I'm just going to posit that not all emulation is an attempt to pirate a game.
Lots of older games have not been (and never will be) released on the eShop due to various reasons. The browser exploit gives some of the third party titles we'd never see again outside of a collector's horde a chance to resurface.
It's not that I, or other 'pirates' would rather get things for free. The problem is that a lot of the time we have no way of giving them money for these things. Outside of spending $300+ for an original copy, that is.
As for the region locking issues, I understand that it might bring up problems for ol' Ninty later on down the road, whether from ESRB ratings and the lack of, or some other thing I can't forsee. I, personally, believe it should be squished. Make region lock go away, but perhaps hide it behind the Parental Control options. That way we don't have young kids picking up a cutesy anime game at the flea market and going home to play Monster Monpiece while still allowing interested parties to grab the latest JRPG or whatever from overseas.
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I'm just going to posit that not all emulation is an attempt to pirate a game.
Lots of older games have not been (and never will be) released on the eShop due to various reasons. The browser exploit gives some of the third party titles we'd never see again outside of a collector's horde a chance to resurface.
It's not that I, or other 'pirates' would rather get things for free. The problem is that a lot of the time we have no way of giving them money for these things. Outside of spending $300+ for an original copy, that is.
As for the region locking issues, I understand that it might bring up problems for ol' Ninty later on down the road, whether from ESRB ratings and the lack of, or some other thing I can't forsee. I, personally, believe it should be squished. Make region lock go away, but perhaps hide it behind the Parental Control options. That way we don't have young kids picking up a cutesy anime game at the flea market and going home to play Monster Monpiece while still allowing interested parties to grab the latest JRPG or whatever from overseas.
Just my two cents CDN for you.