Nintendo is believed to be at it again with the YouTube takedown, reportedly targeting Zelda: Breath of the Wild mods.
The YouTuber reportedly targeted by the company is a streamer and modder known as ‘PointCrow‘. It has 1.6 million subscribers and made headlines in 2021 for offering $10,000 to anyone who can put together a Breath of the Wild multiplayer mod.
The creation was developed with the help of modder ‘Alex Mangue’ over the past year, and now Nintendo has apparently gone on a rampage towards PointCrow – appropriating more than 24 videos on his channel (including those about the multiplayer mode). In addition to Zelda, this includes other Nintendo content such as Mario and Pokémon.
In a new video upload titled “Nintendo is removing my videos“, PointCrow called out the video game giant (in a prepared statement, reviewed by his attorney) for targeting his channel with two separate copyright strikes aimed at his multiplayer Zelda video mods, and accused him of “deliberately” bringing his life in danger.
He hopes Nintendo could potentially consider reversing the decisions, as he admits there’s really not much he can do but pray and “step away from this type of content.”
PointCrow insists it has “never encouraged the piracy of Nintendo games”, never sold the mods it commissioned, and notes that “all code is custom” – claiming it is “without Nintendo funds”. The download links on the multiplayer Zelda mod Discord page have also been removed.
The content creator has also raised concerns about how his videos of “regular” Breath of the Wild gameplay are also being unfairly targeted and believes his uploads fit into Nintendo’s Game Content Guidelines.
This current situation has apparently escalated with Nintendo now suing else YouTubers of catchy videos without “out of context” but with copyright removal. This reportedly includes even more casual videos, with a YouTuber focused on Breath of the Wild ‘croton
PointCrow warns that th is could set a precedent and is concerned that these immediate takedowns could greatly affect YouTube’s coverage of the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – with creators worrying that “Nintendo is enforcing its [sic] copyright over the video that conforms to theirs [sic] own policies”.
“So if you’ve uploaded any video that contains any Nintendo content, no matter how transformative or directly in line with their [sic] published guidelines, you are at risk.”
