Nintendo keeps fighting against piracy
, by Enzo
Here’s nothing new: Nintendo likes to take matters into its own hands and doesn’t hesitate to issue threats and bring in its lawyers when something doesn’t sit right with it. Lately, the news hasn’t been kind when it comes to piracy and emulation, and naturally, the company isn’t too happy about it.
It’s already well known that the company has demanded the removal of content from GitHub, particularly tools that allow users to run pirated games, emulators in the broadest sense, that is.
This time, a new takedown request to GitHub led to the removal of 144 repositories, all of which revolved around the disclosure of information and firmware for Switch modification chips, "including, but not limited to, SX Core, SX Lite, Picofly, or HWFLY."
Nintendo’s statement includes the following explanation:
"This firmware allows Nintendo Switch modification chips to illegally bypass Nintendo’s TPM modules in order to run unauthorized copies of Nintendo Switch games."
To provide some background context for this news, Gary Bowser, a member of the hacking group Team-Xecuter, was sentenced to 40 months in prison in a lawsuit brought by Nintendo in 2020. His group had sold bypass devices that allowed 3DS and Switch games to be played illegally.