The “market flood” would happen 20 years after release. For comparison in this hypothetical: Odyssey still has 11 years of protection, Sunshine has been out of copyright for four years, and Galaxy comes out of copyright next year. Nintendo made their money, and those initial likenesses are now within the cultural memory and not locked away into abandonware. Any interpretations in Galaxy 2 would be locked until 2030, just like how the only legally public Mickey Mouse started with Steamboat Willie and worked up from there.

By this logic, in 2005 we’d see “scammers” release the original 1985 Super Mario Bros. for modern systems, three years after Sunshine. No consumers would be confused by that. Perhaps a hypothetical Granny gets confused, but a hypothetical Granny also gets confused in that era by buying a used copy of 64.

If the cons that supposedly outweigh the pros of creative freedom and preservation of our culture is old people being slightly confused at Christmas, then I must ask what kind of bizarre gifts did your grandparents confuse at Christmas time?