Nintendo's Next Legal Storm: Mario & Luigi Brothership Rome Leaks Days Before Release, Making Us Feel Legal Wrath Is Coming

Man, Nintendo has had a pretty good year, hasn't it? It has been suing from all sides to protect its intellectual property rights since it was the target of one of the biggest hacks this year, each time leaking its first-party titles.

Bowser in Mario & Luigi: Brothership – Image source: Acquire.

Despite its best efforts, the company continues to pursue the latter in particular as a constant reminder of its mistakes with the V1 Switch. Now that Mario & Luigi: Brothership has been leaked almost 20 days before release, we're not going to lie – we're scared of what Nintendo might do next.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership leaking so early might just drive Nintendo crazy. The battle screen in Brothership – Image source: Acquire.

So, yes, initially it was believed to be a fake NSP file with signatures and hashes not yet verified, now it has been confirmed that the ROM was actually Brothership's…