Nintendo has earned its reputation for being fiercely protective of its IP, including the Mario characters and the Pokémon universe. However, OpenAI’s newly released Sora 2 has included so many Nintendo characters that it almost seems like it’s inviting a legal response from the Japanese gaming publisher. Sora 2 is an AI-powered video and audio production tool, meaning that you can feed a prompt in, much like similar image generators, to create a video from your description.
According to The New York Times, OpenAI has reached out to major copyright holders and Hollywood stars about being retroactively removed from Sora 2. It’s not clear if a similar effort was made to reach out to Nintendo, but the sheer volume of Pokémon and Mario-inspired Sora 2 content suggests that the AI model was heavily trained on Nintendo’s IP.
i got into sora 2 and the only conclusion I can draw is openai is trying to get sued. this is like 99% of what it shows you immediately upon entering the app pic.twitter.com/BkAXqchK2T
— George Crudo (@GeorgeCrudo) October 1, 2025
Sora 2 just broke the Internet yesterday.
Reimagine famous movies
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1. “Star Wars” but starring Mario & friends pic.twitter.com/t9QqOT8RnG— Min Choi (@minchoi) October 2, 2025
My favorite new trend in the Sora app is putting Pikachu in every movie.
This is “Saving Private Pikachu” 👇 pic.twitter.com/pV8JYUb9SZ— Justine Moore (@venturetwins) October 1, 2025
“The Dark Knight” pic.twitter.com/2Hk0vlJBKJ
— Justine Moore (@venturetwins) October 1, 2025
Nintendo’s properties aren’t the only ones that appear to have been fed into Sora 2. Others like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater and Portal have been mashed together as well.