hello cearp and everyone, I am a noob and just got my N3DS XL a month ago.
After read this thread, may I make a noob conclusion? If I make any mistake please correct me.
So I think most people here who had questions about if a .CIA is legit or not-legit is for play online safe, right? (or maybe relatively safe.)
Also some guys are currently play with sky3ds or gateway
And here it is:
most dangerous(when online play) -- .3ds .3dz (with public header) > .3ds .3dz (with private header) > illegit .cia > legit .cia (out-of-region) > legit .cia (match your console region) ---- most safe
is this correct ?
What is a legit CIA? I thinks cearp already said it clearly
A 'legit' CIA means that the signatures are valid.
A legit cia will work in sysnand, without needing hacks to load it (like gw, cfw etc) -- although we need hacks to INSTALL the cia.
where are legit cia from?
-->ripped from a console that had them preinstalled (such as ORAS, MH4U etc)
my noob question one: is this the only way where a legit CIA come from?
what is the advantage using legit CIA?
- it can be work in sysnand
- it is most safe when play online
my noob question two:
about illegit cia, this is my thought:
- convert a scene release .3ds to cia
- convert a patched, modified .3ds to cia (language patch, cheat patch)
- download from freeshop
- any patched, modified cia (i think this is same thing as "convert a patched .3ds to cia")
- maybe more... welcome to add here
So as far as I know, these are all illegt cia, right?
And play these cia online, the risk is higher than play legit cia(match the console region)?
Because I am not a native English speaker, but I bought a US N3DS XL
(Taiwanese N3DS only has very few official released games, but some of them are with Chinese language. My English is not good enough, and it is more fun if I can understand the story in games.)
If anyone can answer me or correct me, it would be very helpful.