''DMCA's Sky'' (originally released as ''No Mario's Sky'') is a 2016 open world

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developed by ASMB Games for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and

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. As ''No Mario's Sky'', it was a

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of both ''

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'' and ''

No Man's Sky ''No Man's Sky'' is an action-adventure survival game developed and published by Hello Games. It was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in August 2016, for Xbox One in July 2018, for the PlayStation 5 and Xb ...

''.

Gameplay

''DMCA's Sky'' combines gameplay elements of side-scrolling

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like ''

'' and open world space exploration games like ''

''. The player controls an astronaut named Finn who uses a futuristic

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to travel between

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planets. Gameplay primarily takes place on these planets, where Finn can run, jump, and find collectibles in a similar fashion to the '' Super Mario'' series.

Development

In August 2016, soon after the release of ''No Man's Sky'', ''No Mario's Sky'' was created by ASMB Games, a team based in Australia, for

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36 in 72 hours. The team consisted of Alex McDonald (art and sound director), Sam Izzo, Max Cahill, and Ben Porter.

DMCA removal and re-release

Nintendo sent a

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(DMCA) notice to Itch.io on 4 September 2016, requesting that ''No Mario's Sky'' be removed due to it infringing "Nintendo's copyrights in its ''Super Mario'' video game franchise, including but not limited to the audiovisual work, images, and fictional character depictions". In response, the official page for ''No Mario's Sky'' was updated to indicate that the game was no longer available, and the downloads for the game were replaced with a link to the DMCA notice. On 5 September 2016, the game was re-released as ''DMCA's Sky'', with all in-game elements and terms that directly referenced ''Super Mario'' replaced with non-copyrighted counterparts.

''Deep Sky''

ASMB Games released a prototype called ''Deep Sky'' as a spiritual successor to the game, later stating that further development had been stalled due to lack of funding.

References

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