
While LoveRETRO initially responded by removed all Nintendo games, but it too has now “shut down until further notice”. In response to Nintendo’s legal action, LoveROMs has closed down completely, with a message on the site informing visitors that “LoveROMs has been shut down”. “We are considering action regarding those matters but are not including them in this notice,” Nintendo writes.Īpparently, Nintendo has already filed lawsuits against two ROM-hosting websites, LoveROMs and LoveRETRO for copyright infringement.
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At the same time, during the short three years where the Game Boy Advance was the primary portable on the market, the console became home to some of the best titles of franchises such as Metroid and. The emulator is no longer available through the site.Īccording to TorrentFreak, Nintendo is currently considering legal action against the owner of the infringing GitHub repository. Home of some of the best remakes ever made by Nintendo, the Game Boy Advance allowed a new generation to play certain classics for the first time. GitHub complied with the request and removed the offending repository from its platform soon after. The repository provides access to unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s copyright-protected video games in violation of Nintendo’s exclusive rights”. The latter was backwards compatible with the existing classic GameBoy line, further extending the platforms replay value, while introducing a new generation of high-quality, full-color games.

It further adds, “Please disable public access to the repository at. Nintendo would later go on to release the GameBoy Color in 1998, and the GameBoy Advance afterwards in 2001. In a DCMA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice, Nintendo writes: ” The files located at the repository link contain unauthorized copies of Nintendo’s video game software in violation of the law and GitHub’s Terms of Service.”
