The menace of piracy of a gaming device, the R4 revolution for DS is catching up fast among the gamers in Japan with the nickname, “Majicon”. It’s widely available in the small shops on the backstreets, though illegal. The entire process of piracy of the device seems to be very smooth with free-flow of transaction which doesn’t take more than couple of minutes.

The “Majicon” is enabled to store the games on a Micro SD and can also be played on the DS and it also fits into the cartridge slot of Nintendo's popular handheld gaming device. Its increasing popularity of among the gamers has not been affected by the criticism it got for encouraging piracy.

Earlier this month, entertainment system player, Nintendo had filed a lawsuit in a Tokyo District Court against five Japanese game companies alleging those of pirating a computer software that were used on Nintendo DS handheld game but it has no impact in the gaming circle.
 
Nintendo had earlier expressed its anger saying that the matter cannot be overlooked and it’s geared up to take decisive legal steps but nothing has significantly changed.

The buyers need to possess a good amount of knowledge on its availability, connections and obscure passwords as the shopkeepers are quite playful in those shopping streets of Akihabara. However, retailers of Showa-dori are still selling it on the edges of the electronics district. PC World reports.

The device is not illegal in Japan but the recent criticism has made it a little sensitive in terms of availability.

The PC World report also suggests that the prices have soared. The R4 used to cost $45 along with a memory card but one can fetch only a R4 with the same amount. X

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