Today, Nintendo won another legal battle against R4 devices against two Japanese distributors. Upholding the ban on R4 devices, a Tokyo court ruled that the accused, two Tokyo-based R4 sellers, must pay a sum total of nearly US$1 million ($944,921) in damages to Nintendo and fifty or so other companies that had joined in the suit. Those companies included the likes of Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Level-5, Bandai Namco, and more. You know, essentially the entire Japanese game industry. Late last year, the Japanese government announced that importing R4 devices was illegal. At that time, selling them was already punishable by law. ニンテンドーDS用装置（マジコン）に対する [Nintendo] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft. Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.