Nintendo's Creator Programme is Finally Dead

[Castdeath97]

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Nintendo has announced that the Nintendo Creator’s Program is closing as of December 31st, 2018. The Nintendo Creator’s Program required any channel that wished to monetise any videos that contained Nintendo content to submit their channel and videos to a program. Nintendo has said that the end of this program will mean that creators can more easily monetise any video that features Nintendo games.

 

Nintendo's full statement that was sent it out to users of the programme:

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We are ending the Nintendo Creators Program (NCP) to make it easier for content creators to make and monetize videos that contain Nintendo game content. We will no longer ask creators to submit their videos to the NCP, and creators can continue showing their passion for Nintendo by following Nintendo’s guidelines, located at https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/index.html.

The NCP will come to a close at the end of December 2018.

 

Please note that we are no longer accepting videos and channels, and will not review any that have been submitted, but not yet registered. The NCP website will be taken down on March 20, 2019.

 

We appreciate and encourage the continued support of content creators, and thank them for their dedication to helping us create smiles.

 

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

 

Good riddance, shouldn't have even started, but good to see Nintendo coming back to their senses.

[Canada EH]

4 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

Nintendo has said that the end of this program will mean that creators can more easily monetise any video that features Nintendo games.

More advertising for them.

 

What was the criteria for the program, vloggers had to submit to?

 

 

Was it leaked or let out knowingly? They are super strict about that sort of thing.

Just now, OnyxArmos said:

Meanwhile the entire of Super Smash Bros Ultimate is leaked on Youtube 2 weeks before the game is even released...

 

[bleedblue]

So Nintendo finally realizes free marketing is a good thing?

[Canada EH]

Wow, that is a lot of work for one single game.

[Drak3]

2 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

So Nintendo finally realizes free marketing is a good thing?

Not so much for them.

[Paranoid Kami]

They probably got so much marketing from people covering the latest Pokemon game that they decided to stop this.

[GoodBytes]

56 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

So Nintendo finally realizes free marketing is a good thing?

Different president, new company direction where they are moving away from the old traditional Japanese business model of doing things (seniority has all say, 'cause they have the most experience and knows more, logic)

 

Glad to see Nintendo moving in the right direction. Who knows, maybe next year voice chat without the phone app (currently only Fortnight is the only game on the Switch that you can voice chat directly from the console (assuming you have a headset)).

[bleedblue]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

 

Netflix and Youtube for Switch confirmed for next year. ^/s

[GoodBytes]

5 minutes ago, bleedblue said:

Netflix and Youtube for Switch confirmed for next year. ^/s

YouTube already on Switch

Hulu is there (for people in the US, as the service is US only)

[Arika]

1 hour ago, OnyxArmos said:

Meanwhile the entire of Super Smash Bros Ultimate is leaked on Youtube 2 weeks before the game is even released...

oh no, did they spoil a fighting game?

[Arika]

3 minutes ago, OnyxArmos said:

It has a single player story mode, smartass >:((

no one buys a fighting game for the "story"  all the story people need is "i'm picking this character to beat the ever loving shit out of <character/s>"

[Misanthrope]

1 hour ago, bleedblue said:

So Nintendo finally realizes free marketing is a good thing?

Either that or they realized they can make more money by just claiming all videos with even a second of footage for 100% of the revenue.

 

My bet is on the widespread claiming.

[Dezz]

9 hours ago, Canada EH said:

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What was the criteria for the program, vloggers had to submit to?

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My impression was that channels could upload only Nintendo games or something like that. I could be wrong tho.