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* ''Videogame/EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism[[labelnote:*]]partly consisting of several {{Event Flag}}s [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles buried deep in the normal gameplay code]][[/labelnote]] would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!'' These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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* ''Videogame/EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating [[note]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; [[/note]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism[[labelnote:*]]partly mechanism[[note]]partly consisting of several {{Event Flag}}s [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles buried deep in the normal gameplay code]][[/labelnote]] code]][[/note]] would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!'' These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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** [[EpicFail Despite the fact that emulation of such things is rather trivial, as Dolphin does it already for the Wii.]]
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism[[labelnote:*]]partly consisting of several {{Event Flag}}s [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles buried deep in the normal gameplay code]][[/labelnote]] would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!'' These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
** The English NES prototype of its predecessor ''{{MOTHER}}'', [[FanNickname dubbed]] ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'' by the fans, also had similar copy protection, but it's more mundane and far less cruel in its implementation. Instead of making the game impossible and scrubbing your save games at the end, it runs a checksum at certain points to test whether the game is pirated; if it is determined it is, it stops the game and throws up a screen saying that the game is an unauthorized copy and will not continue, and bricks the ROM/cart. This measure was part of a major headache in getting the ROM to work properly when it was first discovered and dumped in 1998, and owners of the actual physical prototypes are understandably concerned that the condition of the prototypes may set it off anyway. This protection wasn't in the Japanese version, nor does it exist in ''[[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]'' which is built upon the prototype data.
** The English NES prototype of its predecessor ''{{MOTHER}}'', [[FanNickname dubbed]] ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'' by the fans, also had similar copy protection, but it's more mundane and far less cruel in its implementation. Instead of making the game impossible and scrubbing your save games at the end, it runs a checksum at certain points to test whether the game is pirated; if it is determined it is, it stops the game and throws up a screen saying that the game is an unauthorized copy and will not continue, and bricks the ROM/cart. This measure was part of a major headache in getting the ROM to work properly when it was first discovered and dumped in 1998, and owners of the actual physical prototypes are understandably concerned that the condition of the prototypes may set it off anyway. This protection wasn't in the Japanese version, nor does it exist in ''[[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]'' which is built upon the prototype data.
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* ''EarthBound'' ''Videogame/EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism[[labelnote:*]]partly consisting of several {{Event Flag}}s [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles buried deep in the normal gameplay code]][[/labelnote]] would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!'' These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
** * The English NES prototype of its predecessor ''{{MOTHER}}'', ''Videogame/{{MOTHER}}'', [[FanNickname dubbed]] ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'' by the fans, also had similar copy protection, but it's more mundane and far less cruel in its implementation. Instead of making the game impossible and scrubbing your save games at the end, it runs a checksum at certain points to test whether the game is pirated; if it is determined it is, it stops the game and throws up a screen saying that the game is an unauthorized copy and will not continue, and bricks the ROM/cart. This measure was part of a major headache in getting the ROM to work properly when it was first discovered and dumped in 1998, and owners of the actual physical prototypes are understandably concerned that the condition of the prototypes may set it off anyway. This protection wasn't in the Japanese version, nor does it exist in ''[[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]'' which is built upon the prototype data.
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** So does the DSi and 3DS, and this also applies to native games and apps on the SD card. This is because each game downloaded is immediately stamped (and probably encrypted) with the ID of the console that downloaded the game. Simply taking your SD card and putting it into another Wii will not work because the new console won't honor the game if the ID is different (or simply can't decrypt the game because the encryption key's different). However, doing a console transfer somehow and then putting in the SD card will allow the games on the SD card to be played on the new console- at the expense of the game no longer being playable on the old one (and oh, you can only transfer consoles 5 times, for life).
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** The big kicker is that variants of the 10NES were also used in Europe, and due to the NES' history in Europe there are two different versions of the NES over there, and each version had it's own (incompatible) 10NES chip. And yes, many Europeans were angry at the fact.
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** Similar chips was also used in the Super NES and Nintendo 64, although this time it is likely that all regions used the same chip (the chip only assures that the cartridge was manufactured by Nintendo themselves, and has nothing to do with RegionCoding- given that breaking off a pair of tabs at the back of a North American SNES' cartridge slot was all it took to get Japanese games running). However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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** Similar chips was also used in the Super NES and Nintendo 64, although this time it is likely that all regions used the same chip (the chip only assures that the cartridge was manufactured by Nintendo themselves, and has nothing to do with RegionCoding- given that breaking (or filing) off a pair of tabs at the back of a North American SNES' cartridge slot was all it took to get Japanese games running). However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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** Similar chips was also used in the Super NES and Nintendo 64.64, although this time it is likely that all regions used the same chip (the chip only assures that the cartridge was manufactured by Nintendo themselves, and has nothing to do with RegionCoding- given that breaking off a pair of tabs at the back of a North American SNES' cartridge slot was all it took to get Japanese games running). However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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** Similar chips was also used in the Super NES (CiC chip) and Nintendo 64. However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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** Similar chips was also used in the Super NES (CiC chip) and Nintendo 64. However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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** The 10NES chip was also used in the Super NES and Nintendo 64. However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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** The 10NES chip Similar chips was also used in the Super NES (CiC chip) and Nintendo 64. However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
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* The Nintendo Gamecube used a proprietary 8cm DVD based on the miniDVD. Both the Gamecube and Wii discs use a slight variant of the DVD sector-level encoding. The discs are recorded at the factory and read by the drive from outside to inside (unlike normal discs, which are read from inside to outside). Unusually, some LG DVD drives have the capability to read such discs. as they are simply [=DVDs=] recorded backwards. Unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii pirates either disregarded the physical aspects of the copy protection and instead decided to attack the console's firmware, which had quite a few holes, or simply stuck the disc inside an LG-manufactured DVD drive and ripped the ISO from there.
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* The Nintendo Gamecube used a proprietary 8cm DVD based on the miniDVD. Both the Gamecube and Wii discs use a slight variant of the DVD sector-level encoding. The discs are recorded at the factory and read by the drive from outside to inside (unlike normal discs, which are read from inside to outside). Unusually, some LG DVD drives have the capability to read such discs. as they are simply [=DVDs=] recorded backwards. Unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii pirates either disregarded the physical aspects of the copy protection and instead decided to attack the console's firmware, which had quite a few holes, or simply stuck the disc inside an LG-manufactured DVD drive and ripped the ISO from there.there - or even combined the two and used the Wii itself to rip the discs.
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* In [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]], if the game detects an unlicensed copy, the ticket checker in Vermillion City will say "By the way: If you like this game, buy it [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar or die.]]". The only way emulators are able to display the message is if the emulator was released before the release date of September 9, 2004.
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* Hackers had a field day when it came to ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''. Any pirated copies of the game would erase any saved data upon restarting, as well as not including any random encounter enemies whatsoever. The "save data erasure" assumed that the game even saves correctly (notably, on a LOT of cards, the game automatically stops saving halfway and states "save failed", and then deletes the failed save data when you attempt to load it), which turned out to be the least of your issues when you realized that the "random encounters" are actually required to stand a remote chance of making it through one round of a boss battle (Tool Assisted Superplay notwithstanding). [[NintendoHard Not that anyone who plays]] [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei these games]] [[NintendoHard hasn't figured that out before getting this one.]]
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* Hackers had a field day when it came to ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''. Any pirated copies of the game would erase any saved data upon restarting, as well as not including any random encounter enemies whatsoever. The "save data erasure" assumed that the game even saves correctly (notably, on a LOT of cards, the game automatically stops saving halfway and states "save failed", and then deletes the failed save data when you attempt to load it), which turned out to be the least of your issues when you realized that the "random encounters" are actually required to stand a remote chance of making it through one round of a boss battle (Tool Assisted Superplay notwithstanding). [[NintendoHard Not that anyone who plays]] [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei these games]] [[NintendoHard hasn't figured that out before getting this one.]]
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* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' has an anti-piracy routine during the fight against Dubhe. Dubhe has StoryDrivenInvulnerability and is totally invincible until a cutscene where [[spoiler:Daichi hits it with a truck, slashing its HP and making it weak to just about everything]]. However, if a pirated copy of the game is played, the cutscene will not occur. And while the original objective of the mission is to ''escape'' from Dubhe, reaching the escape point triggers said cutscene... and nothing else. The game may as well just shut itself off there, because no progress can be made.
* The ''DragonBall'' video game trilogy known as "Legacy of Goku" (And the spiritual sequel, ''GT: Transformation'') had its form of copy protection wherein a message popped up at a certain point saying "this game cannot be played on this hardware" and wouldn't go away, should it detect that it isn't a legit copy (Although there are rumours of some retail copies having this problem as well). Perhaps stupid is the fact that later versions of the emulator Visual Boy Advance decided to emulate this form of copy protection, making playing the games on that emulator ''extremely'' difficult.
** The catch: it checks for the Save Type Data and RTC. If the Save Data Type or RTC setting does not match the information concealed further into the cart, it will instantly declare that it is a "pirated cart". Since Emulators allows one to change these setting, they would set to Auto, right? Auto either pulls the settings from the cart/ROM or from a database. If pulling from an outdated database or from the ROM, it would retrieve a false data, telling to use an invalid Save Type Data. A ''vba-over.ini'' can be used to automatically set the save type to the correct setting, ignoring the false data.
* The ''DragonBall'' video game trilogy known as "Legacy of Goku" (And the spiritual sequel, ''GT: Transformation'') had its form of copy protection wherein a message popped up at a certain point saying "this game cannot be played on this hardware" and wouldn't go away, should it detect that it isn't a legit copy (Although there are rumours of some retail copies having this problem as well). Perhaps stupid is the fact that later versions of the emulator Visual Boy Advance decided to emulate this form of copy protection, making playing the games on that emulator ''extremely'' difficult.
** The catch: it checks for the Save Type Data and RTC. If the Save Data Type or RTC setting does not match the information concealed further into the cart, it will instantly declare that it is a "pirated cart". Since Emulators allows one to change these setting, they would set to Auto, right? Auto either pulls the settings from the cart/ROM or from a database. If pulling from an outdated database or from the ROM, it would retrieve a false data, telling to use an invalid Save Type Data. A ''vba-over.ini'' can be used to automatically set the save type to the correct setting, ignoring the false data.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyCrystalChroniclesRingOfFates'' detected pirated copies. This caused the game to end after a while, with a "Thanks for playing!" message, which certainly confused many pirates. Why not have a "Stop playing this game now, you dirty pirate!" message? This game was allowed as a demo in many stores. The same message would play in the demos. The method of the Copy Protection was that the game would have around a 30-45% chance of a random check to see if the game was a proper game... each time you changed rooms in the dungeons. The demos were only given a certain amount of game memory and that did not include the key to stop the Copy Protection from activating. This truly was a great AP due to the way it confused so many Pirates.
* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' made all the text blank if you use a flashcart.
* On certain emulators, ''Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak'' would not go past the character-naming screen due to an onboard protection system.
* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' made all the text blank if you use a flashcart.
* On certain emulators, ''Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak'' would not go past the character-naming screen due to an onboard protection system.
* ''MegaManBattleNetwork: Operate Shooting Star'', a remake of the first game, prevented you from editing your folder, and initiated a battle with three Mets, the weakest enemy in the game, with every single step you took while on the Internet.
* While Nintendo3DS emulators do not exist yet, Game Freak seems to have come prepared for it: in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', Inkay evolves into Malamar at level 30... ''with the 3DS held upside down''.
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* ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles III: The Manhattan Project'' would make enemies tougher and the bosses invincible if the copyright code was modified.
* The Wii (as well as Wii Mode on the WiiU) will reject any VirtualConsole games on an SD card that wasn't installed through the console itself.
* ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles III: The Manhattan Project'' would make enemies tougher and the bosses invincible if the copyright code was modified.
* The Wii (as well as Wii Mode on the WiiU) will reject any VirtualConsole games on an SD card that wasn't installed through the console itself.
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* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' allowed you to play until you first traveled back in time, then if it detected you were playing a pirated copy, it stuck you in an eternal loop in the warp sequence. This present in both the original [[SuperNintendo SNES]] version and the NintendoDS remake, and doubles as an semi-effective ''anti-cheat'' measure, as it also triggers when inifinite HP/MP GameGenie or Pro Action Replay codes are present (users can sidestep the anti-cheat aspect by only activating the Game Genie or Action Replay after arriving at their desired time period, and disabling the cheat device temporarily before time travelling).
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* Hackers had a field day when it came to ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''. Any pirated copies of the game would erase any saved data upon restarting, as well as not including any random encounter enemies whatsoever. The "save data erasure" assumed that the game even saves correctly (notably, on a LOT of cards, the game automatically stops saving halfway and states "save failed", and then deletes the failed save data when you attempt to load it), which turned out to be the least of your issues when you realized that the "random encounters" are actually required to stand a remote chance of making it through one round of a boss battle (Tool Assisted Superplay notwithstanding). [[NintendoHard Not that anyone who plays]] [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei these games]] [[NintendoHard hasn't figured that out before getting this one.]]
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** There is also a rumor that the Gamecube spins it's discs backwards to further circumvent hackers. A simple peek under the lid right after turning it off will show you that they do indeed spin the proper direction (clockwise), people believe it to this day.
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* While Nintendo3DS emulators do not exist yet, Nintendo seems to have prepared for it in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. Inkay evolved into Malamar at level 30... ''with the 3DS held upside down''.
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* While Nintendo3DS emulators do not exist yet,
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* VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars has a message that displays when it detects an unlicensed copy (of course, emulators are able to bypass this easily). It also tells you to [[ReadTheFreakingManual refer to your Nintendo game instruction booklet]] on the off-chance that your copy is actually legit. This nessage is most likely also in the Wii port, but it's unknown how to make it show up.
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* VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars has a message that displays when it detects an unlicensed copy (of course, emulators are able to bypass this easily). It also tells you to [[ReadTheFreakingManual refer to your Nintendo game instruction booklet]] on the off-chance that your copy is actually legit. This nessage message is most likely also in the Wii port, but it's unknown how to make it show up.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism mechanism[[labelnote:*]]partly consisting of several {{Event Flag}}s [[NeedleInAStackOfNeedles buried deep in the normal gameplay code]][[/labelnote]] would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. deleted!'' These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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* All three ''DonkeyKongCountry'' games on the Super Nintendo featured variants of this if a copy protection trigger was tripped on the cartridge. The first game simply showed a blue screen featuring a generic "copying is illegal" message, while the latter two displayed a message mentioning an irregularity in the game cartridge/warning that piracy is illegal using each sequel's respective Game Over screen. It is unknown if these error screens were emulated on the Wii Virtual Console versions.
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* All three ''DonkeyKongCountry'' ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games on the Super Nintendo featured variants of this if a copy protection trigger was tripped on the cartridge. The first game simply showed a blue screen featuring a generic "copying is illegal" message, while the latter two displayed a message mentioning an irregularity in the game cartridge/warning that piracy is illegal using each sequel's respective Game Over screen. It is unknown if these error screens were emulated on the Wii Virtual Console versions.
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* All three ''DonkeyKongCountry'' games on the Super Nintendo featured variants of this if a copy protection trigger was tripped on the cartridge. The first game simply showed a blue screen featuring a generic "copying is illegal" message, while the latter two displayed a message mentioning an irregularity in the game cartridge/warning that piracy is illegal using each sequel's respective Game Over screen. It is unknown if these error screens were emulated on the Wii Virtual Console versions.
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* While Nintendo3DS emulators do not exist yet, Nintendo seems to have prepared for it in ''VideoGame/PokemonXandY''.''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. Inkay evolved into Malamar at level 30... ''with the 3DS held upside down''.down''.
* VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars has a message that displays when it detects an unlicensed copy (of course, emulators are able to bypass this easily). It also tells you to [[ReadTheFreakingManual refer to your Nintendo game instruction booklet]] on the off-chance that your copy is actually legit. This nessage is most likely also in the Wii port, but it's unknown how to make it show up.
* VideoGame/SuperMarioAllStars has a message that displays when it detects an unlicensed copy (of course, emulators are able to bypass this easily). It also tells you to [[ReadTheFreakingManual refer to your Nintendo game instruction booklet]] on the off-chance that your copy is actually legit. This nessage is most likely also in the Wii port, but it's unknown how to make it show up.
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* While Nintendo3DS emulators do not exist yet, Nintendo seems to have prepared for it in ''VideoGame/PokemonXandY''. Inkay evolved into Malamar at level 30... ''with the 3DS held upside down''.
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* The Nintendo Gamecube used a proprietary 8cm DVD based on the miniDVD. Both the Gamecube and Wii discs use a slight variant of the DVD sector-level encoding. The discs are recorded at the factory and read by the drive from outside to inside (unlike normal discs, which are read from inside to outside). Unusually, some LG DVD drives have the capability to read such discs. as they are simply [=DVDs=] recorded backwards. Unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii pirates either disregarded the physical aspects of the copy protection and instead decided to attack the console's firmware, which had quite a few holes, or simply stuck the disc inside an LG-manufactured DVD drive and ripped the ISO from there.
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* The Nintendo Gamecube used a proprietary 8cm DVD based on the miniDVD. Both the Gamecube and Wii discs use a slight variant of the DVD sector-level encoding. The discs are recorded at the factory and read by the drive from outside to inside (unlike normal discs, which are read from inside to outside). Unusually, some LG DVD drives have the capability to read such discs. as they are simply [=DVDs=] recorded backwards. Unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii pirates either disregarded the physical aspects of the copy protection and instead decided to attack the console's firmware, which had quite a few holes, or simply stuck the disc inside an LG-manufactured DVD drive and ripped the ISO from there. there.
** There is also a rumor that the Gamecube spins it's discs backwards to further circumvent hackers. A simple peek under the lid right after turning it off will show you that they do indeed spin the proper direction (clockwise), people believe it to this day.
** There is also a rumor that the Gamecube spins it's discs backwards to further circumvent hackers. A simple peek under the lid right after turning it off will show you that they do indeed spin the proper direction (clockwise), people believe it to this day.
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* At a certain point in ''VideoGame/StarTropics'', you are instructed to enter a three digit code[[note]]747, for those curious[[/note]] to allow [=Sub-C=] to track down Dr. Jones. The game instructs you to submerge the letter that Dr. Jones gave you to find this code without clarifying that the "letter" in question was in fact one of the {{Feelies}} that came with the game. This aspect is simulated and digitized in the Virtual Console port.
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* At a certain point in ''VideoGame/StarTropics'', you are instructed to enter a three digit code[[note]]747, for those curious[[/note]] to allow [=Sub-C=] to track down Dr. Jones. The game instructs you to submerge the letter that Dr. Jones gave you to find this code without clarifying that the "letter" in question was in fact one of the {{Feelies}} that came with the game. This aspect is simulated and digitized in the Virtual Console port.VirtualConsole port.
* The Wii (as well as Wii Mode on the WiiU) will deny any VirtualConsole games on an SD card that wasn't installed through the console itself.
* The Wii (as well as Wii Mode on the WiiU) will deny any VirtualConsole games on an SD card that wasn't installed through the console itself.
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** If a copy of Black or White realizes it's a bootleg, the game plays as normal... save that Pokemon don't gain experience points.
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** If a copy of Black or White ''Black ''or ''White'' realizes it's a bootleg, the game plays as normal... save that Pokemon Pokémon don't gain experience points.
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* At a certain point in ''VideoGame/StarTropics'', you are instructed to enter a three digit code[[note]]747, for those curious[[/note]] to allow [=Sub-C=] to track down Dr. Jones. The game instructs you to submerge the letter that Dr. Jones gave you to find this code without clarifying that the "letter" in question was in fact one of the {{Feelies}} that came with the game. This aspect is simulated and digitized in the Virtual Console port.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Giygas]]... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.[[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Giygas]]...Giygas... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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** If a copy of Black or White realizes it's a bootleg, the game plays as normal... save that Pokemon don't gain experience points.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[hottip:*:Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Giygas]]... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[hottip:*:Emulating [[labelnote:*]]Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.]]; [[/labelnote]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Giygas]]... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
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* Communication between ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' games involves an infrared beam ... which is built into the Game Card itself. So using a flashcart means [[SocializationBonus no (convenient) local trading/battling with other players.]][[hottip:Note:Local interactions are still possible, albeit only in the Union Room, which places a few restrictions on battling. Other features, such as quick Friend Code exchanges, become completely inaccessible.]] Official Nintendo-sponsored tournaments also require entrants to scan their infrared upon entry, which means only official copies are allowed.
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* Communication between ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' games involves an infrared beam ... which is built into the Game Card itself. So using a flashcart means [[SocializationBonus no (convenient) local trading/battling with other players.]][[hottip:Note:Local ]][[note]]Local interactions are still possible, albeit only in the Union Room, which places a few restrictions on battling. Other features, such as quick Friend Code exchanges, become completely inaccessible.]] [[/note]] Official Nintendo-sponsored tournaments also require entrants to scan their infrared upon entry, which means only official copies are allowed.
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* All three ''DonkeyKongCountry'' games on the Super Nintendo featured variants of this if a copy protection trigger was tripped on the cartridge. The first game simply showed a blue screen featuring a generic "copying is illegal" message, while the latter two displayed a message mentioning an irregularity in the game cartridge/warning that piracy is illegal using each sequel's respective Game Over screen.
* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[hottip:*:Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Giygas]]... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
** The English NES prototype of its predecessor ''{{MOTHER}}'', [[FanNickname dubbed]] ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'' by the fans, also had similar copy protection, but it's more mundane and far less cruel in its implementation. Instead of making the game impossible and scrubbing your save games at the end, it runs a checksum at certain points to test whether the game is pirated; if it is determined it is, it stops the game and throws up a screen saying that the game is an unauthorized copy and will not continue, and bricks the ROM/cart. This measure was part of a major headache in getting the ROM to work properly when it was first discovered and dumped in 1998, and owners of the actual physical prototypes are understandably concerned that the condition of the prototypes may set it off anyway. This protection wasn't in the Japanese version, nor does it exist in ''[[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]'' which is built upon the prototype data.
* ''TheLegendOfZelda: SpiritTracks'' had this when you got on the train if you were playing a pirated copy. The controls for it wouldn't show up, so you would end up crashing into another train over and over again in the tutorial section. This was later patched.
* ''MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' locks up at the file select screen. That was quickly patched, though. It also had a couple, lesser known ones: The tutorial battle with Bowser will go on forever because Bowser won't attack and Toadsworth won't do a tutorial which is required to progress (even if you say no to his offer). A second one occurs with another tutorial battle with a Goombule which won't progress because Starlow won't do a tutorial.
* Game manuals for Nintendo3DS games include a lovely bit of text: "''Important! Read the Nintendo 3DS operations manual before setup or use of your system''. This product contains technical protection measures. Use of an unauthorized device or any unauthorized technical modification to your Nintendo 3DS system, '''will''' render this game '''and/or system''' unplayable." Yes, Nintendo is putting it right there in the manual that if you attempt to modify your 3DS, they will attempt to brick it via firmware updates. The catch? At least one method of delivering these updates cannot be disabled, and (in theory, at least) all firmware updates must be accepted by the 3DS. [[http://gbatemp.net/t284730-3ds-bricking-rumor It may or may not be true.]]
* The North American version of the NES used a proprietary (and patented) lockout chip called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10NES 10NES]], which would reset the CPU if it did not detect a corresponding key chip on the game cartridge. Among other things, this allowed Nintendo to keep tight license control (and [[CensorshipBureau censorship]]) over ''developers'' attempting to publish games on the console, not just users attempting to make their own copies. Several companies discovered ways to beat the chip, such as piggybacking a chip from a licensed cartridge (Game Genie style) or using a voltage spike to knock out (bypass) the authentication circuit. Atari Tengen notably obtained the specs of the chip by (falsely) claiming they needed it for evidence in a legal case of their own, using that information to make a duplicate chip, their "Rabbit" chip. Nintendo promptly sued them in return, winning one of two counts of infringement, but later choosing to settle out of court.
** The 10NES chip was also used in the Super NES and Nintendo 64. However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
* The Nintendo Gamecube used a proprietary 8cm DVD based on the miniDVD. Both the Gamecube and Wii discs use a slight variant of the DVD sector-level encoding. The discs are recorded at the factory and read by the drive from outside to inside (unlike normal discs, which are read from inside to outside). Unusually, some LG DVD drives have the capability to read such discs. as they are simply [=DVDs=] recorded backwards. Unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii pirates either disregarded the physical aspects of the copy protection and instead decided to attack the console's firmware, which had quite a few holes, or simply stuck the disc inside an LG-manufactured DVD drive and ripped the ISO from there.
* Communication between ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' games involves an infrared beam ... which is built into the Game Card itself. So using a flashcart means [[SocializationBonus no (convenient) local trading/battling with other players.]][[hottip:Note:Local interactions are still possible, albeit only in the Union Room, which places a few restrictions on battling. Other features, such as quick Friend Code exchanges, become completely inaccessible.]] Official Nintendo-sponsored tournaments also require entrants to scan their infrared upon entry, which means only official copies are allowed.
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* ''EarthBound'' memorably has a vast array of copy protection mechanisms of surprising intricacy and thoroughness. For its first layer, it has a checksum that could detect whether the game was running from a copied cartridge or being booted from a cartridge-copying device [[hottip:*:Emulating the game does not set it off unless you're using a ''really'' shitty emulator.]]; if the mechanism did not check out, the game threw up an antipiracy warning screen at the beginning and did not play any further. If the protection was cracked, a checksum mechanism would detect the change, and the game spawned [[ZergRush many more enemies than usual]] - some even in places they didn't belong! - in an attempt to discourage further playing. If the player persevered through this or cracked this second layer, however, an even nastier surprise awaited: the game would freeze and severely glitch after the first part of the FinalBoss fight against [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Giygas]]... and when you reset, you would find ''all your saves deleted!''. These copy protection schemes also triggered sometimes on legit cartridges, likely due to wear and tear over time. Although unrelated to copy protection, the same wear and tear can cause the game to run entirely in black and white as well.
** The English NES prototype of its predecessor ''{{MOTHER}}'', [[FanNickname dubbed]] ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'' by the fans, also had similar copy protection, but it's more mundane and far less cruel in its implementation. Instead of making the game impossible and scrubbing your save games at the end, it runs a checksum at certain points to test whether the game is pirated; if it is determined it is, it stops the game and throws up a screen saying that the game is an unauthorized copy and will not continue, and bricks the ROM/cart. This measure was part of a major headache in getting the ROM to work properly when it was first discovered and dumped in 1998, and owners of the actual physical prototypes are understandably concerned that the condition of the prototypes may set it off anyway. This protection wasn't in the Japanese version, nor does it exist in ''[[CompilationRerelease MOTHER 1+2]]'' which is built upon the prototype data.
* ''TheLegendOfZelda: SpiritTracks'' had this when you got on the train if you were playing a pirated copy. The controls for it wouldn't show up, so you would end up crashing into another train over and over again in the tutorial section. This was later patched.
* ''MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' locks up at the file select screen. That was quickly patched, though. It also had a couple, lesser known ones: The tutorial battle with Bowser will go on forever because Bowser won't attack and Toadsworth won't do a tutorial which is required to progress (even if you say no to his offer). A second one occurs with another tutorial battle with a Goombule which won't progress because Starlow won't do a tutorial.
* Game manuals for Nintendo3DS games include a lovely bit of text: "''Important! Read the Nintendo 3DS operations manual before setup or use of your system''. This product contains technical protection measures. Use of an unauthorized device or any unauthorized technical modification to your Nintendo 3DS system, '''will''' render this game '''and/or system''' unplayable." Yes, Nintendo is putting it right there in the manual that if you attempt to modify your 3DS, they will attempt to brick it via firmware updates. The catch? At least one method of delivering these updates cannot be disabled, and (in theory, at least) all firmware updates must be accepted by the 3DS. [[http://gbatemp.net/t284730-3ds-bricking-rumor It may or may not be true.]]
* The North American version of the NES used a proprietary (and patented) lockout chip called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10NES 10NES]], which would reset the CPU if it did not detect a corresponding key chip on the game cartridge. Among other things, this allowed Nintendo to keep tight license control (and [[CensorshipBureau censorship]]) over ''developers'' attempting to publish games on the console, not just users attempting to make their own copies. Several companies discovered ways to beat the chip, such as piggybacking a chip from a licensed cartridge (Game Genie style) or using a voltage spike to knock out (bypass) the authentication circuit. Atari Tengen notably obtained the specs of the chip by (falsely) claiming they needed it for evidence in a legal case of their own, using that information to make a duplicate chip, their "Rabbit" chip. Nintendo promptly sued them in return, winning one of two counts of infringement, but later choosing to settle out of court.
** The 10NES chip was also used in the Super NES and Nintendo 64. However, the top-loading NES II omitted the lockout chips entirely, meaning that theoretically, a game made for the NES II may or may not be playable on the original NES.
* The Nintendo Gamecube used a proprietary 8cm DVD based on the miniDVD. Both the Gamecube and Wii discs use a slight variant of the DVD sector-level encoding. The discs are recorded at the factory and read by the drive from outside to inside (unlike normal discs, which are read from inside to outside). Unusually, some LG DVD drives have the capability to read such discs. as they are simply [=DVDs=] recorded backwards. Unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii pirates either disregarded the physical aspects of the copy protection and instead decided to attack the console's firmware, which had quite a few holes, or simply stuck the disc inside an LG-manufactured DVD drive and ripped the ISO from there.
* Communication between ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' games involves an infrared beam ... which is built into the Game Card itself. So using a flashcart means [[SocializationBonus no (convenient) local trading/battling with other players.]][[hottip:Note:Local interactions are still possible, albeit only in the Union Room, which places a few restrictions on battling. Other features, such as quick Friend Code exchanges, become completely inaccessible.]] Official Nintendo-sponsored tournaments also require entrants to scan their infrared upon entry, which means only official copies are allowed.
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