Hundreds upon hundreds of Super Mario Maker 2 levels have been deleted by Nintendo in the last few days, and the source of said deletions may have been traced to a single salty cheater.
As spotted by ResetEra user Maedhros, several Mario Maker 2 creators who are part of the Team Shell user community have been reporting that their levels have been taken down by Nintendo, and while the only reason that's been given is a rather vague reference to "advertising", many of these levels contain hashtags as markers of those who created them.
Given that Nintendo has a history of overzealously pursuing complaints it believes it has against its community and businesses around it, there is a pretty big chance that these deletions are being actively pursued by Nintendo itself. However, there's another possibility.
As reported by Kotaku, a user of a particular Discord server (although not Team Shell's) with the username LMT has taken credit for being behind the reports that led to the levels in question being deleted. It's worth noting that some of the levels have been up for several years and haven't drawn Nintendo's ire, so this sudden movement seems suspiciously-timed.
According to Kotaku,...
