Ready To Rat Out R4 Sellers? Nintendo Is Here To Help

***wraggster*** · October 5th, 2009, 13:22

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.

According to Nintendo, such devices hurts the growth of the entire game industry and steps must be taken regarding the legality of R4 carts. It's important to note that this legal injunction is for Japan only.

Nintendo is asking for the cease of marketing, sales and importation of these Chinese-made devices. The R4 allows easy software piracy by fitting right into the DS's cartridge slot. Data is stored on a Micro SD and downloaded from websites via a flash drive, and the R4 has a small slot that the Micro SD card goes into.

In addition to the suit, Nintendo is turning the heat up on retailers who sell the devices by launching website devoted to collecting information about R4 sellers. "It's getting increasingly difficult to track down R4 sellers as day by day they get more ingenious, flourishing online and complicating matters," said Nintendo in a written statement. Because of this, Nintendo is calling on the strength of the masses to eradicate the sale of these devices.

The website Nintendo has set up has an anonymous form that can be filled out. Selectable choices include retail stores, internet shops, online auctions selling R4 devices. Another choice includes "game software uploads" — or those sites or individuals making DS games available online. There's also spaces for dates and time, a box for details and another box for the shop's address or home page.

As recently as last week, countless retailers in Tokyo's Akihabara and Osaka's Den Den Town were openly carrying and selling R4 devices.

http://kotaku.com/5374259/ready-to-r...s-here-to-help

**Flygon** · October 6th, 2009, 05:56

Well, it's been a good run.

Trolls will officially ruin DS homebrew... until a SD card based hack is made for DSi.

**Megatron222** · October 6th, 2009, 07:15

there is no way they will stop the selling of flashcarts....

**Flygon** · October 6th, 2009, 08:56

Thank god for online sellers. =P

**JDvorak** · October 8th, 2009, 20:36

Why always the R4? There are plenty of other devices out there that do what it does and more. Is it just the most sold device out there and stopping it alone will stop piracy? I think instead of going after the sellers they need to go after the factories where they are produced or better yet the online sites where the illegal games are made available!