Nintendo Cracking Down With Mario Kart Wii & Modchips >

	2008/04/11 21:05:15: Posted by vividbreeze
	A Nintendo insider said: “A chipped Wii might sound cool but it is useless. The latest Wii extravaganza, seeing Mario back in a racer at the front of the pack, Mario Kart Wii, would be useless on a chipped Wii. You’ll never get the interaction or support when it all unravels. You’d have to be pretty stupid to think online gaming won’t be easily log-able in such digital days! Chip it and you brick it, as we say around the office. There is only one real Wii experience – and it doesn’t come chipped!” PRESS RELEASE Friday 11th April/... A Wii chipping factory has been tracked down to fraudsters in Leicestershire. The Wii is the nation’s favourite family console – so much so that the Japanese corporation hasn’t been able to keep up with UK demand for not one but two Christmases! But an undercover sting by Leicestershire’s Trading Standards Department backed by the games industry’s own crime unit unveiled a counterfeit plot potentially worth £millions. As a result of enquiries made by TSD officers and investigators from ELSPA, the trade body for the country’s major games publishers, a home was raided in the Coalville area of Leicestershire this week. The raid, which was undertaken by Leicestershire TSD and police, turned up vital evidence suggesting the non-descript home actually housed sophisticated counterfeiting apparatus – including an industrial unit to churn out rogue console chips. At least two people have so far been arrested for their part in the ‘fraud factory’. More than 2,000 counterfeit chips, were recovered from the raid. These consisted mostly of Wii console chips although some were for Xbox 360 and PlayStation2 consoles. A number of consoles were also seized. After the planned trial, all the rogue chips will be destroyed – if only to avoid disappointment amongst the nation’s competitive children and parents. Following the crack-down, visitors to the offending website are currently greeted with this ominous message: “The site is currently down for maintenance. Normal service will resume shortly, sorry for the inconvenience.” Michael Rawlinson from ELSPA said: “Fraud can cost Internet companies a lot more than just its visitors. Our investigators are out in force working with Trading Standards Departments across the land combing everything from Sunday car-boot sales to auction websites 24/7 seeking-out counterfeiters. The message from the nation’s favourite games publishers is simple, fraudsters can run but they can no longer hide!” John Hillier, who heads ELSPA’s crime unit, said: “Piracy costs the games industry dear – just like that of any other entertainment industry. Making good and inventive games is an expensive and creative process, with some titles today costing £20m or more to develop. To make a quality title involves teams of highly skilled professionals, from programmers and graphic artists to voice actors and musicians. When a pirate sells illegally-copied games they undermine the viability of our industry and in turn that threatens jobs.” Paul Jackson, Director General of ELSPA, added: “We would like to thank Leicestershire’s Trading Standards Department, and Police for all their efforts during this investigation. We have now stepped up our campaign against thieves of games software and others who attempt to flout intellectual property rights of our members. We have sophisticated tracking techniques at our disposal these days and as my colleague put it, the cyber-criminals can run but they can no longer hide!”
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i chipped my wii and fucked it up lol

lol

lol

Message to all GR members:

Please stop the political correctness bullsh*t , already!!!

Why don’t you guys report stuff like EA trying to rip us off with games that have been using the same “engine” for the last 8 years?

All they have to do is modify the player’s names and throwing a couple of popular soundtracks on it , job done , easy money!!!!



I’m not saying that piracy is right , if I invest money into a game development, it would be reasonable to get it back (let alone making some profit), but not everybody got enough money to pay for ridiculous priced videogames! (Growing thread).

Yes, it is true that piracy is not right, but “ripping” players off with “recycled” material is not right either!!!



So if you are reading this, stop being the company “X” tool and open your f****** eyes , because at the end of the day , all they want is the money out of your wallet , there’s no such thing as a multi-million dollar company being loyalty to their “fans”, they are loyal to your pocket , FOOL!!!!!

Makaveli – “Always happy to put fools their place.”

"You’d have to be pretty stupid to think online gaming won’t be easily log-able in such digital days!"

Pretty funny cause I play Xbox live on my modded xbox360 everyday. And mario kart works fine on my mooded wii, well at the least the pal version of the game does.

And so far my experience with Mario Kart online isn't all that great anyways.

I don't even own a wii but this just sounds like bullshit to me. Propaganda to scare off people who don't understand.