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What in the devil is "Occupy Pokémon Bank"? Here's some background.
Pokémon Bank is one of the most contentious issues in the history of the franchise - and not for bad reasons. It is exploitation of the fanbase by deliberately holding back already established features for ransom. It sets a toxic precedence for further exploitation - up to and including microtransactions and paid DLC, even unlocking of already installed content for real money in the vein of Activision. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Fire Emblem have quickly shown us that Nintendo are fast becoming Japan's equivalent.
Honest gamers and consumers like us, who expect a quality *finished* product for reasonable prices, are being ripped off. Long have we thought that Nintendo was one of the bastions of sanity among the robber-barony of the gaming industry. No longer. Fortunately, we can take a stand.
Intrepid, dedicated programmers will take the time to slowly chip away at the black box of Pokémon X and Y, as the makers of Instacheck, Pokégen and Battle Analyser and the revealer of the event legendaries did. Once we have enough information gathered through ingenuine hacking, we will create OUR OWN STORAGE PROGRAM and make it FREE FOR ALL TO USE. We can even one-up Nintendo by making it local storage, rather than the trap of NSA surveillance that is Cloud storage.
Then, we shall apply this for publication in the Nintendo e-Shop. Naturally, they'll not only deny us, but send out C&D's. That's when we take this case to court.
We will argue that Nintendo and Game Freak have no right to maintain exclusive control of data, data WE generate, or "how we use it." Should we succeed, we'll not only have succeeded in making a cheaper, more accessible alternative to Pokémon Bank. We shall be remembered as a landmark of free information and the downfall of the monopolisation and tightening control over information and that is rampant even outside the gaming industry.
Now, /vp/, let's roll.
Pokémon Bank is one of the most contentious issues in the history of the franchise - and not for bad reasons. It is exploitation of the fanbase by deliberately holding back already established features for ransom. It sets a toxic precedence for further exploitation - up to and including microtransactions and paid DLC, even unlocking of already installed content for real money in the vein of Activision. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Fire Emblem have quickly shown us that Nintendo are fast becoming Japan's equivalent.
Honest gamers and consumers like us, who expect a quality *finished* product for reasonable prices, are being ripped off. Long have we thought that Nintendo was one of the bastions of sanity among the robber-barony of the gaming industry. No longer. Fortunately, we can take a stand.
Intrepid, dedicated programmers will take the time to slowly chip away at the black box of Pokémon X and Y, as the makers of Instacheck, Pokégen and Battle Analyser and the revealer of the event legendaries did. Once we have enough information gathered through ingenuine hacking, we will create OUR OWN STORAGE PROGRAM and make it FREE FOR ALL TO USE. We can even one-up Nintendo by making it local storage, rather than the trap of NSA surveillance that is Cloud storage.
Then, we shall apply this for publication in the Nintendo e-Shop. Naturally, they'll not only deny us, but send out C&D's. That's when we take this case to court.
We will argue that Nintendo and Game Freak have no right to maintain exclusive control of data, data WE generate, or "how we use it." Should we succeed, we'll not only have succeeded in making a cheaper, more accessible alternative to Pokémon Bank. We shall be remembered as a landmark of free information and the downfall of the monopolisation and tightening control over information and that is rampant even outside the gaming industry.
Now, /vp/, let's roll.
