Nintendo

Almost As Good As The Real Thing: Functional Bootlegged DS Lite

1UP.com‘s Jeremy Parish had been looking for a new DS Lite to replace a well-loved (and steadily deteriorating) Zelda-themed unit. He turned to eBay to fulfil his need for the recently discontinued piece of tech, and found a model that appeared to fit the bill.


December 30, 2010
In Real Life

Games Pirate Loses House, Car, $US350k In Piracy Sentencing

A software pirate whose employer discovered his $US700,000 counterfeit-games operation will spend the next two and a half years in federal prison.


October 23, 2008
Uncategorized

Brits Arrested Over Counterfeit Wiis

Two men have been arrested in Northern Ireland after police found a bunch of counterfeit Wii consoles in the back of their car. Not Viis, or any other kind of trademark-dodging contraption, but “fake Nintendo Wii consoles”. The pair were aged 22 and 19. Now’s as good a time to remind you as any that, with Christmas coming up, if you can’t find a Wii on a retail store shelf, whatever you do, don’t buy a Wii from a shifty-looking Irishman selling them from the boot of his car. There’s a chance you’ll regret your purchase.

Two arrested over fake Wii consoles [RTE, via Wii Fanboy]