Today, thanks to the rise of emulation, we have access to “NDS ROMs”—digital copies of those game cartridges. But like any powerful tool, this technology comes with a heavy dose of ethical and legal gray areas.
But they are not a free pass.
Nintendo, in particular, is famously aggressive about this. They have successfully shut down major ROM repositories like RomUniverse and Loveroms , winning millions of dollars in lawsuits.