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Compass wrote on 2013-11-01 02:48
Notice about service for Nintendo 3DS software Swapnote
2013-10-31
Thank you for your support.
Nintendo has learned that some consumers, including minors, have been exchanging their friend codes on Internet bulletin boards and then using Swapnote (known as Nintendo Letter Box in other regions) to exchange offensive material. Nintendo has been investigating ways of preventing this and determined it is best to stop the SpotPass feature of Swapnote because it allows direct exchange of photos and was actively misused.
Nintendo always wants to provide a positive experience for all consumers and limit the risk of any inappropriate activity or misuse of a service. We feel it is important on this occasion to take this action.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience to the many consumers who have been using this service responsibly; however this decision was made considering the point that many minors also use this feature of Swapnote. Thank you for your understanding.
Nintendo will continue to work to ensure more consumers are aware of our Parental Control features, which allow parents to manage their children’s experience on our systems. For more information, please click here.
Service stop date: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, 7 p.m. PT
Service being stopped: Nintendo 3DS software Swapnote – Sending and receiving notes using SpotPass
Affected regions: All regions where the service was offered
Special Notes services are also stopped
Source
Wow, seriously Nintendo?
What the fuck.
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Cucurbita wrote on 2013-11-01 03:04
Welp. I'm part of the people to blame.
I sent teneshi a lot of drawings. There may have been nude drawings.
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Compass wrote on 2013-11-01 03:12
Quote from Cucurbita;1164877:
Welp. I'm part of the people to blame.
I sent teneshi a lot of drawings. There may have been nude drawings.
But still we should have the right to send those messages to people who don't mind. :V
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Taycat wrote on 2013-11-01 03:39
Wait, what.
Why suspend everyone?
Why not just those whose 3DS' were found to do such things?
And why not report the individuals who have sent offensive/inappropriate material to minors?
This is just counterproductive.
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Tropa wrote on 2013-11-01 03:42
Poor Nikki. D:
Though on a serious Note, what would you expect from a program that's about freehand drawing?
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2013-11-01 03:58
Quote from Compass;1164879:
But still we should have the right to send those messages to people who don't mind. :V
Its Nintendo's Device, using Nintendo's Service. They want to be family friendly, and they have every right to do what they please in that regard.
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Compass wrote on 2013-11-01 04:30
Quote from Tropa;1164885:
Poor Nikki. D:
Nikki is by far the greatest Nintendo character
;-; 10/10 would waifu
Quote from Tropa;1164885:
Though on a serious Note
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Cucurbita wrote on 2013-11-01 05:00
Quote from Compass;1164896:
Nikki is by far the greatest Nintendo character
;-; 10/10 would waifu
This. Nikki is amazing. I love getting notes from her. Never again...
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Yogurticecream wrote on 2013-11-01 05:22
Oh no. However, I think that their spotpass noteswap has a few other problems like getting over thousands of messages. I hate having to delete multiple notes after downloading 60 at a time. It's so slowwwww.
Seriously though this was one of the selling features of the 3DS, I'm pretty disappointed that this has to happen.
P.S. You know what, I think I know what they are going to do next. They will implement a paid service so that minors won't misuse it. That's the problem with free services by the way.
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Compass wrote on 2013-11-01 06:10
Quote from Yogurticecream;1164921:
P.S. You know what, I think I know what they are going to do next. They will implement a paid service so that minors won't misuse it. That's the problem with free services by the way.
I don't think they're going to do this. Nintendo services like this are mostly free. If anything they'll probably add a stricter version.
ALSO NINTENDO RUINING FRIENDSHIPS AGAIN
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Cho wrote on 2013-11-02 02:38
D'aw, I really enjoyed SwapNote though...
It would always be fun to easily exchange cute little drawings with occasional attachments such as screenshots to your friends...Captioning moments in games and sharing them made them so memorable ! Especially Animal Crossing. [Image: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9gcuoBe0o1qzckow.gif]