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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 large amount of traffic generated by Pokémon Bank and Christmas sales had rendered online services on both the Nintendo 3DS and {{bp|Wii U}} 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 large amount of traffic generated by Pokémon Bank and Christmas sales had rendered online services on both the Nintendo 3DS and {{bp|Wii U}} 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. On social media outlets such as [http://www.twitter.com Twitter], any message that Nintendo's official account would post, regardless | 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. On social media outlets such as [http://www.twitter.com Twitter], any message that Nintendo's official account would post, regardless of its content, would be met with scathing replies by fans demading to know when the application would be released. | ||
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. A Twitter account called [https://mobile.twitter.com/IsPokeBankOut @IsPokeBankOut] was created, updating followers with the latest news on Pokémon Bank's release, such as "no" and "yes! just kidding". | |||
{{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 >__>|ArchoNils2|ArchoNils2, GameSpot commenter|cat=no}} | {{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 >__>|ArchoNils2|ArchoNils2, GameSpot commenter|cat=no}} | ||
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPCv5rubXhU "Pokémon Bank" A Parody of Bad Day - NateWantsToBattle - YouTube] | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPCv5rubXhU "Pokémon Bank" A Parody of Bad Day - NateWantsToBattle - YouTube] | ||
*[https://archive.today/922EE Pokémon Bank Announcement - Nintendo Support Americas - Accessed via archive.today] | *[https://archive.today/922EE Pokémon Bank Announcement - Nintendo Support Americas - Accessed via archive.today] | ||
*[https://mobile.twitter.com/IsPokeBankOut @IsPokeBankOut] | |||