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A Perfect Example Of Why You Shouldn’t Buy Used Games Online

In Real Life

5 years ago

A Perfect Example Of Why You Shouldn’t Buy Used Games Online

Mike Fahey

12

Nintendo Sues Modding Business Over Sale Of Game-Copying Devices

In Real Life

7 years ago

Nintendo Sues Modding Business Over Sale Of Game-Copying Devices

Owen Good

Nintendo And Japanese Game Makers Win Another R4 Legal Victory

In Real Life

7 years ago

Nintendo And Japanese Game Makers Win Another R4 Legal Victory

Brian Ashcraft

4

Today, Nintendo won another legal battle against R4 devices against two Japanese distributors. Upholding the ban on R4 devices, a Tokyo court ruled that the accused, two Tokyo-based R4 sellers, must pay a sum total of nearly $1 million in damages to Nintendo and 50 or so other companies that…

R4 Cartridges Blocked In Japan By The Government

Nintendo

8 years ago

R4 Cartridges Blocked In Japan By The Government

Brian Ashcraft

16

Nintendo

9 years ago

R4 Devices Are Now Illegal In France

Brian Ashcraft

20

By purchasing R4 cartridges, you can run pirated games on Nintendo portables. Not in France, you can’t. Yesterday, Nintendo revealed that the European nation has made selling R4 devices illegal.

Here’s The 3DS Hacked And Running A 3DS Game

Nintendo

9 years ago

Here’s The 3DS Hacked And Running A 3DS Game

Owen Good

32

Here’s The 3DS Already Running An R4 Cartridge

Nintendo

10 years ago

Here’s The 3DS Already Running An R4 Cartridge

Owen Good

15

Kiss Your Copying Software Goodbye, Japan!

In Real Life

10 years ago

Kiss Your Copying Software Goodbye, Japan!

Brian Ashcraft

1

Under current Japanese, it is illegal to upload or sell pirated games and movies. It is legal to copy for one’s own personal use. Better get all your personal copying done pronto, because that’s going to get harder.