Nintendo, as the "strongest legal department in East Asia," has always been ruthless about fan-made content or re-releases through its old game ROMs, and the same is true for MODs. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wilderness has recently received a number of MODs, one of which is a third-party extension MOD called "Second Wind" by MOD maker Waikuteru. The MOD has received a lot of praise from many players.
Today on Waikuteru's YouTube channel, he posted an update announcing that Nintendo has removed as many as 40 videos from his channel through the system. The following is the original text of the announcement:
"So far, Nintendo has attacked my channel and deleted 40 videos. If this continues, the channel will go blank within a week. I know many of you love this MOD, so subscribe to (My Channel). There is only one way to change Nintendo's ban on MOD, and that is to convince Nintendo to let many people change Nintendo's views. The goal is to gather enough people for Nintendo to be willing to hear us. ”
As of press time, most of Waikuteru's videos about breath of the wilderness: Second Wind MOD have been deleted. The MOD project itself was unscathed, and Nintendo did not give any kind of ban.
At the same time, many people think that Waikuteru's plan is too naïve, "just a few thousand people can't change Nintendo's attitude, millions of people are not even the same." Some players said, "MOD keeps the game fun and survives longer, and I hope Nintendo realizes that too." ”
Prior to this, youtube had a long time forbade players to upload any video of playing Nintendo games, especially when the "Play Together" type video was at its hottest. At that time, players and game video producers also had two different opinions, some people believed that these gameplay videos promoted the game in disguise, which allowed more people to understand the work and generate the desire to buy; others believed that these videos would lead to more people "cloud clearance" and reduce game sales. Nintendo later relaxed this strategy, but to date many Japanese game publishers/developers, including Sony, have been much more strict about player-created content than game companies in other countries.