Nintendo delays Daigasso! Band Brothers bootlegging
by Eric Caoili 
{ Jun 26th 2008 at 11:00PM }
In a likely accidental move similar to Square Enix's FFCC "Moogle of Death" screen, Nintendo has temporarily stalled pirates from completely enjoying Daigasso! Band Brothers DX. Not long after the rhythm game shipped out in Japan, crooked gamers around the world downloaded the ROM only to find that it didn't work as expected. According to initial reports, because Band Brothers DX uses a 1mb save instead of traditional 512kb saves, the ROM refuses to load on many flashcarts. Of course, determined delinquents have already found a workaround, and some flashcarts will load the ROM successfully without any required hacking, but pirates are also finding themselves unable to access the 200 downloadable songs available through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Seeing as the game comes with only 30 tracks installed, the online songs are a huge draw for people playing Band Brothers DX! Though we expect hackers and flashcart manufacturers to fully "patch" the ROM in a few days, if not in a few hours, it's nice to hear that there are still a few things out there capable of temporarily flummoxing the DS piracy scene.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tyler @ Jun 27th 2008 12:31AM
While it's great they are doing something about piracy, I don't appreciate that if I dumped it with Rudolph's Tool I couldn't play it.
Some of us don't want to carry around a CD-sized notebook filled with games, Nintendo.
Yan @ Jun 27th 2008 1:04AM
dam, looks like there will be a new firmware for each flash cart coming out soon!
which flash cart currently can bypass this piracy block right now? im guessing cyclo ds but not sure..
Nadril @ Jun 27th 2008 8:29AM
I would guess the R4, it seems to handle new roms well.
And I don't think Nintendo is going to be doing firmware updates for the DS.
Tabion @ Jun 27th 2008 7:03AM
HEY! Some of us ain't crooked, we're just shit poor! Stop picking on the poor! ELITIST!
LFF @ Jun 27th 2008 10:07AM
I've got the game, but I keep getting lost in the endless torrent of menus.
And I don't think this was really an antipiracy measure, it's probably for more room.
Mr Khan @ Jun 27th 2008 3:37PM
I'll be damned if i don't do a double take everytime i see that "whatever she is" from Band Bros
I keep thinking i'm seeing NiGHTS. Then there's the inevitable let-down
burgerbat @ Jun 27th 2008 5:03PM
Is that the girl from the DS "magic game" Master of Illusion? The Great Barbara? IT IS!
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/image_viewer/frame_lead.php?pid=935528&img=1
J.K. @ Jun 28th 2008 8:23PM
I may not be huge into piracy but it's ultimately in the case of quite a few games that have the appearance of being profitable not coming here that causes stuff to get swiped. Yes there are thieves, but had NOA decided to have its head surgically removed from its tail region and released the original and this they'd have sold some of those stolen copies and made a few bucks. I hate to say it, but in cases like this where stuff are in the category of an obvious fail, it's brought on by the corporations own stupidity.
Jamar @ Jun 29th 2008 2:33PM
Oh well, I'm sticking to the old version. At least I can add and *remove* downloadable songs.