Crackdown Is Ordered on Pirated Game Toys

Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. won a court order against the sale of game machines that run pirated versions of its classic games such as “Donkey Kong” and “Mario Brothers.”

The restraining order, issued by the U.S. District Court in Seattle, prohibits retailers from selling products that look like Nintendo’s game controllers from its older Nintendo 64 game console, which can be plugged directly into televisions to play games.

Redmond, Wash.-based Nintendo of America said hundred of thousands of the game machines were already in stores nationwide. Authorities were instructed to seize the counterfeit products.