Hacking Can I be banned for updating a Sky3DS rom from eShop?

[CrystalForce]

EDIT: Solved.

 

[apoptygma]

No one can answer your question because no one here works in Nintendo's obline security dept. But you should be fine.

 

[ground]

Do you mean to download the update from your e-shop for a specific game? I don't think so as you don't need the game to download an update.

 

[CrystalForce]

So it seems the answer is no. Thank goodness.

....still going to take out my cart while updating, though, me being too worried.

 

[IronClouds]

If you're honestly that concerned about getting banned, sorry to break the news to you, but you have no business owning a flashcart. Being a pirate and having access to online functionality are two subjects that will eventually and inevitably be mutually exclusive. Getting banned for pirating games is not a matter of if, but when. Doesn't mean you can't have fun while it lasts and prolong the inevitable by taking as many precautions as you can, though!

 

[Ra1d]

So it seems the answer is no. Thank goodness.

....still going to take out my cart while updating, though, me being too worried.

Wait, what ? How can you update a rom if your cart is not inserted, if all the roms are saved on the microSD inside the cart ?

 

[Fishaman P]

Wait, what ? How can you update a rom if your cart is not inserted, if all the roms are saved on the microSD inside the cart ?

A ROM is just that, a ROM. It can't be updated or patched.
Patches are always saved separately to a different device. In the case of the 3DS, this is the system SD Card.

 

[Ra1d]

A ROM is just that, a ROM. It can't be updated or patched.
Patches are always saved separately to a different device. In the case of the 3DS, this is the system SD Card.

Yeah, but if the cart is not inserted, does e-Shop even recognize that the "owns" that game ?

 

[daxtsu]

Yeah, but if the cart is not inserted, does e-Shop even recognize that the "owns" that game ?

You don't need to own a game, or have even played it on your 3DS, to download patches for it.