Another day, another Nintendo DMCA takedown against fan-made content.

Just a few minutes ago, Nintendo issued a DMCA takedown notice against a widely known and popular Randomizer mod for Breath of the Wild made by Waikuter and hosted in Gamebanana. Effective immediately, the mod in question has been completely removed from Gamebanana with the quote "This Mod has been trashed for a rule violation", with the rule violation in question being listed as "DMCA Takedown".

The full message for the DMCA takedown is also displayed thereafter:

DMCA Takedown

Content that receives a verifiable DMCA Takedown Request must be removed from the site. Takedowns can be appealed via a support ticket. To view the contents of a Takedown Request, please contact the admin that carried out the Takedown.

Additional Details
Nintendo Legal Department
Nintendo of America Inc.
4600 150th Ave. NE
Redmond, WA 98052
425.882.2040
[email protected]

It's important to note that, as it has been the case with other recent takedowns seen from Nintendo, this was issued from the domain "mm-nintendo.com", which is a MarkMonitor operator for Nintendo themselves to issue these kind of take downs and notices.

It seems that Nintendo has started to handle takedowns in what looks to be an automated/bot process through MarkMonitor, as several other places with mods and Nintendo assets, like imagery and its characters, have been receiving the same notices from that mm-nintendo.com domain, like in the case of Gmod and its takedown of 20 years-long Nintendo assets, and it's worth mentioning that romsites have also been receiving these particular notices as of late from the same domain.

Source

 

[DragonMals]

Another L for Nintendo, despite this being a RANDOMIZER requiring that you OWN THE ORIGINAL GAME for you to use.

 

[SDA]

And you guys thought it was over...

As long as Nintendo's alive, nothing will be over. Not even DMCAs.

 

[urbanman2004]

Should we really be shocked by this development ‍♂... Nintendo's gonna Nintendo

 

[codezer0]

Miyamoto is so pants-shitting scared about his final game being a flop, he is also trying to portray this squeaky clean reputation about the games he's worked on. Given what happened to Yokoi, I understand... Doesnt mean I condone it, though. Frankly, just as tired of Miyamoto's mood swings being treated as law by Nintendo legal for no other reason than he's a key employee there.

 

[CloudStrife190100]

Considering the game is old now i don't see the point in ninty doing shit like this

 

[Deleted member 655123]

Well, to be honest... what exactly did you expect?

 

[Reploid]

assholes

 

[DragonMals]

Well, to be honest... what exactly did you expect?

Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom...

Didn't they take down the 2004 restoration mod for TTYD too?

 

[Robert Newbie]

Can someone post that gif of Fry from Futurama?

In all seriousness, if this doesn't contain any original assets or code, I'd like you know how this program is different from other Zelda game randomizers.

Miyamoto is so pants-shitting scared about his final game being a flop, he is also trying to portray this squeaky clean reputation about the games he's worked on. Given what happened to Yokoi, I understand... Doesnt mean I condone it, though. Frankly, just as tired of Miyamoto's mood swings being treated as law by Nintendo legal for no other reason than he's a key employee there.

Wait, Miyamoto's directing a final game? I thought he called it at Wii Music.

 

[paulttt]

DMCA! It's fun to stay at the DMCA

 

[codezer0]

Wait, Miyamoto's directing a final game? I thought he called it at Wii Music.

The titles might change or shuffle around; but as long as he is allowed in the Nintendo offices, you can bet on any given possession, he is calling the shots.

The entire reason, Nintendo betrayed Argonaut, was on Miyamoto's tantrums. Same with Rare. There is no way, you can tell me, he doesn't have enough clout to push his agenda in the same way Steve Jobs bullied everyone and everything at Apple.

 

[The Catboy]

“And then Nintendo’s lawyers ruined the fun”
Quote from the future

I know this is from the Skyward Sword them but we should expect Nintendo to go after that one soon

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Why are people even releasing Nintendo mods and projects on forums and stuff with their names/online handles attached? We all know by now Nintendo DMCA this stuff.

So take your mods and your projects, make some announcements in different circles and drop them online onto torrent sites and file sharing sites anonymously. What can Nintendo do about that? Jack zip.

 

[NinStar]

The only thing I can see Nintendo having a point in here is if their argued about their trademark being used in this randomizer page, if not for that and If it was me in this specific situation I would confidently dispute their claim.

 

[cearp]

Well, to be honest... what exactly did you expect?

It's a mod, there's plenty of (nintendo game) mods and hacks that exist.
I'd expect it would stay around like the hundreds of other similar things.

What's wrong with writing a program that takes a file and reorders data in a different way?
(Assuming the mod wasn't redistributing real game assets etc)

A big shame, not just this but in general.
If I had millions of $$$ I'd fight it if it was me, (hopefully) win and get some US court ruling that this stuff is 100% legal and acceptable (as long as no copyrighted files shared).

But I get it, Nintendo is big and this is a very important game to them, they don't want cfw/hacks to get attention and try to shut it down.

 

[BlueFox gui]

no guys you don't understand, shitendo is losing BILLIONS of dollers

 

[SaulFabre]

shut up ur F*CKING BULLSH*T WITH YOUR STUPID DMCA'ING BIG ASS N!!!!!!!!!!!!

im done...

(Also, i am talking about (sh*t)endo...

 

[Robert Newbie]

The entire reason, Nintendo betrayed Argonaut, was on Miyamoto's tantrums. Same with Rare. There is no way, you can tell me, he doesn't have enough clout to push his agenda in the same way Steve Jobs bullied everyone and everything at Apple.

I'm intrigued. What did Miyamoto do to Argonaut and Rare? I know Starfox 64 was handled internally by Nintendo instead of Argonaut, not to mention pulling the plug on Starfox 2 late in development. For Rare, I know they went over to Microsoft to make glorified mini-games and character avatars.

 

[LightBeam]

It's pretty crazy that they're automating that shit. It's not something we should let happen.