yeah im pretty sure at this point Xenobade will work, i guess the 9.5 update was probably designed to protect it, guessing they will have put 9.5 on cart now.......and all that for naught, i dont think it will work from the gateway card itself (althought it might, but i seem to remember reading the n3ds carts will have new commands or something, that i presume sky/gateway wont know how to handle), but cia almost certainly i would guess
If we go the CIA route, is it possible Xenoblade Chronicles can run on the original 3DS?