One of Nintendo's mobile titles that probably doesn't get acknowledged quite as often as the other ones is Dragalia Lost. Last year, Cygames collaborated with franchises like Mega Man and managed to generate more than $106 million in player spending. That makes the game Nintendo's third highest-grossing mobile title, just behind Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
This success, though, has led to some trouble in recent times – with Nintendo and Cygames recently issuing a post on the official game site addressing "improper use" of Dragalia Lost. Yep, believe it or not, but certain players have been detected breaking the rules. Some are modifying data while others are engaging in real-world money trading. Here's the full explanation from Nintendo and Cygames:
We have detected improper use (such as data modification) and real money trading (transferring or selling Dragalia Lost accounts or game data to another party via Internet auction or flea market applications) from some users.
The notice went on to explain how players caught doing this would be banned from using the game app or lose access to all of their save data, including the real-world premium currency, diamantium.
For the enjoyment of everyone playing the game by the terms of the User Agreement and the Code of Conduct, players that use the app improperly or engage in real money trading may be banned from using the app and lose access to all of their save data, including diamantium. If such measures are taken in response to improper use or real money trading, this decision may not be reversed even if Nintendo's support team is contacted.
The final part of the message reminded players of the Dragalia Lost user agreement. While we won't include all of it here, section 9 of the agreement prohibits players from rewriting data, using cheats, and generally violating "any term" of the agreement.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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If the possibility of cheating exists, cheaters will cheat. It's what they do.
They only way to deal with it is to punish them. You can say "don't cheat" all you want. A rule with no consequence is nothing but a suggestion.
That's how the law works
‘Improper Use’ sounds way more interesting than it is. If only people were eating their phones or smth
@Heavyarms55 depends on the hack, if it bypasses f2p features like timers etc then hardly a ‘cheat’ . If it enables one hit kill then maybe cheating but if it doesnt affect other players its only a problem because its a f2p game and they want money.
I remember when cheat codes were programmed into games and then published in gaming magazines etc, oh how times have change. People like to whine about anything meaningless now!
@Xiovanni it is actually a notice in the game itself, the news feed in the game pulls from the same back-end as the website so they mirror each other perfectly.
Even on platforms which aren't even their own, Nintendo is still that gaming company.
Cheating is bad and because you're a guy or girl you'll become a "bad" guy or girl. Bad guys and bad girls are naughty and shall receive 60 spankings, no more and no less, just 60. If that doesn't work then all electronics for your whole family will be taken away and you'll live a life of boredom... because all your friends won't be able to play outside with you because they're playing Fortnite. Your weekends will be scrubbing your clothes clean at your nearest river. You'll have to hunt deer and bison for food and use their fur for warm clothes. When you got to go pooh, you have to make a hole in the ground and drag your butt on the ground to wipe.
Real world money trading is only allowed one way and when it benefits them!
Odds are the main thing going on is account selling, not as much in the way of actual "hacking", though that could still be happening a little bit too I suppose. But account selling and trading is a massive part of gacha gaming, and pretty much every single game of this variety has a community of people involved in this stuff. Hell, even some of the larger ones have entire forums or Discord servers dedicated to account selling and trading, because to a lot of people's eyes it's a way better cost investment to pay for a lot of guaranteed good stuff on an account than to potentially spend tons in an effort to get something good from a brand new account.
Another likely factor is whales / "dolphins" who spend money on the game but want to take advantage of things like regional cost differences and exchange rates, by temporarily giving their account so someone in a different region who can buy in game currencies at a much better cost. (Apologies if there's a more specific term for this practice that I'm unaware of. I play a couple games like this, but haven't ever personally dabbled in these kind of practices, so idk)
This type of happens with all gacha games. That's not to say the people doing it are justified necessarily, but it's just something that comes with the territory.
If you are making money off of trading in Dragalia Lost, are you really living the best life?
This game is so amazing. Nintendo makes the best mobile games.
@mesome713
I'm just afraid of them putting more & more effort into mobile games instead of working on console games instead.
@Mince No comparison, when "cheat codes" are programmed into a game, it's completely different from using an outside program to break the rules of a game that you agreed to when you clicked that "agree" button on the user agreement. And then it's even worse when you use outside programs to cheat in multi-player games.
If you don't like f2p mechanics, welcome to the club, but that still doesn't give you the right to break user agreements to cheat. If you don't like the mechanics, play a different game.
Called EULA violate that and get terminated.....
You don't mess with the money maker mechanics! Blasphemy to the capital shrine slowly rising up after the loss of Iwata.
How about they release the goddamn game in all EU countries? So that I can stop downloading those stupid APK's to even be able to play the game?!
(I live in The Netherlands, just RELEASE IT NINTENDO)
The reason this statement of them angers me is because a while ago a friend of mine wanted to play it too but got a hacked APK instead without knowing it.
@Heavyarms55 nah disagree mate
@codyf I guess they could just call this 'speed running' then it will all be fine. Or make a charitable donation from the proceeds.
@Mince don't play free-to-play games if you don't like spending money. as for me - i'm ok with spending some money on in-game purchases if i really like a game (you know, developers, designers and all other people involved should be rewarded for entertaining you). also i will never cheat in a game i don't like - it's like cheating in casino and then try to write it off as "because it's gambling it's ok".
Ban improper use is common practice. Nothing strange here
Its also a shame this game is not yet released in most parts of Europe.
@Robo-Knight they’re hardly putting effort into these though, they pay other companies to create and manage. Cygames handles everything for Dragalia Lost.
Dragalia Law
@codyf
It looks like your the one who needs to grow up or learn some better vocabulary. Why couldn't you have just blocked me, like I have you now!
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