Breaking News: R4 banned in UK

Rehehelly · Jul 28, 2010

tuddy666 said:
They've only outlawed the sale of "R4" cards publicly. While this probably -does- apply to other brands of flashcart (Supercard, Acekard, M3 etc); these brands have, in the mainstream, some degree of obscurity (none of the "casual" gamers in my family know what a DSTwo is, for example). While I'm not saying that it makes selling these cards perfectly legal (nor am I saying that this defense should be used as a loophole), this is what will eventually happen - the sellers distributing flashcarts in the UK will move on to another brand of card (the TTDS, maybe?) and the cycle will repeat itself. Or the company who makes these R4 clones will make a totally new and original flashcart called the "S5" or something equally stupid.

What will probably happen is that due to his being an example, Nintendo or whoever can say "The Acekard is like the R4 so it should be banned too." and it'll just go on a cycle.

I can see why they banned the R4 though, it's a shit card and outdated to fuck but it's the most common. I remember being out the other day and I saw a kid with a flashcart in her DSLite and I was like "wut?", never realised they were so common :S

Oh well, it's not like most of us who buy flashcarts are going to buy an R4 anyway, and even if they did manage to ban all the flashcarts in the UK, international websites would just pop up more and customs wouldn't be able to filter the small packages.

Crimsonclaw111 · Jul 28, 2010

tuddy666 said:
Crimsonclaw111 said:

This is what I got for s5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S5

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I knew that the S5 was a type of car, but that's irrelevant. What is relevant, however, is that rebranding (or using a different brand of cart entirely) will be the loophole of choice for people who distribute the carts in the UK. Whether this loophole works, however, only time will tell.

It'll work for a while, but eventually Nintendo will go batshit crazy and order flashcarts themselves. Then they'll return their purchases with a bomb cleverly disguised as a micro sd card in the slot. They'll take out every retailer individually that way.

Or not. Who knows?

sonicmax · Jul 28, 2010

Not surprising, last month the 'digital economy act' came into use, which is basically a measure brought in to prevent copyright infringement/piracy, by capping or completely stopping the internet connections of people who are found to repeatedly pirate software/etc

I am definitely going to look into moving to another country, england has gone bonkers.

Matthew · Jul 28, 2010

Wont work and anyway, we all still have cards

joe2001 · Jul 28, 2010

Matthew said:
Wont work and anyway, we all still have cards

You're right there mate -

like most here I own a few different cards, not forgetting the duplicates that folk keep buying me for birthdays & Christmas!

Delta517 · Jul 28, 2010

Why do they just attack the R4?

Another World · Jul 28, 2010

this is a partial-end to a long battle which started with nintendo and the r4. which is why this is for the r4 and not other cards. but this win will be the example used when the rest of the kits are banned in the UK.

-another world

BobTheJoeBob · Jul 28, 2010

Guys this isn't even a slight threat. It's like Pirated dvd selling, it's illegal to sell but not illegal to buy. And like with pirated dvd's people will continue selling flashcarts. It's no big deal.

chrisrlink · Jul 28, 2010

lol try as they might the DS is a goner to piracy the 3DS maybe another story question bout past users could they arrest you for owning one before the ban (Im in the US not the UK)

TheDarkSeed · Jul 29, 2010

I see it already, R4 cards being treated like cocaine. Rough looking guys guarding warehouses full of R4's. R4 carts being bricked from anti-piracy software. Utter chaos.

All joking aside, I really feel for the UK. I hope the tide turns in our favor(as the Temp community).

EJames2100 · Jul 29, 2010

Meh the UK while been a Major country isn't exactly the smartest when coming to write laws.
The government tends to just copy whatever other big Multi-State Country has.

Sure they may find their brains and ban everything that bypasses Nintendo software, but I wouldn't think it'd be for a while.

Setzergabbini · Jul 29, 2010

AWWWWWW SNAP! UK THREW DOWN

But no, seriously. Bring it, UK.

dsfanatic5 · Jul 29, 2010

This is like announcing piracy protection for VHS or Beta in the age of Blu-Ray. One must accept that their older flash cart is only slightly more inconvenient to purchase (although still easy to purchase), and perhaps get a newer cart with great features, like the Supercard DSTwo. I guess showing effort stands for something, but it would only be a real concern if I went to buy a flashcart, and after every search, realized that they were "IMPOSSIBLE" to aquire. Maybe then, and only then, would I accept defeat.

RupeeClock · Jul 29, 2010

Rehehelly said:
I remember being out the other day and I saw a kid with a flashcart in her DSLite and I was like "wut?", never realised they were so common :S

I own many flashcarts, my brother owns many more, my cousin owns a couple too, as does a friend who I sold my old DS phat to, along with a tech staff member at my old college.
I've seen children playing with a flashcart in their DS on the bus, a man waiting to board an airplane playing on their flashcart, and many other examples of people playing on flashcarts.
And there's even a local R4 stall down town, that may very well be going out of business with R4's now illegal to sell in the UK.

ProtoKun7 · Jul 29, 2010

As it is now, the DS probably doesn't have too long left to go, with the 3DS on it's way. I'm not saying that it's a dying system though, not yet. I'd love the 3DS to have some sort of software exploit to allow for a custom firmware (if it does get hacked), and it would show that they've outlawed the cards just too late and we wouldn't need them anyway.

Stuff the rules.

juggernaut911 · Jul 29, 2010

They seem to have forgot the other non-crap carts...

4000th post!

mayhem366 · Jul 29, 2010

Yay for the DSTT then and all the other flashcarts. Fools. Just because the R4 was the most popular. Emphasize on the was.

Maz7006 · Jul 29, 2010

at least this will get rid of the remaining "how do i fix meh R4 threads"

shakirmoledina · Jul 29, 2010

they said "game copying devices" so anything along tht line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10790835

i think external importing is still plausible so shoptemp may just not be affected in sales (unless positively)
still kinda scary to see the rule in UK, it could reach all big countries

George Dawes · Jul 29, 2010

Pong20302000 said:
because they cant in UK
Yes they can.

QUOTE said:

like Meow Meow (the drug) the can only ban brands
Eh? Meow Meow was a name made up by the media (which some stores started to use to advertise their products).

They made 4-methylmethcathinone/mephedrone illegal, under ANY brand name (along with methylone, MDPV and a few others).

QUOTE

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then under a week a different brand was up in the market perfectly legal

Within a week many RC places were selling NRG-1/Rave (naphyrone), which is in no way related to 4-MMC (other than also being a stimulant).

Since then MDAT, MDAI, 5IAI, Dimethocaine and a host of others have been introduced to the market, and the current RC to be hyped is 6APB.

Brand names mean nothing, chemical formulas are what are made illegal.

Importing a flash cart into the UK will still be possible (not every package is opened/checked) but any that are stopped will be seized. The retailer will have to then replace the lost order (or face a load of pissed off customers who will be making CC chargebacks). In the end they will just stop shipping to the UK.

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