BOOTLEG NES Classic Edition Consoles Seized

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Here's the full story: www.wbtv.com/2019/12/13/task-force-seizes-fake-nintendo-systems-nc-shopping-center/

[@joshuaupham5993]

Ever heard of the Nanico Smitch?? Its a real bootleg Switch now available out in the wild. Spawnwavemedia covered it today. Its hilarious!

[@JC-qu5lv]

Yep, I saw these in a kiosk at the mall here in NC. Hilarious too they had a huge banner that said like "Retro Arcade Games" and then like a 50 inch TV with one hooked up so you could play them there at the kiosk too if you wanted.

[@jayh2571]

Get yours now before they’re rebranded as Soulja Boy Classics.

[@Darkdjinn79]

I could see someone plugging one of these in, and all it has is 50 versions of Mahjong and Cheetah man.

[@Mokujo]

And maybe 15 Mario 1 romhacks

[@bens5661]

If Ian designed a bootleg

[@tomapple64]

Funny thing is, I saw someone selling these at a mall kiosk a month ago, so people are still doing that now.

[@emptyspotlight]

same here bought mine last summer.

[@marlonsanchez3141]

There all over ebay too and cheap too at $35 per box.

[@wunderjeeson]

I would stand there at the display and play contra all the way thru and walk away

[@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608]

@@marlonsanchez3141 Well ebay is loaded with fake stuff cause Ebay doesn't bother to manage any of it.

[@brokensprites]

And that rattle noise when you shake it is the *Nantendo* stamp of approval.

[@gmcnewlook]

😂 “Italian boys” where can I get one 😂

[@joshi1891]

Noticed these in a mall near by. My friend and i would go up to check them out. Knowing they were bootlegs, we were curious about the games on them. The seller was no where to be seen. At some point some guy came by us to straight up the kiosk. That’s when we left. We knew they weren’t worth what they would be asking for.

[@UNDERGROUNDskateco]

Everytime you mention Roo, a SNES gem gets it price jumped up

[@zackschilling4376]

I just want the Soup Du Jour

[@5371W]

We have a kiosk in our mall that was selling these, after I saw this story the next day they didn't have them out anymore. They still have a double arcade stick with mame games on it though.

[@unstoppableExodia]

I clicked on a video about bootleg NES classics and end up getting nostalgic for square one. I freakin loved that show as a kid. Thanks Patrizio for reminding me of it, I'm gonna look up KZbin to see if episodes of it have been uploaded

[@theswapmeetflea]

Then later sold on eBay with the headline _"rare , seized by the feds , you too can own a bootleg NES classic once confiscated by police!!! Get yours today!!"_

[@Deftonesdsm]

Wouldn't be surprised if this existed

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

I see these all the times at malls near Philly. My uncle picked one up and it really is a hunk of crap

[@DaGameNerd]

Those N64 consoles are called Power Player Super Joy III, and I have a special spot for them if I'm being honest because it's how I got introduced into the NES as a kid and also the Famicom side of things. Without it I wouldn't have known about unlicensed things either, I love that it existed xD don't hate it!

[@Deftonesdsm]

Wow as a kid with rip off consoles . You can't be very old

[@DaGameNerd]

@@Deftonesdsm What does age have to do with enjoying the games? Anyways, bootlegs weren't the only things I played, it's just that console specifically was how I got introduced to the NES. 24 though to answer your question.

[@Tacoyaki96]

I bought mine in LA when I was 7, it never worked.

[@Bylga]

🤝

[@skins4thewin]

How old are you, 12?

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

Worse of all, the sellers sometimes sell them saying it's the legit new classic.

[@flowerpower4000]

I saw a kiosk in my local mall selling these. I saw the faces of some of the people trying it out and saw that nostalgic feeling that they were getting. I feel bad for the ones that are buying them thinking that they are getting the real deal games that we actually released on an original console. Most of the game on these are complete shit. There will be a handful of actual games that you know and love. The sound/music is shitty on a lot of games.

[@StabStabStabStabby]

They're not bootleg nes classics. They're just cheap Chinese consoles with illegal roms like you can buy anywhere, even amazon sells them. They're not branded as nes classics. There's no deception, at least to anyone that knows anything.

[@solearesoul]

Those systems with hundreds of games on them kind of suck though because even if they have really good games, there’s usually no way to “save” your games on them.

[@Deftonesdsm]

Plus they are emulation and the gameplay IS not great/delays/odd ports etc

[@edmilsoneletrica]

@@Deftonesdsm you do know the official NES classic runs through emulation, right?

[@Deftonesdsm]

@@edmilsoneletrica yup hence the word "all"

[@guspaz]

Maybe counterfeits wouldn't be such a big problem if Nintendo hadn't stopped making them regardless of ongoing demand?

[@timf7413]

The fact that people may want something that is hard to find or unavailable is not an excuse for bootlegging.

[@Tatsh2DX]

People can download ROMs and emulators of the old game. While still not legal, at least that way they aren't supporting commercial counterfeiting.

[@nintendo1889x]

@@Tatsh2DX As most ROMs don't even generate money anymore.

[@GenerationDown]

Tim F That statement makes zero sense, you realize that right? That’s like saying, “Wanting something that isn’t yours that you really want, isn’t an excuse for stealing.” You pretty much gave the definition of Bootlegging lol

[@Tatsh2DX]

For old games, tons are available on legit sources today.

[@mhobin12]

anyone remember a few months back when soulja boy tried selling several diff bootleg consoles lol!

[@doc9112]

Mall in Delaware has 3 kiosks selling these exact same consoles... Saw them today, there going for 59.99

[@Tatsh2DX]

I've seen these in malls in Florida and in rest stops in New Jersey.

[@marlonsanchez3141]

At ebay, it is $35 per box.

[@therackstar]

And not worth $15.00

[@clipperz4life]

Plus tax😂

[@JonnyMudMower]

Banggood has em cheap .

[@neomerge]

I love Pat and Ian. Merry Christmas to both of you and your families.

[@xxchalupa007xx]

My mall and hour from San Diego has a kiosk for Christmas with these. $60 each... breaks my heart when they sell them to people who don’t know!

[@Franku69]

I think about a year or two ago I saw these nes clones with like 600+ games on them too. Almost right across from the GameStop in the mall I worked in at the time. Makes you wonder how they get away with it.

[@sircandle2767]

Oh shit, they were selling these at a mall here in Michigan. Thank God they're getting pulled from shelves.

[@Deftonesdsm]

Umm only in this one state. U should check cause i bet they r still there. They 100% made thousands in china or where ever. And even if the USA bans the product they will just redesign the labeling and do it agajn

[@GenerationDown]

“Thank god” lol.

[@8ByteBrian]

Sonic tipped 'em off.

[@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou]

More likely, it was GameStop.

[@richardtheconquerer]

Just checked my phone to see if I still had the picture of the kiosk. They were selling the exact same box as what's pictured in the video

[@SmokeBreakWithHuck]

I found one of these at a yard sale this summer. I asked how much and was told you can't find these in stores anymore, and they were asking $80 for that hot garbage.

[@JWJIV2005]

For those saying that they don't understand how retail store sell these counterfeit systems, I work in a meat market that still regularly uses a fax machine. Every night I check our fax there usually 3 or 4 flyers that are trying to sell these knock offs for dirt cheap, usually $100-$200 for an entire pallet. I'm sure that if I'm getting that from a meat market, than anyplace that still uses Fax machines looks and sees nothing but dollars in their pockets.

[@cheetobreath123]

I saw one of these at a kiosk at the mall the other day. It had contra 8

[@i.am.unstoppable.2546]

They took them out of my mall in Wilmington NC as well last week. Hahahahahah. They probably had a stack of 50 of these there for $59...now the kiosk is covered in bootleg Baby Shark merch

[@oioineil]

Shout outs to Roo, where ever his knowledgeable, beautiful face is at 🖐🏼

[@donb1659]

That's crazy, bootlegging is at the forefront of the 'Do not do list" nowadays. Why would anyone try this on such a large scale.

[@timf7413]

Because they're stupid.

[@Deftonesdsm]

@@timf7413 wrong . They are greedy like most humans

[@TacticalPower88]

Why not? Its the holiday season and giving a kid some retro goodnees or taking a middle aged adult back to their carefree past makes alot of sense lol

[@timf7413]

TBH they're probably both.

[@donb1659]

@@TacticalPower88 Jail?

[@retroprogamer7009]

Only 1000000000000000000000 fake Games/Consoles left. oh wait they just made another million more :P

[@thumb6170]

Pretty expected, I forgot they still made these mini systems

[@quinnpd]

I miss Roo. I really enjoyed all of his stuff. I considered both of your marathons my holiday charity drive.

[@joshnickerson83]

Same. Hope he's doing well and is happy.

[@RonnieBarzel]

The mall kiosk selling these earlier today even had an upgraded HDMI version with not 620 games, but...621!

[@theprofessorjg]

Saw them being sold at fairs and festivals I work at. I was like, "nah bruh, I'm good."

[@JustinEvitable80]

Keep in mind, some games repeat just under different names. My 500-in-One really has just under 400 due to repeated games. For sellers, they need to either sell them at thrift shops or flea markets. I found the 500-in-One at a thrift shop for $60 and earlier this year, someone at a flea market was selling the 621-in-one consoles for $45 each.

[@leadbones]

Been that way for decades. Nothing new about any of this. Plenty of "500 in 1" carts and similar ripoffs have always existed, and have always been full of trash roms, duplicate roms, homebrewed garbage, and other useless crap. I don't have any respect for anybody who falls for such obvious bullshit.

[@wcoleman99]

Pat makes a squareone reference and doesn't mention the dragnet ripoff mathnet that they did.

[@BryBry2ply]

I was in florida mall this October. They had a cart selling these mini consoles with 100,s of games. No idea how they get away with it.

[@richardtheconquerer]

They have two of these kiosks at a mall near me. The same mall had one last year so I guess the people in charge aren't very bright.

[@DefendYoungstown]

A "Square One segment"? On a story about crime?! Sounds like a plot for an episode of Mathnet!

[@Lynxan]

I just saw some of these being sold at a mall near me. They where selling them at 60 dollars each as I happened to hear some one asking how much they are. I also have seen these all over the place as I was going on a drive up and down the east coast a year or so ago at just about all the rest areas I passed with a food court in them. Even then I was amazed at how this was aloud.

[@juicyfruit6311]

Super Mario Bros was being sold at two stalls in the mall I was at 2 days ago. Same vendors were selling wind up dolls and RC vehicles. I looked at the unit plugged into the TV. The unit wasn't a NES Classic or vintage NES.

[@davesecx]

My local mall has someone selling these things right now. My guess is they'll be gone in a few weeks.

[@pinfarmer]

There are bootleg switches out that try to trick people into buying a fake one. Gonna be some disappointed kids getting the wrong gift.

[@pinfarmer]

If I had kids I’d buy one. Watch the soul crushing disappointment and then give him the real one. Probably good I don’t got kids...

[@CreatureWillis]

"Ex-KZbinr Roo"...Retroware 4 Laieef!

[@DanPantzig]

Guess I should stop wistfully hoping for more 16 Bit Gems, eh?

[@Clay3613]

What does he do now?

[@PunkRockPundit]

There's a kiosk selling these in my local mall this year still. They are selling them fo 89 bucks and people are buying. 🙄

[@RadiCalRaCer]

Does Ian enjoys life? He comes over bored about his passion

[@nensondubois]

I saw a Super Shrek Bros Super Mario Bros romhack in a mall once like 14 years ago. The square waves had swapped duty cycles it was terrible!

[@warrenlewis4349]

I think it got taken from Crabtree Valley Mall. They were selling those and a SNES classic variant there.

[@mhobin12]

the one with 620 games is the most common one you see everywhere

[@purrpocalypse]

They still sell these at Willowbrook Mall, NJ. Saw a kiosk last week.

[@Packman1325]

I miss Roo’s channel. What happened to him?

[@Squirtleshore]

Mall in South Jordan Utah selling these. They have modified from of games say Galaga with the Namco and Licensed by Nintendo removed and show some random website.

[@figment1988]

The funny thing is that the CoolBaby ripoffs just don't bother with editing that stuff out

[@jeffkleist9679]

I’ll tell you flat out, any “anti counterfeit” thing is grossly underfunded. I got the bootleg consoles pulled from one of the biggest malls in the country, but they wouldn’t kill the bootleg Hong Kong movie booth because the MPAA investigator doesn’t know anything about them, and the head of the MPAA anti piracy force didn’t know that (at the time) Miramax was owned by Disney and said they couldn’t enforce those rights because they weren’t members.

[@unstoppableExodia]

I see that exact bootleg NES classic advertised everywhere from market place to local sellers. I just assumed they got away with it because they didn't use the same box art or Nintendo's logo.

[@stevendudley5687]

I hope they sue every single person selling those dang things!

[@jdb2002]

Nintendo: Nooooo! We must stop them, or they won't pay $20 a year to be able to play the games on the Switch.

[@TehSchwizz]

Holy cow a Square One reference! Math Man! Math Man!

[@shorterrecording]

I’ve seen some pretty suspect sellers at flea markets down there (about 60 miles south near Fayetteville).

[@metaluzaki1534]

These are being sold at the Morsetown mall. They’ll being sold at a kiosk. I have to wonder if the people who are allowing these people to sell them just don’t care or they don’t know any better.

[@OakCityGamers]

Raleigh is a nice city... This is right in the heart of our City!!! Good riddance these things weren’t selling anyway! Lol!!! Thanks for talking about the story

[@Tatsh2DX]

I hate when I see these things especially since they don't even play all the games correctly and are all hacked up. And of course not authorised by Nintendo. I'm glad something is being done about it.

[@Mokujo]

I see that exact model in kiosks even at my city's nicest mall. It's kind of sad. Had a salesman beg me to play one lmao

[@elektrosoundwave]

I live in Raleigh. Somehow I missed this and I haven't thought of Square One in years

[@gamebunkeradventures4575]

I live here in raleigh as well and wouldn't have seen it but I got tagged by some friends on Facebook. I saw tons of them at Cary town center mall.

[@driskolestateshow]

Remember when I ordered the NES RetronHD and they sent me one of these instead from the Amazon website. Wasn’t shipped and sold by Amazon so I was already expecting some kind of issue. Kept it anyway for comical purposes. Awful controllers. And it was only $20.

[@kilo-watt]

So, I was just at the local mall looking for gifts. I watched this video while eating some Thai food, get up and leave the food court and the first thing I see is a kiosk selling knock off NES classics. I literally laughed out loud.

[@TheCreepypro]

the audacity on display for anyone trying this in this day in age also I appreciate the math at the end good on you boys to check

[@natedog101591]

I saw these same bootleg Nintendo systems at the plaza Bonita mall here in the San Diego area. One of the random kiosks next to the escalators

[@BENLINUZ]

These are at my local mall at a kiosk. Reminds me too of those in the early 2000s

[@xboxhater87]

Imagine not knowing all the games we do because of emulators how much we would have forgotten

[@db4life925]

Wow!! Didn't hear about this!! Thank God I got mine 2 years ago.

[@db4life925]

The real nes classic edition

[@rocstormmc]

they had these last year in charlotte....they were selling them for full $60 and the clerk was calling them nes classics. She was nice but probably didn't know any better and was told what to say they were.

[@spartonberry]

Yep, the Power Joy III I think it was. I want to say it was 2003 I saw the shopping mall demoing the bootleg console by running Super Mario Bros. on it. I think it was not until about 2005 Nintendo did the legal smack down on it though.

[@SquidRider]

They going to fix the drug problem in my town and seize all the drugs or nahhhhh

[@joshnickerson83]

Saw a table selling stacks of those the last time I went to the flea market.

[@mariomejia1375]

Lol a vendor at the mall in my city sell the exact consoles.

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

Man, people sell this on offer up sometimes for about $100 dollars. It's ridiculous.

[@T80010]

The authentic version never even retailed for that much money.

[@T80010]

In addition, I would have thought that on OfferUp, people would have only jacked up the price on the authentic version rather than it's counterfeit counterpart. I guess the attempt to make some money does go a long way after all.

[@drakon32]

I was surprised to see a kiosk for these in my local mall. Probably seasonal.

[@tylersmith7906]

I love you're profile pic contra is my favorite nes game of all time.

[@Mighty-VizioN]

I actually bought 1 of these 2 years ago to use as a raspberry pi zero case when the best classic was hard to get. They are complete junk as is. I eventually was able to get the actual NES classic. And this thing just sit on the shelf with the pi in it.

[@quasimojo345]

I don't support Nintendo's attack on emulation, but would gladly rat these crooks out. Nintendo should have set up something so we can alert them where these are being sold and the company can direct their complaint to the mall owners.

[@dudesbad2472]

Curious how these are being sold all over the internet. You can get them directly from China with free shipping for like $10.

[@pizzamon795]

Those same bootlegs were being sold at my local mall too

[@Benjamin0119]

CRIMINALS brought to JUSTICE!

[@WWJD85]

Roo, Frank, Pat, and Ian, the Elite Four.

[@finaltheorygames1781]

I'm confident that this was a move from Nintendo. They did it as a stunt because they want people to buy their official console and not these knockoff ones. It's just a message showing that if you are a vendor then this might happen to you to scare them off. Meanwhile on e-bay you can find literally thousands of these knockoff consoles. And while it is not legal to distribute 1,000's of roms like this, I honestly could care less. If you are a real retro video game player you already have these roms on your computer and have an FPGA or flashcart setup.

[@DeathToTheDictators]

"They did it as a stunt because they want people to buy their official console and not these knockoff ones" - except that doesn't make sense, as the Nintendo Classic consoles haven't been being sold for years now (because apparently Nintendo are idiots, that don't like money...meanwhile the Genesis Mini is selling like crazy because so many people couldn't get their hands on the Nintendo 'mini' consoles). Nintendo make good products, but i really hope Sega out sells them 3 to 1, as a retaliation 'fuck you, Nintendo' for them under manufacturing their minis and pissing off their fans.

[@officespace7777]

It was probably some foreigner selling them. Foreigners don't care about piracy or knock offs. Until they get caught. I was at a mall in California where foreigners were selling switch blade knives and stilettos. (Which are illegal in California by the way) When I asked how they were able to sell them their answer was "we can sell them. It's no problem.") 🙄

[@calvinthedestroyer]

LOL Pat-Math

[@landonjones118]

South county center in missouri has a boatload of them on the mall floor

[@smsv2806]

They were still selling these at my local mall this weekend!!!! Wtf

[@film79]

I bought one, it sucked, the sound never worked and the control broke after just a few uses.

[@futurewiz8832]

I have one of those bootleg NES classic

[@emptyspotlight]

same just bought it just because

[@SumDumGy]

Why?

[@Rando1975]

I'm still seeing ads for this piece of crap on Facebook pretty often.

[@Deftonesdsm]

Yup one police force caught 340. Theres 100% tens of thousands of these out there still being sold worldwide. But yeah cops inflate the value to make them look good. I wish journalists would check the #s of this and drug busts. Cause they obviously inflate the #s to make themselves look good. NO ONE would value these by every game on them

[@thaddeusmcgrath]

You can go to any flea market in the south east and buy the N64 Joy Boy controller with zapper for like 25 bucks. Also the same NES classic bootleg as well. If you find an Asian guy at the lfea market, they are selling this crap.

[@Woodenspade]

I've been reporting these people for months. Thank FRICK something was done

[@Syko4life]

I have 2 of these things...one with 600 games and one with 620 games....bought them off wish

[@squidracerX]

Speaking of the Italian Boys - I never get an answer -- does anyone know where the Marion and Luigi plush came from!? They are great!!! Online? Flea market? Retro?

[@100Bucks]

I bought one of these off Amazon. The music is off, it's not accurate. Gave it away as a Christmas gift.

[@sspotter1978]

That was nice of you 😂

[@BadBrad119]

funny how nintendo doesn't want these on the market, but failed to properly release their own and shut down production... the legits go for almost $150

[@crithon]

they are sensationalizing the price, was reminded Id Software head guy refered to Piracy would help "fund terrorist groups." That's a possiblity, or maybe it's a small guy who's got a bright idea to burn a lot of CDs of Doom 3 in 2004