Overview

• Nintendo filed the motion on October 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, with a hearing set for October 24.
• The company identifies the defendant as James Williams, known online as Archbox, alleging he operated and promoted multiple Pirate Shops offering large libraries of pirated Switch games.
• Nintendo says Williams also created, promoted, and distributed circumvention software and helped locate mirror sites to keep the shops online.
• The motion details alleged solicitation of Nintendo eShop gift card “donations,” including “Pro” tiers and a Missing Dumps effort to acquire titles not yet pirated.
• Nintendo elected to seek $150,000 per work for 30 first-party titles and a permanent injunction, while not pursuing trafficking damages or attorneys’ fees in this motion.