Whoever's been leaking Nintendo's information, stop it. You know who you are. All ten of you. Now just 'fess up and take your punishment.That's apparently what Nintendo of America is hoping for, though in somewhat harsher terms. They've filed a lawsuit in Washington State against ten John Does for "misappropriation of trade secrets." The suit claims that these ten cloak-and-dagger types "obtained proprietary and confidential trade secrets and disclosed them to the public."
By filing this lawsuit, Nintendo can now subpoena the individuals "named" and legally compel them to come forward, as well as receive statements from other nearby parties. We think.
We have no idea what information Nintendo is so worried about. We certainly haven't seen any particularly juicy rumors about the company in a while. Plenty of stuff about third parties, but nothing about Nintendo, much less anything worth suing over.
[Update: the Seattle Stranger "Slog" has posted a suggestion that the Super Smash Bros. Brawl manual leak is what Nintendo's so upset about. Is that all? Thanks to stinkbug for alerting us to the update!]
