This move aims to follow the shutdown of Modded Hardware, one site that Archbox was allegedly associated with, by identifying anyone else involved. In order to be able to do this, Nintendo is requesting access to the information held on the 200,000 members of the subreddit.

According to IGN, Nintendo is targeting the 200,000-member SwitchPirates subreddit, informing a federal court of its intent to subpoena the platform in order to identify users. It was revealed that Nintendo used Reddit posts and repair orders to track down an alleged Switch pirate.

Nintendo has the 200,000-member SwitchPirates subreddit within its crosshairs after telling a federal court it wants to subpoena the platform to identify members who worked with an alleged Switch pirate.