Nintendo take first Japanese Switch modder to court, resulting fine is 400,000% less than the one given to Gary Bowser

In a Japanese first for the console, the Kochi District Court has delivered a guilty sentence for modifying and selling Nintendo Switch consoles. A 58-year-old transportation worker from Ryugasaki City, Fumihiro Otobe has been met with a fine and jail time for soldering and selling second-hand Switch consoles loaded with pirated software. Though these consequences seem like a slap on the wrist when compared to Nintendo's usual litigious tenacity.

TechSpot reports Fumihiro Otobe was arrested...