Nintendo has scored another victory in its ongoing battle against Switch piracy.

As reported by Engadget, the US Federal Court ruled in favor of Nintendo in a lawsuit against Ryan Daly, who runs the website Modded Hardware. As the name implies, Modded Hardware hosted a variety of goods for modding Switch consoles, including the MiG Flashcart. The MiG Flashcart is often used for pirating Switch games, and Nintendo has reportedly been banning players who use the device. The court rules that Daly and his website caused Nintendo “significant and irreparable harm”, with the following example:

MIG Devices, Mod Chips, Hacked Consoles, and Circumvention Services allow members of the public to create, distribute, and play pirated Nintendo games on a massive scale. Thus, the MIG devices, Mod Chips, Hacked Consoles, and Circumvention Services harm NOA’s goodwill, detract from NOA’s consumer base, and enable widespread illegal and difficult to detect copying.

The court has ordered Daly to pay Nintendo US$2 million in damages, shut down the Modded Hardware website and all associated domains, and has also been permanently banned from participating in any activities involving selling or marketing devices that could be used to pirate Switch games, including the aforementioned MiG Flashcart.

Nintendo has been taking more significant steps towards stamping out piracy on the Switch, even going as far as to updating their Nintendo Account agreement to give them the authority to brick the Switch or Switch 2 console of any player detected modding their console or using unauthorized software.

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