{"id":137002,"date":"2026-04-29T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-200505"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:30:00","slug":"i-cant-fight-this-popular-pokemon-youtube-channel-is-no-more-after-nintendos-copyright-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/04\/29\/i-cant-fight-this-popular-pokemon-youtube-channel-is-no-more-after-nintendos-copyright-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Can&#8217;t Fight This&#8221; &#8211; Popular Pok\u00e9mon YouTube Channel Is No More After Nintendo&#8217;s Copyright Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/179e56b2d7849\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/179e56b2d7849\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/179e56b2d7849\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"ncdr1Q2uaqE\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ncdr1Q2uaqE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A popular Pok\u00e9mon YouTube channel called <strong>&#8216;Pok\u00e9National Geographic&#8217;<\/strong> is no more after a series of copyright strikes from Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>Channel creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ncdr1Q2uaqE\">Elious<\/a> delivered the new himself (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/pokenational-geographic-pokemon-shut-down-nintendo-copyright-2000691365\">Kotaku<\/a>), confirming in a video posted on 26th April that he has 7 days before the channel is gone for good. This is in accordance with YouTube&#8217;s three-strike policy, which was quickly enacted after Nintendo of America sent four separate copyright notices across a total of 20 videos.<\/p>\n<p>The videos, which were animated takes on David Attenborough nature documentaries, are alleged to inappropriately contain &#8220;content used in Pok\u00e9mon video games including audiovisual works, characters, and imagery&#8221;. He claims that the only content directly pulled from were &#8220;tiny sprite roars&#8221;, while noting that other content on YouTube, including some generated via AI, have not been targeted.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mt.ebott19xx\/video\/7477640059814972702 @ 2026-04-29T12:23:58+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mt.ebott19xx\/video\/7477640059814972702\" data-video-id=\"7477640059814972702\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@mt.ebott19xx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mt.ebott19xx?refer=embed\">@mt.ebott19xx<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Which Pokemon Next?! <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\u30b7\u309aviral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp%E3%82%B7%E3%82%9Aviral?refer=embed\">#fyp\u30b7\u309aviral<\/a> <a title=\"pokenational\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokenational?refer=embed\">#pokenational<\/a> <a title=\"pokenationalgeographic\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokenationalgeographic?refer=embed\">#pokenationalgeographic<\/a> <a title=\"pokemon\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemon?refer=embed\">#pokemon<\/a> <a title=\"pokemongo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemongo?refer=embed\">#pokemongo<\/a> <a title=\"pokemoncards\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemoncards?refer=embed\">#pokemoncards<\/a> <a title=\"pokemontiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemontiktok?refer=embed\">#pokemontiktok<\/a> <a title=\"pokemoncommunity\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemoncommunity?refer=embed\">#pokemoncommunity<\/a> <a title=\"pokemontcg\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemontcg?refer=embed\">#pokemontcg<\/a> <a title=\"pokemonscarletviolet\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemonscarletviolet?refer=embed\">#pokemonscarletviolet<\/a> <a title=\"pokemonpulls\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemonpulls?refer=embed\">#pokemonpulls<\/a> <a title=\"pokemonfan\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pokemonfan?refer=embed\">#pokemonfan<\/a> <a title=\"animation\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/animation?refer=embed\">#animation<\/a> <a title=\"blender3d\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/blender3d?refer=embed\">#blender3d<\/a> <a title=\"blender3dart\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/blender3dart?refer=embed\">#blender3dart<\/a> <a title=\"cgiartist\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cgiartist?refer=embed\">#cgiartist<\/a> <a title=\"cg\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cg?refer=embed\">#cg<\/a> <a title=\"cgi\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cgi?refer=embed\">#Cgi<\/a> <a title=\"vfx\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/vfx?refer=embed\">#vfx<\/a> <a title=\"documentary\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/documentary?refer=embed\">#documentary<\/a> <a title=\"nationalgeographic\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/nationalgeographic?refer=embed\">#nationalgeographic<\/a> <a title=\"natgeo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/natgeo?refer=embed\">#natgeo<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Elious - 404 Not Found\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Elious-7477641064246020895?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Elious &#8211; 404 Not Found<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Ultimately, Elious expressed willingness to comply with the copyright strikes, stating &#8220;I can&#8217;t fight this&#8221;. However, he&#8217;s understandably unset over the loss of the channel&#8217;s 100K+ subscribers, while a Patreon page launched to support his work now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/pokenational\">&#8220;under review&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also stated that he will continue to create animations for his alternative channel (which you can visit via the video above), but these understandably won&#8217;t be related to Pok\u00e9mon in any way.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:198476,200330 @ 1777530403 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of all of this? Was Nintendo right to target Elious&#8217; channel? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] A popular Pok\u00e9mon YouTube channel called &#8216;Pok\u00e9National Geographic&#8217; is no more after a series of copyright strikes from Nintendo. Channel creator Elious delivered the new himself (thanks, Kotaku), confirming in a video posted on 26th April that he has 7 days before the channel is gone for good. 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