Nintendo’s latest Pokémon title “Pokémon Black and White” has sparked outrage amongst pirates for including a feature which prevents users of pirated copies from advancing in level.
“Majikon” users playing pirated copies of the game soon found Nintendo apparently added a variety of unwelcome additions to the game just for them – including making these players unable to accumulate experience points or advance the story at certain points, a tactic previously used to deprive Love Plus pirates of the ersatz love they so desperately crave.
2ch users discovering the changes for themselves were less than amused, although 2ch users watching their reaction to the discovery seem delighted:
“Nintendo’s getting too serious!”
“We can’t get any experience at all… a bit like our lives really!”
“Nintendo: ‘If you pirate it then try clearing it without any XP!’”
“I can’t get any XP! Doesn’t Nintendo think us pirates are customers too!?”
The western releases are due in the spring.
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cracker nerds will love this chanllenge.
and I say better having them spend their time doing those things thanmakign viruses >_<
2ch users can't enjoy their pirated Pokémon games... it must be the gaijin's fault!
Anyone remember "Foreign thieves! Die!!!".
Does it make it OK if they themselves are the pirates?
I believe that those who blame foreigners for pirating Japanese games have no idea what they're saying.
When a game is set for release in Japan, the pirates abroad do not necessarily affect Japanese sales. Because these pirates were never inside the expected and intended release zone.
However, those who live in the release zone and pirate the software do affect the sales. I'm not defending the pirates, it's just that the blame foreigners receive for the decline of the Japanese manga and game industries seems misplaced and no truth has been truly been seen.
You expected any less from the scum at 2ch? Hypocrisy, racism and elitism all tend to go hand-in-hand.
They already patched it from what i heard. so whatever
Oh, you should have been around last year when Heart Gold and Soul Silver leaked a day before the Japanese release date and someone on 2ch had a copy and an English site got a hold of the news... Let's just say that some of the later parts of the thread were...festive.
Ironic how the no EXP anti piracy was cracked a few days ago.
And then a few days later a patch was released that fixed everything.
The End
I don't even get how they WOULD prevent exp gains. what it forces you to connect to an internet server from time to time? otherwise I see no way to make software do such a thing....how does it "detect" that it's pirated? Isn't that what proper piracy cracks are for?
That means no Moemon or Touhoumon Black and White as well? Those hacks are wonderfully fun. What are you going to do about THAT Nintendo?
Real pirates don't weep! They say RAAWR, MOR RUM and remove that stupid protection the hell off.
Never too old too play Pokemon
playing Platinum and Heart Gold since last thurs
I always get pirated games , play them , asses the worth of it then buy it if i liked it.
About 2 years ago when stranglehold was a "holy shit nice game" i played the demo and then bought the game ... only to be ef-ing dissapointed. However after that I played Mass Effect 1&2 Dragon Age (All) and Cs:S (and when i bought this from a store I got a bonus of 3 games :D : hl2dm,dod,hl2lc)
So my point is:
Get a game in a pirated way to test its worth THEN buy it. If you choose to buy it first and then weep about it then good luck in life.
"customers", LOL, a customer who take and don't pay for it, it's better off without them
Pirating is OK as long as Japanese do it.
Meh fear not a fix ill be in the works.
All the big titels had a piracy protection lately.
It's just that they all seem to be cracked within a day or two.
I would think you guys would use some hot picture of the BW heroine...
I hope someone picks up the challenge of clearing the game without exp :)
well it just goes to show that pokemon now has become racist starting with black and white if you know what i mean
This such a non story.
I've lost count of how many Nintendo games that have used this process and they all get hacked in the end.
Breaking protection on Nintendo games is actually the shallow end of the pool.
give it a week, there will be a patch to fool the game into thinking it's not using a flash card. Just like the patch for Zelda Spirit Train.
A week? The patch was out after one day.
How hypocritical, really. They're no better than what they've perceived all westerners to be.
That's gott'a be the worst let-down, those anti-piracy blocks. Still, it's got to be rather amusing in some aspect.
Fave 2ch responses:
“Nintendo’s getting too serious!” - Honestly, if this is Nintendo getting serious, then prepare for the butthurt when 3DS is released.
“We can’t get any experience at all… a bit like our lives really!” - LMAO
They'd do well to remember that customers buy the product. After this fiasco, I don't want to hear them 'itch about pirating anything... ever.
The only copy of Pokemon BW im getting is the US Version of Grey. Right now im playing the ROM with a patch so that i get EXP and advance in the story...just to get a fix for now.
Chrome would be a better choice of title scheme.
My name is Pokemon Pirate. You refuse to let me enjoy stolen merchandise. BAWBAW BAW BAW
Sounds bout right.
Lol, Action Replay codes that give Rare Candies.
POKﾉMON WHITE
::Disable No Exp AP
:::Credits to 2ch
52004EA4 E12FFF1E
02004EA4 EAFFFDD5
E2004600 0000005C
E59F003C E5901000
E59F2038 E1510002
059F1034 05801008
05801148 059F102C
058010A8 058011E8
E59F0024 E5901000
E59F2020 E1510002
03A01001 05C0100A
E12FFF1E 02188084
E15F034F 36AAB337
36AAE06A 02180C80
28AAFF1F 00000000
D2000000 00000000
POKﾉMON BLACK
::Disable No Exp AP
:::Credits to 2ch
52004EA4 E12FFF1E
02004EA4 EAFFFDED
E2004660 0000005C
E59F003C E5901000
E59F2038 E1510002
059F1034 05801008
05801148 059F102C
058010A8 058011E8
E59F0024 E5901000
E59F2020 E1510002
03A01001 05C0100A
E12FFF1E 02188064
E15F034F 36AAB337
36E0AA6A 02180C60
28AAFF1F 00000000
D2000000 00000000
now you can gain EXP without worries.
wow even though the feature is effective hopefully not all games feature this. im not a pirate though i fear it might corrupt your game.
In order to be a customer you have to actually BUY shit, dumbass!
Better than taking away the devices or making them short.
Either wait for the patch or buy it right now, that seems really really fair to me.
I don't really give a fuck about playing it pirated but I like the pokesav.
"We can’t get any experience at all… a bit like our lives really!”
Best thing i've heard in a long time lol this guy is great.
“I can’t get any XP! Doesn’t Nintendo think us pirates are customers too!?”
HA HA WOW
It's amazing what pirates will say to justify stealing.
It's not even an attempt to justify it, it's just pathetic. Pirates have a lot of excuses, like 'I pirate to try it out, if I like it then I buy it' or 'they shouldn't charge so much for a game so I pirate it', etc. All lies.
Look at World of Goo. No copy protection, I believe it was reasonably priced, and still they estimate only 10-20% of the players actually paid for their copies. I played the demo, enjoyed it but at the time couldn't afford it, so I went without.
Pirates are just the worst kind of criminals, the self-deluded ones who feel entitled to something without paying for it. It's because of them that games are expensive, riddled with copy protection and other inconveniences, and if you know someone who plays pirated games, break their fingers, because they're stealing from *you*.
It's not necessary to justify everything. For example, it would be impossibly for me to justify posting comments on sankaku, yet I do it anyway.
The funny thing is that these are the same guys that said "ohhh reading online manga is thievery... you all deserve to die"
So... playing a pirated game is not thievery at all, is it? Losers...
Of course, it's always okay when it's you neighbour and not you.
ITT idiots who don't read the numerous posts stating that this has been COMPLETELY BYPASSED.
“I can’t get any XP! Doesn’t Nintendo think us pirates are customers too!?”
from wikipedia:
Customer
A customer (also known as a client, buyer, or purchaser) is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services.
so NO they in fact don't BECAUSE YOU ARN'T
By the time it comes to U.S there will probably be a fix.
There is already one right now, people are just slowpoke...
Isn't Pokemon for kids? ಠ_ಠ
QUIET YOU!!!
ISN'T manga for kids?
Well, I mean, let's not generalize things too much. First off, Pokemon didn't start as a manga (though maybe you're referring to the overpowering anime theme the games seem to have adopt). Secondly, cartoons, comics and video games started off as a market for kids but today you can see many series marketed towards more mature audiences. (you probably wouldn't find a kid reading Elfen Lied or Higurashi).
Actually, all three markets started for adults.
Isn't hentai for kids?
Wait...
i see wat u did there Schrobby.
+1
Aren't kids for pedos?
Wait....