Breath of the Wild Multiplayer

Game mod
Name:	Breath of the Wild Multiplayer
Original game:	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Fandom:	Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda
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The Breath of the Wild Multiplayer Mod was a game mod for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, originally commissioned by YouTuber PointCrow and subsequently subject to a number of takedown notices.

Originally PointCrow offered a bounty of $10,000 for creating the mod, running afoul of the usual standard for game mods (free) and thus garnering no small amount of frustration from the modding community (see also Fandom and Profit). Furthermore, modding Breath of the Wild involves ripping the files off a game cartridge and playing them in a PC emulator, another action that Nintendo has historically protected to the point of criminal prosecution of people who hacked Nintendo Switches.

Nevertheless, the amount of money offered was substantial enough to eventually attract mod author(s) who, thus far, remain anonymous.

Upon public release, several of PointCrow's videos related to the mod were demonetized, and the announcement video was deleted.

Incredibly disappointed that @NintendoAmerica has decided to block my videos on Breath of the Wild. It’s the love for the community and the innovation that we bring to it that has kept it alive & brought new people to love the Zelda series. I hope you reverse your decision soon.

PointCrow tweeting on the subject

Appealing the demonetization of these videos netted him the takedown of several other videos as well as two copyright strikes, bringing him perilously close to losing his channel (as three copyright strikes takes down a Youtube channel).

PointCrow then made a Youtube video about the incident that garnered more than 1 million views. It was removed from his channel less than a month later, but remains viewable by direct link.

Several other Youtubers also covered the situation, such as a mention on Linus Tech Tips' WAN Show. Almost all these videos considered the situation morally wrong and another example of Nintendo being actively hostile towards its fans. However, lawyer Moon Channel released a video concluding that, regardless of the ethics, Nintendo had the legal right to do so.

PointCrow's videos featuring the mod remain taken down, and the mod is no longer available from download from any reputable sources. PointCrow later mentioned on a stream that he will no longer be modding Zelda games to protect his career, though he still maintains that he did nothing wrong. He continues to post other Zelda-related challenge runs, as well as mods of other games such as Pokemon and Elden Ring.