Popular Game & Watch Hacking Videos Are Being Targeted By Nintendo's Ninjas

I always understand that Nintendo has some rights in regards to their IPs, but if you don't show any of their particular games being featured I don't see how they can hold your video or anything.

I bought one of these specifically to hack - the price makes no sense if you don't.

Nobody but clickbait spewing Youtubers should be using the phrase “Nintendo’s ninjas” instead of “Nintendo’s lawyers”.

@SalvorHardin Don't let Nintendo's ninjas hear you say that

“Think the title gave us away guys?”

"Claimed by Nintendo"

Yea, this isn't Nintendo making these take downs. The REAL Nintendo is "Nintendo Co Ltd" or "Nintendo of America Inc"

(surprised pikachu face)

@Aurumonado How many GB and GBC can you fit in the internal memory? Because I wanted to get one exactly to act as a GB Mini Classic.

Boomertendo back at it again, I see. I don't think this company is ever going to catch up to current time and it shows in how ham-fisted they are with their IPs and that very point is why Soulcalibur2 never got a Wii U port because Nintendo didn't like the idea of gasp Link appearing on another platform. Not even Sony and Microsoft are this authoritarian and close-minded.

@fafonio Last I saw, they've been replacing the flash chip to expand it, and adding extra components and whatnot. So, for a personal GB player, I'd put this in the "high effort, low reward" category for most people, it's not like the Classic Mini consoles.

If you're experienced in hardware modification and don't mind the costs though, it could be an interesting project.

@Eel ahhh thanks. I'm not interested in replacing parts. Just hacking it, but I heard that the memory was really small ... like 1MB.
But thanks for the info.

You have to support Nintendo on this.
Otherwise you're a #45 Supporter

@fafonio Um, the HD version had both Spawn and Heihachi?

Do you think that Nintendo would show Microsoft (and Sony) the same courtesy for putting Banjo in Smash by letting Microsoft or Sony use one of their IP's in their own Brawler? If so, then you clearly haven't been paying attention.

What could poaaibly be copyright infringing about buying a computer and then making it run different code than it came with?

Are Nintendo ever going to restock these damn things?

@w00dm4n

it takes tools and talent to hack this thing. I personally couldn’t do it.

like many of you here, I’ve played the hell out of Super Mario Bros. on many Nintendo systems through out the years starting with the original NES. oddly enough, this Game & Watch hardware has to be one of the best ways to play this game. the controls are super responsive. with that said, that is the reason I was intrigued with the hacking as I’d love to play more NES games on this little hardware. I’d love if Nintendo released more Game & Watch games in the future. fingers crossed for a Zelda one with part I and II from NES

@SalvorHardin lots of people have been saying Nintendo Ninjas for years, everywhere

I can't wait for this gen to be over so I can kick this insufferable company. I'm torn because the games I love are on this stupid thing, but the company I love keeps biting back at it's fanbase. Ugh.

Japanese Companies have a really strange View over Ownership.
They believe that they still have the right to dictate what a Owner can to with its Goods.
Noboy can prevent me of putting new Seats into my Car, to put LEDs into my PC and neither to change Parts of my Game and Watch.

@fafonio You can't be thinking of turning this Game & Watch, into another Game that is without a Watch!
That would be misrepresentation!

Who'd have thunk.

@SeantheDon29 to catch up with the times, you need motivation and reasons to catch up with the times. Nintendo doesn't have much in either department. Four out of five consoles in their post-G6 hardware lineup have done little but rewarded and reinforced their bet on comparative "nonconformity".

@Azuris you think so? Man you have missed what is going on the the USA at the moment.

You don't have to be a retro enthusiast to enjoy seeing what can be done with the hardware. Anybody should watch out for Nintendo's harsh actions about anything ever lately. What would they have done if the (S)NES Minis came out recently for the first time recently? Those things were probably hacked way more than these things will be...

Let the man work. He's doing what Nintendo could have easily done: put more games on the thing

@Aerona Yes be careful. You never hear ninjas coming.

@Scrubicius
What is happening for curiosity, did i miss some news?

damn i hate nintendo ninjas

Shurely shome mishtake? Ninjis not Ninjas

What did they expect. I hate these geeky hackers as it ruins it for the rest of us.

@Aurumonado opposite really, theres plenty of third party devices that do the same thing but better then game and watch

Buying a limited edition official product just to hack it, is pretty dumb, it's just a sbc inside the shell

@SeantheDon29 when I see comments like yours.. I often wonder if you even know what a boomer is

Baby boomers, most of them dont even play computer games.. so you just make yourself look like a moron to people who actually know what a baby boomer is and doesnt just follow internet trends

@GTHOLLAND what exactly are they ruining? So you can no longer watch a video you seem to be I interested in? Some people love to take hardware and see what else can be done with it. If they pay for said hardware I see no problem with that.

@PortablexombieV2

You see no problem with it but that's not your choice to make. Game companies spend money building stuff and your right. If somebody wants to break that down and see what they can do with it that's up to them. But to put that on a public forum is not. It is breaking the law. We are in a generation of gaming that has made the 2nd hand market redundant. That is because of hackers. My copy of Animal Crossing is useless in 20 years time without the updates provided. Its half the game it should be. Hacking is no different from somebody picking your lock on your front door to see what's inside. We are all curious to see behind the curtain but morally it's wrong.

@GTHOLLAND the difference is I own the house. If he did not own whatever he backed then yea it is am issue. But he owns it and I hope he did not tell any one to go out and steal the system and then back it. And morals are like opinions, we all have a different set.

@GTHOLLAND
"My copy of Animal Crossing is useless in 20 years time without the updates provided."

That's not the fault of hackers, it's the fault of Nintendo for bringing down servers. If anything, in 20 years time I'm sure there will be a way to hack the Switch and install updates manually.

This is pretty obvious, it's in writing and has been for a long time. Their terms are clearly stated ( https://www.nintendo.co.jp/networkservice_guideline/en/index.html?n ) saying that you can upload and monetize Nintendo videos but only if there's no hacks or piracy involved. It sucks if that's what you want to do, but, nobody should be surprised unless they've been living under a rock.

@shaneoh
Nah theh will just release
Animal Crossing
New Horizons
Ultimate edition