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Gotta Meme 'em All: Pokémon Bank Delay (view source)
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On December 26, the day after its release in Japan, the number of times Pokémon Bank had been downloaded and used simultaneously, added to holiday traffic online (keep in mind that the application was released on Christmas Day), that online services on both the Nintendo 3DS and {{bp|Wii U}} were rendered unusable, forcing {{bp|Nintendo}} to pull it off of the eShop. Players who had already downloaded it were still able to use the service, meaning that Japanese players who had already downloaded it before it was pulled down would be the only people able to use it for a while. | On December 26, the day after its release in Japan, the number of times Pokémon Bank had been downloaded and used simultaneously, added to holiday traffic online (keep in mind that the application was released on Christmas Day), that online services on both the Nintendo 3DS and {{bp|Wii U}} were rendered unusable, forcing {{bp|Nintendo}} to pull it off of the eShop. Players who had already downloaded it were still able to use the service, meaning that Japanese players who had already downloaded it before it was pulled down would be the only people able to use it for a while. | ||
This enraged many players, mainly those in non-Japanese regions who had not even been given the opportunity to download Pokémon Bank yet. For the next month, people took to the internet to criticize Nintendo for not expecting the online traffic the application would garner, as well as taking it down so abruptly. Image macros were produced mocking Nintendo for | This enraged many players, mainly those in non-Japanese regions who had not even been given the opportunity to download Pokémon Bank yet. For the next month, people took to the internet to criticize Nintendo for not expecting the online traffic the application would garner, as well as taking it down so abruptly. Image macros were produced mocking Nintendo for Pokémon Bank's absence and often insinuating that it would never be released. [https://www.youtube.com/user/NateWantsToBattle NateWantsToBattle], a YouTuber renowned for writing and performing parodies of pop songs relating to the Pokémon franchise, released ''Pokémon Bank'', a parody of Daniel Powter's ''Bad Day'', begging Nintendo to release it. At the time of this article's publication, this video has nearly 470,000 views. | ||
{{quote|They should have seen that comming and release Pokemon Bank / Transfer earlier that year. IMO it should have come just weeks after X/Ys release. I want to finally transfer my Pokemons to X/Y >__>|peeved user in GameSpot comments section}} | {{quote|They should have seen that comming and release Pokemon Bank / Transfer earlier that year. IMO it should have come just weeks after X/Ys release. I want to finally transfer my Pokemons to X/Y >__>|peeved user in GameSpot comments section}} | ||