Apr 19, 2021 10:16:00

Nintendo sues Bowser

Nintendo's American subsidiary,

Nintendo of America, has filed a proceeding against Gary Bowser, who is believed to be the leader of the hacking team Team Xecuter. Since the English name of Bowser, one of Nintendo's popular characters, is 'Bowser,' overseas media reports that 'Nintendo has sued Bowser.'

Nintendo suing Bowser over Switch hacks --Polygon
https://www.polygon.com/22388720/nintendo-bowser-lawsuit-team-xecuter

Team Xecuter is an organization that hacks Nintendo Switch and others. Team Xecuter operates as a for-profit company and is famous for selling tools for hacking Nintendo handsets. Some game conservatives use piracy (illegal copying) to store their games, and the hacking tools that Team Xecuter sells helped drive those practices. However, Team Xecuter member Max Louarn was arrested and charged in 2020.

In a new proceeding, Bowser filed a proceeding alleging that he was infringing copyright because he sold a hacked Nintendo Switch. The proceedings have been filed in a Seattle court.

According to the Nintendo of America, Bowser sold a hacked Nintendo Switch designed to circumvent Nintendo's security measures, allowing buyers to play pirated software for the Nintendo Switch.

According to the complaint , Bowser has been developing and selling tools for hacking Nintendo game consoles for many years since distributing devices designed to hack Nintendo 3DS at least in 2013.

The Nintendo of America calls Nintendo Switch-targeted hacking and piracy a 'serious and exacerbating international problem.' A lawyer in charge of Nintendo of America's defense told Bowser's hacking tool that 'more than 79 million Nintendo Switches and Nintendo Switch Lite continue to be at risk of piracy.' did.

In this proceeding, Nintendo is seeking damages of $ 2,500 (about 270,000 yen) for each device sold and $ 150,000 (about 16 million yen) for copyright infringement.

Nintendo has filed multiple lawsuits against hacking tool sellers, dealing with hacking tool sellers for Nintendo Switch such as 'SX Pro,' 'SX Core,' and 'SX Lite.'