Headlines around Nintendo often come in two specific forms. On the one hand, the future of the company plays an important role. What about the successor to the Nintendo Switch? What happened at the last Direct announced? What blockbusters is the company already planning for the coming years?
This is usually where the anticipation of the fan community is boosted. It is not without reason that the rumors and Speculations about the Switch 2 hasn't stopped for years. But while there is enthusiasm and anticipation on the one hand, Nintendo often doesn't come across as a particularly likeable company on the other.
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Nintendo and the dreaded lawyers
In recent years, Nintendo has repeatedly resisted fan games. Anyone who used brands such as Zelda, Mario or Metroid in any way quickly found themselves confronted with the company's lawyers. Your own soundtracks was also seen on YouTube at times with some reluctance. And Websites about emulation have been on Nintendo’s radar for a long time.
Two new lawsuits from the company have now joined this canon. This time, however, the focus is not on fan projects, soundtrack uploads or ROMs. Instead, it is about the Nintendo Switch, or more precisely, modchips for the console.
New lawsuits over the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo has filed two lawsuits in Washington. One concerns a person who is said to have sold mod chips and MIG cards. According to the website TorrentFreak, MIG cards are memory cards that make it possible to play pirated titles on the Nintendo Switch.
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The same person is also said to have delivered modded consoles along with pirated titles. The second case concerns 'Archbox'. The person behind the username works as a moderator in the subreddit r/SwitchPirates and is said to have managed thematically appropriate shops.
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The Register emphasizes that Nintendo is demanding up to $150,000 in damages per copyright infringement, plus $2,500 for each circumvention of copy protection measures, as well as $2,500 for each public offer of the possibility of circumventing the measures. It remains to be seen how the case will develop in the United States.
Sources: TorrentFreak, The Register