Gaming 3DS Game Icons

[WiiUBricker]

My point is that the icon is a very, very, very small portion of the ROM, and not really important to gameplay. Therefore there is little to no chance of legal action being taken, and if legal action is taken it may very well fail.

Taking legal action is a completly different matter. Most illegal activities don't result in taking legal action. The point is those icons are part of a ROM, they are sold with those ROMs and sharing them won't result in legal action but nonetheless the fact remains that sharing them is not legal, no matter the size. Of course I couldn't care less if people share those icons, all I intended was to inform the OP that sharing those icons might not be allowed here.

 

[Rydian]

Taking legal action is a completly different matter. Most illegal activities don't result in taking legal action. The point is those icons are part of a ROM, they are sold with those ROMs and sharing them won't result in legal action but nonetheless the fact remains that sharing them is not legal, no matter the size. Of course I couldn't care less if people share those icons, all I intended was to inform the OP that sharing those icons might not be allowed here.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107
My point being item #3 there, that the part shared is an insignificant portion (and arguments of it being used for news could be made as well if this was done for a release list or something).

 

[drfsupercenter]

All arguing aside, I have a friend who can get about 1000 icons or so from the eShop games.

Anyone interested? I asked if he could just make a ZIP file with all of them.

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

And I managed to get all of the system NAND app icons.

This is what I am most impressed by, as well as interested in. How exactly did you do that??? Was it with the dev unit you have???

 

[3DSGuy]

This is what I am most impressed by, as well as interested in. How exactly did you do that??? Was it with the dev unit you have???

Well I already had the Mii Maker icon dumped from my dev unit. But I got the rest of the system app icons in a similar way which is other 3ds icons are obtained, under certain conditions NAND apps won't be cached first in the cache, allowing me to fill those slots with game icons. So now I could create the XOR pads where the system app icons will be written. Then I got the 3ds to write the system icons to those slots, and simply decrypted the extdata.

 

[3DSGuy]

All arguing aside, I have a friend who can get about 1000 icons or so from the eShop games.

Anyone interested? I asked if he could just make a ZIP file with all of them.

That would be cool if he could do that. Make sure he includes the "*.icn" files.

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

Well I already had the Mii Maker icon dumped from my dev unit. But I got the rest of the system app icons in a similar way which is other 3ds icons are obtained, under certain conditions NAND apps won't be cached first in the cache, allowing me to fill those slots with game icons. So now I could create the XOR pads where the system app icons will be written. Then I got the 3ds to write the system icons to those slots, and simply decrypted the extdata.

You changed your avatar, so it took me a little while to find your post. I don't like change......it makes me apply effort.....

 

[3DSGuy]

BUMP! Updated 3DS_IconDecrypter to version 0.2, the useage should make more sense now. And the download at Filetrip has executable files for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The source code is also available for anyone who wants to use it.

 

[WiiUBricker]

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107
My point being item #3 there, that the part shared is an insignificant portion (and arguments of it being used for news could be made as well if this was done for a release list or something).

Point #3 is flawed because it supposedly allows the sharing of ROM parts as long as they are small enough. So this means you can rar up a ROM, split it in lets say 100 bytes chunks and share those archives, right? RIGHT?

Anyway, too bad that US laws don't apply to gbatemp since gbatemp is located in france.

 

[Queno138]

Anyway, too bad that US laws don't apply to gbatemp since gbatemp is located in france.

I can't tell if you are trolling, or you actually want gbaTEMP to become defunct...

-- Getting back on topic--

Since true icon rips from 3DS games don't exist, I'd thought I'd make a first and share icons from various 3DS games in PNG format and the its original SMDH format

Good job mate. Kudos to you!

 

[WiiUBricker]

I can't tell if you are trolling, or you actually want gbaTEMP to become defunct...

No I'm serious. I lied about my previous post where I claimed I couldn't care less if people share those icons. And I lied about only wanting to inform the OP that this might not be allowed here. Truth is I want gbatemp to "defunct", destroyed and wiped from the internet along with its many idiot users. Why? Because I am an antisocial prick with no life and a Carlton avatar .

 

[Rydian]

Point #3 is flawed because it supposedly allows the sharing of ROM parts as long as they are small enough. So this means you can rar up a ROM, split it in lets say 100 bytes chunks and share those archives, right? RIGHT?

No, because that's sharing the whole thing.

Whereas this is not.

 

[WiiUBricker]

No, because that's sharing the whole thing.

Whereas this is not.

So you claim that sharing 10 out of 1000000 rar'd up archive chunks of a ROM is not illegal?

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

So you claim that sharing 10 out of 1000000 rar'd up archive chunks of a ROM is not illegal?

In all honesty, you have a a very valid argument; what if someone archived just the header portion of a ROM and distributed that???

 

[Rydian]

So you claim that sharing 10 out of 1000000 rar'd up archive chunks of a ROM is not illegal?

You didn't specify last time that you would only share a small portion of it, you said you'd rar it, split it, and share those archives (which means all of them).

If you're only sharing a very very small portion (and likewise it's of something that's useless without all the parts), there's no problem.

You know, like how people put up screenshots of a game or use the names and info in walkthroughs, etc.

 

[BORTZ]

I know this is off topic, but is there somewhere I can find a large database of all the original DS icons?

 

[3DSGuy]

I know this is off topic, but is there somewhere I can find a large database of all the original DS icons?

I don't think such a thing exists, but WB3000 did archive the icons for the first 2761 releases http://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-ds-rom-icons-pack.109371/.

 

[Cyan]

You can also use NDSCRC to download all NDS icons and release nfo. (it will also download covers and screenshot, so it will take more space than you expect, but you'll have all the icons)

 

[Ribacki]

I like this idea of extracting the icons a lot since they're all very pretty.
I manage to extract some icons and will get more in the coming days. I'll be sure to post it here when I do.

They're all from USA region (North America).

First batch:

Spoiler

(demo) Mario & Luigi - Dream Team
(demo) Pokémon - Mistery Dungeon
(demo) Naruto - Powerful Shippuden
(video) A Link Between Worlds
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Art Of Balance
BitTrip
Crashmo
Link's Awakening
MegaMan
Mario & Donkey Kong - Minis On The Move
Nintendo Video
Zelda - Oracle Of Ages
Zelda - Oracle Of Seasons
Pushmo
Swap Notes
Tetris Axis
The Legend of Zelda

Download link

They're all eShop games, except Animal Crossing, which I extracted from a game card (not sure if it makes difference).
Thanks a lot for the tutorial, 3DSGuy!
Thanks for everyone else for sharing your icons. =D

 

[3DSGuy]

Added more icons thanks to Ribacki, and I've added instructions for dumping NAND app icons.