Nintendo has had assistance from law enforcement authorities in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States. Since 2008, Nintendo has supported over 600 actions in 16 countries, confiscating over a half million DS game copiers. Nintendo has also been active in its efforts to stop the illegal distribution of game copying devices. For over 20 years, Nintendo has undertaken an aggressive worldwide campaign to stop the production and distribution of pirated video game products. Unfortunately, Nintendo and its over 100 independent publishers and developers, lose hundreds of millions of dollars per year to international pirates and counterfeiters.Ĭounterfeiting of Nintendo's video game products is a serious problem. It costs millions of dollars to develop, manufacture, market and distribute a single Nintendo video game. The creation of a single video game often takes several years of work for teams of game developers, artists, animators, musicians, motion capture artists and many others. Nintendo has become a household word around the globe, and its video games have become a multi-billion dollar industry. This section of our website is designed to answer questions you may have about our intellectual property rights and Nintendo's response to infringement of those rights.
