Yes, Nintendo does still care about their old games...

VGS_fcgamer

My girlfriend showed me this article a few months back, about some folks that were busted and arrested for selling illegal (bootleg) Famicom cartridges as well as some other products here locally in Taiwan.  Likewise, even as far back as five years ago, there were some night market vendors still selling bootleg Famicom (Japanese NES) carts, but likewise, have been all shut down in recent years.  



http://udn.com/news/story/2/1687130



I think this video sort of demonstrates that even now, Nintendo still does give a few shits about their classic games and classic game machines.  Just some food for thought.

dahlmahl

Good, I wouldn't want to plop down a bunch of money for what I was thinking was a legit cart, only to get a repro or an all out bootleg.

BouncekDeLemos

Well yeah! Not only it's their IP they're protecting, they're still selling the older games digitally, so even old bootleg carts would seem to hurt their sales and namesake despite being on outdated hardware.

VGS_captmorgandrinker

Didn't they just shut down one of the NES books coming out? Not sure whose it was.

Diamante Loco

Originally posted by: captmorgandrinker

Didn't they just shut down one of the NES books coming out? Not sure whose it was.

It was by bitmap books in the UK (the one behind the Super Famicom and Artcade books)

Sucks they shut it down, was looking forward to it

KHAN Games

They haven't "shut it down" but they are making it harder to get printed.



Also, lol at the OP clarifying what a famicom is on a Nintendo forum.  

Teknoskan

Originally posted by: tracker465


I think this video sort of demonstrates that even now, Nintendo still does give a few shits about their classic games and classic game machines.  Just some food for thought.

Intellectual property protection. They still own Mario, and the code on the Nes/Famicom. They're going to give a shit. Doesn't really have much to do with the hardware, but the software, as it's still illegal to make a bootleg of an old NES game from the 80s, but you can make a homebrew without any issues since the patents have become public domain.