Garry’s Mod is removing decades of Nintendo-related addons

The popular physics sandbox game Garry Mod is removing all of its Nintendo-related add-ons following copyright takedown requests from the gaming giant. On Wednesday, the developers of Garry Mod made a post on Steam saying that users “may have noticed that certain Nintendo-related workshop items have been removed recently,” adding that “this is not a bug” as the removals came from Nintendo.

“Honestly, this is pretty fair. “This is Nintendo content and what they allow and do not allow is up to them,” the post reads. “They don’t want you playing with that stuff in Garry’s Mod; That’s your decision, we have to respect it and eliminate everything we can. “This is a continuous process, since we have 20 years of loads to carry out.”

Garry Mod It began removing Nintendo-related content earlier this year, but some users believed these requests came from a copyright troll and not Nintendo itself. After analyzing this most recent round of copyright takedowns, Garry Mod Creator Garry Newman confirmed on X that he has been “assured” that the takedown requests are “legitimate.”

Deletion requests mean Garry Mod You will have to remove a lot of maps and other Nintendo related items. Over the years, player-created content on Garry Mod has allowed players to do things like turn Super Mario 64 in a first-person shooter game or even explore Hyrule as Link. Since there is so much Nintendo related content on Garry ModThe developers ask the community to remove any infringing work they have uploaded. The edge He contacted Nintendo for comment but did not immediately receive a response.