Violating Nintendo's terms and conditions can result in the deletion of games.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/35830
Nintendo has the ability to remotely access hardware and remove content that is in violation of its terms and conditions, a Nintendo gamer found out the hard way.
Earlier this year, a Club Nintendo promotion offered $30 in eShop credit if you purchased both Fire Emblem: Awakening and Shin Megami Tensei IV. After registering the games, users were provided with a code that could be entered in either the Wii U or 3DS eShop for the credit. The promotion ended August 31.
User “Honey,” who owns two separate 3DS systems, as well as two Club Nintendo accounts, had purchased two copies of Fire Emblem as well as one copy of Shin Megami Tensei IV. After securing another Club Nintendo code for Shin Megami Tensei from a friend, she registered the pair of games to each of her Club Nintendo accounts and received two $30 credit codes.
Instead of using one code on each of her 3DSes, Honey redeemed both codes on a single 3DS. She downloaded SteamWorld Dig and left the rest of the credit alone.
A few weeks later, Honey attempted to log into one of her Club Nintendo accounts and was greeted with a message that it had been deactivated. Her other account was deactivated as well. Honey checked the eShop on her 3DS and discovered that the remaining balance from the Fire Emblem promotion had been removed. Honey then went to check on her games.
“I left the eShop, started skimming through my games, and just as I highlighted SteamWorld Dig, it disappeared, right in front of my eyes,” she said.
The game, which had been downloaded to her SD card, was completely removed by Nintendo.
Honey called Nintendo of America and was told that she had violated the terms and conditions for the promotion, specifically stating that only one code could be used per account. Moreover, Honey had actually violated other Club Nintendo terms and conditions, including maintaining two separate accounts and registering a code for a game that the user didn’t purchase.
Honey was able to convince Nintendo of America to reactive her Club Nintendo accounts, but the eShop credit and SteamWorld Dig were forfeited.
“They didn't give me the [credit] back but I don't care, I was happy to get my accounts back. Also, I figured that if I push, I may not get anything at all.”
We reached out to Nintendo of America but received no comment.
Thanks for the post. I didn't know we weren't supposed to do 2 different Club Nintendo Accounts and I was considering opening a second one (because I've already hit platinum so I figured if I can hit platinum again it would be cool to get 2 different prizes). Now that I know I won't start up a second one.
Thanks for the post. I didn't know we weren't supposed to do 2 different Club Nintendo Accounts and I was considering opening a second one (because I've already hit platinum so I figured if I can hit platinum again it would be cool to get 2 different prizes). Now that I know I won't start up a second one.
That and the fact that it's hard for you to give legitimate survey answers to questions about games you haven't played.
Hmm...this doesn't sit right with me. Yeah, the user in question shouldn't have activated the credits on a single eShop account, but I don't like the idea of Nintendo reaching into SD with their DRM B.S. and stealing legitimately purchased titles. I think a more fair response in this case would have been if they just removed the $30 extra eShop credit and called it a day. As for the whole "dual Club Nintendo account" thing, I don't see why Nintendo should care. It's netting them more money if people are buying titles twice, so why penalize people for giving you moneY?
Hmm...this doesn't sit right with me. Yeah, the user in question shouldn't have activated the credits on a single eShop account, but I don't like the idea of Nintendo reaching into SD with their DRM B.S. and stealing legitimately purchased titles. I think a more fair response in this case would have been if they just removed the $30 extra eShop credit and called it a day. As for the whole "dual Club Nintendo account" thing, I don't see why Nintendo should care. It's netting them more money if people are buying titles twice, so why penalize people for giving you moneY?
Thanks for the post. I didn't know we weren't supposed to do 2 different Club Nintendo Accounts and I was considering opening a second one (because I've already hit platinum so I figured if I can hit platinum again it would be cool to get 2 different prizes). Now that I know I won't start up a second one.
Thanks for the post. I didn't know we weren't supposed to do 2 different Club Nintendo Accounts and I was considering opening a second one (because I've already hit platinum so I figured if I can hit platinum again it would be cool to get 2 different prizes). Now that I know I won't start up a second one.
Pretty sure a family account would allow you to do that legitimately.
This doesn't seem like a good plan either.Sure, that's what Nintendo should have done to begin with. Unfortunately, they didn't and I don't think the girl should be "punished" for it. Since Nintendo didn't have some kind of built-in prevention, they should have let the girl keep the credits (chalk it up as a loss this time) then make sure this isn't possible in the future. When the girl tried to enter the second set of credit codes, a screen should have popped up stating that the promotion was already fulfilled and to knock it the **** off. (When Nintendo finally brings back gifting, should could have just gifted herself $30 worth of games with the second set of credits)
Try to rip someone off and the worst punishment you get is losing what you "stole" to begin with?
Best plan would have been for Nintendo to have some kind of built-in prevention against using multiple codes like this to begin with...
In short, something something unified accounts (including Club Nintendo), something something get your act together, Nintendo.
