Anti-Piracy in Nintendo DS Games | Pokemon, Dragon Quest + more (NDS)
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In this video DidYouKnowGaming takes a look at anti-piracy measures in several Nintendo 64 titles, such as Dragon Quest V, Chrono Trigger, and Pokemon!
Special thanks to all the data miners and curious individuals who researched these anti-piracy measures on TCRF and beyond.
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Sources/Further Reading:
https://tcrf.net/Chrono_Trigger_(Nintendo_DS)
https://tcrf.net/Club_Penguin:_Elite_Penguin_Force:_Herbert%27s_Revenge#Anti-Piracy_Check
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NY95Pxj0vI
https://tcrf.net/Mega_Man_Star_Force#Anti-Piracy
https://tcrf.net/Gyakuten_Kenji_2#Anti-Piracy
https://web.archive.org/web/20080820051709/http://www.dailytech.com/Antipiracy+Measures+Implemented+for+Nintendo+DS+Game/article12472.htm
https://tcrf.net/Final_Fantasy_Crystal_Chronicles:_Ring_of_Fates#Anti-Piracy
https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black_2_and_White_2#Anti-Piracy
https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black_and_White#Anti-Piracy
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I do recall something about people phoning Nintendo, because they couldn't get past the opening of Mario&Luigi – Bowser's Inside Story – since the game soft locks when choosing a save file when playing using an illegitimate copy via R4 card. I don't know whether this is actually an anti-pitacy measure that was put there in purpose, or just the game being in a bugged state due to on-board flash check mismatch as an error prevention thing.
Either way, I was able to confirm this behavior on an original R4 (Revolution For DS) flash cart. Really fascinating…
It's always morally correct to pirate Nintendo games
Square Enix really said “You wanna be a pirate? Fine. Be a pirate then.” and meant it.
Weak addition for the pokemon tidbit. And you stuck it all the way at the end, so the whole video just ended up not being worth watching
What if
When you pirate a game
You are a pirate plays for the whole game
Fake anti piracy videos: o no scary anti piracy screen o no scary message
The real anti piracy: freeze!
No exp for you you thief
Loop.
4:18 When you said Hey Hurry up, Touch the Train Kid….I knew that would show up!😂😂
I can't believe the AAI2 one, this is too funny
Just found about these anti piracy measures after being stuck in the Dragon Quest V ship, great video
i guess i was lucky. none of this happened to me
Honestly, that no exp in black white made for a great level cap code when used as a cheat code.
I think the game not functioning up until a certain point is a good idea, it still gives the player a taste of what the game will be like whilst still acting similar to a demo. I also appreciate highly creative anti piracy measures.
From what I heard from The Yard podcast, it wasn’t Nintendo.
It was someone acting like they were Nintendo and sent out the takedowns.
God, the entire reason I even managed to play pokemon platinum was because it was pirated onto an R4 card I owned
lets not forget that nintendo downloaded the original super mario rom from one of those EVIL ILLEGAL rom websites that they later took down, and sold it to us through virtual console.
6:09 is this a Berserk/HunterXHunter reference?
you can (not) advance
Sad there’s no mention of the Michael Jackson game which plays normally but the music is drowned out by vuvuzelas.
How the hell do they think we can play old games
The megaman starforce is now patched is now progressive in the pirated version.
I want to make a game that if you pirate it, the game turns into a creepypasta trying to make the player think the game is haunted.
Too bad it wasn't mentioned here, but the Sims 3 on the original DS also had some creative anti-piracy. If you played a pirated copy your needs would actually go down when using objects that would otherwise increase them (so basically your Sim would get hungry from eating). They actually put more effort into the anti-piracy than the rest of the game, as otherwise it's actually pretty bad, but it was amusing to see.
Honestly, I don't even have an issue with people pirating old games, even if they are technically available through things like NSO. My issue comes when people get on Twitter and brag about how they pirated Metroid Dread three days after release because "It's not worth $60" and then proceeding to say "I don't even want the game so I'm not a potential sale." In my opinion, if you want a game enough to pirate it, you're no longer "not a potential sale." At that point it's not that you don't want it, you just don't want to pay for it.
Like, nobody thinks you're some champion for taking paid content for free. At the end of the day, most of us can't do shit about it and I doubt Nintendo, no matter how much people may like to think so, would actually attack every single Twitter user that brags about how cool they are. So it really just makes you the asshole for rubbing in our faces that WE paid for a game and you didn't.
Nintendo's legal team may have a finger on the trigger at all times, but sometimes people make me really wish they went harder on it.
It's honestly hilarious how many threads I've seen where you'll have some people say it's fine to pirate brand-new games because "It won't hurt anybody and Nintendo won't even notice" and then someone else go on about how "This is us standing up to Nintendo for _ and this will show them!"
Anti-piracy is it's very own art. You don't want to punish the player, or else he won't buy the game afterwards and hate on your brand forever. So putting the restriction at the start, not the ending is mandatory. It also should be obvious enough to be recognized, but still should let you experience some of the game to get fixed on.
Making it funny and creative is also a plus point because it can create additional promotion. Back in the days, Secret of Monkey Island had a very fun way by asking something in the game that could only be answered with the anti-piracy-pirate-wheel that came with the game itself. Another fun penalty, that is not bound to piracy, but very well could have been planned as that, is Link being called "Thief" by everyone if he dares to rob the shop owner in Links Awakening.
On the subject of pirates, there seems to be a lot of salty seadogs in the comments here.
These copyright protections don't go far enough. I'd suggest something which, as you play the game, has the system work through masses of useless background code, to the point that the processor overheats, breaking both game, and system, and possibly injuring the filthy pirate.
I hate Nintendo, Toei Animation and EA. They're the trifecta of the words "company scum".
Pokémon Anti-Piracy method No. 69
Super Forced Nuzlocke
If a Pokémon faints, it cannot be used again, and is immediately overwritten with an empty slot in the player's roster of 6 slots. Nurse Joy nor items can help you this time, you filthy pirate!
The game outright DELETES YOUR Pokémon the instant its HP reaches 0, especiallyif it's your last one, which should both softlock the game as well as corrupt the save file!!
lol, good riddance. I wanted an actual OST, not shitpost meme videos. That's what Twitter is for. No more GS BS!
nintendo: don't pirate our games! we're taking down rom sites, as well as fangames.
players: okay, can you rerelease your older games, or make them available via the switch eshop?
nintendo: no, absolutely not. we won't rerelease any games, and were shutting down the 3ds eshop to boot. there's no way to buy these old games that would even be beneficial to us monetarily, you have to buy maybe-bootlegged carts second-hand off of ebay or gamestop. but don't pirate our games.
Me: Hey, Nintendo, where can I officially buy this game?
Nintendo: No, we don’t support that game/console anymore. Any purchases would only benifit others monetarily and we have no intention of rereleasing it.
Me: Oh okay, I’ll just pirate it then.
Nintendo: What! NO! Buy an official copy!
Now I understand why my Oshawott wasn't gaining any exp in the R4 someone sold to my dad
I'm playing Chrono trigger using an R4, thank the gods they found a way tho pass over the anti piracy protections. I'm enjoying the game and I didn't want to pay 150 bucks for an original copy.
ah yes, the "thank you for playing" i remember, still finished it somehow, might have been patched too or something. apart from that, never had a problem