One of Valve's most famous mods, if not the most, is Garry's Mod. This physics simulator is a sandbox where users have total freedom to do what they want, so much so that games that later became popular games were born from there. would become independent games. The community has been a fundamental part of the success, since creators posted their creations and resources so that others could enjoy this shared creativity. But among all these resources there was also material inspired by Nintendo, and the Japanese company had no choice but to take out the scythe. As usual.
The sandbox of unimaginable physics
Garry's Mod it is at the end of the day a disaster drawer where creativity has no limits. With the help of an immense amount of resources, users give free rein to their imagination with the intention of creating fun experiences where physics plays a fundamental role. Valve's Source engine continues to have an incredible range of options, and since it was launched in November 2006, users have not stopped uploading resources with which they can continue creating unlimitedly.
All of these resources are accessible from the game's own store, and that freedom for anyone to contribute material is what makes the resource workshop full of items and characters licensed from elsewhere. And what had to happen has happened.
My IPs are not touched
Aware of the freedom that users had to download a simple modeling with Mario's appearance (among many other things), Nintendo has once again used its team of lawyers to directly attack the problem in the form of cease and desist. From now on, all resources linked or related to Nintendo's intellectual property have been or are being removed from Garry's Mod Resource Workshoplarvae, nymphs, and adults, so materials from 20 years ago are being deleted immediately and irreversibly.
Was it Nintendo?
Although FacePunch Studios has confirmed that this is not an error, but rather a direct request from Nintendo, there are those who have suspicions about what happened. In a thread within the discussion channel of the game's Steam profile, a user assures that Nintendo has nothing to do with the withdrawal request, and points to a certain Aaron Peters as the author of the patent troll lawsuits, since it is simply dedicated to marking the contents as illegitimate to cause immediate withdrawal.
The community around Garry's Mod is organizing to save as much content as possible and they are already uploading it to Google Drive folders and other storage services to prevent all creations and resources from being lost forever.
Source: Steam
Vía: PCGamesN