…And by seas, I really mean “C”s which, of course, is referring to the courts. Nintendo, and a handful of other developers, have started fighting back against imported “R4 Revolution” for DS” cartridges that allow for easy uploading from the Internet. According to Nintendo the device is:

causing severe damage to our company and software makers, and this is something that we cannot possibly overlook.

It’s nice to see companies actively fighting back against products like this, unless you use one of course. A list of other companies joining Nintendo in the battle after the break.

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The term “hacker” may come with a negative connotation, but much of the homebrew community does in fact have a good conscience. One homebrewer, named Bushing, came across a hole in the Wii’s security that could potentially lead the way to ISO-loading programs allowing unmodified Wii consoles to run burned games. What did Bushing do?

He contacted Nintendo and, after a few days, received a reply that Nintendo had indeed received his email and would be in touch. You can bet they’ll be working together to patch the system in the near future thanks to Bushing. Give that man a round of applause.

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