Mario has thrown a blue shell at what Nintendo claims are two figures deeply involved in the piracy and circumvention of the Switch console ecosystem.
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The Japanese video game mainstay's American operation fired two lawsuits in late June against James Williams [PDF] of Surprise, Arizona, who allegedly goes by "archbox" online, and Ryan Daly [PDF] of Flint, Michigan, otherwise known as "Homebrew Homie," or so Nintendo claims.
Williams is accused of being "a self-proclaimed Nintendo 'pirate'" who has been involved in creating, operating and promoting (and assisting others in creating, operating and promoting) a network of unauthorized online "stores" (nicknamed "freeshops") which offers the public extensive libraries of pirated Nintendo Switch games for download."
Nintendo claims that one such operation, LiberaShop, "offers over 33,000 different versions" of pirated titles.
