It seems like only a couple of days have passed since I posted about video games and piracy, and as usual, the topic is all over gaming web sites around the Internet. A recent story posted by 1UP however, is a bit different. In an interview with print magazine Famitsu, Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software president Yutaka Kubota said "The fact is that you can download any Nintendo DS game as much as you want, so there's no way to even calculate the damage. This is an issue that affects our national interests, and personally, I see it as a form of information terrorism that is crushing Japan's industry."
He is referring to the use of DS flash cards, a DS storage device that allows gamers to run backup copies of games and homebrew from the card. And he brings up a valid point to an issue that is quite disturbing. In addition to playing homebrew and 'backups' of games as they are most often advertised, these devices allow gamers to play downloaded Nintendo DS roms. It should be noted, that downloading a Nintendo DS rom, and / or distributing them is illegal. This applies even if a game is no longer in production, since the developer or publisher still retains copyrights to the software.
Read on: Nintendo DS Flash Cards Called Information Terrorism
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The good thing: there are many nintendo DS homebrew games.