Nintendo serves other lawsuitsthis time targeting pirates. The server informed about them TorrentFreakbut the original article was not available at the time of writing.
The first lawsuit is filed on Ryan Dalywho runs a company and shop Modded Hardware. They are available here modified Switch or MIG Switches, which allow you to run pirated copies of games. MIG Switch is a tool that can copy the contents of a game cartridge to an SD card, which you then insert into a special cartridge-shaped adapter, and play the game on it.
In addition, they say, customers they could send Daly their Switchto which he it then installs pirated games. “Including Nintendo's most popular brands such as Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Metroid,” is specified in the lawsuit. He already has Nintendo sounded in March 2024 and it was agreed with Daly that he will stop his piracy. Daly lied and continued to sail the digital sea. INMay it came from Nintendo last warning, which did not lead anywhere, so the gaming giant resorted to filing a lawsuit. Nintendo's lawyers are asking immediate closure of Modded Hardware and compensation for damages.
“Since pirated software cannot be created or run on the Switch without a hacked console and other hardware, software, it is only because of the defendant's products and services that illegal stores distributing pirated stores can exist and thrive,” attacks Nintendo in the lawsuit.
The second lawsuit is aimed at James Williamson the Internet known as Archbox. He is said to have connections to several pirate shops. In addition, this is a moderator of the subreddit r/SwitchPirateswhich has almost 200 thousand members.
According to the lawsuit Williams interacted with pirate shop userssought original copies of games to pirate them and advised how to get and play pirated software. “The defendant was aware that his actions were illegal. Defendant publicly boasted that he was a pirate and that he would not pay Nintendo fifty dollars for a game,” the lawsuit says.
Nintendo solves many problems through legal means, not only with pirates. They attack emulators on a large scale, for example. In March, we informed you about Yuzu Switch Emulator Download, then Nintendo blocked the GameCube emulator – Dolphin on Steam. Fan games and streamers often have problems too. From history, let's mention the lawsuits on Blockbuster for copying manuals for borrowed games or numerous lawsuits filed against Atari.