Nintendo has issued a warning to Japanese VTuber agency Hololive after one of their stars, Pekora, streamed a modified version of Pokemon Emerald.
Pekora is one of the world’s top VTubers with 2.7M subscribers on YouTube and is regularly among the most-watched creators on the platform.
On March 30, Pekora tweeted out that she would be playing Pokemon Emerald and trying to catch a Shiny Mew. The problem, as reported by Automaton, is how difficult this challenge is.
According to the outlet, Pekora had bought many used Emerald cartridges off an auction site to find one containing “the old sea map” – an item only available at a Japanese Pokemon convention back in 2005 and necessary in order to encounter Mew.
Some players have gotten around this by hacking their cartridges – and during Pekora’s stream, she appeared to be using one of those hacked cartridges. Needless to say, Nintendo wasn’t happy.
Nintendo takes action against Pekora’s Pokemon stream
On April 9, Hololive issued a statement, revealing they had received a notice from Nintendo and delisted Pekora’s broadcast.
In addition to asking that the stream be taken down, Nintendo warned the agency to “avoid the implementation of video projects that are at risk of violating the guidelines.”
Nintendo also requested that the agency inform its streamers about the “necessity of compliance with the guidelines.”
Hololive was quick to issue an apology and revealed its taking steps to prevent ever facing Nintendo’s legal wrath.
“In addition to the privatization of the video, we will strive to improve and improve measures such as the development of the planning implementation flow, enlightenment and guidance to the affiliated talent,” they said. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our fans and related parties.”
Pekora isn’t the only Japanese creator to face consequences for violating Nintendo’s guidelines recently.
In March, Smash Ultimate pro and top Snake main ‘Hurt’ was banned from competing after using Nintendo Switch mods to improve the Wi-Fi experience.
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