 Holy moly this story. I'm about to share with you guys. I could not have dropped I think on a better day because earlier today We released an episode of the Nintendo Prime podcast featuring wolf den and one of our patreon backers That talked heavily about Nintendo's new policies for review copies of games due to game leaks Specifically at the time a leak of like Mario and Luigi's banner saga, but it doesn't stop there You know in that episode we talked about some other ways it that were affected by Nintendo and YouTube and how you Yes, you could get started as a youtuber and a little bit of advice for that. However Nintendo did something here, then I'm going to applaud them for So I don't know you guys probably haven't heard about it because I maybe you have I don't know You guys probably pay attention to more than just me, but I haven't talked about it Super Mario Odyssey leaked in fact Super Mario Odyssey leaked I don't even know like a few a handful of days after we initially reported that Nintendo was cracking down on review copies and one YouTuber so far. I don't know if more are going to be effective But one youtuber in Hong Kong was banned for three months From YouTube for streaming Mario Odyssey before street date Also the videos that contain the stream have been deleted This was obviously initiated by Nintendo Nintendo of you know China or whatever Nintendo of Asia. I'm not really sure which Nintendo Institute over there heck it could have came straight from Nintendo Japan at that point because there are a lot closer to Nintendo Japan than we are over here Man that is some harsh harsh stuff, but deserved For all the flack, you know, how I think Nintendo could have handled this situation if review copies of games better The like immediately after doing that having Super Mario Odyssey leaked almost justified their stance And I still don't know. I don't know if Nintendo knows who leaked the game I don't know if they at that point had inserted anything into the game to let them know Oh, which switch or which copy of the game is this that we sent out I did this so we could track down who we sent it to and Take care of that person. That's what we hope Nintendo is going to do moving forward But we don't know for sure but Super Mario Odyssey would they be in leaked I've been really avoiding talking about Super Mario Odyssey much because the whole games out there You can go find an illegal copy of the game right now. You can play it right now You can find out everything you need to you need or want to see about the game the spoilers and the leaks are everywhere And it's just terrible. It's a terrible situation. I mean the game comes out in you know a day and a half two days here and Yeah, people just can't we can't wait. I understand. I understand the drive I wish I was playing Super Mario Odyssey right now instead of making this video, but this is he feels like an appropriate action For all this is this is the action I wish Nintendo would have taken if possible against the person who leaked Super Mario and now granted this person might not Have been the leaker Because it says he was bad for streaming the game It doesn't say that he was banned for leaking the game But if Nintendo knows that someone's streaming the game or leaking the game or this or that you got to come down hard There's a reason that I don't download any of these leaks one I don't support the notion of media members leaking games or even fans if safe fans got a copy of Super Mario Odyssey I don't support the notion of them leaking games We did do one video on Super Mario Odyssey leaks, but it was just screenshots We were never gonna show you any video. It was more so to just talk about the fact that leaks are out there Here's some some mild ones. Enjoy. We're not gonna talk about them pretty much until launch, but this case here is Very interesting. I mean, I don't know who this youtuber is. I there's a link to To his Twitter account, I guess and to Chinese Nintendo who did the translating Because Chinese Nintendo covers info about Nintendo in China. It's man. I Don't even feel bad for the guy Even if he's not the one who leaked it you have to know you can't be so Stupid to think that if you are streaming an illegal copy of the game Even if you had a legal copy, let's say he for some reason as a youtuber was given a legal copy of the game There are NDA restrictions and when you download an illegal copy of the game, even though you're not bound to an NDA per se You still can't be doing illegal things with that game streaming the entire game before release is Well against Nintendo's rules It's against the law even because it means that you're openly if you don't have a media if you a media copy of the game You broke your NDA so you broke the law in that way If you don't have a media copy and you're doing it You're openly admitting that you have an illegal copy of Super Mario Odyssey, which well, I mean that's illegal. So This This feels like sweet justice This is what I wanted Nintendo to do to the person who leaked the Game that caused him to change the policies. I wish they would have contacted YouTube and be a look We're taking down this guy's videos on this game And we really want to work with you and get this guy banned for a while Three months can kill a YouTube channel. It really can. I don't know if this particular Chinese youtuber has a very very big channel I don't know. I don't care I don't care if this was PewDiePie if you are leaking stuff like this You need to be taken care of and I'm glad that Nintendo and YouTube can come together to put a kibosh on this now Has this affected any of the channels that might be leaking stuff in North America? No in fact, while I was making this video, I decided to look up Super Mario Odyssey leaks on YouTube just to see how bad the situation is here in North America and Sure enough, there are actually leaked versions of the game being played on YouTube now obviously Livestreams are easier to catch because those get promoted by YouTube and when they get promoted Nintendo's gonna catch on to it and that's probably how they caught this guy in China But even when I look at some of these people who have leaked Videos out here, you know, not just news about it But like actual leaked footage from a copy of the game. They've clearly attained illegally in fact I'm gonna call out this one youtuber RIT one two three dude I hope Nintendo comes after you and bans your channel not only is it very obvious you're playing in a legal copy of the game You're playing it on your computer through an emulator that your computer clearly cannot handle as the game is running at like three to five FPS I applaud you for your dedication to continuing to play the game at that FPS But yeah, I hope Nintendo comes down on you. It just gets rid of your channel entirely. In fact, heck while we're at it Why don't we call it some other people? How about qqs q ui q ues space colon d 151 views three days ago leaked exclusive gameplay Super Mario Odyssey I checked out that video as well and yep again. It's being recorded by Bandai cam played on an emulator on your PC Bye-bye. I hope Nintendo comes after you in fact each person I see on the first couple pages here I'm gonna send off to golin Harris as a little present. I'm gonna be like, hey, here's a bunch of people leaking your game Playing illegal copies. Please contact YouTube and do something about it That's how excited I am that they went after hard after this guy in China Obviously the leaks here on YouTube are not as bad There's 56 filter results when I look for Super Mario Odyssey leaked gameplay There might be some other searches out there that could draw up some more, but yeah, this is not good I Mean look, there's even this other youtuber our crafty masters Super Odyssey heaven and hell kingdom leaked footage contains spoilers like I what like Goodbye, get out of here. All the all these people that I'm shown here in the screenshot. Goodbye Any of you guys leaking footage done I'm not that this stuff frustrates me. This is why I can't get review copies of games This is why people who should be trusted can't get review copies of games because of not only the people Not just the people that are leaking the game, which is bad enough But the people that have the audacity to download that illegal copy of the game and then put footage of it online before launch. Oh It's so frustrating you're ruining it for people who don't want to see this stuff yet And on top of that you're ruining it for media members I did this is just a really frustrating situation, but thank you Nintendo for coming down hard on that person in China I hope to help you here go hard down on some of these people in North America and or Europe This is just ridiculous to me guys. I don't care if you personally right now are playing a leaked copy of Super Mario Odyssey I don't care. I don't care if you're playing it in your house. I don't care if you're playing it on your switch I'm an emulator. I don't care. Keep it to yourself. I I think it's wrong that you're doing it But you know what I'm not I can't stop you just like I couldn't stop people who played the leaked version of Pokemon Moon last year It's fine. Play the game. Just don't do everyone a favor people who are waiting for the retail copy Do not put videos of it online at least until the game launches And I mean for people with Super Mario Odyssey like really if your computer can't handle it Definitely don't put those videos online because it's very obvious that you're playing an illegal copy of it And especially one that has the Bandai cam logo Watermark on there, which Newton. Oh man. Anyways, folks Let me know what you think about this in the comments below you happy Nintendo went on hard on China on this Chinese YouTuber, I hope and that they go hard down on these people that I've screen shot it now And I'm going to be sending off to Nintendo. Please let me know down in the comments below I am Nathaniel Rufflejans from Nintendo Prime and if you like this video You know what to do and if you dislike this video hit that dislike button subscribe for more content just like this and hey You know what? I might as well mention it There's about 24 hours or so a little bit less to enter our Super Mario Odyssey giveaway if you haven't done it yet There's a link down in the description below you literally have you know a little bit less than one day left to get Your entry in I will be drawing entries for the game Tomorrow, I'm either going to do it live on the live stream or I might do it before the live stream. I know whoever wins that means you're not going to get your copy of Super Mario Odyssey on day of release I understand in fact you probably won't even get it over the weekend because that's just the way shipping works But hey, it's a free copy of the game. I don't think anyone can complain too much. I understand The logistics of this giveaway so in the future when I do do giveaways for games that haven't released yet I'm going to make sure that I draw a winner Maybe about a week before the game comes out to give me time to exchange details and get that copy shipped out So you can have it on release day, but yeah learning learning pains growing pains, right? Thank you so much though for everyone who has entered. I wish you guys all luck in becoming the winner of this giveaway We are going to have a new giveaway, but as well coming out next month I'm not going to tell you what the giveaway is yet until we're done with this one But thank you so much for all of your support here at Nintendo Prime and you know what folks I will catch you in the next one