5th Gen Possible Danger of Online Play?

Started by Thorns July 16th, 2010 1:41 PM
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I was thinking last night, about being able to play online with Pokemon Black and White.

Than I thought. Wouldn't it be scary if it could be hacked and we lose everything we have?

With all the Action Replayers and Game Sharkees going around, I wouldn't be surprised if someone made a software to hack online play.

That's why I'm a little scared about it.

I don't want to put a prized Pokemon in it and have it hacked away.

Or worse, corrupt all my data.

What do you guys think?
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I think they will have safe guards against this plus if they do than Nintendo will get plenty of complains and have to be force to either take care of the problem or shut down the online features...
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Don't see this happening any time soon.
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It's already confirmed we can play online.

You will always have the file on your DS Card. There for not hackable.
This is great news :)
Then they won't be corrupt save files :)
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If someone did make the program, it wouldn't matter. Only you can hack your save file. It's not like someone will sneak into your house and hack it.
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A lot of people here aren't seeing the threat. You don't need to be at the same computer to hack data, think of viruses, trojan horses and similar programs. Since it is online play they could make the program target the network and screw up peoples data. It's very possible that someone could do something like that but I wouldn't call it likely.
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Your save is still on your cart. Nobody's sending something from a computer to your DS cart, and absolutely nobody is making a virus on their freakin' Nintendo DS and sending it over Nintendo WFC to hack your DS cart.

This isn't the big, wide, open Internet where you can force people to download stuff against their will. This is Nintendo WFC. Wtf are you going to do, attach a virus to a Pokemon and trade it? Doesn't work like that.
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Lol, it's a funny idea. What if the database of the website crashed while you file was on there and you couldn't get it back! :O Maybe you can still play it while it's loaded on to the web.

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Lol, it's a funny idea. What if the database of the website crashed while you file was on there and you couldn't get it back! :O Maybe you can still play it while it's loaded on to the web.
This is how it proly works:

A copy of your save file is sent to the website. When you send it back it checks your old save file and compares it with the new one. If the check passes then the old save file on your DS cart is overwritten with the new data.

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Highly doubt there is much to be scared about... other then the pedos and stalkers. Anyway, while it is possible for someone dedicated enough to hack it, I wouldn't be all paranoid about it right now, especially since the games aren't even out yet.