Nintendo banning those playing pirated copies of Pokemon Sun and Moon

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Nintendo is smacking those using pirated copies of Pokemon Sun and Moon with the ban hammer.

When Pokemon Sun and Moon leaked at the beginning of the month, many uploaded it online which lead to many others downloading the game, according to Siliconera.

Sites such as game community GBATemp have threads featuring instances of users with early or illegal copies receiving the error code 002-0102 when they attempt to get online with the game using their 3DS or visit the eShop. A message stating “This device’s access to online services has been restricted by Nintendo,” is also received.

A representative for Nintendo confirmed the bans to Kotaku with the following statement:

“As a result of a number of Nintendo 3DS users using unauthorized versions of several games, and connecting to the official game servers in violation of our terms of service, these users’ Nintendo 3DS systems that stored the unauthorized game code have been banned from Nintendo’s online network effective immediately.”

Don’t play pirated games, folks, and if you do happen to get a legitimate copy early, play it safe and don’t go online early.

Pokemon Sun and Moon will be released in North America on November 18 and Europe on November 23.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2016/11/16/nintendo-handing-out-bans-to-those-playing-pirated-copies-of-pokemon-sun-and-moon-online/

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extrememasters1Posted:

Personally the only pirating that should be allowed is just to test if it runs on your pc once it runs delete it then buy the game off steam doing cause your too **** cheap is unacceptable. Also this wouldnt happen if devs made a small 30min demo to test it out.

DabPosted:

I'm confused why you would attempt to go online if you pirated the game and got it early? It's like people are waving a giant flag saying come ban me...

DanielPosted:

As they should I am glad they are doing this, Ban every single one.

NickPosted:

Good. That's what you get for just not waiting for the game

ItalianPosted:

Good. Stop stealing games. Developers work hard on these things. Yea a lot of the money goes to the company itself. But if the company isn't making money then the developers get left too.

SkatesPosted:

So they basically console banned peoples DS and it can no longer go online again?

ConnurPosted:

Should be done always but, I think it's often over-looked.

MajPosted:

Good. They shouldn't be playing the game anyway! Im with this decision

XboxPosted:

Good give them all the hammer.

RobPosted:

Yeah this is pretty obvious


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