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Mere hours after Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates hit store shelves today, pirated copies of the game arised in the shady corners of the Net, posted for all the picaroons out there to download and transfer to their flashcarts.

Twenty minutes or so into the ARPG, however, many of those pirates found themselves greeted with that “Thank you for playing!!” screen and unable to progress. Players have the option of restarting the game from the last save point and playing on, but the screen reappears at random intervals.intelligent!

Why not lock pirates out before even loading up the game, you

ask? Well, that way, they can try out Ring of Fates, eventually reforming their criminal ways and buying it whether they find the experience enjoyable. additionally, anyone dumping the game for distribution wouldn’t notice that bit of programming unless they played a significant portion of it first.

Though that method isn’t 100% effective, as some makes of carts are unaffected and hackers will likely find a workaround by day’s end, it’s certainly cute! Pirates should feel thankful that that isn’t even half as malicious as Earthbound’s anti-piracy measures.

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