YouTuber and speedrunner Eric “PointCrow” Morino released a brand new multiplayer mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on April 4th. It basically turns the hit Switch game of 2017 into a modern open-world version of the beloved association zelda spin off Adventures with four swords. A few days later, Morino says Nintendo faced him with copyright infringement lawsuits that resulted in some of his biggest YouTube videos being demoed.
“Incredibly disappointed that Nintendo of America decided to ban my videos breath of the wild,” He tweeted on 6. “It’s the love for the community and the innovation we bring to it that has kept it alive and made new people love it zelda Series. I hope you revise your decision soon.” Morino has also shared a screencap of several of his YouTube videos, including those featuring gameplay footage from the multiplayer mod, showing that they have been flagged for copyright issues.
Nintendo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Publishers claim they have full ownership and control about any footage produced from their games, but they rarely seek to penalize YouTubers and other content creators for sharing it online and potentially benefiting from it. In fact, most companies go out of their way to encourage the sharing of footage and screenshots from their games to raise awareness, increase sales, and build a community of passionate fans.
When it comes to social media content Fan projects and modsHowever, Nintendo is a company that is often aggressively pushed back. Late last year, the switch maker was investigating a YouTube documentary about an abandoned slot zelda Tactics spin-off, try to get it removed from the Google platform. The creators eventually managed to appeal the decision and cancel.
In response to Morino’s post, several other major content creators chimed in. “Not good for them considering they are coming out with a new game soon and many content creators will make it even more popular and may choose not to make videos around it,” wrote cat games. “Nintendo has determined that fans have fun and they can’t have that,” he wrote LostPause. “That’s sad considering the love and effort you’ve given them and such.”
breath of the wild is the fourth best-selling game on Switch and has remained relevant years after its release, in part because of this Discoveries, tricks and new stunts pulled by the likes of Morino. Outside of recent multiplayer mods, he’s messed with weird runs such as B. Draws millions of extra eyes to the game link gets bigger each time the A button is pressed, or try to beat the game while both the hardest randomizer mode and the very difficult map change relics of the past Mods are active.
Morino did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but tweeted that he is currently appealing the decision to YouTube. “From now, [the videos are still visible for you to watch—however, they are not monetized,” he wrote. “Hopefully Nintendo releases these claims, as I significantly transform their work and my videos are under fair use.”
