Japanese Police Arrest 36-Year-Old Man on Suspicion of Tampering With Pokémon Violet Save Data - IGN
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Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the country’s 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act.

This dude was selling Pokemans with modified move sets for up to $80 a pop and could now face up to 5 years in prison.

Is this not insane? Or do you think he could face a much less severe sentence and the 5 years prison and $30k just the upper limit for this particular set of crime?

  • 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml
    261·
    7 months ago

    Libs cope and seeth when an oligarch that embezzled 12 BILLION dollars is sentenced to death in Vietnam but will nod approvingly when a man’s life is ruined for trying pay his rent by modding some pokemans as a side gig.

  • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
    17·
    7 months ago

    In totalitären RuZZia you get five years for embezzlement of government funds.

    I’m free, democratic Japan you get five years for modding a game and minor scamming

  • taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    7 months ago

    Bruh there’s a whole program called PkHex that you can use to do this for free. You’re a dick if you’re selling mons for $80.

  • NikkiB@lemmygrad.ml
    9·
    7 months ago

    “The 36-year-old allegedly took custom orders for rare Pokémon, and sold the resulting tampered data between December 2022 to March 2023, for up to 13,000 yen ($84) a time on a website that served as a marketplace for video game assets and items. He also offered deals in which six Pokémon would be created for the equivalent of roughly $30 in yen.”

    How, with GameShark?

    • taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml
      11·
      7 months ago

      There’s a program that you can use to modify Pokémon data, it’s fairly easy to do but it’s free so idk why this dude was charging people for it

      • amber (she/her)@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        7 months ago

        I’m pretty sure you need homebrew to access the save data, so if your switch isn’t exploitable you’re SOL. In that case paying someone to make the mons you want and trade them to you makes sense to me, though no way I’d ever pay $80 for it lol

  • Mzuark@lemmygrad.ml
    5·
    7 months ago

    Glorious Nippon suddenly seems less glorious when these fucking losers remember that they still have laws. Also is it normal for them to avoid naming a 36 year old man? It’s not like he’s a minor.

  • Franfran2424@lemmygrad.ml
    4·
    7 months ago

    Honestly, they probably wouldn’t care if he wasn’t monetizing it.

    Like, Nintendo is zealous, but mostly when money is on the way.