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Nintendo Thanks People For Ratting Out R4 Retailers
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Kyoto-based game company Nintendo created an anonymous form for collecting information about the sale of R4 cartridges in Japan. This information will be used by Nintendo in its legal suit. More »
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12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | See those signs? They read, “Majikon” — Japanese for R4. And they are pointing into a random apartment building. More »
R4 Sales Get Shadier And Shadier
12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | See those signs? They read, “Majikon” — Japanese for R4. And they are pointing into a random apartment building. More »
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Ready To Rat Out R4 Sellers? Nintendo Is Here To Help
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Earlier this year, Nintendo announced that it and 54 software game companies were filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against companies that import “R4 Revolution”-type devices, using the Unfair Competition Prevention Law as the legal grounding. More »
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Nintendo Slips In Anti-Piracy Measures Into DSi Update
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That recent DSi update that brought Facebook to Japanese DSi handhelds also brought something else: software to combat R4-type piracy devices. More »
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Let’s Research Game Piracy On Japanese Trains
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Field research time! Website Gpara wandered up and down train carriages on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line, looking for players using R4 piracy devices. More »
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The R4…Vending Machine
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Forget those mythical panty vending machines! This vending machine in Osaka’s Den-Den Town is selling R4 devices. More »
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In Akihabara, R4 Retailers Take To The Streets
5:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Nintendo has been fighting the R4 piracy device and fighting it hard. There’s a court injunction against the Chinese R4 makers for “violation under Japan’s laws”. Yahoo! Auctions is prohibiting the device’s sale. More »
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Court Injunction Or Not, R4 Devices Still On Sale In Akihabara
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The Tokyo District Court ruled an injunction against the Chinese R4 makers for “violation under Japan’s laws”. You’d think that would mean one couldn’t walk into a game shop and buy one. You’d think. More »
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