And even after GameGenie was declared legal it wasn't immediately licensed by Nintendo. So licensing is a moot point.
I will stay in the Software (Piracy)Under german law those cards mustn't be selled. It's now prohibited.
But that's just the case in germany. In other countries there are other laws so you can't conclude that flashcards are now everywhere illegal
Illegal just means "against the law"
You're better off getting a Sky3DS+ at this point since Gateway is only good for the cheat engine now.I will stay in the Software (Piracy)
and I don't want to pay 80€ for a Gateway Card that's illegal
What? In Spain there's plenty of places still selling them. You just have to search.
It might be argued that as they can not play the game, experience anything from it beyond the icon and is there solely to facilitate booting for something with substantial non infringing uses then it falls within some kind of scope of an existing ruling, most likely sega vs accolade. Now what types of encryption or protection got bypassed along the way might trouble some later US laws but there is some scope for something.
in the end, its all artificial
Most of them are relatively new. They weren't around when this placed endorsed roms. Nowadays you can't link a cfw if it contains official code and the like. Makes sensem
Could you imagine if you can just walk to a game store like gamestop or whatever and just buy flashcarts for consoles? That be insane, chaotic even.
I guess is not illegal, but then again, nintendo never licensed that product for the systems. So... I'm not really one to debate this, i use them since they have cool features.
