Sarki Soliloquy
Smash Champion
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/35863
Swapnote was such a neat tool for friends to exchange messages, drawings, photos, and recordings between each other. But as recent as last week, many 3DS owners around the world were appalled to find a notice on their systems that disables the SpotPass functionality of Swapnote. This also occurred with the Japan-released Flipnote 3D.
Nintendo has apologized to users of these software titles, but have ultimately taken this measure because of alleged instances of minors exchanging Friend Codes with strangers on the Internet and seeing offensive material. One can only imagine what that kind of material was.
Effectively, this defeats the purpose of these applications. Friends registered between 3DSs had a free space for conversations and drawing whatever they want. Nintendo would also send out special stationary to advertise their latest games, which was pretty cool.
The only feature that has been enabled for Swapnote and Flipnote 3D is StreetPass functionality. At least 3DS owners passing each other are still able to exchange messages, albeit one at a time.
What do you guys think about Nintendo's way of handling this issue? IMO, Nintendo really needs to grow the **** up when it comes to the exchange of online content and sociability. The actions they've taken do not eradicate the source of the problem. Instead, they put everyone under this blackout of service and not find ways to trace those who are using Swapnote and Flipnote 3D for offensive purposes. Also, to quote John "Ghost" Conquest, "Where are the parents!?" Parental control settings are pre-installed into the 3DS system and can cut off access to these services or people. Minors may be free to use their system to their own devices (no pun intended), but a decent parent would enact what they see fit and unfit for them to be exposed to. This oversheltering course of action really makes me think back to how Nintendo regarded their consumers back in the Sega vs. Nintendo era; children. To think that one of my favorite companies still hasn't learned their lesson from back then or keeps in touch with the reality of our society honestly makes me feel sick.
Swapnote was such a neat tool for friends to exchange messages, drawings, photos, and recordings between each other. But as recent as last week, many 3DS owners around the world were appalled to find a notice on their systems that disables the SpotPass functionality of Swapnote. This also occurred with the Japan-released Flipnote 3D.
Nintendo has apologized to users of these software titles, but have ultimately taken this measure because of alleged instances of minors exchanging Friend Codes with strangers on the Internet and seeing offensive material. One can only imagine what that kind of material was.
Effectively, this defeats the purpose of these applications. Friends registered between 3DSs had a free space for conversations and drawing whatever they want. Nintendo would also send out special stationary to advertise their latest games, which was pretty cool.
The only feature that has been enabled for Swapnote and Flipnote 3D is StreetPass functionality. At least 3DS owners passing each other are still able to exchange messages, albeit one at a time.
What do you guys think about Nintendo's way of handling this issue? IMO, Nintendo really needs to grow the **** up when it comes to the exchange of online content and sociability. The actions they've taken do not eradicate the source of the problem. Instead, they put everyone under this blackout of service and not find ways to trace those who are using Swapnote and Flipnote 3D for offensive purposes. Also, to quote John "Ghost" Conquest, "Where are the parents!?" Parental control settings are pre-installed into the 3DS system and can cut off access to these services or people. Minors may be free to use their system to their own devices (no pun intended), but a decent parent would enact what they see fit and unfit for them to be exposed to. This oversheltering course of action really makes me think back to how Nintendo regarded their consumers back in the Sega vs. Nintendo era; children. To think that one of my favorite companies still hasn't learned their lesson from back then or keeps in touch with the reality of our society honestly makes me feel sick.