Making a bunch of NNIDs to use with MCIT for posting some harmless custom images to Miiverse. For some dumb reason,
Nintendo is doling out much stronger punishment for posting these images than for cheating online.
When you get banned (including permanent bans) for cheating online, at least you can still access the eShop to buy content and redownload your purchases. Not to mention that there are fewer and easier steps to overcome those bans. With two of my NNIDs (both linked to a 3DS with one of these bans), I cannot even use them for the My Nintendo rewards program (not that it matters when there are no exclusive physical rewards like there were with Club Nintendo).
I have always advocated against piracy, but now that
I cannot even access the eShop with my account that is tied to hundreds of USD in 3DS and Wii U purchases, Nintendo has left me with no realistic alternative for eShop exclusive content.
Also, why should I buy anything with a different NNID when Nintendo could ban that NNID from accessing the eShop at any time for the most harmless things? It simply does not make any sense whatsoever to buy what is essentially a license for that content that could expire at any time without warning.
From now on, I will just stick to used games and make backups to avoid needing to keep the game cards and discs around at all times. In addition, I will buy PC versions of multiplatform indie titles, and just use copies of them from certain sites to access them on Nintendo hardware.
For these reasons, defeating Nintendo's banning techniques is always an extremely satisfying experience. After being pushed around for long enough, it always feels great to essentially give them the middle finger until the point if/when they come up with a stronger ban.
I apologize for the rant, but I just hope that we can get around these new and more advanced bans Soon™.