Author Topic: The Nintendo Ds: The Evil truth. (Local Station Uncovers "Secret"). (Read 13325 times)

Nile Boogie · « **on:** February 14, 2006, 10:06:10 PM »

Huh?
I didn't even know you could do half of the stuff they were talking about with the DS.
Friends codes FTW!!

WuTangTurtle · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:21:06 PM »

yeah, i guess its possible........but i would still say the chances of a real threat like that would be like .01% chance of happening. I'm not saying parents shouldn't be careful, heck if anything parents should be more involved with there kids and know whats going on.

However i just think the editor just wanted to make some negative image of the Nintendo DS. I dunno maybe i just don't see a real possibility that something like that could happen.....

wandering · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:22:38 PM »

Yeah, I knew this was going to happen eventually.

I think Nintendo's been extremely careful with their online services. More than any other comapny, in fact.

I think the one thing that might be worth complaining about is that it's so easy to get online. And, in the case of say, animal crossing, you don't even need to go online to encounter some viral nastiness.

Before long, I predict there will be very strict barriers between online and offline content. As in, stricter warnings in-game, and parental lock-out features that can prevent accessing the internet without permission, and no more messages in bottles from strangers, etc.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:31:49 PM »

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The stranger asks Emily: "Hey what's up? Are you still here? My name's Jud. What's your name?" "But it was scary to me as a parent that someone I don't know is talking to my child over what I consider a toy." And Jud is persistent. When Emily won't tell him where she lives.

Yeah, uh-huh... you have to be no less then 20 feet from someone to chat in Pictochat and as we all know, Pictochat is not internet capable. So this reporter is just scaremongering. "Jud" is an idiot otherwise, just look for the kid with the DS.

Artimus · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:40:05 PM »

Clearly Nintendo is selling porn to children. BURN THEM!

IceCold · « **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2006, 10:43:29 PM »

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Originally posted by: 31 Flavas
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The stranger asks Emily: "Hey what's up? Are you still here? My name's Jud. What's your name?" "But it was scary to me as a parent that someone I don't know is talking to my child over what I consider a toy." And Jud is persistent. When Emily won't tell him where she lives.

That gave me a good laugh

31 Flavas · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2006, 12:52:15 AM »

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Originally posted by: IceCold

That gave me a good laugh

The whole issue though is just as laughable. I mean you're a pretty incompetant criminal if you're trying to use Picto Chat to abduct/molest children....

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:11:33 AM »

I'm glad they didn't figure out that Pictochat wasn't online, because then they would have known that the "predator" was 20 feet away, and they would have REALLY freaked out.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #8 on:** February 15, 2006, 01:51:02 AM »

This commentary sums up my oppinion perfectly.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #9 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:14:01 AM »

It goes without saying, where are the articles concerning xbox live or PSP online games? Somethin' fishy going on here..

Nile Boogie · « **Reply #10 on:** February 15, 2006, 02:55:47 AM »

What's funny is I watch this news form time to time ( I'm from Philly) and they never seem to report such uninformed dribble. I only saw the story cause I was watching Charlie Brown and then they showed the DS during a commercial in slow motion and blurred, (the evil look) so I said wow Ch. 6 is doing something with Nintendo, let's stay up and find out what. With the Olympics on NBC and Idol on Fox, they had to try and get somebody watching their news again. I have no doubts they were trying to inform parents of the dangers of online snakes, but damn if you can't do some research or something.

Online Color Picto Chat =Sex!

Mario · « **Reply #11 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:37:25 AM »

I wonder how much Sony paid for this? Would it have been worth it? I think so. With this, every single parent in the country sees the DS, and Nintendo as a whole, as evil. Despite having the safest online network in history, Nintendo are the ones being picked on here, because they're tiku tiku tiku! . Sales will pretty much drop off now since the primary userbase for the DS in the US is kids with Nintendogs, and kids who already own a DS will be forced to trade it in, and any other remaining sales DS will get will be from pre-owned systems, thus halting the userbase number. This pretty much makes the Revolution dead on arrival too, once word gets around nobody will even THINK of buying another Nintendo product for fear of their childrens lives.

It's obvious there are a LOT of stupid parents who don't know anything about the DS and will just see the headline and take DS, and anything associated with it (every Nintendo product) off the childs wishlist for the rest of his life, just because they think they're being a "good parent". There needs to be a mandatory gaming education system out there so people have the facts!

Nice knowing you Nintendo, but until you fix the ignorance in the world, feed the starving kids and make world peace, there's just no room for you here.

Mario · « **Reply #12 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:49:03 AM »

By the way guys, complain here

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=stationinfo&id=3293957

Here's my complaint

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http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=special_coverage&id=3905371

I saw this news story about the Nintendo DS, and it disgusted me. This is one of the most misinformed pieces i've ever seen, the situations you mentioned are not even possible. There is no way to communicate online through the DS, unless you and the other person in question, have exchanged codes.

For a man to make contact with a random child, he would have to go up to them, and ask for their online code. Then he would have to get the child to add HIS code. Even then, both players will end up playing a videogame, only two videogames are online enabled so far, one doesn't allow you to communicate at all while the other is very limited, and you can only chat online with FRIENDS. More children would be harmed from EATING their DS's than by the claims in this ridiculous news story.

I do hope this is just misinformation on your part, and that you weren't lying intentionally just to get a flashy story. That may make your wallets slightly fatter, but it makes the world a dumber place, which isn't good for anyone.

Something like that is good, just don't copy / paste it

. Actually now that I think about it it should have been much shorter.

UncleBob · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:09:49 AM »

Errr,, there's three online games, Mario.

Mario · « **Reply #14 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:13:45 AM »

OH, Tony Hawk. Oh well, they wouldn't even know.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #15 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:44:19 AM »

Hahahahaha! Time to start abducting kids through Mario Kart races...

My new custom decal is "WHR DO U LIVE?"!

Cap · « **Reply #16 on:** February 15, 2006, 06:54:30 AM »

whatever happened to a reporter doing research for a story? this is just bad, and doesnt speak well for the station in general.

I sent my complaint in.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2006, 08:41:44 AM »

Sure they researched, they went to gamefaq's forums.

IceCold · « **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2006, 04:35:41 PM »

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The Pictochatter is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

animecyberrat · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2006, 08:34:09 AM »

its redicoulous but its not uncommon, the church i used to go to alwasy had sermons on how evil pokemon was and that was the main reason why so many paretns WOULDNT buy GCs for their kids, because Nintendo makes Pokemon. I tried many times to show them where theyw ere wrong but the name is Poket Mosnters and that clearly mean demons according to them.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:47:29 AM »

Ahahahaha, yes, I remember the Hanninger (that's a site that parodies fundamental christians) rant about Pokemon and its satanic ties.

archioverload · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2006, 11:40:26 AM »

You'd think after Anchorman that local news stations wouldn't be self-parodies anymore. But they can't stop. Look, a panda!

31 Flavas · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2006, 12:47:42 PM »

whammy!

Bloodworth · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2006, 04:11:48 PM »

Articles like this make me afraid of the news. I mean if they screw up the facts on things I know, what happens with the stories that I know nothing about.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2006, 04:20:03 PM »

I feel the exact same way, Bloodworth. Fortunatley, I don't care enough about the news to actually....well, care.

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