Videos aren't great for evidence since they don't typically have the exact statements made by anybody else and often omit useful information. TheFatRat did get

Videos aren't great for evidence since they don't typically have the exact statements made by anybody else and often omit useful information. TheFatRat did get their video back so system worked. TheFatRat sounds like a Content ID issue and not DMCA. Eric mentions DMCA a bunch and also mentions the next step being a counter-claim. So I do not believe this is a Content ID issue and so TheFatRat's case is not apples-apples. So, the way I see Eric's case is "I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas!". He was told he can do a counter-claim and has not even tried. --- I suspect he thinks 1) Nintendo is within their legal rights 2) Nintendo doesn't approve of neither his modded nor edgy content and therefore wants to use public opinion to convince Nintendo to go back to ignoring him.