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笔辞办é尘辞苍 leakers say Nintendo is aggressively taking down Scarlet and Violet leaks

DMCA takedown requests everywhere

Two 笔辞办é尘辞苍 trainers stand next to Hisiuan Zorua and Zoroark under a dark purple sky. Image: Game Freak/The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company, Nintendo
Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games.

After leaked footage from 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Violet went viral this week, Nintendo and The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company are aggressively targeting unauthorized content with copyright strikes, according to leakers.

Several prominent 笔辞办é尘辞苍 fan and leak accounts reported they and others received Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) strikes shortly after they published leaked footage and screenshots purported to be from the Scarlet and Violet games. The footage included a grainy photo with what appears to be Fuecoco’s evolution, other unannounced 笔辞办é尘辞苍, and a 30-second clip from the games’ introduction cinematic. Many of the images have been removed from social media following or anticipating the copyright strikes, but some remain elsewhere on the internet.

A 笔辞办é尘辞苍 fan account that aggregates leaks, called PearlEnthusiast, tweeted a screenshot of the DMCA takedown notice they received on Monday, which included a number of Twitter posts. Other users had images and video clips removed from their posts, while some accounts were temporarily locked. On Monday, a Twitch stream was reportedly taken offline almost immediately due to a copyright claim from Nintendo.

This isn’t surprising, really. Nintendo is notorious for being strict with unauthorized content, whether that’s leaked footage, fan art of Bowser’s penis, and a fan-favorite game soundtrack channel. The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company itself has made its fair share of DMCA strikes in the past, too — and in 2019, the company filed a lawsuit after someone obtained a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword and Shield strategy guide and posted photos of it online. Though the Sword and Shield leak was published anonymously, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company was able to track down the people involved. The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company settled the lawsuit in 2021, with the court ordering the leakers to pay $150,000 each in damages and attorney fees. However, the strategy guide photos weren’t the only major leak in the lead up to Sword and Shield; a freelancer for a Portuguese games website, called FNintendo, was later identified as a leaker. Nintendo blacklisted the website.

Nintendo and The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company’s hard stance on leaks appears not to have spooked actual leakers. Earlier this year, someone published 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus’ full PokéDex and its opening sequence, as well as renders of new 笔辞办é尘辞苍. Like this time around with Scarlet and Violet, the companies have been quick to take the leaks down — but not before they spread widely.

Polygon reached out to Nintendo and The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company Monday to ask whether either is taking action against leakers. The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company declined to comment, and Nintendo has yet to respond.

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