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  2. Intellectual property protection by Nintendo - Wikipedia

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    Nintendo has also taken action against mods that bring Nintendo property into third-party games, notably seeking to block a Pokemon-based mod for the game Palworld, itself which has been colloquially described as a "Pokemon with guns" game. Nintendo issued a statement that they plan to investigate not only the mod but the game for potential ...

  3. Softmod - Wikipedia

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    Nintendo has put safeguards in place where if a console tries to connect to a Nintendo server with a modified bootloader, or an unauthorised copy of a game is currently loaded, the device will be either bricked instantly, or eventually bricked after sending telemetry data to Nintendo servers.

  4. Video game modding - Wikipedia

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    A set of modifications, commonly called a mod, may range from small changes and tweaks to complete overhauls, and can extend the replay value and interest of the game. Modding a game can also be understood as the act of seeking and installing mods to the player's game, [2] but the act of tweaking pre-existing settings and preferences is not ...

  5. ROM hacking - Wikipedia

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    The majority of ROM hacking is done on NES and SNES games (including Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) games to an extent), since such games are small and simple compared to games of more advanced consoles such as the Nintendo 64 or Nintendo DS. Games for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance are also popular for hacking, as well as games ...

  6. Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Nintendo responded with a counterclaim against Galoob, [9] asking for an injunction of their own to prohibit sales of the Game Genie. [4] Nintendo argued that the Game Genie violated their intellectual property, infringing on their exclusive right to make derivative works of their copyrighted games. [3] Nintendo also alleged that Galoob ...

  7. Video game piracy - Wikipedia

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    The distribution of copied ROM files online is illegal, but this move by Nintendo was interpreted by the emulation scene as an attack on the emulation of older games. [18] In November 2020, Nintendo issued a cease and desist order to The Big House, an annual Super Smash Bros tournament. The Big House ran SSB games on the Dolphin emulator, and ...

  8. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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    Brazil has banned many video games since 1999, mainly due to depictions of violence and cruelty, [20] making it illegal to distribute and otherwise sell these games. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Additionally, the Brazilian advisory rating system requires that all video games be rated by the organization, where unrated video games are banned from being sold in ...

  9. Modchip - Wikipedia

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    Modchips operate by replacing or overriding a system's protection hardware or software. They achieve this by either exploiting existing interfaces in an unintended or undocumented manner, or by actively manipulating the system's internal communication, sometimes to the point of re-routing it to substitute parts provided by the modchip.