Swapnote/Letterbox Shutdown!

[marshmallowXO]

Is anyone else a bit gutted that they shut down the spotpass capabilities for Swapnote/Letterbox?

I think it sucks that a few people sending inappropriate content has shut down something that had helped me get to know & speak to my friends.

 

[Dr J]

Once again, the losers of the world ruin something for everyone else.

 

[marshmallowXO]

Once again, the losers of the world ruin something for everyone else.

Definitely. I don't see why they didn't just work on a patch to put more privacy on there if needed.

 

[Senor Mexicano]

it's so sad, now I can't send notes to my friend that lives in Nevada!

 

[LeAckerman]

I heard Flipnote service shutdown as well. I loved getting Swapnotes

 

[marshmallowXO]

I loved the fact that I could communicate with people from literally everywhere without having to add them on facebook or whatever.
Hopefully they reinstate it but for the time being I'm going to sulk, haha.

 

[Stevey Queen]

Nintendo should grow up and realize we can say whatever we want. I didn't use it that much but it was fun to send random funny things to people occasionally.

 

[Nymeri]

I think it's really sad. I had a lot of fun with it

 

[Zeiro]

What? Awh. That sucks. I enjoyed sharing drawings and pictures with my friends that live far away.

 

[chillv]

I never knew anyone who had a 3DS so I never used this service. Thus, I am not so bummed about it as you guys are. However, I do have to say that I will miss the notes that Nintendo sent out to you. Also, I now have developed an even stronger dislike for trolls because of this. Thanks guys, you ruined a wonderful service on 3DS.

 

[Heir]

I never really used SwapNote but...I did have a friend who was doing a 150 day pokemon challenge (granted he started it in 2011 and still hasn't finished), so I enjoyed seeing his pokemon drawings every now and then. :<

Oh well... :<

 

[radical6]

now people wont send me 20 notes everyday of their screenshots

but i did enjoy using it with my friends. we sent the best stuff to each other tbh. i never included a photo in my notes so...and who the hell sends nudes with a 3ds. like ur in the bathroom with ur 3ds trying to take a nude im laughing so hard imaging it bye

but rip swapnote thanks u sick freaks........
i love u nikki i ll never forget you...

 

[Midoriya]

now people wont send me 20 notes everyday of their screenshots

but i did enjoy using it with my friends. we sent the best stuff to each other tbh. i never included a photo in my notes so...and who the hell sends nudes with a 3ds. like ur in the bathroom with ur 3ds trying to take a nude im laughing so hard imaging it bye

but rip swapnote thanks u sick freaks

I never really used it, but I'm sad to see it go. I don't understand why someone would do that with their 3DS. It's just gross and un-called for.

 

[marshmallowXO]

I'm just gonna miss having a way of communicating with people to be honest.

 

[JimmyJacobAC]

Honestly, Nintendo needs to re-vamp Swapnote and make it part of the 3DS's operating system, just like the Internet browser. I want to send messages to friends while in-game and I don't want to wait the ridiculous load times. I'd like more than 5 seconds of audio, though. I did love playing piano and sending those audio clips to friends.

 

[Micah]

Why bother even shutting this down? I mean, people are gonna do what they want regardless of the service. Snapchat, anyone?

 

[NanoStar]

Swapnote was the only way I could talk to faraway friends other then using AC. Nintendo needs to man up and figure out an alternative solution to this problem rather then just shuting the whole service down.

 

[oath2order]

Honestly, Nintendo needs to re-vamp Swapnote and make it part of the 3DS's operating system, just like the Internet browser. I want to send messages to friends while in-game and I don't want to wait the ridiculous load times. I'd like more than 5 seconds of audio, though. I did love playing piano and sending those audio clips to friends.

That would be awesome if they did that.

They need to stop being the moral guardians of the gaming world it's ridiculous.

 

[Justin]

News headlines tomorrow:

Iwata turns on his Wii U for the first time since December, horrified when he discovers the Internet Browser exists and shuts it down worldwide

 

[coolycatty123]

^
This.

There's lots of inappropriate things on the internet, and although Nintendo is a family friendly company and I can understand their concern, I do not think it is acceptable. I doubt that children would be signing onto websites and forums to send their noodles to strangers. Nintendo wasn't considering the people who enjoyed the application and used it correctly. It's just not fair. And yeah, you're bound to see one or two people post things like this, but I'm sure there's millions of people who used it for it's proper function. Come on, guys, you can see it on the internet browser on your 3DS too, so why not shut that down?

These people sending their bits and bobs on a message ruined it for everyone.

Nintendo didn't ban the photo service though, no... no way... They had to shut down the whole of it. They could of just made it so you don't send photos or made a function that could censor it.
Come on, nintendo. I know it's the nude sender's stupidity, but it's your fault too for shutting EVERYTHING off.