News / Piracy: Be cautious when buying used copies of Splatoon 2 or 3 online now

I'm probably going to start this post that I am 100% fearmongering and it's probably not as bad as I'm going to make it out to be here.

It's extremely unlikely you'll ever run into this scenario but I want to make you aware.

Late last year, you might have heard some talk about a tool that enabled people to play backups of games using a flashcart. The creators behind this tool are now releasing a dumper tool which allows people to backup their games without any special skills.

Backing up your game does sound like a good idea, but it's a problem when people resell it. You might no longer want the game one day and you sell it online but keep it on this flashcart. If the buyer of that game and the original owner through their flashcart play the game at the same time, they run a risk of getting banned from online services on their Switch.

(p.s. it's also worth noting that legally, backups may not be legal in some countries)

I know this is a very unlikely chance that anything will ever happen from this, I just want to warn you all.

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