Nintendo pirate Bowser’s court transcripts reveal case opportunity to “educate” the public

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Nintendo calling it a way to educate the public on the dangers of game piracy. Earlier this year it was revealed that Bowser will serve over three years in prison for selling “illegal devices” as part of Team Xecuter, which allowed users to play pirated games on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS.Now, transcripts from the February 10 sentencing have been seen by Axios and Kotaku, and they reveal exactly why Nintendo pushed as hard as it did.“This is a very significant moment for us,” said Nintendo’s lawyer Ajay Singh. “It’s the purchase of video games that sustains Nintendo and the Nintendo ecosystem, and it is the games that make the people smile.

It’s for that reason that we do all we can to prevent games on Nintendo systems from being stolen.”U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnick also asked Singh: “What else can we do to convince people that there’s no glory in this hacking/piracy?” To which Singh replied: “There would be a large benefit to further education of the public.”Lasnick added when sentencing Bowser that he was “sending a message,” and that under normal circumstances Bowser would’ve been sentenced to “five years” in prison.Bowser’s own lawyer took the stand to reiterate how the man was never a “hacker,” and instead took on the role of salesman.“Mr.

Bowser was not a developer. The developers, the people who actually made these devices and fixed them when Nintendo responded to it, they were paid very handsomely, much more than Mr.