Wednesday, 03 July 2024 12:38

Nintendo of America President Responds to ROM Hacks for Sale via Mega Retailer

Written by Pam K Ferdinand
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A vendor selling Nintendo ROM hacks on a major online retail site draws the unwanted attention of the Nintendo of Americas president, Doug Bowser.

A vendor has been spotted selling hacked Nintendo ROMs on Walmarts third-party marketplace. This has caught the attention of Doug Bowser, the current president of Nintendo of America. For those who dont know, ROM hacking is when a person takes the read-only elements of a game and modifies them, either to fix bugs, add translations, implement cheat capabilities, or tweak the files to create a new experience using the original as a foundation. Frequently, ROM hacks are used to make a game playable, via emulator, on a platform that it wasnt originally developed for.

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