"Nintendo has learned that some consumers, including minors, have been exchanging friend codes on internet bulletin boards and then using Swapnote (a.k.a. Nintendo Letter Box in other regions) to exchange offensive material. Nintendo has been investigating ways of preventing this and determined it is best to stop the SpotPass feature of Swapnot because it allows direct exchange of photos and was actively misused.

Nintendo always wants to provide a positive experience for all consumers and limit the risk of any inappropriate activity or misuse of a service. We feel it is important on this occasion to take this action. We are very sorry for any inconvenience to the many consumers who have been using this service responsibly; however this decision was made considering the point that many minors also use this feature of Swapnote. Thank you for your understanding.

Nintendo will continue to work to ensure more consumers are aware of our Parental Control features, which allows parents to manage their children's experience on our systems. For more information, please visit http://www[dot]nintendo[dot]com/consumer/info/en_na/parents[dot]jsp Service stops 10/31/13 7p.m. PT for sending and receiving notes using Swapnote SpotPass. Affecting all regions where this service is office. Also, special note services are also stopped."

so someone sent some sexual content to minors and now everyone has to pay for it? see, now I can't keep tabs on folks around the world using this. if you're gonna send porn, or hentai to people, make sure you're all of a consentable age. seriously, dumb shit like this ruins it for everyone, even the good ones