Platinum Together1. Operator and scope
Platinum Together is operated by one independent developer using the project name “Platinum Together” (the “Operator”). The project name does not represent a corporation, partnership or development team. References to “we,” “us” or “our” in these Terms mean that individual Operator acting through the project.
Legal notices, rights complaints and moderation appeals: [email protected]. This dedicated project address is used for public correspondence. Nothing in these Terms prevents disclosure of information when applicable law or valid legal process requires it.
“Services” means this website and any online services, download facilities and community spaces that the Operator actually operates and identifies as subject to these Terms. These Terms do not grant control over independently operated servers or replace the terms of third-party platforms. “Mod” means the separately supplied Platinum Together modification. “Original Game” means the official Pokémon Platinum game.
Platinum Together is an independent fan project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored, approved or endorsed by Nintendo, Game Freak or The Pokémon Company. References to the Original Game identify compatibility and context; they do not represent an official relationship.
2. Agreement and eligibility
When finalized, these Terms and the Player Guidelines govern the Services to the extent a valid agreement is formed under applicable law. Where we require an acceptance step, you must have a reasonable opportunity to read the documents before agreeing. A link to these Terms alone does not establish that every visitor has entered a binding contract.
You must have the legal capacity and any permission required to use the relevant Service. A player below the age of majority must involve a parent or legal guardian where required by law. Online accounts and payments are subject to any applicable minimum ages and provider requirements. We do not authorize a child to enter a binding payment agreement without the required adult authorization.
If you do not agree to applicable Terms, do not use the relevant Service. Stopping use does not remove rights you already hold under a separate software license or non-waivable law.
3. An official, lawfully obtained game copy is required
The Mod requires an official, lawfully obtained copy of the Original Game. We do not supply pirated copies of Platinum. You are responsible for obtaining your own authorized copy and for having the rights required to use any game data with the Mod in your jurisdiction.
Owning a cartridge does not, by itself, authorize downloading another person's copy, redistributing game files, or bypassing a technical restriction. Any extraction, backup, adaptation or other use must independently comply with applicable law. These Terms do not provide permission from the Original Game's rights holders.
We do not routinely inspect receipts, investigate where every player purchased a game, or certify the legality of a player's copy. Responsibility for obtaining and using a lawful copy remains with the player. This does not limit our own legal obligations, prevent us from responding to credible complaints, or authorize us or a player to facilitate infringement.
Do not upload, request, offer, sell or link to unauthorized ROMs, game images, extracted game assets, decryption keys, or preconfigured bundles containing protected material through the Services. We do not provide assistance locating pirated copies.
4. Separate distribution of the Mod
Our distribution policy is to provide the Mod separately from the Original Game. An authorized public Mod package must not contain a full copy of the Original Game or game data that we have no right to distribute. Players must supply their own lawfully usable game data. A donation does not purchase or license the Original Game.
A project label, file extension, patch format, or statement that a package is “code only” does not establish that its contents are legally distributable. Only files actually cleared for distribution may be included. Do not redistribute a combined Mod-and-game package unless you independently have all necessary permissions.
The present website has no public game release attached. Screenshots and compatibility information are not an offer to provide the Original Game. Links hosted by other people are not automatically authorized project releases.
5. Copyright, original code and third-party materials
Rights in the Original Game, its characters, artwork, music, dialogue, trademarks and other protected material remain with their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms transfers, waives or licenses those rights.
Original contributions owned by the project and third-party components are distinct. Permission to copy, modify or redistribute a particular software component is determined by its accompanying license and applicable law. Free access, public source availability, and a lack of a copyright notice do not automatically place code in the public domain.
The project intends to distribute its original Mod code separately from, and without bundling, copyrighted code or game assets belonging to Nintendo, Game Freak, The Pokémon Company or other Original Game rights holders. That distribution requirement must be satisfied by the actual release files. It is not a representation that all third-party software is unprotected or that any particular release has received legal clearance.
“No copyrighted game material” does not mean that project-owned code is in the public domain. The project and its contributors retain their own copyrights except as expressly licensed. These Terms do not dedicate code to the public domain, apply CC0, or replace any component license. Properly licensed third-party support libraries retain their own copyrights and license conditions.
A service suspension does not revoke permissions that an applicable software license makes irrevocable. Community rules governing our hosted Services do not silently add restrictions to a separate open-source license.
6. Acceptable use and player conduct
You must follow the Player Guidelines, applicable law and reasonable instructions issued to protect the Services and their users. You must not engage in harassment, threats, hate-based abuse, exploitation of children, doxxing, fraud, impersonation, malware distribution, unauthorized access, service disruption or infringement of another person's rights.
Do not deliberately damage another player's progress, exploit shared systems, evade a suspension, or interfere with fair play in a space whose rules prohibit that behavior. Private challenge settings and consensual modifications are not permission to compromise a public service or mislead other players.
7. Public names, messages and other submissions
You retain any rights you hold in your submissions. For content you choose to submit to the Services, you give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free permission to host, store, reproduce, format and display it only as reasonably necessary to provide, moderate and maintain the relevant Service, respond to lawful requests, and manage disputes. This does not transfer ownership or authorize unrelated advertising uses.
Use a public alias you are entitled to use. Do not submit sensitive personal information, another person's private details, misleading identities or material you have no right to share. We may reject or remove unlawful, abusive, impersonating or otherwise unsuitable names and submissions.
If a live supporter leaderboard is offered, publication must follow the choice presented before payment: a public alias or “Anonymous member.” Public anonymity does not conceal payment information from a payment provider or remove legally required transaction records. The current preview does not submit a payment or automatically publish an entry.
8. Optional support contributions
The game download is intended to remain free. Contributions are voluntary support for the project, not a purchase of the Original Game, investment, ownership interest, employment relationship, guaranteed feature, release date, priority support or exemption from moderation. No charitable tax status or tax-deductible receipt is represented.
Currently, all donation and download destinations are placeholders. No payment is collected by the preview. Before payments are enabled, the checkout must identify the recipient, currency, total amount, whether the contribution is one-time or recurring, any applicable fees or taxes, and the provider's terms. Recurring payments require a separate, clear authorization.
Any published refund policy and applicable consumer and payment-provider rights govern refunds. Nothing here excludes a refund, charge dispute or remedy that the law requires. Do not contribute using someone else's payment method without permission. A contribution does not guarantee uninterrupted access or prevent enforcement of the Player Guidelines.
9. Privacy and external services
A complete privacy notice describing the actual operator, data collected, purposes, recipients, retention and available rights must accompany any live accounts, payments or hosted multiplayer services. These Terms are not a substitute for that notice or for consent where consent is required.
Third-party sites and payment or community platforms operate under their own terms and privacy notices. We do not control their availability or conduct. This statement does not exclude duties we have for providers acting on our behalf. Do not send passwords, full payment details or Original Game files in a support or rights complaint.
10. Development, availability and player saves
The project is in development. Features can change, be delayed, be removed or remain unfinished. We may maintain, limit, suspend or discontinue Services for technical, security, capacity, legal or operational reasons, subject to applicable law and any express commitments we have made.
Development software may contain bugs, incompatibilities, disconnections or defects affecting progress and saves. Keep independent backups before using development software where possible. Do not rely on the Services for permanent storage or guaranteed recovery. We will not intentionally misrepresent the status of a release or a feature.
11. Right to refuse, restrict, suspend or terminate service
To the extent permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to refuse service to any person and to restrict, suspend or terminate access to project-operated Services. We may exercise that right for breaches of these Terms, credible safety or security concerns, suspected fraud or infringement, repeated disruption, evasion of restrictions, legal obligations, capacity limits, or a decision to discontinue a Service.
We may act immediately and without advance warning when reasonably necessary to prevent harm, protect evidence, comply with law or secure the Services. Where lawful and reasonably practicable, we will provide a reason and an opportunity to request review. We may withhold information that would expose another person's private information or compromise security or an investigation.
We will not use this discretion for unlawful discrimination or retaliation for exercising protected rights. Donors and non-donors are subject to the same conduct rules. Ending access does not eliminate accrued statutory rights, a required refund, a pending legitimate complaint, or surviving rights under a separate code license. Reviews use the contact identified in section 1; do not evade a restriction while a review is pending.
12. Disclaimers and mandatory rights
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Services and Mod are provided “as is” and “as available,” without contractual warranties of uninterrupted operation, error-free performance, fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, satisfactory quality or non-infringement, except where expressly provided or required by law.
These Terms do not establish that any specific copying, reverse engineering, distribution or modification is lawful. No court case discussed on this website is a ruling approving Platinum Together. A disclaimer does not license another person's intellectual property.
Nothing in these Terms excludes a mandatory consumer guarantee or other right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded. If a disclaimer is prohibited in your jurisdiction, it applies only to the extent permitted there.
13. Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Operator is not liable under these Terms for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses arising from use of or inability to use the Services, including consequential loss of profits, opportunities, goodwill or data, where such exclusion is legally enforceable.
This limitation does not exclude or restrict liability for fraud, intentional misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury where exclusion is prohibited, infringement liabilities that cannot be excluded, or any other liability or remedy that applicable law makes non-excludable. It does not excuse duties owed to rights holders who are not parties to these Terms.
Where the law requires a remedy, the available remedy is governed by that law. No limitation is intended to shift the operator's own unlawful conduct onto players.
14. Responsibility for third-party claims
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you are responsible for third-party claims and reasonable, demonstrable losses caused by your unlawful submissions, intentional misuse of the Services or material breach of these Terms. This obligation applies only to the extent the loss is attributable to your conduct and does not cover our own wrongdoing.
If we seek reimbursement, we will provide reasonably prompt notice, relevant information and a reasonable opportunity to respond. We will take reasonable steps to reduce avoidable losses. We will not enter a settlement requiring your admission of fault or non-monetary obligations without your agreement. Mandatory consumer protections take priority.
15. Copyright, trademark and other rights complaints
Rights holders or their authorized representatives may send a complaint to the legal contact in section 1. Include your name and contact information, your authority to act, the right or work concerned, the specific page or file location, an explanation of the issue, and the action requested. Do not attach a complete game, sensitive credentials or unnecessary personal information.
We may request clarification, restrict disputed material while assessing a credible complaint, preserve relevant records where lawful, and comply with valid legal process. This voluntary reporting process does not claim eligibility for a statutory safe harbor, replace a legally prescribed notice process, or waive a party's legal rights. Do not submit knowingly false or abusive complaints.
16. Governing law and disputes
United States federal law governs federal legal questions to the extent it applies. For state-law matters, governing law and available courts are determined by applicable jurisdiction and conflict-of-law rules. These Terms do not designate an exclusive state or court, require arbitration, or waive class proceedings.
Nothing here displaces non-waivable consumer protections or other mandatory laws that apply to the Operator or a user. A reference to U.S. law does not represent that the Operator resides in a particular state. Nothing limits a person's ability to contact a regulator, seek urgent court relief or use a court or tribunal where that right cannot lawfully be restricted.
We encourage a written attempt to resolve a concern through the contact in section 1, but doing so is not a mandatory barrier to a statutory remedy and does not shorten a legal limitation period.
17. Updates, interpretation and survival
We may propose changes to these Terms, identify their date and provide reasonable notice of material changes. We will seek renewed agreement where required. Changes do not retroactively remove accrued rights or authorize charges that were not agreed to. Continued use is not treated as acceptance where the law requires another form of agreement.
If a provision is unenforceable, it applies only to the extent legally permitted, or is severed if necessary, while the remaining provisions continue where they can lawfully do so. Failure to enforce a term on one occasion is not a general waiver. These Terms, the incorporated Player Guidelines and any expressly agreed Service-specific terms govern the Service relationship; third-party and software licenses remain separate and controlling for their subject matter.
Provisions concerning intellectual property, accrued payment rights, claims, lawful record retention, disclaimers, liability and disputes survive termination only as far as their purpose and applicable law require.