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Swapnote loses Spotpass Feature

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« on: November 01, 2013, 07:23:28 pm »

Just got a notification from Nintendo on my 3DS. It reads the following:

"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 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 visit here or select the Internet Browser button below:

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/info/en_na/parents.jsp

*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.

                                                           -Nintendo"


This makes me so upset at the consumer base that did abuse it. Personally, I used it to record scores to compete with friends. Now I can't do that. And not only did Nintendo stop Spotpass, they also ceased Special Notes. Now we can't get Nintento Staff to play as in our Mii Plaza games.

Ugh... I bloody hate this. Please, post here and tell me your thoughts. Because personally, I think Nintendo could have just added a "Disable Spotpass" option to Parental Controls to fix the problem.
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« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2013, 08:02:20 pm »

It truly only takes the sins of the few to ruin everything for the many.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2013, 05:16:20 pm »

Maybe they are trying to fix those errors they made about the photo feature or some people are stupid enough to put abusive pictures.
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2013, 04:18:57 pm »

Well, hopefully we get special notes back soon at least.
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