Aussie Hacker set to pay million dollar penalty to Nintendo
February 11, 2010 by Les T
Filed under Critical News
Hacker James Burt, aged 24, bought the popular game New Super Mario Bros. ahead of its global release when a shop sold it to him by mistake. Nintendo estimates they lost thousands of sales because of Hacker Burt’s antics.
New Super Mario Bros. At Eurogamer
From its humble barrel jumping capers through mushroom power-ups, raccoon suits, Yoshis to ride, metallic Marios and flying through space; and figured I’d seen it all. What could they really do to make me want to go back to playing with Mario?
