Wii Don't Like Counterfeits

Nintendo has made it clear that they are tough on counterfeits, after tips to authorities caused a court ordered raid yielding 10,000 fake products allegedly used to play counterfeit Nintendo software, the company announced. In only three days, Nintendo reps seized thousands of products that copy games and modification chips from Supreme Factory Ltd. facilities. The company is also linked to the French Divineo SARL, also named in the suit.

"Piracy affects the entire video game industry," Jodi Daugherty, of Nintendo of America, said in a statement. "It can destroy years of hard work by a team of very talented software developers, who strive to create games consumers enjoy playing. Copying the developers' work and spreading the game files globally is blatant stealing."

engadget sheds a bit of humour on the issue this week, making a crack at the makers of "Nintendo Wu."

Others note it's no laughing matter. Authorities in Thailand have reported the death of a young boy. Seven-year-old Conor O'Keefe of Britain died this year when playing a fake Nintendo game controller in his family's hotel room in Thailand. Poorly made fakes often have faulty wiring that can lead to electrocution, as previously reported.