The R4 adapter now ilegal to buy, sell or own
R4 Cards are a third party peripheral that allows the user to download and install illegally downloaded games to the Nintendo handheld DS ranges. Users can download and save multiple games on one cartridge and can play them from the memory of the cartridge.
Originally the R4 card was designed to play independent and emulated classic Game Boy games on the newer consoles, but in recent years the cartridges have become synonymous with illegal downloading of current games.
The company that makes the R4 cards, Playables Ltd, have had their cartridges deemed illegal by a UK high Court as the cards themselves bypass Nintendo’s security systems in order to function thus providing an entrance way for piracy.
Playables Ltd are still standing by their statement that the R4 cards are designed for ”Homebrew” games enthusiasts (basically creating your own games), the court disagreed with the company and offer Nintendo quite a huge win in its ongoing piracy war. With Nintendo’s continued support of the cartridge gaming is possibly to blame as the format is easy to copy and to manipulate unlike discs and data.
Nintendo wins its battle over piracy
After the ruling a Nintendo spokesman stated: “Nintendo initiates these actions not only on its own behalf, but also on behalf of over 1,400 video game development companies that depend on legitimate sales of games for their survival.”
So the end is nigh for illegal DS game downloader’s, but as with all things Piratey, Where there’s a will there is a way.
Arrrrgh!
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Tags: 3ds, cartridges, DS, DSi, Gaming, illegal, nintendo, piracey, Playables, r4
