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A counterfeit dated back from 2001? No doubt that those were famiclones and some chinese carts but it should come as no surprise: Nintendo still chases NES/Famicom clones with lawsuits, if it weren't for them, the lawsuit would have been forgotten long ago.

Of course Nintendo does have the right to claim what's rightfully theirs, but that the case had been granted pardon beforehand comes as no surprise, specially if you live down here.
Situation is just like the neighbour from message 23 puts it. For example, we have an official Microsoft representative but they don't work with Xbox. :/

Off-the-shelves prices? Go ahead if you feel like crying: http://www.gamestop.com.uy/
Last time I checked , they asked 1000 dolars for a PS3... for the 20GB version... Damn, I mean, I earn that much in about 4 months and of course I can't save it all up, rather, I just manage to get by.
If that price tag is considered a rip off by your standards, imagine how we feel down here were it's like that with every decent (read: legal) store.

People usually bring their systems from abroad or buy them off at the greymarket. Luckly, DVDs don't pay those 160% import taxes, still it's 60 bucks plus shipping (considering someone actually ships it down here). Add this, add that, you could end paying over 80 for just one game...

I know videogaming is a privilege, but I like to say it's gamer's hell down here. Look at the prices and you might understand why piracy is such a common practice.

Hey, wouldn't the title be "A trip to mario LAND, without the gameboy"? I mean, the Land games were the ones made for the brick gameboy.

Yeah, sawry, I'm picky, I know...

I don't understand you people complaining about its age: I'd seen it looong ago, but it still rocks as much as the first time I saw it! Bet most of the readers hadn't seen it before anyways.

My memory might be cheating on me, but I'm quite sure there where a few other pics.

Corporate arrogance: the same sin that threw Nintendo of it throne and almost killed Sega.

Just one note, this hack won't allow homebrew as the 360 still doesn't accept non-signed software. The only thing it allows to run are 1:1 backup copies, rips don't seem work (as far as I've read). It's a step forward though.


And I know I'm going off-topic, but I thought I would clear up a little bit about #4's comment: I live even deeper down in Southamerica. Here, piracy is not an option, it's pretty much of a 'must': I'm making about $160 per month and it's quite a decent salary here. And before you start making numbers, add into that abusive prices: haven't seen one yet, but heard of 360s tagged with over $1000 at stores. PS2s and Xbox go for around $300, but that's on the grey market... Welcome to the gamer's hell... >:D

...and food is definietly A LOT cheaper down here. :)