So, the 3DS went on sale in Japan YESTERDAY and it appears that thieves and hooligans are already able to have their way with it. Despite being built to tackle piracy, Nintendo's latest handheld has been "hacked" for use with R4 cards, at least according to Japanese gamers who posted their antics on Youtube.
Bear in mind that, since this uses an R4, only the DS side of things have been infiltrated. You won't be able to steal -- sorry, "back up" -- your 3DS games just yet, but it seems you'll be able to do it with your old DS library.
Although most are calling this a hack, some argue that the use of an R4 Card isn't "hacking" per se. Whatever you want to call it, the 3DS' software has been bypassed in order to get the cards running, so it's dodgy no matter what label you want to slap on it.
As far as the dedicated 3DS software goes, only time will tell if that's an uncrackable nut. Probably not.
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11:25 AM on 02.26.2011 | 
Even if it's "just" the DS-portion of the console, it clearly shows that there are loopholes once again... R4's are ok, they gave me the best pocket-sized-wifi-linux-terminal I ever found and also provided me with a decent browser before I had a smartphone, sadly most people use it for totally different stuff...
I can't wait for homebrew on the 3DS, 3D-video-recording/streaming will happen soon (I'm pretty sure) and that would make the 3DS the cheapest 3D-cam around, a way better reason for me to get one then any of the launch-games :-p
I also foresee a couple or AR-ports in the homebrew-scene, like that AR-RPG that's being devved on 'droid, the 3DS will be more capable for it since it has 2 cams and thus can actually see 'depth'... I don't think Nintendo will allow us to use even 25% of what would be possible on it, so it'll be up to the homebrew-crowd to get us all this nifty software, and I'm sure they'll step up to the task after Nintendo challenged them by claiming the 3DS would be unhackable :p
Actually a pretty big plus point, since it'd be a pretty big hassle to lug around even more games. Plus if the 3DS gets cracked then I won't have to deal with the fucking retarded region lock either.
Of course though, it'll mean piracy. But honestly, what doesn't these days. Just wait for the NGP's launch, that'll be really damn quick if the past is to be believed.
inb4 butthurt people, AKA Jim Sterling.
Next time, Nintendo will think twice about crying the pirate wolf when justifying their need to region lock their shit.
Please, let's not be ignorant. I would NEVER post a comment without reading the article. But what I may draw from it may be wrong, but that's merely a miscommunication problem.
What I got was: The 3DS has R4 card capabilities now, and while it can't run 3DS-related things, the original DS's library should work fine.
The advent of easy to use flash-cards has made the threat of piracy tremendously higher...
Meaning I can't carry my entire library in my pocket anymore. :(
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http://ds.ign.com/articles/112/1124753p1.html
How exactly are 13 year old kids supposed to work, out of curiosity? I somewhat doubt a thirteen year old kid would be able to apply for a job anywhere.
You mad bro?
You mad.
@esin,
>Implying Pirates can't skip updates
As for 3DS Mode, I hope that won't be hacked anytime soon. The DS software library suffered noticeably from the easy and quick ways to pirate games, and I don't want to see the same happening to the 3DS.
The R4 is a cool practical device which has a lot of interesting things on it, so it's a shame that most people see it (and it's become) primarily a platform for piracy.
But the increasing number of games being released outside Europe but not within and the region locking Im considering getting one; mind you only for the games I physically cannot get
Thats not really a new problem. Every system since the NES has had problems with some games being released in one region and not in others. Hell, I'm still waiting for Jump Ultimate Stars for the DS and Monster Hunter Frontier for the PC to come to the US.
On top of that, well, how are they supposed to add additional-protection to a copy-protection scheme that was already busted? I wouldn't be surprised if people just slotted their existing R4s into a 3DS and It Just Worked (TM).
I suppose then its only effecting my recently :L
Still a problem though, Id pay for them IF I could
and why not an article about how in less than 24 hours the 3ds is already sold out?
to positive?
That's how it worked for Sony right, after 5 years, so Nintendo lost this one in 1 day, they gonna get the same treatment? Right?
#doublestandards