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Will NoA shut down Highway and Topolegion among other leagues?

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Nintendo is trying to keep the kids as safe as possible, by making the Friend Code system protective.

However, sites like Pokémon Highway, Topolegion League, and even the upcoming Bulbagarden League encourage you to hand out Friend Codes to people you don't know for Gym Battles, etc.

Will Nintendo shut these sites down? What do you think?
 
I don't think Nintendo cares because they are no longer liable. Especially after them making their disclaimer of "warning, do not post Friend Codes in public places".

That and banning it from their own Website/forum keeps their hands clean... and it's really the only thing they want.
 
It's not going to happen, NoA isn't going to be the one's getting in trouble for it, they warned kids not to give out your friend codes to anyone you don't know/are not familiar with.
 
I meant "will sites like Highway get in trouble"?

And on a similar note, will kids listen and not use these sites?
 
It would be almost impossible to shut down leagues. Nintendo would have to take time out to hunt out the sites and then contact them.
 
End of the day its just a bit of commen sense, you don't have to give out your friend code. (And by the way I do realise you do if you want to battle) but what I mean is its not compulsary.
 
Meh, I know they won't get everyone, but Highway and Topo are very big sites.

Then again, DS-Play hasn't been shut down yet, so I do't think they're threatened at all. Just me worrying about Rachel's site again.
 
I really don't think Nintendo will bother to even contact them.
1) They aren't trying to get people to use their product instead of Nintendo's own games.
2) Nintendo is a company. They do not literally care about the well beings of children that buy their games. They just don't want to be sued by any parents. So the second that a child gets abducted (though unlikely that ever happens) from using one of these sites, all Nintendo will say is that they do not endorse or advertise that site and that warnings were made about the dangers of sharing a friend code with strangers.

The worst that would ever happen is the site being in the News for that reason while Nintendo points out why they have friend codes, pointing fingers at MS and Sony for not taking same responsibilities, feeding the media to make Nintendo look like heroes and 360s/PS3s to look like a household danger.
 
Uh, in case you haven't noticed, Microsoft and Sony are already the bad guys in the eyes of sony. You're about three years too late Bell.

No, NOA will not crackdown on Rachel, Liam and Jar.
 
I still don't understand how giving a friend code to someone is giving them personal information. The code tells you absolutely nothing about a person. There is no personal information attached.
 
It's not, but with D/P's voice chat technology, it can be seen as making children more succeptable to giving out personal information.
 
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