Nintendo begins banning pirates from 3DS online service

[vinhdt]

No, stealing is taking something away from one party and taking it for yourself. Here, you still take something for yourself that's not yours, but it's not like it disappears for the other person. If someone who was never going to buy something pirates a game, that doesn't take any money away, because they wouldn't have made money on him in the first place. I view it more like sneaking into a museum without paying. Probably something wrong with that analogy as well, but it's closer than stealing.

In addition to the comment, not everyone is a pirate. Some people wanted to protect their hard earned purchase retail games in case it gets damage or lost so they would backup their own purchased games. Pirates are those people that don't own the game. You can't call people pirate if they own their own games and back it up for safe keeping.

 

[MrJason005]

What flashcard were you using (Gateway or Sky3DS etc): Gateway

What game were you playing: Last few games I played were OoT 3D (CIA), Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire (CIA), A Link Between Worlds (3DS)

What was your sysNAND firmware version when playing: 4.5

What was your emuNAND firmware version when playing: 9.5

Were you using a .CIA or a .3DZ: .CIA

Can you visit other online Nintendo services such as eShop and Miiverse: Haven't tried Miiverse, but eShop gives me the message once before letting me continue every time I launch it

Does that ban apply to just that game or every online game you try: I tested Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire (CIA) and Friends List are all I've tested so far.

Have you used a Public header before .CIA?

 

[Sendel]

What flashcard were you using (Gateway or Sky3DS etc): Gateway

What game were you playing: Last few games I played were OoT 3D (CIA), Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire (CIA), A Link Between Worlds (3DS)

What was your sysNAND firmware version when playing: 4.5

What was your emuNAND firmware version when playing: 9.5

Were you using a .CIA or a .3DZ: .CIA

Can you visit other online Nintendo services such as eShop and Miiverse: Haven't tried Miiverse, but eShop gives me the message once before letting me continue every time I launch it

Does that ban apply to just that game or every online game you try: I tested Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire (CIA) and Friends List are all I've tested so far.

are you banned ?

 

[stanleyopar2000]

Am I fine just accessing the Eshop on Emunand?

I'm a gateway user and have never mucked with headers or online services on games I don't own

 

[Jiro2]

It's technically possible for "brand-new" 3DS game that you bought has already been in the hands of someone who dumped it and left your header all out in the open. The chances are very slim, but it's not impossible.

One of the theories is that people are only banned if their header is being used more than a certain number of times at once. So a header that is used only by a purchaser and by an employee who dumped the header would only be used by 2 people at once and would not set it off unless he employee also posted the header to the Internet and lots of people started using it.

 

[Obveron]

Alot of assumptions here that if you use a private header, you are safe. I'd say that using a private header for a different game is still risky.

 

[tech3475]

In regards to the form, maybe someone could make a small survey for both banned and non-banned users?

That way it may be possible to narrow down with more certainty the triggers for the bans.

 

[MrJason005]

In regards to the form, maybe someone could make a small survey for both banned and non-banned users?

That way it may be possible to narrow down with more certainty the triggers for the bans.

The old thread had a lot of reports and was well formatted actually. Here

 

[Minox]

If you want to discuss the legality of these devices and their uses - please go elsewhere. This is not the thread for it.

 

[Wekker]

3DS Flashcart/Homebrew community = 10000+ people.
~10 people are banned = nint is banning?

 

[the_randomizer]

Pirates are being banned? A greater tragedy my eyes have never beheld.

OH NOES! Not online bans! Whatever shall we do!??

Seriously though, Nintendo's not screwing around this time, but people should just, you know, not go online and disable WiFi.

 

[Cyan]

I'm banned from day one ! ... I never accepted their user agreement for online access

We don't have enough reports for the moment to understand what is detected by nintendo.
it could be emuNAND, or flashcart itself, or header, etc.
it could be the use of an old hack detected weeks ago but action were never taken (like said in the FAQ on this first post) and not due to a connexion attempt done now.

 

[MrJason005]

I'm banned from day one ! ... I never accepted their user agreement for online access

We don't have enough reports for the moment to understand what is detected by nintendo.
it could be emuNAND, or flashcart itself, or header, etc.
it could the use of an old hack detected weeks ago but action were never taken (like said in the FAQ on this first post) and not a connexion attempt done now.

Naughty

 

[hellionz]

0 bans here....more than 30 hours online game since day 4.....and if they ban me, cya nintendo connect....u close CWN on DS and im still here

 

[themperror]

I've never used a .3dz game but I've used plenty of .3ds and .cia games with Gateway and I've received the message.

What flashcard were you using (Gateway or Sky3DS etc): Gateway

What game were you playing: Last few games I played were OoT 3D (CIA), Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire (CIA), A Link Between Worlds (3DS)

What was your sysNAND firmware version when playing: 4.5

What was your emuNAND firmware version when playing: 9.5

Were you using a .CIA or a .3DZ: .CIA

Can you visit other online Nintendo services such as eShop and Miiverse: Haven't tried Miiverse, but eShop gives me the message once before letting me continue every time I launch it

Does that ban apply to just that game or every online game you try: I tested Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire (CIA) and Friends List are all I've tested so far.

Is this true? no troll? got proof?, As you're the first one with a .cia ban, I'd like some evidence..
I sure hope it's fake, I do everything on .cia and was hoping to avoid the header mess.. Might have to make sure that I'll get a working private header for monster hunter 4 then...

 

[Deleted member 333767]

What say you, the people on gbatemp who constantly state "sky3ds is a 1:1 clone of a legit 3DS cart, it'll never be detected"?

Sorry to say it, but if nintendo knows your going online with a sky3ds, then i dare say it can be blocked in a firmwate update!

 

[Gamemaster1379]

What say you, the people on gbatemp who constantly state "sky3ds is a 1:1 clone of a legit 3DS cart, it'll never be detected"?

Sorry to say it, but if nintendo knows your going online with a sky3ds, then i dare say it can be blocked in a firmwate update!

The fact it uses injected template header files should be a dead giveaway that is not the case.

 

[VinsCool]

What say you, the people on gbatemp who constantly state "sky3ds is a 1:1 clone of a legit 3DS cart, it'll never be detected"?

Sorry to say it, but if nintendo knows your going online with a sky3ds, then i dare say it can be blocked in a firmwate update!

You should add to your sig: Nintendo banned your console from your "indetectable" SKY3DS?

 

[Nemix77]

Good to hear.

 

[Adeka]

All my games are in .3ds format on emunand 9.4. My wifi switch has been off for the last 2 weeks. I'm not even turning wifi back on until we have a definate cause of the bans