@xianc78 @TerminalAutism @Alex The funny part is that the Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7 community released full ROM hacks as literal .nds formats for Mario Kart DS, although they always kept the Mario Kart 7 mods as individual files.
And eventually the admins became certificate indie devs for Nintendo platforms, Nintendo actually knew of their existance, and even the fact they were distributing .nds ROM files.

That community didn't go down because of Nintendo suing them, they went down because all their most talented memebers decided to throw the admins under the bus and set up a Discucked chat room instead back when its popularity exploded and started taking over public forums in general.