Well, in worst case scenario is a perma-ban. Best case scenario, it's nothing and people are freaking out for nothing.No they're linked together currently. I tried a retail cartridge in classic mode and the same error code came up.
Not sure about anything at this point, but I'm sure you are certain that's not your router/ISP unable to connect to Nintendo Servers, yes? I mean, my ISP does that every time, I can't connect to websites of a certain region and such.