Nintendo’s NES TV Game Rip-Off Crackdown Sees Four Arrested
Long way to go as rampant cloning still for sale across world.
Nintendo of America’s continuing push against NES clone TV games has seen four arrested in raids last night in New York.
According to an NOA statement, the FBI is investigating claims that the men imported a staggering 280,000 units of the Power Player console in 27 containers late last year.
Power Player is one of the better known NES TV game rip-offs, and can boast upwards of 1,000 playable NES ROMS in its heftier iterations, and has been seen for sale in reputable high street stores and on TV shopping channels throughout the western world.
Indeed, with the availability of such players slowly being restricted to the shadier electronic outlets, one could argue that this aggressive stance taken by Nintendo would have been unnecessary if the firm had acted to educate retailers at some point over the last five years.
According to an NOA statement, the FBI is investigating claims that the men imported a staggering 280,000 units of the Power Player console in 27 containers late last year.
Power Player is one of the better known NES TV game rip-offs, and can boast upwards of 1,000 playable NES ROMS in its heftier iterations, and has been seen for sale in reputable high street stores and on TV shopping channels throughout the western world.
Indeed, with the availability of such players slowly being restricted to the shadier electronic outlets, one could argue that this aggressive stance taken by Nintendo would have been unnecessary if the firm had acted to educate retailers at some point over the last five years.
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Pandaman 15 Apr 2005 18:39
1/6
I always wondered what the deal was with the dude at the mall selling the N64 controller that played Mario Brothers.
Joji 15 Apr 2005 19:36
2/6
I'm glad Nintendo cracked down on this games. You see them on market stalls sometimes. They are total N64 pad rip offs and should be in court already.
Good one Nintendo.
Good one Nintendo.
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YenRug 15 Apr 2005 21:22
3/6
It is a pretty stupid situation, but it normally comes down to the manufacturer to bring the complaint before law enforcement agencies will actually act. You can go to the police and inform them that someone is selling counterfeit goods, their response tends to be that they cannot do anything unless the copyright holder asks them to intervene. Kind of odd as I thought it was the job of the police to tackle criminals, especially when they are in the process of committing a crime.
Ditto 16 Apr 2005 08:39
4/6
Yup, I agree. Well done Nintendo.
Coxy 16 Apr 2005 14:17
5/6
YenRug wrote:
You can go to the police and inform them that someone is selling counterfeit goods, their response tends to be that they cannot do anything unless the copyright holder asks them to intervene. Kind of odd as I thought it was the job of the police to tackle criminals, especially when they are in the process of committing a crime.
Yeah I agree it is the duty of the Police to stop this sort of thing, but I feel they tend to turn a blind eye to counterfeit goods as it could be seen as a petty crime compared to others
Anyways well done Nintendo
Rustman 16 Apr 2005 17:21
6/6
Perhaps they could release their own version instead? Paying £15 a time to play them on my GBA is also taking someone for a ride. From a storage point of view too, it makes a lot of sense to combine hardware with a ton of software.
Any guesses on how many pigs could fly before this would happen?
Any guesses on how many pigs could fly before this would happen?