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In brief: Nintendo is once again trying to crack down on rampant piracy on the Switch. This time, the company is targeting GitHub by forcing the Microsoft-owned service to remove several pages hosting potentially infringing tools and code.

A few years ago, Nintendo tried and ultimately failed to stop commercial ventures from selling modchips for the Switch. The company prosecuted Gary Bowser and other members of the Team Xecuter group, but the hardware is still available through third-party organizations and websites. This is why Nintendo is now changing its strategy, shifting its attention from modchip manufacturers to firmware repositories designed to enhance the chips' behavior and capabilities.

According to a recently published DMCA notice , Nintendo targeted a network of 144 repositories, including parent repositories and forks.…