Poll: 3DS EULA advice...

[rickynumber24]

I recently got a 3DS, and I have Pokemon White, which was a present. (I'd been thinking about getting it anyway...) I needed a DS, so I figured I'd get the upcoming new one. As you probably know, there is a promotion that has about half a week left for the new Pokemon games to get the promotional Pokemon Victini.

The problem is, it requires an internet connection, and I find the EULA (Yes, I actually read it...) for the 3DS web service, which I actually read, to be somewhere between ridiculous and unacceptable. It probably won't impact me, but it bothers me to accept something that, among other things, has an "if we brick it, we won't compensate you" clause.

So, the question is, should I accept it and use the web service for this promotion, or should I see how long I can get away with not setting up wireless. (probably forever, but I don't know how often I'll have a promotion like this that I want to exercise...)

 

[Erana]

Does the EULA bind to the game you use? If not, why not have a friend get Victini for you?

 

[DefunctTheory]

You'll find pretty much every EULA is disturbing.

By the way, Nintendo will never brick anything on you. The EULA is just a safety net. They'll fix anything you need fixed.

 

[rickynumber24]

You'll find pretty much every EULA is disturbing.

By the way, Nintendo will never brick anything on you. The EULA is just a safety net. They'll fix anything you need fixed.

It's true; a lot of the stuff in there is pretty straightforward cover-our-asses clauses. Actually, I think what I find really galling is that there's a lot of stuff in there that is pretty obviously they wanted to put on the device itself, but there are laws against putting an EULA on a physical device, so they put it on the web service. It's nothing I expect to run afoul of, largely because I'm lazy, but, well, several of my friends from school root smartphones on principle and actively contribute to jailbreak projects, so you can guess where my sympathies lie.

EDIT: and actually, there's very little stuff that's about that kind of thing, if any that I remember... it's all little silly things like "You're responsible for what is done with this device even if you don't know it's being done," which is certainly in there to get around plausible deniability.