Gaming Has anyone gotten banned from playing Pokemon Moon online?

[xBleedingSoulx]

Well, according to them, the ban were for both, playing with pirated copies and online early, if they were banning ONLY for playing pirated copies, I should be banned already, I've been playing online since release day with the lurantis .cia (V0) and i'm still just fine.

Of course you had to go online in the game to get the ban. The thing is, Nintendo had no way to know the game was going to get leaked online early and they had to have this trap set beforehand, so they set this whole thing up to catch people who had legit early copies of the game going online. Unless, it's part of a bigger picture and it's a crackdown on anti piracy with the whole v0 cia thing.

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If Nintendo has found a way to tell illegally obtained cias from legal ones, then how come this is just happening for SuMo? Huh? Does nintendo not care if someone plays a mario kart dump? Huh? You're telling me they can only tell fi SuMo is illegal but not any other game? Huh? That's illogical.

Your logic is flawed. As I said previously, perhaps it's a new detection method that they have only just implemented in the latest firmware or perhaps it's a new detection method that has to be in the games code and SuMo is the first game they are testing it on. Just because it hasn't happened before, does not mean it won't happen. That's how anti-piracy works on all consoles, including PC. They create a new anti-piracy method and implement it on new games(or firmware), the old games stay the same.

 

[willprogresivo]

Well, then since you don't seem to understand what skepticism/critical thinking/logic is... let's just say:

maybe nintendo can also tell if you d/l from the freeshop and not purchased the real game thru the eshop, so... let's stop hacking altogether, guys. Let's all buy the game and really avoid being banned.

logic

 

[Flying Scotsman]

How would one remove the games from the activity log permanently? i.e. Start date and software list? Thanks

If you use JKSave Manager, it's under "system titles". I'd recommend backing it up first before getting the save manager to delete it (just in case something goes wrong).

 

[Pluupy]

I just got double banned this morning. Now I can't access any online functions for any games, eShop, or Miiverse.

Started with 022-2812 two days ago, now I have 002-0102 as well.

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Of course you had to go online in the game to get the ban. The thing is, Nintendo had no way to know the game was going to get leaked online early and they had to have this trap set beforehand, so they set this whole thing up to catch people who had legit early copies of the game going online. Unless, it's part of a bigger picture and it's a crackdown on anti piracy with the whole v0 cia thing.

I'd actually say Nintendo never laid a trap per-se.

If they had planned for issues with copies leaking early, we wouldn't have ban waves (which tells me they're having to trawl the data [connection logs] manually and not have it automated as you would with a trap).

It's been pretty well trodden at this point that the version number didn't set the bans off (there's been reports of people using the leaked versions online now and haven't been banned) and that to get banned, you had to go online and connect to their servers in-game.

You weren't banned for using spotpass or leaving your WiFi on like some have reported. You HAD to connect to their servers directly in some way (GTS, online plaza etc (plaza defaults to local only unless you select the "online" option).

There's also been a report of a German user using a US Moon CIA from the eShop and has been banned because he played Moon before the release date in the EU (23rd Nov). That confirms the whole "version number caused it" theory is false. This also strengthens the point that Nintendo's servers know the release date per region, and are flagging your account for "illegally accessing the game before official release". To add to this, a user in another thread mentioned using a US 3DS (and game copy) in France and hasn't been banned so it might be linked to your region settings (if it's out in the US and your region is the US - you're safe etc).

tl;dr Nintendo's "detection method" is merely just detecting whether the game is out in your region, and if it isn't - banning you for connecting to their servers under the assumption the copy is illegal. This also extends to legit cart owners who got it early as their bans have not been reversed either!

 

[foreveryang]

I'd actually say Nintendo never laid a trap per-se.

If they had planned for issues with copies leaking early, we wouldn't have ban waves (which tells me they're having to trawl the data [connection logs] manually and not have it automated as you would with a trap).

It's been pretty well trodden at this point that the version number didn't set the bans off (there's been reports of people using the leaked versions online now and haven't been banned) and that to get banned, you had to go online and connect to their servers in-game.

You weren't banned for using spotpass or leaving your WiFi on like some have reported. You HAD to connect to their servers directly in some way (GTS, online plaza etc (plaza defaults to local only unless you select the "online" option).

There's also been a report of a German user using a US Moon CIA from the eShop and has been banned because he played Moon before the release date in the EU (23rd Nov). That confirms the whole "version number caused it" theory is false.

tl;dr Nintendo's "detection method" is merely just detecting whether the game is out in your region, and if it isn't - banning you for connecting to their servers under the assumption the copy is illegal. This also extends to legit cart owners who got it early as their bans have not been reversed either!

is there a way to know if you selected online in the plaza

 

[Flying Scotsman]

is there a way to know if you selected online in the plaza

Bottom right of the bottom screen should be a button which says "Go Online" or something like that. If you've never touched that button, it stays in Local mode (which I kept mine in and haven't been banned (touch wood)).

 

[Gon Freecss]

I'd actually say Nintendo never laid a trap per-se.

If they had planned for issues with copies leaking early, we wouldn't have ban waves (which tells me they're having to trawl the data [connection logs] manually and not have it automated as you would with a trap).

It's been pretty well trodden at this point that the version number didn't set the bans off (there's been reports of people using the leaked versions online now and haven't been banned) and that to get banned, you had to go online and connect to their servers in-game.

You weren't banned for using spotpass or leaving your WiFi on like some have reported. You HAD to connect to their servers directly in some way (GTS, online plaza etc (plaza defaults to local only unless you select the "online" option).

There's also been a report of a German user using a US Moon CIA from the eShop and has been banned because he played Moon before the release date in the EU (23rd Nov). That confirms the whole "version number caused it" theory is false. This also strengthens the point that Nintendo's servers know the release date per region, and are flagging your account for "illegally accessing the game before official release".

tl;dr Nintendo's "detection method" is merely just detecting whether the game is out in your region, and if it isn't - banning you for connecting to their servers under the assumption the copy is illegal. This also extends to legit cart owners who got it early as their bans have not been reversed either!

Best answer EVER! Hope it helps stop the paranoia.

 

[foreveryang]

Bottom right of the bottom screen should be a button which says "Go Online" or something like that. If you've never touched that button, it stays in Local mode (which I kept mine in and haven't been banned (touch wood)).

omg...that means i'm safe...if this is true. thank you kind sir

 

[xyxa]

omg...that means i'm safe...if this is true. thank you kind sir

It is true.

 

[foreveryang]

It is true.

still too scared to try online

 

[Guipradi]

I just got double banned this morning. Now I can't access any online functions for any games, eShop, or Miiverse.

Started with 022-2812 two days ago, now I have 002-0102 as well.

I see you are american. When did you connect?

 

[xyxa]

still too scared to try online

Why? Its past the release date (Unless you're in the EU, which I doubt due to your country flag) and as other posts have pointed out, the only criteria that seems to have mattered is the release date. You're just being silly and paranoid at this point.

 

[randomt]

If you use JKSave Manager, it's under "system titles". I'd recommend backing it up first before getting the save manager to delete it (just in case something goes wrong).

How do we delete it though? I made a backup now but I don't see any option to delete the entire Activity Log.

 

[Flying Scotsman]

How do we delete it though? I made a backup now but I don't see any option to delete the entire Activity Log.

Whoops, I'm mistaken (sorry!). The delete option is available for "Games" but not system titles (just noticed it. Both options share the same menu items apart from the delete data bit which threw me off).

 

[foreveryang]

Why? Its past the release date (Unless you're in the EU, which I doubt due to your country flag) and as other posts have pointed out, the only criteria that seems to have mattered is the release date. You're just being silly and paranoid at this point.

i know lul people can do what they want tho

 

[randomt]

is it possible to delete stuff from the activity log tho ?

 

[gamefan5]

If they have been sending activity data to Nintendo, then they would have detected freeshop or the homebrew app or any custom program we have and we would have been banned by now.

If that was the case. I would have been banned a long time ago. And yet, that is not the case.

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Why? Its past the release date (Unless you're in the EU, which I doubt due to your country flag) and as other posts have pointed out, the only criteria that seems to have mattered is the release date. You're just being silly and paranoid at this point.

I wonder if this will extend to countries where there's no "official" release there?

Say for example Sun/Moon isn't officially released in Somalia - would the servers then ban him for connecting because Somalia isn't on their "whitelist of official countries"?

Definitely an interesting path Nintendo are taking...

 

[trixiesama]

is it possible to delete stuff from the activity log tho ?

I'm not an expert but as far as I know the only way to erase your activity log is by formatting your 3ds.