[VIDEO] Michael Jackson game fights pirates with vuvuzelas
From the archive: published Dec 6, 2010, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Michael Jackson: The Experience on the Nintendo DS has a novel way of preventing piracy: vuvuzelas.
These horrific sounding instruments gained worldwide fame during the 2010 World Cup, and now those who pirate Ubisoft’s game can relive those ear-splitting times.
Gamers who load up the ROM on their DS will be greeted by constant vuvuzela effects as the tracks play out, while icons vital to gameplay simply don’t appear, leaving the title unplayable. Witness the horror for yourself: