Hacking PSA: Nintendo blocked the Sky3DS (partially) through new anti-piracy checks in their upcoming games

[Ryu Kenshin]

Does CIA bypass this check? Or feeding it fake data?

 

[lisreal2401]

Does CIA bypass this check? Or feeding it fake data?

Yes, it does.

In the case of Happy Home - I think it's down to it's bad dump as to why it's currently not booting as a CIA in most CFWs.

 

[Arkansaw]

Yes, it does.

In the case of Happy Home - I think it's down to it's bad dump as to why it's currently not booting as a CIA in most CFWs.

GW will be happy with this news then.

 

[gamesquest1]

Does CIA bypass this check? Or feeding it fake data?

well it seems the check is only applied to carts i assume....so that flag is like an additional hardware(cart) check, if your running it as cia then there is no additional hardware check to perform

 

[Ryu Kenshin]

well it seems the check is only applied to carts i assume....so that flag is like an additional hardware(cart) check, if your running it as cia then there is no additional hardware check to perform

So there's no problem for CFW and GW, Sky3DS dev team has more work to do

 

[gamesquest1]

So there's no problem for CFW and GW, Sky3DS dev team has more work to do

well, i guess now nintendo has spun the sky3ds plate they will be looking to mess with GW again now (plate spinning stability improvements never end)

 

[bjaxx87]

Will .3ds/.3dz ROMs on Gateway be blocked as well?

 

[Deleted-355425]

They need to make an upgradeable sky3ds cart

 

[Nollog]

im guessing it was affecting legit users (if they were testing to block it via firmware that is)
Is the ap affecting gateway also?

We'll know if they ever get the 9.5 key. Probably soon though.

 

[ngagethetaco]

Will .3ds/.3dz ROMs on Gateway be blocked as well?

Fire Emblem IF works fine on Gateway with .3ds/.3dz. I'm not interested in the new Animal Crossing but if people are unable to get the .cia working, then it's most probably a bad dump.

First party Nintendo games and SquareEnix titles are usually the first to employee new piracy checks on their software. Most likely upcoming localization titles won't have the new AP until after a couple of months of Nintendo using it. I wouldn't count on the new Zelda title working on the Sky3DS at first, but being a bigger name than AC or FE would get the Sky3DS team to do something about it.

 

[Kurt91]

Well, I'm impressed. Wasn't the general consensus that Sky3DS was inconvenient and lacked any decent features, but was damn near unblockable? If this becomes the new industry standard, then they've essentially killed Sky3DS as anything more than a Cubic Ninja alternative. (Yes, I know that there's all the currently existing games that are already out, but you know that as more new games come out, it's going to look less appealing of an option)

Now, I'm a bit curious. Does implementing this new method affect the cost of producing these games in any way, and we'll see a slight price jump in these?

 

[Hyborix3]

Shame. And I was planning to get the Sky3DS down the road. They better step up their game fast.

 

[Bubbysaur]

Just bought a Sky3DS last week and this is not good news. Just great.... ._.

 

[Duo8]

They need to make an upgradeable sky3ds cart

But da monies.

 

[Varia]

Oh boy, this is great news for Sky Team, now they can profit once again from their customers with a whole new cart.

 

[nervx]

animal crossing house arrest is a bad dump.

wait for the sky3ds team to respond to the fire emblem issue before panicking.

 

[mrolive]

Sent the Sky team an email last night about the anti-piracy checks and got:

"We are working on it, hopefully will figure out a solution soon."

 

[Deleted User]

Is it soon or Gateway SOON TM

 

[mrolive]

Is it soon or Gateway SOON TM

Honestly, If they do release a new revision, It better be fucking free to everyone who already bought one.

 

[Deleted-19228]

Some of you noobs apparently don't remember back in the day when carts got blocked and they weren't updateable. This was a first gen REAL rom loader that worked on an unpatched system. Give it time.