Nintendo filed a lawsuit on November 6 in Colorado against streamer Jesse Keighin, known online as EveryGameGuru, accusing him of broadcasting Nintendo games before their official release dates and ignoring repeated demands to stop, according to the complaint referenced by 404.
The company alleges Keighin streamed gameplay of titles including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet on Twitch, YouTube and Kick.
Repeated notices and defiance
According to the lawsuit, Nintendo sent dozens of notices asking the streamer to cease the live broadcasts, but the company says Keighin continued. The complaint cites an October 24 message Keighin allegedly sent to Nintendo stating, “I have a thousand recording channels to stream” and “[I] can do this all day. You can try to stop me but I will keep going,” as reported by The Tribune.
Nintendo says it was able to remove some videos from platforms, but that Keighin created new accounts afterward. Court exhibits also show the streamer added a QR code directing viewers to his CashApp, a mobile payment service, according to the filing.
Alleged scale of infringements and damages sought
The complaint claims EveryGameGuru broadcast at least 10 different Nintendo titles before their release dates on at least 50 separate occasions since 2022. Nintendo is seeking statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement, which could total up to $7 million.
Evidence presented in the suit
Court materials include a screenshot of a now-deactivated YouTube account for EveryGameGuru showing 1,730 subscribers and one cited stream that had a single viewer at a given moment. The filing also includes an image alleged to show Keighin authored a guide explaining how to play illegally downloaded ROMs.
