 If you guys remember a while back There was a lot of leaks for Pokemon Sword and shield well before the game came out And this sparked a lot of controversy with the models and all this stuff And there was already some controversy from Nintendo's own release material But it got worse and worse as the leaks came out We eventually knew what the entire decks was long before Nintendo ever revealed it or the games came out And we knew that there was a leak and we knew that the Pokemon company and Nintendo Have discovered who they thought was the leaker, but they hadn't really given us any details other than they would pursue legal action Well, we seem to be at the conclusion of that legal action and Nintendo has not only concluded the legal action and the Pokemon company They have publicly stated where this person came from and That's very unusual because usually in cases where leakers are caught and say they do come from the media Which did happen this time around So someone with access to a review copy got busted for leaking They don't usually call out the entire outlet now. I have a theory on why they are calling out this outlet But we'll get into a bit the first is getting to the official statement now We have the statement and then we have a response from the official website That was accused of this stuff, but let's get into the Nintendo statement And then we'll go over to the website to see what they had to say So Nintendo life has here building up to the release of Pokemon Sword and Shield last year certain elements of the game including Pokemon Which hadn't been revealed or leaked online images and information spread like wildfire And it was painfully easy to accidentally stumble across unreleased content ahead of the game's launch back in November It was rumored that Nintendo may have caught the person Responsible for the leaks and the following month we learned the Pokemon company was taking legal action by filing a lawsuit today Nintendo and Pokemon shared a joint statement on the matter So Nintendo and the Pokemon company agree on this statement and you can read it in full below The joint statement from Nintendo and the Pokemon company in early November Nintendo identified a number of photographs taken from the gameplay that revealed multiple new and unannounced Pokemon from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield these photographs have been posted online and Nintendo together with the Pokemon company quickly identified the person responsible for these leaks they took immediate action These Pokemon were leaked by a reviewer for the Portuguese website f Nintendo who had received an early copy of the game for review purposes Both he and f Nintendo failed to handle confidential material Resulting in a clear breach of the confidentiality agreement between Nintendo and the media outlet as a result Nintendo will no longer work with f Nintendo Nintendo always protected its intellectual property and brands Leaks hurt not just Nintendo But the thousands of employees who worked hard to bring games to the market and the millions of fans around the world who look forward to News and surprises to the surprise and delight of players through new experiences is a shared passion for Nintendo and the Pokemon company We will pursue all avenues to preserve surprises for players of future Pokemon titles Now we aren't sure what legal ramifications have come out of this We do know that you know Pokemon Sword and Shield here. They've sold 16 million copies Not just a box here the games in there. And what happened is Somebody at a media outlet and I used to work at more traditional media outlets Zelda Informer I we used to get review copies of Zelda games at Zelda Informer back in the day Which has been since merged with Zelda Dungeons, so I'm sure as all the dungeon could get access to review copies Should they want I have gotten review copies for places like amnesia in the past I've worked at traditional media outlets in a brief stint at Nintendo everything And what's interesting when you get review copies is They don't make you sign an agreement before you get the review copy at least they used to not do that maybe they do that now, but they used to send physical copies in the mail and When you got those copies along with the copy would come basically a list of Things that you agree to just for having that copy It's interesting because I always thought it was weird that they would send you a review copy without making you agree To the terms before they send it because if you have no intent to ever agree to those terms ahead of time You're not gonna send the game back, so you're going to probably do something you shouldn't be doing with it And the terms would always say things like you know, you could only Here's when you could do writer preview. Here's when you can release a review in your preview You can only go through this part of the game These parts of the games are not allowed to be you know not allowed to be talked about at all You can do X amount of video clips of the game up to this point. You can't show this you can show this It'd be basically a list of restrictions even when the review came out Sometimes there would be restrictions in the review If you release it on that date the restrictions are lifted the day the game comes out So if you want to wait to release your review the same day as the game released Then you don't have to worry about those restrictions But if you know sometimes there were restrictions on the review just because they wanted to protect say the ending of the game Or or something like that which is perfectly makes sense And I don't think reviews necessarily need to spoil everything about a game to be effective There are reviews that do that, but I don't think that that's required So most of us reviewers didn't view it as a handicap and I did use these review copies to review some games Also to create some walkthroughs to get ready to go on day one for certain Zelda games stuff like that So I have I have literally direct knowledge of how Nintendo handles review copies of games at least here in the United States Now it's different now because now they do all digital codes and the last review copy I got from them was Twilight Princess HD and I got that As a digital code and in the email of the digital code contained all the NDA information So it is implied that you agreed to this information for them sending you that copy of the game I always felt like it should be something you sign ahead of time or the outlet you represent signs ahead of time But that's never been the case and I don't know how other companies handle their review copies again I think I got a review copy epic minky that was much to the same way. So The thing is is this all that probably got this did this email with the digital code And then they picked who you know, it usually is sent to either the individual reviewer or it's sent to the Editor-in-Chief and then they can delegate who's going to be doing the review who gets the copy etc and What I find interesting is that in all of this is that we've had leaks in the for from media outlets We have had specific members of the media end up leaking things and the person's never named nor is the outlet by Nintendo This is because one the outlet usually isn't completely blacklisted Which has happened in this case and we'll get into it a bit but beyond that They usually aren't this savage about it, but I think One reason why they're being this savage about it is the Pokemon company is much more restrictive of their stuff than Nintendo Themselves is and the Pokemon company has done things like shut down fan meet-ups using Pokemon imagery at bars Like there was a meet-up before packs It was supposed to happen some years back in the Pokemon company completely like banned that from happening even though I didn't have any negative impact on Pokemon But it didn't matter. They're that protective of their IP So Nintendo has to be complicit with Pokemon's desires the Pokemon companies desires But beyond that F. Nintendo released a statement. Let's get to what F. Nintendo had to say on this Now they are a Portuguese website, so I did Google translate this or will be Google translating this and Here's what I had to say and for some reason it's repeated twice. I don't know if this is a thing that happens I Don't know I'm gonna read just both statements in case there's some differences here So it's a two-hour readers in early November of 2019 a series of photographs of a screen displaying images of several Pokemon At the time not yet announced from Pokemon Sword and Shield games were shared online We want to take this opportunity to openly admit to our readers that F. Nintendo was Responsible for the online dissemination of some of these photos Nintendo offered us a copy of the game for analysis purposes with clear embargo guidelines Which with with which we agreed that copy was sent to one of our employees who improperly shared the aforementioned photographs After the investigation F. Nintendo ended its relationship with that employee our relationship with Nintendo Portugal dates back to 11 years, but our part of this is Undue sharing is a clear violation of the confidentiality agreement between us and as a result a total breach of trust with Nintendo We recognize that this is unacceptable to violate the embargo guidelines that we have not handled the materials for analysis Would do care we fully respect Nintendo's decision to cancel the confidentiality agreement between our companies and as a result of this Breach of trust and to accept that we will no longer receive Nintendo products or be invited to participate in its events But to apologize to Nintendo and the Pokemon company as well as our readers for disappointing them after Nintendo So after never confirms they are blacklisted by Nintendo. They will not get media access to things They will not be invited to events review copies all that stuff Nintendo drop the hammer. I don't really know why this statement's made twice But that doesn't really matter. The point is that F. Nintendo fully admits to it. They admit they are blacklisted And that's a huge deal. It's almost a death knell for a place like F. Nintendo now I did some research into F. Nintendo and it turns out they're a relatively small website They get about 8,000 views or so per day to put this in perspective my former outlet that merged into Zelda Dungeon back in the day so Zelda and former back in the day would get usually between two to three million views per month For us to get review copies game easier would we'll get over a million Places like Nintendo life get over six million views per month So it's a very tiny website of Portugal's opposite a smaller country And this was the largest from what I can tell in my Google research Nintendo fan site on in Portugal So I guess it kind of made sense that for Nintendo of Portugal that this might be a go-to website for review copies and events for fans in Portugal Even though the viewership is so small that's still potentially thousands of sales that F. Nintendo could Generate and it's interesting because here we literally in one week past more than 8,000 views So we are like, you know 4x as big as F. Nintendo in general Per month as a youtuber and we don't get review copies, of course They they handle video reviewers and video people differently There are outlets much smaller than me on YouTube that actually get review copies why I get denied I don't know maybe Nintendo doesn't like me It's weird to I have a history reviewing their games and I've always followed the NDA and never leaked anything But it is what it is. I honestly think that at this point The hammer had to have been dropped Because Nintendo doesn't care There's such a tiny place the Pokemon company cares greatly and they want to issue a warning to any other Journalist in the world whether you're a youtuber or or whoever you are that gets review copies of games If you leak our games in the future Do not be surprised if we drop the ban hammer someone who works for IGN leak something But by IGN we're ejecting you and I think Nintendo had to be harsh like this because they are so tired of the leaks The Pokemon company especially is tired of leaks You guys remember Pokemon Sun and Moon like the entirety of Pokemon moon was leaked online in rom form and people were literally Playing the game worldwide before the games came out clearly Nintendo wants to avoid this situation in the future And that's really all I have to say about that. 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