Homebrew New to 3DS hacking - Why do we have to (literally) pay for Homebrew?

JoostinOnline · Jul 29, 2015

You look for exploits where you can. They aren't everywhere, and they don't always give you the level of control that you need. As to why Cubic Ninja was chosen, read this bit from an interview Smealum did:

"Cubic Ninja has a level editor, which is the vulnerable part of the game," Rabet explains. "And it has a way of sharing levels, which is through QR codes. So basically what I have is a manufactured QR code you scan with your game, and from there it starts running code on your console, and then downloads more code through Wi-Fi, installs it to the save game and loads up the Homebrew menu.

"I kind of targeted games based on whether they had a level editor or not, or whether they had a easy access point. If it didn't have the QR code then people would need to have some sort of specific hardware to write the save data to the game, which would not be too practical."

Rioluwott · Jul 29, 2015

The creator of ninjhax is making what he can to get homebrew working without money i think you will only need a free game that is aviable on the eshop and you only will need cubic ninja 1 time so if your friend has a sky3ds or a cubic ninja copy he can help you on the future so wait to smea to say the instructions and get the game fast before nintendo take it out

YugamiSekai · Jul 29, 2015

Team Fail said:
1. No, it wouldn't. There's CFWs that exist that have CIA installation.
2. Yeah, on the scale of pirating. You can find a copy of CN that has been converted from a cartridge image to an installable image, and you can probably make use of that.

Also, does it have to be a decrypted rom?

loco365 · Jul 29, 2015

kprovost7314 said:
Also, does it have to be a decrypted rom?

Uh, no. CIAs are ready to go installable.

munchluxe63 · Jul 29, 2015

It's not a unique thing to the 3DS; we had this with the Wii, DSi, PSP, PS Vita, etc. In some of these cases, eventually there were free solutions in the form of system exploits (PSP TIFF exploit, Wii Bannerbomb for example), demo game save exploits, homebrew signing (PSP), and so on.

As a result of the 3DS system being much more secure than Nintendo's previous hardware, it's not so easy.

mgrev · Jul 29, 2015

Nollog said:
Because you need the game console to get homebrew on the game console.

Just wait for citra or whatever it's called if you want a 3ds for free, but I doubt any homebrew would work on it, so it's a catch 9001.

homebrew already works on it

Jwiz33 · Jul 29, 2015

this is literally paying for homebrew

tivu100 · Jul 29, 2015

Jwiz33 said:
this is literally paying for homebrew

Do they as a never-ending survey also?

Chris_Highwind · Jul 29, 2015

Rioluwott said:
The creator of ninjhax is making what he can to get homebrew working without money i think you will only need a free game that is aviable on the eshop and you only will need cubic ninja 1 time so if your friend has a sky3ds or a cubic ninja copy he can help you on the future so wait to smea to say the instructions and get the game fast before nintendo take it out

I'm downloading all the free games the eShop has under "Free to Start" right now, but it still won't help since I don't know anyone with a 3DS, much less a copy of Cubic Ninja.

Nollog · Jul 30, 2015

mgrev said:
homebrew already works on it

Nollog said:
Well then there you go, free homebrew.

/thread

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