Nov 11, 2025 07:00:00

'Sued by Nintendo' is a collection of Nintendo lawsuits

Nintendo has been involved in numerous lawsuits, including

a lawsuit against Pocket Pair, the developer of Pal World, which became a hot topic for its resemblance to Pokémon, and a lawsuit against a Reddit moderator for selling pirated content, seeking 680 million yen in damages . ' Sued by Nintendo ' is a website that compiles all of these lawsuits and copyright disputes involving Nintendo, allowing you to search by game or company name.

Sued by Nintendo
https://www.suedbynintendo.com/

Sued by Nintendo lists 85 Nintendo lawsuits in chronological order at the time of writing, with each news item linked to an external site.

In September 2024, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a

lawsuit against Pocket Pair, the developer of Pal World, for patent infringement. Clicking on a link about the lawsuit led to an article in the gaming media outlet Polygon.

We also discovered a case in

which Nintendo sued the Nintendo Switch emulator 'Yuzu.' In this case, Nintendo filed the lawsuit against Yuzu in February 2024, and Yuzu's developer, Tropic Haze, agreed to pay Nintendo $2.4 million (approximately 360 million yen) in damages and announced that it had discontinued support for Yuzu in March 2024. However, Sued by Nintendo summarized the March lawsuit.

Another notable case is the victory in a Japanese lawsuit seeking an injunction and damages against MariCar , a public road kart rental service.

The list includes not only cases that have resulted in lawsuits, but also suspensions of fan-made games and mods for content like Pokémon, Mario, and Zelda, as well as bans for inappropriate behavior in games and tournaments. For example, the July 2019 case shown on the left below, in which

Nintendo removed a popular Super Mario Maker 2 course created by content creator 'GrandPooBear,' was suddenly removed. Nintendo cited 'inappropriate or harmful content' as the reason for the removal, but the actual cause is unknown, as the level in question was not offensive to public order or morals.

Additionally, the list included articles that were not related to lawsuits or violations, such as 'Nintendo Switch Online launches amid criticism' and 'Nintendo Switch Online price hike sparks outrage.'

The oldest example is when Nintendo sued the video rental chain Blockbuster in 1989. At the time, Blockbuster, which was primarily based in North America, offered video game rentals, and while Nintendo was unable to prevent them from renting games, it did file a lawsuit to prevent them from copying and distributing game manuals.

Sued by Nintendo also allows you to search by word. Enter the word in the area at the top of the site.

Only those whose headings contained the search term were displayed in the list.