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YouTuber GilvaSunner will be shutting down their popular video game soundtrack aqueduct after receiving ii,200 additional copyright strikes from Nintendo.

The channel's creator announced in a Twitter thread yesterday that they will be taking down their Nintendo music channel, "or what'southward left of it," on Friday. The motion comes just a few days after Nintendo doled out ane,300 copyright strikes to the same aqueduct. That totals up to 5,300 copyright strikes to high-quality songs from soundtracks ranging from Kirby to The Legend of Zelda to Super Nail Bros., with many more to follow.

"After thinking well-nigh this a lot over the past few days, I've decided that at this point it'southward actually not worth it to continue the channel up any longer, and volition therefore delete the GilvaSunner YouTube channel (or what'due south left of information technology) this coming Friday," GilvaSunner tweeted. "There are many different opinions over what is happening and that'due south fine! I can empathise pretty much all sides. I know this is disappointing to read for a lot of you, simply I hope you can respect my decision to want to move on at this signal."

GilvaSunner has been sharing Nintendo'due south soundtracks on their channel for over 11 years, making all the songs from every game in the company'south catalog easily accessible for fans who could only discover covers on Spotify and other music streaming services. This is because Nintendo doesn't make whatsoever of its official game soundtracks bachelor for buy or streaming legally.

Nintendo first slapped GilvaSunner with numerous copyright strikes between 2022 and 2022, leading people to assume that they monetized the music videos. They antiseptic they have not fabricated coin from any of them, saying, "I see a lot of assumptions being made by some of you with some extreme words against me. Allow me clarify again that I do not monetize videos and exercise not profit from them. I practice realize that doesn't justify uploading the content." They added that they were not surprised that Nintendo blocked their videos and that if Nintendo thinks that's the best matter to do to set an example, it'southward well within its rights to shut down the channel.