if thats the case, then maybe its not nintendo directly doing the bans. the pokemon company or gamefreak could simply be monitoring who went online and reported it to nintendo
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OR it could even be that the 3ds dosent actually connect to nintendos servers unless the person operating it tells it to. Im pretty sure if it connected to nintendo each time, it wouldnt actually require loadin the eshop because its already connected? just leaving wireless on wont nessicarily connect to ninty servers?
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thats what i came up with if your wireless was on and you didnt get banned
so that sounds like a plus 1 for my gamefreak/pokemon company idea...I think the 3Ds doesn't connect Online unless specifically told to do so.
I never went online with the leaked CIA of Moon (everything was kept local like the in-game plaza), but I left my connection open/didn't disable the WiFi on the 3DS and haven't been stung (touch wood).
Looking at who has been banned (and what they've said) however, anyone (reviewer and CIA user alike) who tried using server based game features (like the trading network etc) got banned. If you used something non-Pokemon server based (i.e Miiverse) with Moon/Sun open, you didn't get stung.
where did you get yours?probably because it was the leaked version, ive been using mine all day since the release date (ver 16 pokemon moon) and no signs of ban or anything.
so that sounds like a plus 1 for my gamefreak/pokemon company idea...
Seems legit, so it does sound purpousful to weed out piratesNow that some people detailed why in the 388+ pages of the banning thread, it may not have been initially the game but rather a weird combination of many things.
Gamefreak had nintendo get the servers ready weeks before the launch of the game, and distributed copies of the game to reviewers with the strict order of not getting online. The game got leaked and people went online, and since reviewers didn't see any harm, they followed (the 3 or 4 of them known)
Gamefreak noticed activity on the servers, which would be weird, and asks NoJ to check the server logs, possibly retrieving the entry data of each person that logged to the pokemon servers, and solicited bans for those who logged in any type of online activity of the game before the official launch.
So far, that's what i think it happened.
I also speculate that if Nintendo, however, dug further the info about the people logging to the server with the 3ds data(i don't know what exactly, other than the spotpass, games installed and activity log is shared), they could had seen that the game version of users doesn't match with the game version of the final games on the eshop, meaning that either they got it early or the game was illegally leaked, and took action with the hyperban and the NNID ban(if you used one). If they could, and based on this alone, they could ban everyone with the v0 of the .cia, but i dunno
Keep in mind that i'm still speculating on this last part
If they could, and based on this alone, they could ban everyone with the v0 of the .cia, but i dunno
Keep in mind that i'm still speculating on this last part
Did you go online prior to the 18th? Did you do any of the unbanning things? When did you get your ban?RIP, I got whacked with a 002-0102 ban. lolol. good thing I did not have my real NNID with purchases on it
today. i only logged on GTS once for a few secDid you go online prior to the 18th? Did you do any of the unbanning things? When did you get your ban?
today. i only logged on GTS once for a few sec
yeah, i did before, and deleted itBut the game is supposed to be out for you. Did you used the leaked cia ?
I have a really hard time believing that someone who went online legit with a dump was banned. It's been confirmed by many more people that the medium doesn't matter anymore per se. And no offense at all, but what does age have to do with maturity? There is no correlation and 20 is pretty young. Of course I don't know you OR your friend but saying "20 years old is past the point of lying" is a complete farce.
Did you connect prior to the 18th?RIP, I got whacked with a 002-0102 ban. lolol. good thing I did not have my real NNID with purchases on it
Did you do so with freeshop or leaked cartridge dump CIA?today. i only logged on GTS once for a few sec