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FF Cyrstal Chronicles has new anti-pirate routine

Category: Nintendo DS, Posted: 03/12/2008 at 12:32PM CDT by Frank Ling, Editorial Director

crystal chroniclesSquare Enix has released Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates for the Nintendo DS. That should make Final Fantasy fans giggle with glee.

But who won't giggle with glee? Those who may try to crack the game by using certain flash card devices to make copies of the game... not that anybody out there would try to attempt doing that.

The anti-pirate scheme shows up when a backup copy is used to play the game. The protection routine lets you play for about 20 minutes and suddenly pops up a cute warning screen that says, "Thank you for playing!!" The game then shuts down automatically.

So unless you take breaks every 20 minutes, it probably is a good idea to just purchase the authentic retail version and save yourself a lot of hassle.

{via ps3news]

ds pirate screen
The friendliest pirate warning screen you'll ever see!
(coutesy PS3news)
Posted by ChristIllusion on 03/12/2008 at 02:03PM

thats adorable!

Posted by Archem on 03/12/2008 at 03:43PM

Squeenix wins this round.

Posted by KindGalaxy on 03/12/2008 at 04:29PM

Sure somebody will find a workaround but yeah, that is an awesome pirate warning screen

Posted by Brendon on 03/12/2008 at 06:13PM

This is going to make MORE people want to pirate it though!

Posted by intooblivion on 03/12/2008 at 07:13PM

Yarr, sqarenix, stop messin with mah pirated bootay!

Don't make me walk ya on teh plank!

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