Thomas Game Docs | The man who Nintendo sued for $1.6 MILLION @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
In 2009, Nintendo's new game was leaked and uploaded to the internet. Within a month, Nintendo caught the culprit, and sued him for $1.5 million, plus another $100k in legal fees. Here's the full story!

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CORRECTION
The Ganon figure wasn’t an amiibo, sorry! I didn’t realise Nintendo just packaged Wind Waker with a …normal statue!

SOURCES
- reddit.com/r/wiiu/comments/1siow5/aussie_nintendo_pirate_gets_a_gift_from_nintendo
- nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/aussie_pirate_sued_for_illegally_sharing_new_super_mario_bros_gets_ganon_statue_from_nintendo
- https://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/02/nintendo-wins-1-5m-aussie-piracy-settlement/
- https://www.smh.com.au/technology/nintendo-pirate-just-a-shy-gamer-dad-20100210-nrlr.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true
- gamezone.com/originals/australian-media-outlets-latch-on-to-new-super-mario-bros-wii-pirate

CREDITS
Image of Australian Law Courts © Google 2021
Jeff Bezos photograph taken by Steve Jurvetson