Susan Arendt
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Pirates Rebrand GameCube Games as Wii Titles

Pirates in the Philippines are slapping new covers on GameCube titles (pirated copies of GameCube titles, that is) and selling them as Wii games. Sure, it’s sleazy and wrong, but it does at least show a certain amount of creative thinking. The folks at NintendoWiiFanboy have an amusing little anecdote to go with this discovery: […]

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Pirates in the Philippines are slapping new covers on GameCube titles (pirated copies of GameCube titles, that is) and selling them as Wii games. Sure, it's sleazy and wrong, but it does at least show a certain amount of creative thinking.

The folks at NintendoWiiFanboy have an amusing little anecdote to go with this discovery:

When asked about the "Wii" copy of Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes on display at ShopesVille, a department store in Manila's Greenhills Shopping Center, one of the salesladies explained that it's the same Metal Gear Solid release as the upcoming PS3 game.

Of course it is! Absolutely identical.

Photo courtesy of GameOps.

Pirates selling GameCube titles as Wii Games [NintendoWiiFanboy]