The DS family of systems has long since been replaced by the 3DS, but almost as an ironic tribute to the slowly grinding gears of legal systems, Nintendo and around fifty other companies have just ...

Not 24 hours since its release, here’s the Nintendo 3DS running the notorious R4 flash cart. It’s not that much of a surprise – probably doesn’t even qualify as a hack, as a 3DS is fully backward ...

The Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) and Nintendo will be happy to learn that an R4 flash cartridge dealer arrested in December last year has now been sentenced to a ...

The London High Court has ruled that the R4 cartridge for the Nintendo DS is illegal in the U.K. The ruling against Playables Ltd. is another victory for Nintendo, which has moved aggressively against ...

So, R4 cartridges. These are the devices that allow gamers to circumvent the security measure on a DS to run custom code — often referred to as homebrew — and illegally download copies of games. While ...

London's High Court has ruled that the sale, import and advertising of DS copying devices such as the R4 cartridge is illegal in the UK. The ruling was made against Playables Ltd, a supplier of ...

R4 cartridges, which allow Nintendo DS users to play pirated video games, can no longer be sold or marketed in the UK The High Court has ruled that R4 cartridges -- which enable Nintendo DS users to ...

Users of the Nintendo DS are likely to know what an R4 cartridge is. For those who don't, it's a device that allows gamers to get around the security measures implemented on the DS so that they can ...

Japanese authorities have finally implemented an import ban on R4 cartridges, devices used to play pirated games on Nintendo's DS handheld. A sales ban was issued for the cartridges three years ago, ...

London's High Court has made devices such as the R4 cartridge illegal in the UK. The ruling was made against Wai Dat Chan and Playable Ltd, which sold electronic devices to UK'ers which means ...

Today Japan banned the import of R4 cartridges because of their use in piracy of Nintendo 3DS and DS games, reports Japanese site 47News. The country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ...

Follow New Super Mario Bros. Japanese police have arrested a man for selling the banned R4 cartridge, which allows pirated games to be played on Nintendo's DS handheld. It's the first arrest of its ...