Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against a streamer called EveryGameGuru, accusing him of streaming pre-release games and giving viewers access to illegal ROM copies and pirated tools. In its lawsuit, the company said the defendant broadcasts himself playing games live on YouTube, Discord, Twitch, TikTok, Trovo, Kick, Vaughn, Dlive, Picarto, Nimo, Facebook and Loco, often with very little commentary. Apparently, EveryGameGuru has streamed gameplay for at least 10 different titles ahead of their official release date at least 50 times since 2022.
EveryGameGuru is said to have been tense Mario and Luigi: Brotherhood on October 22, 23, 24, 25 and 29, before its official release on November 7. After Nintendo took down the videos on various platforms, including YouTube, he continued live streaming on Loco and even included a QR code for his handle -CashApp. . He’ll also create new accounts after his old ones are disabled, and Nintendo said he sent the company an email, telling it he had “a thousand hotspots” and that he could “do this all day.” We found a user with the same name on Loco, with a stream of Super Mario Jamboree before it officially becomes available on October 17 this year.
In addition to those two games, Nintendo cited other games the defendant played in the video prior to their release dates, including The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Paper Mario: The Millennium Door, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Episode 4, Splatoon 3 again Mario Strikers: Battle League. Nintendo also included screenshots of EveryGameGuru linking people and criminal tools to its lawsuit. One screenshot showed a post where he wrote a step-by-step guide on how to play pirated ROMs. He included links to Ryujinx, Yuzu, Suyu and Sudachi Nintendo Switch emulators, links to websites that distribute game ROMs and a link to a website where people can get the encryption keys needed to play console games. “Capitalism is a cancer,” he wrote in the text in all caps. “My channel is being deleted for sharing game videos! This is your reward!”
The company is asking for $150,000 in damages for its copyright infringement. As 404 media notes, that could add up to millions, as Nintendo accuses the defendant of illegally streaming at least 10 games at least 50 times.
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