Nintendo is famously protective of its intellectual property and has a history of suing content creators who it feels have overstepped the mark (it is

Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated

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2024-10-01 14:30:06

Nintendo is famously protective of its intellectual property and has a history of suing content creators who it feels have overstepped the mark (it isn't shy about suing slightly bigger fish, either).

However, its latest move feels particularly heavy-handed, as it has issued a copyright strike against a YouTube channel that reviews emulation handhelds.

Retro Game Corps, in case you didn't know, is an excellent channel with over half a million subscribers which covers many different retro gaming systems, but its main focus is modern-day portable devices from the likes of AYANEO, Anbernic and Retroid which are capable of emulating classic games from yesteryear.

As you might imagine, many of these systems run games for consoles like the NES, SNES, Game Boy, N64 and even Wii U, and the channel's videos do a great job of showing off how these titles perform on third-party hardware, helping consumers make an informed choice.

However, Russ, the channel's owner, has recently had a video taken down at Nintendo's request which relates directly to emulation of its products.