These days, Nintendo seems to be omnipresent in the media, from the record-breaking Super Mario Bros. movie, to the upcoming Tears of the Kingdom game and, more relevant to our purposes here, the trial, incarceration and early release of a man named Bowser. In case you haven’t heard, Gary Bowser was arrested back in 2020 for working as a salesman for Team Xecuter, a group responsible for selling tools that allowed gamers to “hack” into their respective consoles, such as the Nintendo Switch, which would in turn let them download pirated software for free.
Nintendo's Copyright Crackdowns Have Turned It Into A Villain
What next? Make Gary Bowser change his surname due to copyright violation?