We ninjas have never been fans of pirates, but we’re not a fan of this move by Nintendo to bring in so-called “digital expert” Neil Boyd as their new anti-piracy czar. While a name like Neil Boyd does buy him significant geek-cred, we’re not impressed by some of the actions that he’s reportedly taking.



Referring to R4 and other similar cards as piracy equipment is analogous to calling a blank CD piracy equipment. And of course when blank CDs hit the market years ago we heard the same rumblings from the music industry that we’re hearing from guys like Boyd now. Flash cards are perfectly legitimate as long as they are used for storage or homebrew game/app development.



While I believe Nintendo has a right to protect it’s IP, I think they’d be far better off hiring a team of ninjas instead of a bunch of legal-talkin’ scumbags. MCV mentions that Boyd is urging internet service providers to “put more pressure on consumers they know are illegally downloading games.”



That would be a bonehead move if I ever saw one. What Nintendo needs to do is focus more on developing DSiWare and their digital delivery service and phase out game cartridges altogether. That’s the solution at the end of the tunnel. No need to cherry pick cash in the courts via litigation when you should be innovating a pirate-proof game delivery system.