Hacking American N3DSXL is firmware 9.0.

[sinx4lyfe]

If I can't play monster hunter ultimate then I'll be going legit again gateway is frustrating at most both exploits although easy are the extra syep that annoys me not to mention booting up and quickly disabling WiFi, so far the only thing I've used it for is to obtain emunand 9.4 so I could play the mh4 demo. I have the good legit carts. I think I seriously have outgrown piracy...

Good, it'll make you appreciate gaming more. I do both to be honest, but having the game physically makes me want to play it more than just downloading it.

 

[guitarheroknight]

yeah but its still a small element of "maybe" they where made earlier, or taken from the very first batch and half way though production they switched to 9.4 or whatever.....there is still a chance launch units could be a mixed bag of 9.0-9.2 and 9.3-9.4

but as an early indicator, its looking good

Very true but keeping in mind that both US and EU ambassador editions came with 9.0 and that no N3DS up til date has come with anything above 9.2 out of the box, chances are the launch consoles won't come with anything above 9.2 - hell, I'm actually pretty sure they'll be released with 9.0 judging Nintendo's past. But I guess there's always the doubt factor. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Kohmei]

The lack of a N3DS in the US is probably a conservative effort. They'll have to tread lightly not to post a net loss for the 4th year in a row, and saturating your market with too many options at once is a good way to get surplus inventory. Demand for this thing in the States is yet to be determined, but I'm sure once they figure it out they'll put out a batch of the smaller size. What I find hilarious are always the PR responses. The 3DS and XL have been discontinued as far as I know, so the "N3DSXL will simply be another option in a varied assortment" is just pure bullshit. It'll pretty much just be the N3DSXL and the 2DS assuming those aren't also being phased out.

Another thing I'm thinking is retailers might be more reluctant these days to offer shelf space for the company due to their under performance in recent years. All those faceplates would take up a lot of space, which is probably more than they're willing to invest on what will certainly be the underdog. And what is the N3DS without its faceplates?

Finally I suspect the manufacturing cost between N3DS and N3DSXL to be negligible, so they'd effectively be losing money for each non-XL in a manner of speaking.

 

[Kioku]

The guy DID say whatever version introduced themes. That was 9.0. Plus, theme shuffling was introduced in 9.3, making the only possibilities 9.0 or 9.2.

My Japanese new3ds came with 8.1 and it had themes...

 

[gamesquest1]

My Japanese new3ds came with 8.1 and it had themes...

pretty sure even 9.0 for Japanese consoles didn't have themes, which is why they got 9.1 and nowhere else did....are you sure the n3ds 8.1 had themes?....maybe it di, just seems weird 9.0 didn't (although i read the 8.1 built into the n3ds was more of a 8.1/9.x mash up)

 

[Kioku]

pretty sure even 9.0 for Japanese consoles didn't have themes, which is why they got 9.1 and nowhere else did....are you sure the n3ds 8.1 had themes?....maybe it di, just seems weird 9.0 didn't (although i read the 8.1 built into the n3ds was more of a 8.1/9.x mash up)

Yes. I can read numbers. I switched to the black theme. At first I thought it was 9.x but it is 8.1...

 

[gamesquest1]

Yes. I can read numbers. I switched to the black theme. At first I thought it was 9.x but it is 8.1...

no need to be flippant it was only a question .....just seems weird them having themes on 8.1, not in 9.0 and adding them again in 9.1....but yeah as i said i read that the 8.1 built into the n3ds was a bit of a weird set up with parts of 8.1 and parts from presumably 9.1

 

[Kioku]

no need to be flippant it was only a question .....just seems weird them having themes on 8.1, not in 9.0 and adding them again in 9.1....but yeah as i said i read that the 8.1 built into the n3ds was a bit of a weird set up with parts of 8.1 and parts from presumably 9.1

That would make more sense.

 

[Veign06]

oh when i looked all i could see was a standard bundle with the figure....no limited edition console....just blue or black.....maybe it had already all gone when i was looking

Here you go gamesquest1 -> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00SFMM0BW/ref=nosim/cheassgam09-21

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

The United States has a great amount of fat people, so their sausage fingers do not agree with the smaller size of the original 3DS. By eliminating the N3DS and selling only the N3DS XL, less people will rage when their fingers press all of the letter buttons.

But seriously, I have an Ambassador 3DS, but once the XL came out and I held the demo console, my hands did not feel as cramped. That, and when playing Samurai Warriors Chronicles, I could actually see the characters on the screen...that game is NOT meant for the smaller 3DS!!!

 

[Obveron]

The United States has a great amount of fat people, so their sausage fingers do not agree with the smaller size of the original 3DS. By eliminating the N3DS and selling only the N3DS XL, less people will rage when their fingers press all of the letter buttons.

But seriously, I have an Ambassador 3DS, but once the XL came out and I held the demo console, my hands did not feel as cramped. That, and when playing Samurai Warriors Chronicles, I could actually see the characters on the screen...that game is NOT meant for the smaller 3DS!!!

I'm all set. I've got a dialing wand.

 

[LeSnake]

hehehe, americans are gonna be all angry and angsty and patriotic.

Sorry just had to say that quote in your signature is hilarious.

 

[MattKimura]

Just preordered a black N3DS XL from BestBuy online. Gonna carefully open it and check the firmware, and return it if it's not what we expected.
I just hope that I'm able to do a system transfer from my old 3DS emunand, to the N3DS emunand.

Edit: I'm gonna cancel that preorder and just preorder it at Gamestop in person, so I don't have to wait so long for shipping.

 

[VeryCrushed]

I dont see why this couldnt be posted onto this thread....

https://gbatemp.net/threads/is-there-any-news-or-rumor-on-how-soon-is-soon-for-n3ds-gateway.378448/

again, info has only become harder since the megathread was locked

Anyways, if there is no theme shuffle feature the firmware versions that it could come with has been lowered down to a definite 9.0 or 9.2 (9.1 is JAP only). Although 9.3 was a extremely low possibility anyways, so its not that big of a deal finding this out.

 

[dekuleon]

So any clues about the Majora's Mask special edition bundle firmware?

 

[NAND0]

Only way we'll know for sure is when people start getting their preorders

 

[smasbros]

that will be friendly system firmware version , then gateway should work harder for making N3DS/XL/LL to support all.

 

[Pancakes]

bumpity bumpity bump

 

[Miles54321]

So any clues about the Majora's Mask special edition bundle firmware?

Should be 9.2 although because I think you may need to update to play that game there is a chance of it being higher firmware version

 

[WulfyStylez]

On the topic of firmware, do we know yet if the eMMC chip is easily dumpable? All I've heard is that they may have removed the CMD pad or something. On top of that, I wouldn't be surprised if the N3DS had downgrade protection...