Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against Streamer Who Pirated and Broadcasted Its Games Before Release

Nintendo has won a lawsuit against streamer Jesse Keighin, who repeatedly pirated and streamed the company’s games before their official release. The court ordered Keighin to pay $17,500 in damages and banned him from engaging in similar activities in the future.

Keighin streamed leaked versions of titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and several other games—around ten projects in total. He also shared links to the Yuzu and Ryujinx emulators, explaining to viewers how to run pirated copies. According to Nintendo, he did this at least 50 times since 2022, causing the company millions of dollars in damages.

In one of his messages, Keighin bragged about having “a thousand backup channels” and threatened to continue streaming, stating: “You might run a corporation, I run the streets.”

As a result, the court prohibited Keighin from infringing Nintendo’s copyrights, using or distributing Switch emulators, cryptographic keys, and other circumvention tools.

However, the court rejected Nintendo’s request to destroy Keighin’s devices and to ban actions by “anonymous third parties,” calling the demands too vague. Keighin did not present a defense or file objections, so the ruling took effect.

This is already Nintendo’s second high-profile case this month. Earlier, the company filed a $4.5 million lawsuit against a Reddit moderator known as Archbox, accusing them of distributing pirated Nintendo Switch games and violating the DMCA.