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Nintendo Issues Takedown Against Garry's Mod After 18 Years

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Joshua Robertson

Published Apr 24, 2024

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Garry's Mod developer Facepunch Studios is removing all Nintendo content due to takedown notices from the company itself.
Facepunch has claimed that the decision is "fair", and that players should "respect" Nintendo's wishes.
Garry's Mod will now have almost 20 years worth of Nintendo content removed, and Facepunch is urging creators to delete any content they have to speed up the process.

Updated at 16:05 BST, 25/04/2024: Garry himself has now confirmed the legitimacy of the Nintendo DMCAs.

If you've been playing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Garry's Mod over the past few days and have noticed that several Nintendo-related workshop items are now missing, you're not alone. According to a post on the Garry's Mod community page on Steam, the team behind the title is now working to remove every single piece of Nintendo content from the game due to them receiving takedown notices from the company itself.

, several takedowns have come in from the company, which has prompted the developers of Garry's mod to start purging Nintendo-related content. This is despite the takedowns coming over 18 years since the game first launched, with players having used Nintendo maps, characters, and items from various different games with no problems for the majority of that time.

Thankfully, developer Facepunch Studios is taking things on the chin and thinks that the problem is "fair enough". In the statement, it's explained that it's ultimately Nintendo's decision to allow Garry's Mod to use Nintendo IP, and that they "have to respect" the decision, no matter how disappointing it may be. Facepunch then explains that the process will be ongoing, as there are a lot of uploads to sort through, and urges anyone who has one to delete it themselves to help out.

Garry's Mod Will Be Losing Some Truly Iconic Content

As you can probably imagine, almost 20 years of Nintendo content being removed from Garry's mod is going to see a lot of very popular creations completely destroyed. For starters, one of the most popular maps in the Trouble in Terrorist Town game mode is based on Kakariko Village from The Legend Zelda: A Link To The Past, which will probably have to get the ax if Facepunch wants all Nintendo stuff to be removed.

This isn't even mentioning character models like Mario, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a startling amount of Animal Cro🥀ssing ch💯aracters, which are just fun to mess around with if nothing else. It's definitely a massive blow for the game's modding community, which is 😼one of the most dedicated and creative ones out there, and what has spurred Nintendo to take action now after 18 years of allowing mods to stay up is anyone's best guess. In any case, Garry's Mod just got a little less special, and that sucks.