site is going through financial troubles.

Sighs* its a sad day in a way for that to happen....nintendo really? They have to go this far because vizzed has become that successful? Figures that they would do something like this. I had a feeling also. I wasn't sure when it was to happen but it would. And now it has...

Wow, this is kind of stupid if you think about it.  Especially in the case of fan games.  Aren't both fan games and official games supposed to keep you in the fandom and encourage you to buy the real thing if you feel like it?  I only emulate and explore sites like these because I don't quite have the money to buy retro games and retro systems that are probably ready to fall apart anyway, so I treat playing them online like a sort of try before you buy thing.  Like Blockbuster, but less annoying and you don't have to pay for anything.

Honestly, I hope Nintendo of America realizes what they're doing before it's too late, because I don't appreciate this type of hostility towards its own customer and fan base.  But hey.  Hopefully, we won't get this type of really cruddy treatment from Sega...and hopefully, I didn't just horribly jinx myself.

Thanks Reggie. Or Bill. I don't know who's in charge anymore...

I loved the SNES and GBA emulators more than anything else. I'm sad that they're gone. I have a few roms saved elsewhere. But I guess now would be the best time to fill up my emulator wishlist...

This is exactly what I was afraid of, because Nintendo recently did this to a number of other emulation sites I had been using as well, specifically: 

www.game-oldies.com 
www.snesfun.com 
http://www.letsplaygb.com/ 

and now www.vizzed.com. Nintendo had all of the Nintendo-licensed titles (i.e. Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Donkey Kong) taken off the sites. All of the third-party developer titles (i.e. Capcom, Konami, Acclaim, etc.) are still available for Nintendo systems on these sites, we just can't play the ones with Nintendo's trademark characters anymore, and that sucks!!!! What really gets to me is Nintendo is the ONLY company that's doing this! All of the third-party developers, including former console manufacturer Sega, don't seem to care, or else their titles would also be gone from these sites by now. Even the massive Sony doesn't seem to care, since the PS1 titles are still intact on this site. The only reasoning I can come up with is Nintendo feels it's stealing business from their Virtual Console, but I really feel what they're doing is more so taking away people's childhood memories than it is helping improve their Virtual Console's bottom line. I grew up on Nintendo and had a loyalty to them for a long time, but now my feelings for them are very much split down the middle because of this. 

Who else is boycotting Nintendo for the rest of their hopefully short lifespan? Seriously, they've been giving me less and less of a positive impression as they've deteriorated in quality over time and have reduced to desperately milking their dying money cows rather than giving fans what they want, releasing less and less notable games per console, and then there's the Mother games... trying to milk a franchise that they abandoned and left for dead only just now because it seemed popular enough... and all they give is a half-arsed translation with no remake or improvement whatsoever for the first, and the third not even having a date?

For years of milking only their most popular franchises and refusing to take any creative chances, they're basically stagnating, and now they're panicking, trying to throw their weight and take control. ...Yeah, smart idea, angering and chasing off your fans.

Who wants to bet Viz on how long before Nintendo finally keels over dead and collapses under their engorged ego? Shame, I was curious about the new Pokémon games, but I guess they don't want anyone to play them~

Man. All of our nightmares have been realized. That's such a shame. I assume Nintendo's claiming they wanted the games removed because the premise of this site doesn't hold for them since all Nintendo does now is re-sell old titles? 

I'd sooner spend my paycheck donating to this site than repurchasing content on virtual console (if I had a paycheck, that is). Hope they see the error of their ways and if not hope it doesn't kill site traffic too badly. 

*edited* My goodness, David. This is a most unfortunate turn of events. I am shocked by this sudden dilemma.

But seriously, you guys need to know that technically what David was doing was illegal.. he was making profit off someone elses work... I'm surprised his hacks even lasted this long.

Wow... And to think that a while back the biggest worry for any games being removed would be the Playstation games since there was more attention to them...

I'm a bit surprised, given how long these games have been on here, but at the same time, I'm not with how stupid Nintendo can be and has been so often...

Hope a solution can be found soon. I know myself, along with many of my friends used this site for all our Pokémon LPs (plus other LPs), and it's gonna be weird not seeing those games, plus Mario, and Zelda...

Daaaaaamn david back at it again with the copyright claims

Maybe if Reggie didn't get destroyed by Hungrybox he wouldn't be so salty.

This sucks i must agree.  Especially if it seriously reduces income. Which from the looks of it half the poster's dont realise yet. 

Also may i just add something, David is lucky this is America Nintendo and not Japan Nintendo... otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. 

Also there's a difference between being a fan of a company and a consumer of a company.. because one will actually make them money and the other may not. 

If you all truly believe this is unfair.. and unjust.. i suggest you look up piracy laws and the like...


I'm not trying to be offensive over this.. I'm just saying... it could have been a WHOLE lot worse... and it could still get a Whole lot worse...