Someone new has felt the wrath of Nintendo’s lawyers, as a streamer is forced to cough up £13,300 for broadcasting pirated Switch games.

Nintendo’s ruthlessness when it comes to dishing out lawsuits has been well documented, but it has particularly escalated over the past couple of years.

Over recent months, Nintendo has demanded £3.3 million in damages from someone who sold pirated Switch games, sent one person to prison in Japan for modding Switch consoles, and left another gamer with £1.4 million in debt, after they took on Nintendo without a lawyer.

Nintendo’s aggressive legal pursuits are common knowledge, but despite all these cases, it hasn’t stopped others from thinking they’re above the law.

On October 29, 2025, a Colorado federal court ruled in favour of Nintendo in a new law

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