Why Nintendo Keeps Getting Hacked
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2020
- Nintendo has suffered yet another hack, with plenty of leaked development documents from various games, many of the SNES and N64 era, making their way online. Among this data is proof that, at one point, Luigi was intended to appear in Super Mario 64. L is Real 2401 has proven true (kind of, not really, but let's just have fun with it).
So why do these leaks keep happening? How does Nintendo keep falling afoul of hackers?
Well, let's tell a story that is 100% definitely not proven to be connected to the current leaks. Whatever spurious connections there may be, we'll leave them for someone else to speculate on.
Instead, here's an example of how someone did hack Nintendo in the past, and what happened to them afterwards. As, y'know, an indicator of what might have gone on behind the scenes this time.
Look, we really don't want to get anyone into trouble, or accuse someone falsely, so we're staying vague on a subject that we don't have authority to discuss, and focusing on definitive facts.
Here's the story of how Nintendo was hacked in the past, and how the hacker, Zammis Clark, managed to get away without serving jail time.
Hope you're staying safe!
BretonStripes ( / bretonstriped ) and Kotor ( / kotorcomics )
Sources:
www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18...
www.malwarebytes.com/company/
www.nintendoenthusiast.com/ni...
lavacutcontent.com/pokemon-be... - Hry
The green Mario gag at the beginning was funny
I literally drew the wrong letter at first and then had to correct myself 😅
Video Game Story Time Well at least it was funny
Colton K.
Not for Luigi.
@@VideoGameStoryTime the always has been joke is funny
Green Mario is what Luigi's mother calls him when she forgets his name.
It's a huge coincidence for 24 years and 1 month to get these codes.
@TheROBLOCrafter definitely planned out like you said. Too bad the meme community is out here right now saying the Wario Apparition "meme" was "was ahead of its time".
ElectroBlastLuigi
What do you mean ‘meme community’? That’s like saying human community. We’re all in this community and there is no escape from it
I don't believe in coincidences
@@jlt-kjv2840 I do.
@@justsomeplant3305 Ever heard of "CZcams community"? Ever heard of CZcamsrs having their own community (hence the community tab)? Then I guess there's no such thing as a "fanbase".
0:36 “Wait, guns are bananas?”
“Always has been.”
Psst, don't tell anyone, but CZcams's advertising settings make you declare if a video references gun violence at all. We figured it was safer to just bypass the issue entirely!
Ok Meme boi has got the channels response first Oh welp.
**squishes banana peel into other astronaut**
"uh oh"
SSBU Banana Gun
Alessandro Rizzi yes
nintendo keeps fans in the dark
hackers: "fine, I'll do it myself"
No comments but me?
Can't possibly give development details on 24+ year old games themselves, because that's too easy
Ikr, I'm glad this happened.
I mean it was development ideas from two decades ago
Yep
As Mutahar would say, "The best antivirus [or security] is you." If companies want to avoid this stuff in the future, they need to train their employees in some basic cybersecurity courses.
just admiring that Data pfp
The fact it’s 24 years and 1 month later can’t be a coincidence.
No
L is real 24 01 DUDE. 24 YEARS AND 01 MONTHS
Someone got this earlier and leaked it now after 2401
@@UltraAryan10 plot twist:
Nintendo leaked everything to leakers
Yes, it can.
Guy's name is Zammis, but I keep hearing Samus.
I just want a 2D Metroid, I think.
Internet: keeps discovering leaks about future games, ACNH updates, and Luigi in SM64
Nintendo: "Hey can you guys not do that?"
To late nintendo we will forever find ur secrets
Come on Nintendo. Be like SEGA, who basically ENDORSE fan content, to the point of having a meme in one of their actual games.
As free dlc, probably so it doesn't disturb people who care about sonic immersion-
[ThatAwesomeDude] And movie.
I think you mean movie.
Mania was produced by fans who made a 2D Sonic fan game
@@beybl7869 yeah,that's the point,not any famgame,but sonic 2 HD.
For those curious, the Pokemon that was shown when mentioning the Diamond/Pearl hacks?
That's beta Giratina.
frankly I like beta Arceus better
Geratina, the testicles monster from your nightmares!
Maybe it's a revenge movement for taking down fan-games
and nintendo music from youtube
Brick Bronze...
Honestly, I agree on a certain level. It really feels like retaliation over the frustration of Nintendo's poor archival of older titles, aside from their own main games.
You know, i feel bad for them
@@1gta4gta And some antro pokémon in R34.
if you ever bump into someone who says people with Autism are useless, let them know one hacked into both Microsoft and Nintendo with ease and then ask them how easily they could do it XD
Gojiro7 Thank the autistics for that service
@@Aresydatch alright, thank you Algernon XD
@@Gojiro7 As an autistic person, I am quite special (And so are most of us). I barely have to learn for tests but I still get a very high grade lol.
The hacked north korea
4:32 Oh come on, The DS port isn't bad!
Oh cmon Its not original and its not as good!
@@AjumentaDaTriboDeIssacarit may not be as good as the orignal, but it isn't bad
just compare the physics and the controls.
@Daniel Torres NO
DON'T SAY THIS
@Daniel Torres For me,a remake have to keep a good game good.
Ok, great stuff was added in the DS,but if the remake have been made in the 3ds instead and didn't modify the physics of the original,would be the best remake of Super Mario 64.
"And not just that crummy ds port."
That actually makes me sad how people see sm64ds, a remake...
Right?
No analogue movement when the game was made for it while touchscreen is even worse, downgrade in graphics & the new stars & maps are boring. It's a huge step down in quality.
@@ActionGamerAaron I'm with you on the analog stick part, it is actually alot better if you play it on a 3DS, but everything else was fine. Wym.
If the Mario remakes happen, we can't predict how 64 will turn out. It already has a remake. An hd version of the ds port with fixed controls would be the best outcome
I grew up with those games so I may be biased, but I love this game
For anyone wondering why would Nintendo want to keep all of this old assets locked away from the public, the answer is simple: international copyright law dictates that any knowledge that becomes available to the public without a patent qualifies as "State-of-the-art", meaning that such knowledge (theoretically) becomes part of the big box that is humanity's development on the matter the now publicly available invention is. For more info you can check the pdf available on the following link
www.wipo.int/meetings/es/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=287699
Most likely Nintendo has not patented a lot of the stuff that was leaked and, since it is now state-of-the-art because of the leak, they'll have a harder time trying to sue anybody who might create anything based on the leaked assets.
This pertains to patents, which is very different from copyright. Prior art/state of the art states that a patent cannot be substantially similar in an obvious way to previous inventions. Art and other things cannot be patented. Mechanisms and procedures are the only things that can be patented.
While the knowledge of the assets is uncopyrightable (all facts are free knowledge), the actual execution of the assets, characters, and other copyrightable features are all copyright by Nintento. They have no harder time suing someone now then they would have had before, if anything they would have an easier time since they could say the person actually saw the material. If the material was still secret it would be highly likely the person just reinvented it without knowing.
@@ender_scythe2879 "While the knowledge of the assets is uncopyrightable"
And that's the whole point. Of course nobody (I think) is going to be stupid enough to try and patent a 1:1 copy of any leaked asset. But they can very easily "modify" certain things here and there to make it seem original enough (think of a chinese knock off).
"they could say the person actually saw the material"
Ok, and how are they goint to prove the defendant actually saw that? Just saying "it became public" is not a very plausible argument, even more so, they'd have to demostrate they actually did what they are claiming they did and, while not impossible, doing so in almost every single possible case doesn't sound too economic, either.
@@BakingSoda4U Couple things:
You can't patent a creative work, that's what copyright is for. As far as I can tell patents allow modification (in novel/new ways) to produce new inventions. Copyright can forbid modification. You cannot take an image of a Disney character and add four extra hands, nor could you take the character (not the image, the character itself) and put it in your book. Chinese knock-offs as you put it do infringe on copyright (and trademark) law in the majority of cases.
The publicity of this event is massive, everyone knows about it as far as the copyright lawyers care. There was a lawsuit not long ago between I think Taylor Swift and another artist on a very small portion of a song (about 10 beats or so). The justification was the original had 10 million views on CZcams, so they said Taylor Swift unknowingly copied the work. This leak has well over 10 million views if you add all of it up.
Nintendo doesn't really care about economic viability when it comes to this stuff. They're really vindictive about fan games etc.
@@ender_scythe2879 "You cannot take an image of a Disney character"
Well, that whole argument is based on examples of stuff that was copyrighted already, something we don't know for sure applies to the leaked stuff. So it is all assumption.
@@BakingSoda4U Everything is copyrighted as soon as it is created under the Berne convention. You DO NOT need to register for copyright in the VAST majority of countries, including Japan, USA, China, etc. This material is copyrighted by Nintendo and they can prove that they own and created it. Look up automatic copyright for more information.
Copyright registration just proves that you have created it by putting it in some government database. It does not change your rights to the work in any way whatsoever.
They don’t keep getting hacked, they literally just got hacked once in 2018 and hoarders just drip feed things at random intervals
Weeb
BitchChill *The Spy*
Twins
@@Curlyheart another based nico enjoyer I see
@@Lumix_Corrupt Yup.
These aren't multiple hacks. They're slowly distributing 2TBs of hacked data.
The guy who got taken to court got the space world leaks from another source.
One guy hacked Nintendo and stole 2TBs of SNES, N64, GameCube and Wii data. He got jailed for it (and for possession of CP)
Basically, the guy distributed those 2TBs among several people in case people would get jailed. The task they got is to slowly release the leaks one by one. One of the prominent Pokemon leakers actually came forward about this and confirmed it, while claiming he regretted it and stepping down from his position as a prominent Pokemon leaker.
For anyone interested, the GC and Wii data doesn't encompass the games, but mostly E3 notes and presentations for investors. Also the entire process of how a Wii is built from start to finish.
It also included the information that a Nintendo 64 only takes around $45 to build. Pretty interesting stuff.
The first one (Ryan) hasnt got jailed yet because of covid
"why hacker man leaks our beta files from a game from 20+ years ago :("
"But A Chain Is Only As Strong As Its Weakest Link"
what could be horrifying is that a group of hackers could potentially hack into the game companies to look at the games they're developing and then may delete all the data and work the developers worked hard for
That’s basically impossible... not only does any large company like that have backups in place but any modern software project is using Git for version control which means each dev working on it has a full copy of the project including its fully history on their computer.
@@einsteinx2 true but if it was possible then it would crash the gaming economy
@@einsteinx2 They have a lot of secure tools for that, raid copy server (yes they use a raid sythem from a target server into multiple backup servers), git services and other stuff
After sintendo's ruthless fascistic campaign against everything related to anyone who seemingly remotely dares touch their IPs, I look forward to that glorious day when they lose everything.
“wait, L is real?”
“always has been partner.”
*bowser's theme plays*
(Shoots)
Mama Mia!
@@sluigi lmao
Not only has it always been, we have always known from Miyamoto himself. At least we have always know he was real to the same extent the new stuff has "revealed".
They don't "keep getting hacked", this was all stolen a while ago, and has been being leaked in parts. The person who stole the stuff has been in jail for a while, but others who had access to his stuff has been slowly releasing it.
skilarbabcock Yeah
Is there any info about how much is there still left to leak?
Igoor Silver probably 2 TB left but that’s a rumour probably
I'm Self Aware NO at least from what we have now
Just as tetrabit said it's kinda bittersweet.
The mystery and journey is over and Luigi truly was planned for 64.
Years of searching finally over.
I wonder if the waluigi one will be solved?
Hi
Oof
its a lot more satisfying for me since luigi opened a whole new world of beta content to build and reconstruct
The Waluigi one will turn out false, as there is no proof that he even existed during development, there's no confirmation from Nintendo or anything, and the rumor started on a mock up of purple bunnies on an April fool's day, so...
He was busy with his taco stand during the events of mario64, this is basic canon
Sega: Memes, Likes Fan Content
Nintendo: We Nintendon't
Very True, My Friend.
@Keilani Nguyen noo
@@gamerdrache6076 why not?
3:39-3:46. As someone who also has Autism, I can proudly say that using Autism as a reason not to go to prison is a load of BS. Yeah, it probably will be harder on Zamis than a normal person, but the prison can adapt for him and ZAMIS Needs to adapt Far More to prison. I can also say that those of us with Autism NEED to adapt to the world far more than what the world will ever adapt to us. It's painful, it's annoying, it sucks, but I Am Confident that everyone else on earth is the exact same in many Many other areas of life besides just social issues.
How does leaking old versions of games no one can play cost so much money
Wondering the same thing 🤔
Since they are beta designs they probably dont have copyright for many of these things and thus have a hard time combatting things like emulation if the assets are used. Plys it wasnt just old designs if the got into servers with confidential files like the old designs imagine what sort of things they could take fron the company like secret upcoming projects. Which its not cool to do to those who work on the game. Cause most of them put their heart and soul into it just to have someone take every little secret in it an just post it online.
@@ricardosantoni5039 I suppose that makes sense. Have there been any leaks of upcoming games though? It seems to only be beta stuff and scraped ideas so far 🤔
2401 was a prediction of the future.
We just had to piece together the story.
What if Nintendo was like "maayybeee we will get hacked in 24 years, maayybeee put this secret in" or in other words they probably predicted this?
Even the mightiest of walls can have a few cracks that can easily be broken through.
Finally someone talking about this, thanks!
So basically, he started off as a criminal.
It’s been 24 years and 1 month to find Luigi
L is real 2401... wait a second?
I didn’t even know this was happening... well that means it’s pretty bad
It’s a good thing
@@Rosie_Cozy It's honestly not a good thing. Just because we get to see that Luigi was planned for Mario 64, doesn't mean how we found out wasn't illegal or damaging to the company. Stuff like this causes serious damage to us as well, which is something Nintendo (and other companies) are not gonna let happen again
@@HarvestHollows onestly the leaking of old data from nintendo isn't damaging (is like saying that emulations damages nintendo), would be a problem if they where leaking nintendo switch data (like the bios).
NerdyNooki yes it is
@@Rosie_Cozy E-mails from people working on projects were also leaked.
Fangame Creators: Now *You* Know How It Feels To Have Everything Taken Away From You!
4:35 Would`ve been funnier if Mario covered Toad`s mouth in the middle of his bragging
Trojan Yoshi Statue? I love the creativity on your videos :)
I'd love to see a live action recreation of this video with actors. That would be dope. I love this channel!
love this title, as though Nintendo is a chronic victim of a "kick-me" sign planted on them
The reason why is because people want free games or want to get Luigi in super Mario 64
If you wanted free games, you could do it with much easier ways. What we have here are leaks of the source code, things people would find much more valuable for understanding prototype builds, the inner-workings of games (none new) that we all love. Can't say it's a good thing to hack these, but people do get excited about new information coming to light. We just were not supposed to see that, and well, Ninendo obviously has the right to not just put their source code out in the open.
I know but the ‘purest’ want to be pirates and get games for free like that
@@MetalCapR You aren't really a purist if you're emulating games. And trust me. There are much better ways to play games for free. There are a bunch of easier emulators to get. You know. Ones that don't require you to hack into Nintendo's servers to get. The point of these leaks was to show people never before seen prototypes and development histories
@@MetalCapR Nah the reason why is because many of us really like the idea of prototypes and betas.
@@MetalCapR you understimate how easy it is to get games for free nowadays
Moral: "LUIGI IS NUMBER ONE"
Small correction, it was the Spaceworld 1997 Gold and Silver demo
You shouldn't just enable two step authentication. You should also have uppercase, lowercase, digits and symbols in your password and the length of the password being at least 8.
Mario 64 DS was really good, though.
This has become one of the most diligent video game news channels. No podcast style rambling, borrowing ad/announcement footage, theorizing/predicting far beyond what the evidence presents. Just good ideas, good art, and good script. :)
As informative and well made as this video is, you called Super Mario 64 DS "crummy". And for that, I must leave a dislike.
I agree; that was uncalled for. 🤦
nah,not me
I want to know what pink edition's unique elements would have been
my theory is that hackers just waited until "2401" to make the leaked data public but the data was leaked a long time ago
The thing is that, although it is just a prototype asset, the fact that it's out there means that he can be re-added to the game via rom hacking.
"The Prophecy"
"The 🅱️rophecy"
L is real 2401
Luigi was found 24 years and 1 month after the game came out
24years01 months
2401
*T H E P R O P H E C Y*
A new vid!! Second btw Your videos make me very happy thank you for putting out good content in these hard times!
Literally Everyone: Wait... L was real 2401 the WHOLE time?!!
Nintendo: always has been...
Hello
Hello×99999999999
There
L is real after 24 years and 01 months
Plot twist: giratina's beta sprite seems like a nut sack
Imagine if Nintendo announced they were giving up on taking down fangames around the time of the leaks being released.
Also would love for Nintendo and GameFreak to acknowledge the Betas like a doodle of Arceus’s beta sprite or making the scrapped Gen 2 pokemon official.
Then Mario would finally be ours.
Fan games affect the money they get so never.
@@UltraAryan10 elaborate
@@UltraAryan10 Tell that to Christian Whitehead, you ninny
Elaborate: Fan games that Nintendo takes down are usually something they are making. There are many rom hacks and fan games out there that they just dont bother with. But some get taken down Eg - Mario Royale. They made a similar multiplayer in SMM2.
I'm kind of curious as to how the damages from these things are calculated. Is there a breakdown of lost earnings and reasoning for why the hack caused those earnings to be lost? Cost of tracking down and apprehending the person? (In that case, would just announcing the hack immediately mean you're not doing any damage?). Cost of managing a PR response? Or are they doing something silly like counting the cost of improving their security afterwards...
2:50 Hehehe, Trojan Yoshi. This video has tons of references, and it's amazing.
0:35 this is the best thing I’ve ever seen.
can you do why scott pilgrim vs the world the game got taken down?
Only this channel can made this sound so entertaining yet serious
2:52 is that a reference to the super Mario bros super show but the statue is yoshi instead of bowser?
It's a Trojan reference
im also autistic but ive managed to never hack into a database before
I mean is their anything wrong with revealing content that was unused or changed?
It would be cool if they realised a book of beta secrets from there past
I mean the hacker showed us cool stuff but Nintendo didn't what this either I guess .
I love the Trojan horse reference!
wait, there's no sponsor at the end?
Every Video Game Story Time video:
"Why ____"
"How ____"
Just got to love all the pictures you draw
yeah, as far as i know the leaks that have been happening this year are also from the 2018 zammis leak. allegedly the full leak is around 2.1 terabytes and is being slowly released by a few of his friends. it's sad to hear but yeah
Salad Plain Zone Sad for Nintendo great for us Its a 20 year old archive after all
I'ts easy, they dont use nordVPN
lmfao
True
Since people found these in the games code. People could technically make Rom hacks of these games to fit these in. Luigi in Mario 64 would be cool to see along with finishing some of the Yoshis Island minigames. Like a 'Yoshis Island +' or 'Mario 64 +' would be cool to see.
-Wait, L is real 2401?
-Always has been. * shoots from banana *
I was about to yell in the comment section about the M in Luigi's cap, but then I saw it getting fixed, oops. Anyways keep up the good work
Well, you're actually right about one thing, Story Time: There HAS IN FACT been a Luigi Hack Reveal of Luigi in Super Mario 64, from the Statue saying "L is real 2401" meaning 24 years and 1 month before it was released. Basically, Nintendo predicted when it would happen, without giving away too much information.
That's why Nintendo should have installed....Nord VPN!
I remeber that in super mario galaxy 2 there was a galaxy called hot cold galaxy with weird alien creatures on top of the side walls and that a hacker hacked into those files and the files with these creatures inside of them have something like trees of hell in their name
0:38
Astronaut Meme + Banana Gun is epic
I would like to take time to appreciate the Wind Waker reference at 3:15 😄
I was expecting a Dashlane sponsorship at the end.
I’m surprised that the Nintendo ninjas aren’t after him
I think the soure for the gigaleak is old backup tapes.
It is, stored by a completely different company. Nintendo didn't get hacked at all.
I am officially terrified now
I really appreciate the "just to be clear" stuff and pretty much anything in parentheses lol
4:40 is VGST suggesting that SM64 DS is bad?
2:50 I'm so reminded of that episode of Super Mario Super Show where Mario, Luigi, and Toad hide in a wooden statue of King Koopa. Spoiler alert, Princess Toadstool rescues the guys.
King Koopa: "Tomorrow we're going to see what it looks like on top of the tower."
Is Luigi gonna be ACTUALLY real in 64 remaster? The model was there and they did update a few things.
0:35 Clever Reference.
The always has been meme in the video was funny also nice video :)
Why is old beta game data from before 1996 with next to no modern matket value such a big deal for Nintendo? It's not like these hackers are releasing a source code for Nintendo switch games and software.
copyright law, they have to step down on it, otherwise they would lose their copyright, that's why, for example, copyrighted music on YT gets struck all the time.
If you ignore it, you lose the right to sue people for it, because you either hold your copyright against everyone, or none, but not just selected individuals.
And because all those old stuff is still within their copyright, they have to protect it...law is weird
0:40
1. Why
2. Thank you
3. (Laughs in spacesuit)
0:36 always has been.
Fingers crossed for some gen 5 leaks!!!
Hey Thx for making great content and i love your videos and your voice
It’s so cool how a game made all that long ago, still has so many unfounded things. As far as we know, You could play as Amy in Sonic CD.
I use a “three step” verification. Meaning the third “layer” of security after the first two is a prepaid card for online shopping.
I keep the card around 80 bucks at max, so I can afford the majority of the online product, but if the datas are stolen it’s not a loss I can’t recover from.
The only downside is sometimes I can’t buy everything instantaneously everything, but having to wait some a bunch of days can actually be positive.
love the Kung Fury reference at 1:25
If you think of it all people who are related to the hackers is breaking the law and should be fined or arrested
Honestly I didn’t know this happened until I saw news videos popping up about the whole situation.
You should know Nintendo isn't at fault. BroadOn suffered the breach.
I guess he‘s the only one, who‘d actually get his hands on the Mario 64 beta.
? Is it normal for you to leave out the side and back hair or is it just your style?
I NEED ANSWERS lol
nice to know ur fave mario character is more hyped than waluigi for smash
It's hard to believe all these tech companies don't keep their passwords hashed, but sadly I can