According to a YouTuber, The Pokémon Company asked YouTube to remove a seven-year-old video that shows modified content Pokémon Monsters in one Call of Duty: Zombies to match.
On March 19th as first discovered by IGNNoahJ456, a popular one call of Duty The content creator, who has over 5 million subscribers on YouTube, tweeted an image of a copyright takedown warning email. The email appears to inform them that a video on their channel featuring modified Pokémon was removed directly at the request of The Pokémon Company. NoahJ456 also tweeted a warning to other YouTubers with videos of any kind Pokémon Mods and requests that they “delete” or “delist” this content “as soon as possible.”
“I just received a manual strike for a video I made seven years ago that modded Pokémon COD Zombies,” posted NoahJ456. “Two more warnings and my channel will be deleted.”
In a follow-up tweet, NoahJ456 responded to a user’s question about whether the popular YouTuber could appeal the strike, acknowledging that The Pokémon Company “technically has the right” to remove the video from his channel. And it seems unlikely that an appeal would work. “Unless they change their minds (lol) the strike will remain,” NoahJ456 added.
The situation has frightened some Pokémon Content creators who fear that The Pokémon Company could step up its fight against modified content and videos featuring the famous pocket monsters.
A creator, ToastedShoes, blamed himself and his Palworld x Pokémon Mod video for the company taking tough action. In January 2024ToastedShoes uploaded a teaser of a mod that was added Pokémon Monster too Palworld– a survival game commonly referred to as “Pokémon with weapons.” This video was soon removed due to a DMCA lawsuit from Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. Now, some developers fear that Nintendo and The Pokémon Company will go “scorched earth” and begin wiping out even decades-old videos from the internet, potentially leading to some channels being shut down entirely.
We’ve seen this behavior from Nintendo in the past when it first started Cracking down on YouTube channels that uploaded music out of Mario, Kirbyand other Nintendo games, so people can easily listen to these titles. Much of this music isn’t available on Spotify or other streaming platforms, so fans stepped in to provide an option and Nintendo gave them full throttle.
This is possible, but not certain Palworld Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are legally nervous and more on the offensive. On January 24thThe Pokémon Company confirmed that it is investigating and investigating what many have suspected Palworld about the use of Pokémon-like designs. So far there has been no public movement against it Palworld and developer Pocketpair from The Pokémon Company, but we’ll wait and see.
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