Popular Twitch And TikTok Star Pokeprincxss Has Been Sued By Nintendo

So what does her merch look like?

It is uncomfortable for some to recognize the solution "do not take intellectual property that doesn't belong to you - just make your own original work" but it is sound advice.

I am sorry she has to find out this lesson the hard way, sincerely. It sucks to go through.

I am also sorry that the creation of original work does not instantly get you likes and follows (or money) like taking someone else's existing popular IP does. It would be awesome if life was easier, and people valued original content even more than they do. However here we are, so we put our heads down and get to work.

@JKRiki I agree, society nowadays are more interested in recognizable brands than brand (haha get it) new ones. It's sad but it's the truth.

Feel like she probably could have gotten away with keeping the name, she’s just have to poke people (with a stick) more often.

So she does porn? No wonder Nintendo doesn't want their imagery associated with her.

This is a weird one this time compared to Nintendo's other cease and desist cases but if you're factoring IPs to help promote your brand regardless of who's IP it is then she should've seen this coming.

But know I wonder how Nintendo will react to content creators with Nintendo tidbits on their names/brand. I'm guessing this particular case was mostly because of the merch, trademark, and yeah...porn.

Next they’ll sue Poké bowls.

Nintendo: The Disney of the video game industry. Remember when AVGN was called the Angry Nintendo Nerd? After he got really popular he got a C&D and had to change his whole branding. A lot of people have no idea that was his original name.

I think the reason Nintendo moved in here rather than let's say... AustinJohnPlays (who sometimes sells merch with original art inspired by Pokemon) is probably the porn connection. Pokemon is a family friendly brand and a YouTuber who also works in adult industry using "Poke" in the name and selling merch with Pokeballs sends the wrong image and makes it seem like Nintendo is promoting the connection. Still it's not a good idea to push your luck sometimes.

This is not the end of the world.

@JKRiki you seem to be under the illusion that this hasn’t gone well for her. The name change now won’t harm her. She will have made far more than she paid out and she has the fan base: so no that isn’t the morale.

She won. She has an article here and we are talking about it and if anything her income will go up.

So kids reading - using existing brands to make a brand is literally what all influencers do, many are even paid to do exactly that and are allowed to use trademarks etc.

She literally will make more money off the back of this.

@Wexter this is the correct summary of the situation 100% not the usual NL comments section morale warriors about kids learning not to steal. It’s about pushing your luck and image. Millions do similar to her and are ok.... mix in adult work and it’s not a good look for ninty. But you have to feel she has her fan base and will make plenty from added exposure as like me many won’t of even heard of her. She’ll make plenty off this - she owes ninty a pint

At first I thought this was going to just be about the name, but when you start selling merchandise and imagery too close to the source material? Yeah... This was kind of inevitable.

Yeah maybe don't sell stuff with pok'emon plastered all over it XD

It's a fine line and a razor's edge but it looks like by the law she was wrong. Perhaps intentions weren't bad, of course, but....

She had admitted it all here?

Any others going to be targeted now? Hmmm....

At least she admits she was wrong and is having fun with the ordeal instead of whining about it.

Adult industry.... like stripper or full blown porn

Can the word "Poke" really be owned though?

Good to see her admit that she just made some wrong decisions when she was younger, there was no way she could keep going with that name.

@rockodoodle looks like she just has an OnlyFans and uploads the trailers to other websites. Nothing major, but not something Nintendo would want.

@rockodoodle Full-blown porn. She has a pornhub account with paid videos.

Me reading the article: Hmmm, it's kinda odd Nintendo is targeting her specifically...

"...she also works in the adult entertainment industry..."

Me: facepalms That was your first mistake, fam.

@Stocksy Maybe, but there's more to life than money. You have no idea what emotional issues this may cause, short or long-term. And many would pay a huge amount to avoid such emotional turmoil in their lives. Ultimately cash doesn't fix all problems.

Dreamcastguy is next lol

Seems her entire business was based around exploiting the Pokemon brand. Of course Nintendo hit her with a cease and desist. It had nothing to with her connection to the adult "entertainment" industry. Anybody else who built an entire personal and business brand based on Nintendo IP would be treated similarly regardless of what other work they were involved in.

@Xenobound94 Exactly this. There are A LOT of other content creators who would fall under the issue of the names or merch who haven't been hit with a cease and desist. I was wondering what was different about them and bingo-bongo, you can't have her showing up on "poke" searches.

I would not have known she was in the adult entertainment industry until I looked it up. She could have done well already without it, but...

Anyway, I don't have issues with people in the adult industry as I have friends working there in various positions (no pun intended), but some things like that Princess Peach game are a different beast. I can respect this woman as a fan and adult entertainer, but can't seem to explain why I find Princess Peach was distasteful in comparison.

Influences are unnecessary and I'm tired of hearing about them

@JKRiki she is a streamer that does adult work.... I think she will be happy to have the extra exposure and will see the bright side. Like you say it probably caused some stress but compared to the millions of horrible horrible jobs people do she is one of the lucky ones that made her own lane and is making plenty of money for herself.

There is more to money I agree 100% which is why I don’t put myself out there in a place where backlashes and court cases are common place

Sucks to suck. change your name and move on. Nobody cares

@Mountain_Man seriously go on insta and YouTube... loads and loads and loads use Nintendo related names and logos and make loads of money from it.

It’s 100% the adult stuff

Was going to make a comment about whether or not I would get sued for my username, but I can understand why Nintendo would do it after reading the article (even if a lawsuit is probably on the extreme end, but I'm...not looking further into this).

Almost hard to believe a woman in her twenties or thirties didn't realize selling products inspired by the copyrighted Pokémon IP (a brand one could argue is generally geared towards children), using an internet handle based directly on that copyrighted IP while cultivating a large following on a controversial social media service and using the platform she built on the back of that copyrighted IP to produce and market full-on pornography for a for-profit, highly visible porn side business was not a wise decision until she received a cease and desist.

Maybe with her new handle, she can make the switch to Digimon: Digital Monsters, start selling Agumon buttplugs. Just don't forget to "respect the hustle" by using the proper sex worker terminology, lest you be slapped with a meaningless abbreviated 2010s woke Twitter label, or, God forbid, a grown adult's feelings be hurt. Right back, getting a text from my undocumented medical distributor.

Hmm, 'Poke' before another word, without even the accented E doesn't feel like enough to me for Nintendo to sue over.

Yeah it’s definitely the fact that she works in porn. Please if you’re associated with Nintendo, don’t do that.

@JSDude1 I guess the love hotels Nintendo used to have before they made video games is something they'd rather not be reminded of, too.

Just gunna point out that there is a huge chance that it was the pokemon company that issued it and not Nintendo and that she is just assuming Nintendo.

Nintendo exec 1: Right lads, what shall we do today? A new game or a lawsuit?
Nintendo exec 2: People seem happy enough with the games we made a few years ago. Never a bad time for a lawsuit though!
Nintendo exec 3: Sounds good to me!
Nintendo exec 1: Oy, Miyamoto, get on YouTube and find us an idiot doing a Mario impression!

Is pokemane next? Please let her be next.

Nintendo has to protect it's properties, and when you try to profit off of someone else's work, you are likely going to get sued.

@thejameswhogames make something and then have it sold for profit, while not making any money from it, then come back to me and see how you feel.

This was bound to happen. Mainly because she does porn.

Nintendo should invite her to be a brand ambassador, She also plays with Poké balls for a living.

Don't mess with the nintendo police !
I am surprised they let her keep her tattoo's and not have to remove them h*lls angel style.

From the tile I was expecting this to be another Nintendo over reaction - can't go after every Tiktok user - but those shirts she were selling were obviously over the line. I mean come on, that's Mew, or Mewtwo - I don't care that much but it's obviously 1 of them. And SELLing Pokeball logos?

Were those shirt pics added to the article after publication b/c a few comments seem clueless?

Here's my thoughts on things - you want to call yourself Pokepet and make the occasional tiktok vid saying how much you love Pokemon and wish you had a pet Pikachu, that's probably fine. You start SELLING merchandise which has other companies intellectual property on it, well that's pretty much straight up theft. fair use <> profit

Should I even be surprised about this? Not long ago, Nintendo also took down that one Peach game.

Good for Nintendo.

Nintendo typically looks the other way as long as you don’t copy and paste their trademarked images and stuff, but they do have the right to protect their brands if they want to.

I thought this was just another ''Nintendo took down my fangame wah'' I don't know who this is but I wouldn't sell merch like that and the adult stuff wouldn't help.

Came into this article prepared to roll my eyes at Nintendo, but that merch is a huge "YIKES". That Mew design is basically just pokemon merchandise.

@jump yeah, i also want to check what she sells, 😉

Damn, these vidya game nerds have awful taste in women

Receiving a Cease & Desist is not the same thing as "getting sued." The former means sending a letter, nothing more. The latter means getting the courts involved. She was not sued. False headline.

To be fair, I think the name would have been fine if she'd actually challenged Nintendo's claim, as I don't think Nintendo owns the copyright to the word "Poke" in and of itself (as far as I know at least), and it certainly doesn't own the copyright to the world "Princess" for sure, nor the combination of the two (again, as far as I'm aware), but the use of Nintendo's actual copyrighted character designs and Pokemon art and the like is where Nintendo had a case as far as I can see. But, yeah, I think she should have actually fought back on the name part, and, having went through a 2-year long legal battle with Warner Bros. myself for my own company name, iNCEPTIONAL (because they claimed I was ripping off the INCEPTION brand), and won, I believe she could have too (on the name part alone). But, as per usual, everyone is afraid to challenge the threatening mega corporation.

I see people saying porn but It's the merch, it goes against the terms of service. https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/en/index.html?n
"Q5:Can I sell content that I create and upload or livestream on a sharing platform if it includes Nintendo Game Content?
A5:No, you may not sell any videos, music, or images that you created using Nintendo Game Content."

Wouldn't "Poke" and "Poké" be considered two different words? Is the word "Poke" trademarked? To me, Nintendo are unhappy with her using copyright Pokémon images. She would have been fine keeping the name.

@ivory_soul
From what I understood, he was aware he couldn't keep using "Angry Nintendo Nerd" as he was planning on selling merchant, trademarking the name, etc. So he changed it to "Angry Video Game Nerd". I don't remember there being any C&D involved.

More like, aging scene girl still uses "x"'s in her name despite approaching 30. Haha

@Starfy Looks at gamers, Youtubers and musicians how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?

For real though, never understood why older people are so opposed to every new career option that turns up. Literally being a musician was once not a valid career option, same with being a Youtuber. And before you say it doesn't require talent, you try consistently entertaining an audience every day, starting off tiny and growing to thousands. Give it a go, see how easy it is.

@Jayofmaya I see punks in their 50's and 60's, old school teddy boys in their 70's and 80's, goths in their 40's.
Liking a style has no age limit unless you're boring

@Jayofmaya Wait no the way she does it isn't even scene, It's just a normal thing. If it was "Xx_DiGiTaL_Pr1nCe$$_xX" I'd ALMOST see your point

Well pasting Pokémon on anything other then Nintendo accepted and approved is asking for trouble. And worse your a Porn actor promoting your Pokémon brand how opposite are these two. I think she was more then aheem Adult to know this would happen and did for reasons other then money. One-Time YT fame is what it looks to be. I doubt this is about a lesson learned but trying to make a name.

Well she must have been mightily dumb then.

@duffmmann It's not the name that she got sue for, it's her merch. She's selling her merchandise with the Pokemon likeness and branding without permission even making it as if it was her own. That's why she got sue.

Oh noes, another evil company protecting its IP rights! Where are the Robin Hood Keyboard warriors to defend her and claim IP rights don't exist?!

Nice to see someone remain rational instead of moan like a baby about it.

@ivory_soul makes me wonder what's the difference between this guy calling himself Angry Nintendo Nerd and NintendoLife?..

For me, I couldn't care less if she works in porn or not. But that shirt above (example of her merchandise) IS a Mew. Its not "inspired by" Mew...that IS a Mew. And on the front isn't an "inspired by" Pokeball...it IS a pokeball. That looks like a direct use of the Pokemon IP brand and images, and I'm sure she didn't go to Nintendo and get permission to use it. A name is one thing, but completely ripping off someone else's images and using them to make a profit for yourself? Yeah, Nintendo did the right thing here. I'm sure the porn thing played a part in it as well, but when she moved to selling merch that directly stole images from Nintendo (or the Pokemon Co. if you prefer) to me crossed a line.

See, this is why the Angry Nintendo Nerd became the Angry Video Game Nerd.

So he could sell licensed products without making Nintendo mad at him.

Regardless of how you feel about the AVGN, he did it the right way when it came to selling stuff based on his brand.

What was she thinking selling shirts with Pokeballs on it? Did she think Nintendo was gonna turn a blind eye to such a thing?

Copyright theft pure and simple, she does not own the IP so she can't use it.

@Stocksy Posting YouTube videos that are dedicated to reviewing and analyzing a game series falls under fair use, because you are generating and making money based on your own original content (your commentary and analysis). However, if you start selling products that capitalize on someone else's IP, that's when you cross the line.

Stop defending Nintendo.

In general.

Unfortunately for Nintendo, I'm the type to fight back against a c&d. If I was sent one I'd tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine and not to threaten me ever again.

Sooo...
Claimed a brand name too similar to an existing brand
Sold unlicensed merch of protected IP's
Works in the adult entertainment industry promoting brands aimed at children.

Yeah, you need to be pretty blind to not see this one coming for you sooner or later.
The copyright stuff alone is pretty thin ice, especially if you call attention towards you by trademarking your pokemon inspired username...

Also, maybe it's because i'm getting old, but i find it kinda strange that everyone and their mother (sometimes...literally...) is selling their body now O.o
Oh well...different can of worms i guess.

But yeah, had it coming for her, lesson learned, move on.

Maybe it would be hard to say the "Poke" in her original name wasn't a reference to Pokemon, considering she has like, an entire pokedex tattoed on herself.

Not sure how the law works in these cases though.

If it was just the name i would properly say its unfair and "typical Nintendo" but selling and merchandising stuff with Nintendo owned IP is yeah pretty naive. Lesson learned for her.

I can understand her taking down the IP-infringing merch. But why'd she capitulate and change her name too? I mean, she's working in the adult industry and couldn't figure out a way to pivot on "Poke"..? 🤣

So i just typed her name in Google and hot damn, yeah whatever she has to pay here will most likely be earned back in a week on her OF account. No wonder Nintendo have cracked down this hard.

When I read the title, I thought this was another instance of No-Fun Nintendo trying to censor fair-use and keep the fans down but reading that she trademarked her Pokemon-derivative username, sold merchandise with almost completely unaltered Pokemon art on it and does porn while using branding for a series aimed at children, I can understand Nintendo's issue here.

@ivory_soul Got any source on a C&D being the reason for his name change? Because all I could find is him saying it was because he wanted to cover non-Nintendo games.
On the wikipedia page it says it was to avoid trademark issues and yeah I'd assume that'd be hard to trademark.

pretty sure it was becuz of the trademarking and selling of goods with the pokemon companys trademarked images on them? Hello straight intellectual property infringement. She technically asked to be sued. could very well have been just the making money off of pokemon imagery. as there is an asian food restaurant that has "poke" in the name here in the USA. so the tradmarked nickname alone mightve not been enough to persue sueing her.

Pretty much hits all the boxes might as well had been shouting sue me at best I might make a point on the name but that merch is straight up zero excuse IP infringement. Like general rule is if you dont own it or have permission from owner and youre selling it youre going be sued.

What she did wasn't ethically wrong, but it was legally wrong and we live in a world of legislation. People will always try to piggy back off the big boys if it leads to easy success.

Pretty easy to see why Nintendo doesn't want to be associated with her in anyway.

@JKRiki alot of anime fan artists do this. There's a monopoly for car decals too that use alot of anime property but no one does anything about it

@LilMuku I didn't say any of that and im not of the older generation either. I'm allowed to have a negative opinion of influencers if I want to lol. My opinion doesn't stop them from making a career from it. I dont have to think its good

poke is like, a word yknow

I don't think the name, or the porn is really the issue here so much as the merch. Merch is Pokemon's main revenue, and she's selling what appears to be direct copyright infringing merch, that's made worse by being tied to an "adult industry" worker, but really, the merch in general would have been slapped down regardless. That's blatant.

As she should look at her merc it was directly stealing from Nintendo... Also look at her I would not want her attached to my brand in any way.

@4by3 there is nothing you can make or do as of today that is not already made or done. The copyright law needs to be less strict and if you make something that is already made then the original should receive a boon for the use, not run around and slap ppl with lawsuits and ruin their life.

It's really interesting to see people defend this streamers blatant thievery of someone else's licensed IP's for her own personal profit in these comments.

I'm always amazed how many people take the side of the people being sued in these cases. She literally took their IP and sold it as her own image. How can anyone think Nintendo is the bad guy here? Most any company would do the same (and smart) thing.

@Foisted_Bread While you have a point, there's a difference between doing something that's been done as in a very similar idea and doing that exact thing. I agree the law should be less restrictive, but the law as it stands is pretty clear and she violated it.

oh that merch ... can't argue against it but it must suck being sued by something you're covered in tattoos of

@Foisted_Bread all you have to do is make something that hasn't been done before, whether it becomes popular or not is down to how you market your creation. And I doubt it would ruin people's lives, unless you bring trolls into the equation. But if you enter the world of online celebrity you have to understand the pits and downfalls that come with it.

At least they aren't trying to get her to change her name because of that alone.
Merch of a twitch streamer is completely unnecessary so the fact that she was just using a pokeball as "her logo" just adds to the laziness factor.

She didn't learn from the Angry Video Game Nerd.

@impurekind oh the name would have been perfectly fine. Nintendo does not own a trademark on the work Poke. I mean Pokimane gets by just fine without a call from Nintendo. And considering the name Pokimane is pronounced P-Oe-Kee-Mane the same way you pronounce P-Oe-Kee-mon. It is clear what she was doing when she picked the name which was a subtle nod to Pokemon.

This however crossed a line into a realm Nintendo needed to act to protect their IP.

@WickedUnicarnBoi Nope she's called Pokimane

@Linux7055 Poke and Poki are still pronounced the same. That and to my knowledge she does not sell merch the openly shows the connection. It's subtle just the way it should be. That and for the most part she is a fairly clean-cut YouTuber.

Waiting for people to reply to me calling me a SIMP!!!!!!! I'm actually looking forward to it!

This makes sense considering Nintendo censors a lot of unnecessary things. This...may not be so unnecessary though honestly...

@LilMuku I used to be a scene kid, but adhering to one particular style for your whole life becomes very mundane. The anti conformist becomes the conformist.

@Wexter Plus, her nickname consists mostly of her real first name, Imane.
She not necessarily associated / promotes or sells unlicensed merch and Nintendo would need to file a claim based on phonetics alone, and i'm not even sure if you have a base there.

The head of the german game studio Daedalic (Edna & Harvey, Deponia), Jan Müller-Michaelis, also goes by the nickname of "Poki". Again, purely phonetic and without any direct brand association.

I reckon that if she didn't sell unlicensed merch, her username probably wouldn't have caused issues.
It's most certainly the direct brand association that bit her in the butt.

@Starfy Being an influencer is objectively not a bad career
You can dislike specific influencers and their content but you can't just have a problem with a whole career, like "ugh I hate actors" or "I wish writers would go away"
It makes zero sense

@Jayofmaya I don't get you
The only people that go through "phases" are sheep jumping on bandwagons because they have no personality
There's no age limit to liking a style

@Brummieendo90 Reminds me of how nintendo bought some mario porno in the 80s or 90s (I think it was called Super Hornio Bros but I just saw it in some fun fact thing so idk) entirely for the sake of keeping it out of the public eye. I believe it was because it counted as parody so they needed some way to get it down

@LilMuku it is objective? Its literally an opinion. And yeah you can want all actors and writers to go away why couldn't you?

I saw the headline and thought "that's stupid" but then I saw her merch and... yeah she's pretty blatantly just selling outright pokemon merch without permission so I get it.

@Travisemo007 Don't take this as fact, I'm just a teen so I've got a lot to learn, and my brain won't even be finished developing for like another nine years, but I believe the reason Pokemon and Poke restaurants can exist with each other is due to two reasons being that one, they are in different markets, and two, imagery and things associated with the respective companies do not overlap. Although the TikTok star technically was in different markets, being a pornstar/influencer, she was selling merch that directly imitated designs associated with pokemon, giving enough validity to her name being an infringement. Honestly, either side you swing to on this, I think everyone can agree Nintendo has more evidence on their side in this situation than Monster energy has had in their lawsuits combined.

@semolous "Unfortunately for Nintendo, I'm the type to fight back against a c&d. If I was sent one I'd tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine and not to threaten me ever again."

Unfortunately for you, that would simply earn you a very expensive lawsuit that you would have no chance of winning.

@Wexter Well said! very well said!

@Taarna Different strokes for different folks.

@jump they showed it, the fact that you couldn't make it out her merch is proof enough that she was selling products similar to nintendos.

@WickedUnicarnBoi Lol I think Pokemane is fine though, haven't watched her Twitch content but I do like her ASMR channel. Thank god she at least isn't in the adult industry.

Still, I think Nintendo can be incredibly “no fun allowed” when it comes to striking down fan content.

@Donnerkebab Indeed. The existence of Sonic Mania, a Christian Whitehead vehicle, proves your point eloquently.

If only "young and dumb" could be applied to normal offenses like speeding tickets.

I'm still baffled by the concept of millions watching someone else play a game, and that player being monetarily rewarded for it

Probably would have gotten away with it for longer if she wasn't selling videos/images of herself.

Legal or not, this is a giant douchebag move by Nintendo, and I just found out about how they sued someone for planning a Pokemon cosplay party. And for what? A frequent rehash series? The main rival in Sword & Shield looks terrible, by the way; the facial hair alone is an insult on the eyes!
Anyway, I'm frequently finding myself liking Nintendo less for various reasons. I hope the lawsuits over the Joycon drift cost the company dearly. Maybe all three major video game companies should just die off and be replaced by people who actually give a damn about the fun and artistic aspect of video games. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony can go to hell for all I care.

A cease and desist is not the same as being sued. They’re pretty much opposite ends of the spectrum. You’re not even obliged to do anything if you receive a cease and desist it’s just a warning that if you don’t you’ll eventually be sued. If all she’s received is a cease and desist why is the article being so sensationalist talking about Nintendo sueing people?

Anyway it’s likely nothing to do with the adult industry connections and more that she’s mass producing merch using their copyrighted IP. That pretty illegal thing to do. I’ve had artist friends not at all connected to the adult industry nor with giant twitch followings that have received cease and desist orders from Nintendo for mass producing merch based on Pokemon.

And Nintendo has to do it, because if they don’t they’ve set precedent of allowing it. At that point the moment they try and stop someone abusing their IP in a court of law, their case crumbles as they knowingly let others do it. Slapping a standard bit of Pokemon key art (not even redrawing it in your own style) and adding your screenname then printing t -shirts doesn’t fall into fair usage. Nintendo had to say something.

Nintendo wants to be, or rather already is, the next Disney.

I agree with Nintendo on this one.

A star?????Star!?You are joking right?We call people from tik tok and what not stars now?

@Mynemo,

Which is why we have A listers and Z listers, the word celebrity is very vague these days.

Streamers and e-celebs are a cancer upon this earth. Hope daddy Nintendo fleeces this idiot

@DrDaisy
"Maybe all three major video game companies should just die off and be replaced by people who actually give a damn about the fun and artistic aspect of video games."

That's actually kind of already happening and it's awesome! I don't think the big 3 are going anywhere, but self-publishing has become very easy over the last 10 years or so, which led to the deluge of high quality indie games we have today. I own a Switch, but Fire Emblem and BOTW are the only two nintendo games I own. I bought it because indie games publish there, and it's the only place to play most of them portable. I'm just waiting for a gaming-centric handheld pc, so all the great indies I own on that platform can be portable and I can say goodbye to nintendo's crap hardware.

@Heythumb nani?

@Jforde14 streamers are cancer? no they aren't, cease talking about something you clearly dont know anything about.

You guys really need to stop with the clickbait title that is a lie, how desperate can you be for money?

Meanwhile you got stuff like theyetee who makes tons of shirts based off Nintendo properties yet they don't do anything about them. Cool Nintendo:/

@rockodoodle weird question - makes no difference to the story and if you want to know for your own reasons, Google is a lot easier than asking here

How is it whenever I read “popular twitch/tiktok star” with thousands of followers and merc.. i immediately assume “I bet they have lots of videos of themselves in their underwear”.. and I’m usually right.

Except this one, a quick google of her name, found me.. well.. it’s been mentioned above.

Sigh

Ok let's not talk about the porn industry or how (un/)attractive or 'skilled' anyone thinks this person is.

Let's move on from that. If there's nothing else to say, then let's not say anything.

@DrDaisy There is nothing artistic about selling shirts with other people's branding. Sure, some unique graphic design went in but come on. There are certain things I think Nintendo is way too strict about but this is not one of them

Popular? Lol, debatable. Her adult vids are pedestrian, at best. Companies really don't like one selling their copyrighted images, sweetheart.

The other article I read didn't show any of the merch, so it just looked like they were suing her for using the word poke in her name... Her she is using pokeballs and pictures of new on hoodies, how did she not know it would come to that. She'd only have been able to do that it Nintendo actually allowed her to be a partner that would stream their content, but they aren't trying to do anything like that ever apparently.

When it all comes down to it those where Nintendo IP regardless of what shills want to say or think. That is a Name Brand and getting sold by someone else whom gives no Royalties to Nintendo is asking for trouble. That's the FACT and a cease and decease as another said is a Warning that further actions will not be so light.

@Taarna I threw nothing, I don't write the articles.

However, the subject got derailed, both from people for and agaisnt it, and I deleted several comments because of that.

Maybe she could change the designs on the shirts to drawings of her or something.

I just found out about how they sued someone for planning a Pokemon cosplay party.

@DrDaisy You... actually, seem to be correct. That is seriously disgusting. Seriously f***ing disgusting. I'm glad that I lack all interest in that franchise - this incident will be my retort if anyone ever mentions that trash to me.

Would she be allowed to sell them if they were original drawings of her favourite Pokemon?

She's probably too young to remember James Rolfe changing over from "The Angry Nintendo Nerd" to "The Angry Video Game Nerd" so that he could turn the character into a profitable business. Always best to carefully consider branding and if it infringes upon anyone else's trademark.

@JKRiki Nintendo didn't build that. - Obama