Update 7/15/2025 8:55 a.m. ET: The FBI wrote in a press release that the sites involved in the seizure were responsible for 3.2 million illegal downloads during a three-month window earlier this year ...

As is typical for piracy site crackdowns of this sort, the NSw2u domain now displays an FBI takedown notice, which reveals that the website was seized pursuant to 18 U.S. Code 2323, based on a ...

The FBI has seized Nintendo Switch piracy site, Nsw2u, as "part of a law enforcement operation." The site - which hosted illegal Switch ROMs for players using emulators and hacked Nintendo systems ...

One of the most popular sites for Nintendo Switch piracy has been taken down as part of an ongoing FBI investigation. As reported by Kotaku, Nsw2u was known for hosting Switch ROMs, which users ...

As players continue to shift over to the Nintendo Switch 2 and pick up games at the new price bracket, it is likely that more websites offering ROMs and other illegal downloads will crop up. While ...

Some new console owners have already tried to use a type of flash cartridge associated with the piracy of Switch 1 games on their Switch 2 consoles, and were promptly banned by Nintendo.

That’s on me.” It represents a setback for those looking to use the Mig Flash on the Switch 2, as Nintendo has seemingly found a way to detect that the device is present.

Last year, the Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, folded its operations and paid out $2.4 million in damages to Nintendo as a settlement to the company’s facilitation of piracy of Nintendo’s IPs.