The Pokémon Company is hunting down videos of Pokémon mods

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are relentless when it comes to defending their franchises not only from piracy but also from the use of mods and fan-made content. The companies are not only seeking out new projects but also content dating back almost a decade.

NoahJ456 is a very popular YouTuber with just over 5.2 million subscribers who has just had a run-in with The Pokémon Company that could have easily ended his creator account on the platform.

We say this because NoahJ456 revealed that YouTube contacted him to inform him that he had to remove a video from his channel at the request of The Pokémon Company because it showcased a mod of the franchise that inserted Pokémon characters into the Zombies mode in a Call of Duty game, precisely the 3D models of Pikachu, Gengar, Meowth, and Mewtwo, all created by The Pokémon Company.

The Pokémon Company is hunting down mods of Pokémon videos

What catches attention in this case is that it's a video uploaded 7 years ago, and the claim was made manually; that is, at the specific request of The Pokémon Company International. It's not unreasonable to think that, following the Pokémon mods for Palworld, The Pokémon Company got to work and searched for popular mod videos of the series regardless of their age.

This resulted in a copyright claim or strike on his account. When a content creator accumulates 3 claims, YouTube permanently suspends their account. Fortunately for NoahJ456, he hadn't received any other strikes. Of course, the content creator cooperated, and the video can no longer be viewed on YouTube.

"To prevent this from happening [account removal], please do not upload videos that contain content you are not allowed to use," reads the message from YouTube shared by NoahJ456.

That said, NoahJ456 gave a courteous warning to other content creators who have ever used "any type of modded Pokémon content" for their videos, regardless of the age of the material.

Following the success of Palworld, a YouTuber added Pokémon characters to the Pocketpair title, but it didn't last long as The Pokémon Company forced them to remove the content, so the user replaced it.

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