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Tecmo Wins Naked Kasumi Case

Posted by Zonk on from the such-an-odd-name-for-a-case dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Japanese supreme court has upheld a ruling that software company West Side's 'naked Kasumi hack' for the PS2 version of Dead Or Alive 2 violates Tecmo's copyrights. West Side has been ordered to pay around 2 million yen in damages."

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  1. Re:2 million yen by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Informative

    ¥ 2.000.000 = U$ 18.018

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  2. Screenshots by RotJ · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first thing any mentally balanced /.er would do if they've never heard about this hack before, is to search for screenshots. To save you the trouble, click here and scroll towards the bottom. It's basically the same as the Sims blur removing nudity hack: Barbie doll anatomy whoopdeedoo. Bloodrayne 2 will probably have a naked mode built in.

  3. Worth ¥2 Million? by Bloodmoon1 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not exactly work/school safe, but here's what's apparently worth ¥2 million.

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    1. Re:Worth ¥2 Million? by TheLoneDanger · · Score: 2, Informative

      Not exactly work/school safe, but here's what's apparently worth ¥2 million.

      Actually, those shots are from DOA Xtreme Beach Volleyball, for the Xbox. The lawsuit was about the PS2 version of DOA 2. Also, IIRC, all they did was alter the memory card data a bit to tell the game to mess with the costume system a bit. If you've ever played DOA games, they all feature changeable costumes for the characters (some as unlockable bonuses). I think that the change in the memory card data just unlocked something that was ALREADY ON THE DISC, just substituting a skin that is on the disc for one of the costume options or something. There is a scene in the opening cinematic of some versions of DOA2 that have a nude, nippleless Kasumi. I am not sure if that is what was unlocked by the changed memory card data.

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  4. Original court case decided years ago... by Inoshiro · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/international/games /news/26063.shtml

    And I quote (posted 9th of March, 2002):
    "The case, which pitted Tecmo against Japanese software company Westside, involved a tool included in one of Westside's CDs that let users hack up their DOA2 save games to alter the characters' clothing."

    This was just the appeal.

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  5. Re:2 million yen by Bios_Hakr · · Score: 2, Informative

    1000 yen is roughly $10. I think the actual exchange rate varies from 100 yen to the dollar to 125 yen to the dollar.

    Once it hit the 100yen point, the Government of Japan dropped to a 0% federal interest rate to try and stem the drop, so it shouldn't drop any lower.

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  6. I think there is more to it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is more to it then just beeing pissed of about an unauthorised modification. The age rating is based on the fact that no actual nudity is in the game, there is always the danger of the game beeing reclassified as AO (Adult Only). That would be the death of the sales for the game, no major chain is going to stock it, and they can only advertise in "specialist" magazines.

    The new Leisure Suit Larry game (as crap as it is, let all the people who worked on it suffer a painful death) went through a few hoops to avoid the AO rating.