The Switch may be at the end of its life, but Nintendo is still on the hunt for the platform’s biggest pirates . In a pair of new lawsuits, the console manufacturer has taken aim at both mod chip sellers as well as the moderator of the popular r/SwitchPiracy subreddit. Both lawsuits were first reported on by TorrentFreak , and show that Nintendo is still fighting to keep the Switch from the same fate as the DS and 3DS handhelds before it.
Both handhelds were dominated by piracy in their final stages of relevancy. The first legal action targets the owner of Modded Hardware, which allegedly sold MIG devices—better known as “flash carts”—and modded Switches, including ones with pirated games pre-installed for as much as $US670. According to Nintendo, the company reached out to the owner of Modded Hardware in March to have the online shop shutdown.
The Japanese company said the site owner agreed to this, only for the store to still be up months later. Nintendo is now suing for a preliminary injunction, statutory damages, and to have all of the devices, online accounts, and paperwork associated with Modded Hardware turned over to it. Read More: Nintendo Goes After 8,535 Switch Emulator Backups In Mass Takedown The second lawsuit is more unusual in that it targets the moderator for the r/SwitchPiracy subreddit, who goes by “Archbox.
” In addition to being the most active member of the 190,000-person group, Nintendo also alleges that Archbox has used his position to enc.
