

Unfortunately, Nintendo and its over 100 independent publishers and developers, lose hundreds of millions of dollars per year to international pirates and counterfeiters.Ĭounterfeiting of Nintendo's video game products is a serious problem. It costs millions of dollars to develop, manufacture, market and distribute a single Nintendo video game. The creation of a single video game often takes several years of work for teams of game developers, artists, animators, musicians, motion capture artists and many others.

Nintendo has become a household word around the globe, and its video games have become a multi-billion dollar industry. This section of our website is designed to answer questions you may have about our intellectual property rights and Nintendo's response to infringement of those rights.
