Hacking Can Nintendo ban gateway users?

[Gurjas]

You're going to want to make sure its firmware is 4.5

Or 4.1-4.5

i know ive been researching this for a couple of weeks but have still been debating whether nintendo will ever ban and if they do i might as well just get a 2ds next year

 

[Gurjas]

Play hundreds of games with GW3DS. If you really like Pokemons buy a new clean 3DS to play it Show them how big poke fan you are

sorry i didnt see ur comment anywhere but that end pun just made me smile thanks

 

[Foxi4]

Thanks for giving me the reassurance bro but i still have to think because i found a deal for a brand new 3ds for 120$ so im still thinking since i dont have one

If you want to carry on playing new games then I do suggest to get a separate unit just for the Gateway. It's a bit early to tell whether or not sufficient measures will be taken to "shut the cart down" and for now the Gateway can't go Online anyways due to a lock-out, most likely on the cart itself. That, and certain games won't work on it at all due to a custom save file system (like "Animal Crossing: New Leaf") unless the Gateway team comes up with a patch to circumvent that obstacle.

 

[Gurjas]

If you want to carry on playing new games then I do suggest to get a separate unit just for the Gateway. It's a bit early to tell whether or not sufficient measures will be taken to "shut the cart down" and for now the Gateway can't go Online anyways due to a lock-out, most likely on the cart itself. That, and certain games won't work on it at all due to a custom save file system (like "Animal Crossing: New Leaf") unless the Gateway team comes up with a patch to circumvent that obstacle.

This is all too confusing i guess i could just wait until boxing day

 

[Cyberdrive]

I don't think they will ever bother blocking Gateway users as long as those don't mess with legit users online, especially if GW never makes it to FW 5.0+. It's too much work to do for no gain whatsoever because lulz isn't a currency.

 

[BenRK]

If you're worried about it... oh... I don't know... buy the game legitly?

 

[jonesman99]

The infrastructure doesn't support banning as of today and would have to be revamped entirely to do so. Hell, it doesn't even support accounts - what are we talking about?

The worst Nintendo can do right now is send you a postcard saying that you've been a naughty boy by pigeon mail, and that's only if you inform them that you're using a Gateway yourself and give them your address, seeing that they don't even have an account system set up yet. There is a certain amount of information that's sent to them as far as system reports are concerned but they have no means to act upon them because "Nintendo doesn't understand Online".

That, or use the same legality checker that was in Gen 4 and 5, but updated for X & Y.

 

[Gurjas]

If you're worried about it... oh... I don't know... buy the game legitly?

I am going to buy pokemon x and y but worried since the gateway firmwares on my console i would be banned and i use the gateway for japanese imports bravely default ace attorny 5 and ace attorny x proffesor layton

 

[stanleyopar2000]

they could ban your mac address so yes...it IS possible to never be able to use Nintendo WFC again..so thats why it's not recommended to go online with it

 

[Gurjas]

they could ban your mac address so yes...it IS possible to never be able to use Nintendo WFC again..so thats why it's not recommended to go online with it

if they could do that and if they did would i be able to use other features of online such as the internet browser and is it possible for nintendo to brick my 3ds

 

[stanleyopar2000]

if they could do that and if they did would i be able to use other features of online such as the internet browser and is it possible for nintendo to brick my 3ds

no...they can't brick it.....they can't do that..there were rumor bullshit of that before years ago.....Sony doesn't even do that..they just ban you from PSN access...what they could do is what I mentioned before...you SHOULD be able to the the browser but nothing that links to Nintendo's servers (eShop, MiiVerse, Online play for games)

It's the exact same sony and MS do.

they dont brick your console....then you couldn't buy any more games for it!

they just deny and blackflag your MAC address and console ID and other identification factors blah blah so you can't get online.

 

[liban100]

I never play Pokemon for the online, but I can see why others would be super upset by 'modded' pokemon and rigged battles. It kind of takes the 'fun' out of the game for those who play online.

I doubt they can block GateWay if you leave the internet off. However, that said, I also hope GW will have an option, in the future, to use the WiFi connection. However, I hope that it blocks edits in the game's code to allow modifiers for pokemon and cheats.

Can't they prevent it by making it server sided?

 

[deathking]

Pokemon will most likely be plagued with hacked Pokemon using a save editor .

 

[rg]

My honest opinion...

Gateway is a no buy... unless you really want to run pirate games...

• No homebrew support
• No online play
• Possibility to get banned
• not compatible with higher firmwares
• no idea if will ever be compatible with higher firmwares
• no gui

Well.. the only positive is that it runs commercial games...

And yes nintendo will ban everyone if they want to... they never did until today, however... if they want to they can.

 

[Langin]

The infrastructure doesn't support banning as of today and would have to be revamped entirely to do so. Hell, it doesn't even support accounts - what are we talking about?

The worst Nintendo can do right now is send you a postcard saying that you've been a naughty boy by pigeon mail, and that's only if you inform them that you're using a Gateway yourself and give them your address, seeing that they don't even have an account system set up yet. There is a certain amount of information that's sent to them as far as system reports are concerned but they have no means to act upon them because "Nintendo doesn't understand Online".

I think banning is possible, they could just ban the console ID without a problem. They can keep track of your downloads(which are console tied) so why can't they ban the console? They can also transfer content etc.

 

[xshoyz]

My honest opinion...

Gateway is a no buy... unless you really want to run pirate games...

You can't get banned if you stay offline, and higher-firmware support doesn't matter if you have a compatible unit. The only real flaws you listed is lack of homebrew, no online and no multi-rom.

 

[rg]

You can't get banned if you stay offline, and higher-firmware support doesn't matter if you have a compatible unit. The only real flaws you listed is lack of homebrew, no online and no multi-rom.

If i want to stay offline I buy a Gameboy....
Gateway gives you all the games you want (3ds) for the price of crippling your system... and not to say it's expensive for something that disabled features on your hardware...

 

[justinkb]

MAC address ban... lol. as if a MAC address isn't the easiest thing to spoof ever.

 

[rg]

MAC address ban... lol. as if a MAC address isn't the easiest thing to spoof ever.

Do you really think the Dev's at Nintendo don't know that?

If they really want to ban you, they will.

 

[justinkb]

Do you really think the Dev's at Nintendo don't know that?

If they really want to ban you, they will.

I was laughing about users posting 'MAC address ban', not about Nintendo devs. Learn to read.