Officials Seize Fake Nintendo Items

Mexican authorities and Nintendo want you to know that they're on the trail of Nintendo counterfeiters. Authorities in our delightful neighbor to the south seized 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products, including 4,500 counterfeit Wii game discs.

"Mexico is Nintendo's largest market in Latin America, where the problem of video game piracy is widespread," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy. "Since January, Nintendo has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide to seize 100,000 counterfeit Wii games."

The raids in Guadalajara follow other Nintendo actions in Mexico during the past few months. Last month, Nintendo worked with customs agents to stop a shipment of more than 5,500 counterfeit Nintendo products entering Manzanillo, exported from China. Prior to that, Nintendo assisted local authorities in a raid of the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, where 23 stores were shut down and more than 56,000 counterfeit Nintendo products were confiscated, including 11,000 counterfeit Wii discs.

You can tell the fake Wii discs because Mario wears a sombrero and is refered to as "Senor El Jumpo." Also, all the Cooking Mama recipes are for burritos.