R4 Completely Illegal in Japan

[Tozarian]

Just makes me so much happier to be canadian.

 

[Marsje79]

When Nintendo starts hunting for the R4 it will be hunting all those cards others for sure at
a later time.
It's not much of a problem because they still be around on the market.
Pirates will be pirates eh?

 

[XRacer101]

Good. Nintendo is actually helping us stop n00bs from getting an R4. Whoever buys an R4 nowadays is a n00b. But anyways, that has a lot of loopholes, eh? People who are in Japan and already have an R4 can keep it, according to this. And also, according to this, you can actually buy an R4 in another country, or go to a website located in another country and be fine.

 

[Junya8971]

This was bound to come sooner or later.

 

[RAIDEN!]

This law, or rather judicial precedent, is not retroactive; any R4 owners in Japan can keep them but new sales are prohibited.

haha it would be funny to get arrested for owning a r4

 

[Advi]

i wonder if US will follow suit.............

 

[Dedale]

Anyway, in Akihabara you found only R4 so I think that's why Nintendo targeted this card.

However you still can find some M3 sakura and some other stuffs but you don't have big ads saying "SALE R4" no more.

 

[fst312]

are they only topping this right now because the R4 was the first DS flash cart i think.well i don't have a R4 no more had like 5 of them but i only bought them to sell them for double the profit on amazon before amazon kicked it out of the listing some time in 2008.i was buying R4s while i had a cyclo which was the second and last flash cart i bought so far.maybe i get a new flash cart if i ever get a DSi.

but first i have to see if the flash carts can survive firmware updates.right now i'm to lazy to see if updating a DSi is a choice.

if i'm correct i read wii v3.4 has auto update if you have wii connect24 on.that is why i'm not sure if DSi has auto updates i got to do some searching about how DSi updates firmware and if it's a choice.

 

[agentgamma]

are they only topping this right now because the R4 was the first DS flash cart i think.

Don't forget about SLOT 2 + PassMe combos.

 

[jesterscourt]

As others have said, the R4 has been pretty much dead for over a year, and irrelevant for even longer.

However, if they go after other major cards (ie CycloEvo or AceKard, etc...) we might have a bit of a problem, although I am curious if we'll finally get the "homebrew vs piracy" debate officially settled in court. I don't understand how if I buy a game system/computer, whatever, I can't do whatever the hell I want with it. If I'm not encroaching on anyone else's rights, we should be fine.

 

[Lumstar]

So, um...

How many people on GBAtemp does this affect? You'd have to be in Japan, and interested in an R4.

 

[Martiin]

im getting Acekardi!

 

[blanco613]

who really cares the r4 is outdated. if japan was smart they would make all ds flashcards illegal. but whatever. GO AMERICA!!!

 

[Triforce]

I guess none of you guys read proper source of the news?

It doesn't matter about "who cares about R4 etc" R4 have sold the most flashcards out of all the companies, so for Nintendo to sue them and claim money back from those sales is a good step from a business perspective. If you read the corporate doc im sure it states they don't plan to stop and will continue to pursue legal action on flashcards in the future. Obviously this only applies to Japanese stores though.

real sources:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2009/090227.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/index.html

 

[Roman_42]

Until now I've always thought, that all this "R4 banning news" on scene- and handheld sites is nothing more than a promotion plan to sell an outdated flashcart. I couldn't find any other explanation for the limitation on the R4 as the one and only pirate gadget for NDS users. I simply didn't believe any of these "R4 banning" news postings from the last year.

But apparently they are really THAT stupid. After wasting at least one year with promoting the R4 on scene and non-scene sites as THE pirate tool, Nintendo shuts down R4. So it's really true. They've created shitloads of new pirates and their gain is to shut down the corrently least important piracy hardware supplier. Nice job Nintendo.

 

[Sstew]

I guess none of you guys read proper source of the news?

It doesn't matter about "who cares about R4 etc" R4 have sold the most flashcards out of all the companies, so for Nintendo to sue them and claim money back from those sales is a good step from a business perspective. If you read the corporate doc im sure it states they don't plan to stop and will continue to pursue legal action on flashcards in the future. Obviously this only applies to Japanese stores though.

real sources:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/2009/090227.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/index.html

Exactly even though we know the R4 isnt good, People new to the scene dont know that and R4 is one of the more popular ones, So by bringing it down Nintendo is trying to prove their serious about the piracy issue.

OFFTOPIC- Triforce, Your Sig is awesome

I drew on it for like 10 minutes

 

[Maz7006]

Expect more clones of non-R4 cards

Hehehe, completely true and right, this makes me wonder, which carts are next :s

 

[Advi]

Expect more clones of non-R4 cards

Hehehe, completely true and right, this makes mw wonder, which cars is next :s

actually, M3 clones are being sold on DX as we speak.

www.m3adaptes.com

lolololololololololololol

 

[darthsabre]

R4 may be outdated but it still plays all the latest games no problems and for me, that is all I need

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I'll be getting a DSi with Acekard 2i soon anyway

 

[Seven]

This Asian man's expression is awesome, you get a gold star jph.

I own a CycloDS so I'm guess I'm out of the firing line... for now.