A pair of fan-made games based on popular Nintendo properties have apparently had their nominations for the upcoming Game Awards show revoked. Both Pokémon Uranium and Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R) were initially listed as nominees in the award show's "Best Fan Creation" category. Those titles have now been removed from the nominees list on The Game Awards website, leaving only Brutal Doom 64 and Enderal: The Shards of Orde to contest the category (here's the original nominee listing, courtesy of Polygon).

Nintendo told Ars we could "get in touch with the folks at The Game Awards" for comment, and representatives from the awards haven't responded to a request for comment. But Nintendo has taken action against these fan creations in the past. Both AM2R and Pokémon Uranium were forced offline by legal threats from Nintendo earlier this year, as were with hundreds of simplistic fan games on Web portal Game Jolt. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime also sits on the advisory board for The Game Awards

Nintendo takes a particularly hardline stance on the use of its properties in fan-created media, from strict limits on monetization of its games on YouTube to exerted authority over use of its titles in public tournaments. Nintendo has also issued takedown requests for dozens of fan games in the last few years, including an intriguing HD remake of Super Mario 64.

Pokémon Uranium community manager Cody Spielvogel seemed unsurprised by the loss of the nomination when contacted by Eurogamer . "I guess that's to be expected, given the tension between fan-made games and the series creators," he told the site.

Speaking to Ars in September, AM2R creator DoctorM64 said he was surprised Nintendo took any notice of his remake after its August release. "The game became very popular in 2008, and I expected a similar amount of attention upon release. I also expected the same amount of legal issues as in 2008: none." That said, despite the quashing of his creation, DoctorM64 said he harbors no ill will toward a company that he says is just protecting its work. "Please, don't hate Nintendo for all of this," he wrote in a blog post. "It's their legal obligation to protect their IP."

This is the third year for The Game Awards, which grew out of Geoff Keighley's previous work on the Spike TV Video Game Awards. The world-premiere-trailer-filled awards ceremony is set for December 1.