Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4196571-20140131204347/@comment-1824272-20190919214835

The issue you're going to run into is one you kinda went the wrong way with:

endorsement from Bandai-Namco would only be a bonus and not needed/wanted

They're not going to endorse you. In fact, they're going to shut you down. You cannot recreate AC3 without using assets or designs from AC3 itself, like aircraft designs or voice lines, and making a game with those assets is illegal. Yes, there's of course the position that maybe Bandai Namco wouldn't shut this down since they didn't shut down Project Nemo, but there's two major differences:


 * Project Nemo is a fan PATCH. It did not contain any materials from the original game, and you still need to "legitimately own" a copy of the game to use the patch.
 * Bandai Namco has exercised its rights to take down fan content using its materials before. Ace Combat designs being sold, and other wikis uploading actual models from the games, have all been taken down by Bandai Namco's legal team.

No one, absolutely no one, would stop you from making a game inspired by AC3 or just in the flight action arcade genre in general. But I'm very positive Bandai Namco would take it down if it used anything particular from AC3, whether directly or indirectly.