I think the point here is that if you play online and get banned......how is that any different than not playing online
it's different because you may also have retails games (I have pokemon X, for example).
Point is nobody knows if or what Nintendo plans to do, so for all you know they could ban your console for simply using the gateway card and never playing online......it's not like playing games online is the only time the 3ds in connected to the internet
I didn't think about this, but they may have to change something with an update in order to detect if a flashcard is being used and gateway would probably make a patch for the problem in an update.
Nintendo has never, on the 3ds or otherwise, deliberated bricked or banned anyone for playing backups. So I'm not sure how you got the impression playing online with gateway carries a much higher risk than using Gateway alone.
are you serious? as if I didn't explain it clearly enough. the fact that they never did it doesn't mean they will never start doing it. I hinted at it at least 3 times.
Also, unless you work for Nintendo, there is no way for you to tell what they will do. They may ban your nnid (in which case you can delete and get a new one) or they can use a intergalatic space laser to turn your 3ds into a pile of sludge (or they may do nothing at all). So damage assessment is at this point is purely speculative and subjective.
I'm just being prudent and not take risks with something that may very well happen. there's surely a unique identifier code in every 3ds.
And you are still missing the point. I don't particularly care if you don't trust Gateway online. That's your decision. What I do have a problem with is how you are ridiculing people who decided to take a risk. A risk you are likely to benefit from in the future. I realize it may be poor choice of words on your part due to the language barrier. But I still wanted to make it clear that while it's okay to have an opinion, bashing others because of differing opinions is bigoted.
I trust gateway online fully as long as I'll use my own games' backups and headers. you may say "why not playing directly with the retail games, then?", and the answer is that using a backup with gateway has advantages, like saves backups and, in the future, cheats and rom patches (and I hope real time saves, too).
I must admit that I didn't think about the fact that without trying we would never know if nintendo would ban us, so I should have changed the sentence in "I hope they all paid the 3ds with their own money". and this way it would be ok, because it's ok to bash people for different opinions when those opinions may lead to bad outcomes that have repercussions on someone else (the one who pays the 3ds, in this case).
btw they might not obtain another 3ds, so it would be better if they are indipendent with money.
aaand, lastly, I'm seriously considering to start buying all the games I want to play, since I may afford to do it in the future, so I may not benefit from that risk
