Nintendo has successfully prosecuted a distributor of hardware that enabled pirated games to run on its devices.

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The First Instance Tribunal of Milan found that the Italian importer of so-called "circumvention devices" like game copiers and mod chips enabled piracy, and referred two further queries - based around whether or not Nintendo's use of security was proportionately justified - to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).The court decided that circumvention devices were designed primarily to allow illegally pirated software, and agreed with Nintendo that its security measures were fair and in line with Italian copyright law."Nintendo is pleased that this ruling is consistent with a long line of judicial precedents established at national courts in a number of Member States including Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and the UK," Nintendo said in a statement."This decision is also entirely in line with several decisions from the Italian Supreme Court (Criminal Division) against sellers of circumvention devices as well as a recent ruling from the criminal appeal courts in Florence, which confirmed a first instance criminal decision, against the owners of PC Box." Nintendo's recent Q2 financials revealed Mario Kart 8 and new Animal Crossing as the star performers as Wii U sales stall again. As of September 30 2015, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has managed to hit 2.02 million sales globally since launching in Japan on July 30 and just a month ago in the west.Wii U hardware sales only saw a small jump from the 10 million mark hit in July to a new total of 10.73 million. Meanwhile, software sales are at 69.05 million, meaning on average each Wii U owner has around six games.

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