Popular TikTok user and Twitch streamer Pokeprincxss has been required to rebrand and hand over cash to Nintendo after being taken legal action against by the business.
Acquiring a magnificent 1.9 million followers on TikTok and more than 50,000 fans on Twitch, the star has been offering merchandise based around her branding and also trademarked her username. Her name and product are both motivated by the Pokémon franchise, with items consisting of images of things like Poké Balls.
The star has actually taken to YouTube to describe the thinking behind her abrupt channel name modification, informing audiences that shell now be called digitalprincxss, dropping the Poke from the name completely. “I was dumb and young and I was simply going full blast with it since I didnt understand what I was doing was wrong,” she states (thanks, GameRant).
An example of the merchandise on offer …
Pokeprincxss– now digitalprincxss– has received a cease and desist from Nintendo, and thinks that it might have been issued thanks to the merchandise images, her hallmark, and the fact that she also operates in the adult entertainment industry, presuming that Nintendo may have wished to distance itself to stay up to date with its family-friendly image.
The Nintendo Ninjas strike once again!