A streamer who delighted in relentlessly streaming unreleased and emulated Switch games is facing a $7.5 million lawsuit from Nintendo.

Nintendo is cracking down on Jesse Keighin, aka “EveryGameGuru”, who allegedly streamed the pirated games on various platforms such as Twitch, YouTube and Kick. These include The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

According to lawsuit in Colorado District Court on November 6, Keighin, despite previous DMCA takedown notices and cease and desist orders, reportedly continued to stream the games and even guided viewers on running Nintendo games on non-Nintendo hardware.

The streamer has been accused of creating new channels on different platforms whenever one was taken down. The court documents claim he also directly mocked the game studio while doing so, allegedly saying things like “You can try to stop me, but I’m going to keep going.”

“On October 24, 2024, after some platforms took down his illegal streams as a result of Nintendo’s enforcement actions, he sent a letter to Nintendo boasting that he has “a thousand burner channels” to stream from and (he) “can do this all day,” the lawsuit said.

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Jesse Keighin is accused of streaming Mario & Luigi: Brothership before its release.

The lawsuit alleges that Keighin’s actions not only violate copyright but also encourage a “culture of infringement” that affects sales and hardware exclusivity.

The game studio has calculated damages at $150,000 per violation “on at least fifty occasions over the past two years,” resulting in a total demand of at least $7.5 million. They added: “At least ten different Nintendo games were (streamed) without permission – all before these titles were released to the public.”

The Mario maker cited Keighin’s streaming of Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood on October 22, ahead of the November 7 release, as a key example.

The gaming giant’s aggressive stance underscores its long-standing mission to crack down on piracy and modders, especially when high-profile titles are involved. None has been bigger in the past year than its ongoing legal case with the developers of Palworld over claims it copied Pokemon.