Retro gaming fans rejoiced as footage began appearing of Kaze Emanuar's modified emulated version of Mario 64, as it introduced everyone to a world where they could play massive multiplayer sessions of the classic platformer with their friends. Mario 64 Online was born and brought with it many fun moments and hijinks in one of gaming's most classic titles. But Nintendo didn't like it.
I'm dead. Nintendo just took 20 of my videos and my Patreon down. Nintendo Creator program is not available in my country :(
— Kaze Emanuar (@KazeSSBM) September 19, 2017
The Japanese game maker has a history of going after modifications and fan creations, but this feels like one of its more egregious takedowns. Not only did it use DMCA law to take down all of Emanuar's videos of Mario 64 Online, but it leveraged its considerable heft to take down his Patreon account too, removing his main line of funding for developing the game modification.
just because everyone thinks that some random videos taken down stops anything, nah. they are entirely unrelated to developement.
— Kaze Emanuar (@KazeSSBM) September 19, 2017
While that was a major blow to Emanuar and his developmental plans, it doesn't seem to have kept him down for long. In more recent Tweets he announced plans to release new buids of the game faster than Nintendo can do anything about it.
It certainly hasn't affected the version of the game he released last year, called SM64: Last Impact, which while singleplayer, introduces more stars, power ups, a new soundtrack and more to the classic Mario 64 game.
He still has his original , though if that's where he starts posting Nintendo themed content, it may not last long either.
