FBI takes down big Nintendo Switch piracy site

Today, it was revealed that the FBI has taken down Nsw2u, a website connected with piracy on Nintendo Switch.

Nsw2u housed plenty of ROMs for games on the console. If you had a hacked Nintendo Switch or a working PC emulator, some could download content from the site and play those titles without legally purchasing them.

The FBI went after the website in “accordance with a seizure warrant issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 2323 issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia as part of a law enforcement operation and action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation”. This notice is provided when attempting to access Nsw2u. Dutch agency FIOD was also involved in the takedown.

Piracy has been an ongoing battle for Nintendo over the years. During the Switch era, things seemed to ramp up, in part because the system was hacked early on. One of the more recent developments involved Nintendo filing two lawsuits against Modded Hardware with the sale of mod chips and MIG devices as well as James Williams who was said to be involved with “pirate shops” that distribute unauthorized games. Nintendo also went after populator Nintendo Switch emulators Yuzu and Ryujinx.