Nintendo wins lawsuit against user after streaming pirated Switch games and publicly mocking the corporation

After streamer Jesse Keighin failed to respond to the complaint, the Colorado federal court granted Nintendo the default judgment, ordering Keighin to pay $17,500 in damages. $10,000 was for the infringement of the most recent pirated game, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and $7,500 was for multiple violations of circumvention and anti-piracy security ($500 x 15).

Before the final verdict, Keighin mocked Nintendo, publicly stating that he has a thousand burner channels to stream from and can “do this all day.” 

“Should have done more research on me. You might run a corporation, I run the streets,” the streamer who now owes Nintendo $17,500 in damages wrote on Facebook prior to losing the lawsuit. 

In April 2025, Nintendo filed a new motion alleging that the streamer evaded service, serving it via email and letters to his mother, grandmother, and partner, which eventually resulted in the final $17,500 in damages after Keighin failed to respond to the complaint. 

Nintendo attempted to ask for the injunction to apply to third parties who worked alongside Keighin, but the motion was denied. In other news, the Japan Patent Office denied one of Nintendo’s patent claims on capturing a field character using a capture item, affecting the Nintendo vs Pocket Pair case.