Nintendo punishing Pokémon Sun and Moon pirates by blocking 3DS online access

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Pirated copies of Pokémon Sun and Moon have been floating around the internet for a couple of weeks - now, Nintendo has decided to act.
Players with a pirate copy who connected it online are now reporting that their 3DS has been blocked from connecting online - in Sun and Moon, or in general (thanks, Kotaku).
Access to the console's eShop store is unavailable, for example. This blocks access to any digitally-owned games not on your handheld when you were blocked.
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