Introducing NINJHAX - A Nintendo 3DS Homebrew Exploit!

[weatMod]

What sucks too is that the news articles are posting/reporting his name. Hope the big N doesn't hit him with a C&D before saturday. This waiting crap is a bad idea. I think it will be stopped before it even starts. I will then laugh hard at the jerks that went around town buying every copy.

oh no not that , what are they going to do drag him into court ,file a TRO , give him tons of free publicity and get him a job at faceberg

 

[Sparkette]

People really want to discredit his work, don't they? Not to mention, people only want ROM loading just out of spite. Want ROMs? Use a freaking Gateway.

I can't use Gateway because my 3DS has 9.2. And I don't want it for piracy; I want it so I can modify games. I know Gateway recently announced 9.2 support in the works, but I'm guessing it'll just be like Sky3DS, where the ROMs have to be signed correctly.

 

[air2004]

oh no not faceberg

 

[ken28]

It means smealum doesn't condone piracy, and as long as he's the one making the software, it's not going to enable 'backups'. I tend to doubt they made their software vulnerable on purpose but who knows. Apparently the company that developed it doesn't exist anymore.

kind of yes and no at the same time. The company in itself doesnt exist anymore but they where absorbed in to their mother company , Marvelous i think.

 

[amoulton]

I can't use Gateway because my 3DS has 9.2. And I don't want it for piracy; I want it so I can modify games. I know Gateway recently announced 9.2 support in the works, but I'm guessing it'll just be like Sky3DS, where the ROMs have to be signed correctly.

Yes you could also use the Sky3ds to load CN if you can't wait for the gateway

kind of yes and no at the same time. The company in itself doesnt exist anymore but they where absorbed in to their mother company , Marvelous i think.

I guess my point is if by some chance a rouge employee made it vulnerable on purpose, any record of that is probably long gone.

 

[TwinkleSparkles]

What sucks too is that the news articles are posting/reporting his name. Hope the big N doesn't hit him with a C&D before saturday. This waiting crap is a bad idea. I think it will be stopped before it even starts. I will then laugh hard at the jerks that went around town buying every copy.

Happened before. Nothing comes out of it except that lawyers get richer. Nintendo cannot do shit. We have the right to unlock our devices to run our own codes. Nintendo can shove their warranty up their ass.

 

[magicrat]

is deleting data needed for homebrew or is this just for people that want to start over

Not 100% sure myself. See below.

Read this on a product review for Cubic Ninja, does this mean if I bought my game used I won't be able to do the exploit??

there is a way, just hold L+R+X+Y in main menu. not sure why there isn't an option in the menu but that works fine.

These comments made me think that the game needs to be cleared to use the exploit. Not sure how others are reading it. Maybe smealum or Ryukouki can offer some clarification.

 

[magicrat]

DELETED DOUBLE UP

 

[kryptos86]

Happened before. Nothing comes out of it except that lawyers get richer. Nintendo cannot do shit. We have the right to unlock our devices to run our own codes. Nintendo can shove their warranty up their ass.

Danm right!

 

[enigma85]

so who is writing the virtualboy emulator that supports glassesless 3d?!??!?

 

[amoulton]

These comments made me think that the game needs to be cleared to use the exploit

IIRC at some point smealum said your save game files are safe, but I don't have the link.

 

[klim28]

Wow Cubic Ninja is gone in the Japanese eShop. They even had an announcement about it at the notification tab.

 

[HEX1GON]

Very good write up, and good news after all. I'm with smea on this one too, piracy for me isn't something I'd like to see happen, but region free is all I want.
This would be very interesting to see if this kicks Nintendo up the ass to make the PORTABLE system region free. It honestly should of to begin with. As most of us know, region locking only increases piracy or those who don't pirate actually pirate to play a series that never gets localised.

So I'm looking forward to the release of this, anything unsigned is fun to see on a system for the first time.

 

[KingVamp]

Wow Cubic Ninja is gone in the Japanese eShop. They even had an announcement about it at the notification tab.

What exactly did the announcement say?

 

[Helper]

Very good write up, and good news after all. I'm with smea on this one too, piracy for me isn't something I'd like to see happen, but region free is all I want.
This would be very interesting to see if this kicks Nintendo up the ass to make the PORTABLE system region free. It honestly should of to begin with. As most of us know, region locking only increases piracy or those who don't pirate actually pirate to play a series that never gets localised.

So I'm looking forward to the release of this, anything unsigned is fun to see on a system for the first time.

Announcement, Nintendo, November 24th:

"We're pleased to announce update 9.3 for the 3DS, improves stability, [... blah blah blah woooords ...] and allows games from any region to be played on any 3DS. (btw, this also patches smea haxx.)

Much love,
Nintendo."

 

[klim28]

What exactly did the announcement say?

Sorry I can't read any Japanese but here is the screenshot mentioning Cubic Ninja

Spoiler

 

[wischmob]

So i have tried to get my hands on a copy of Cubic Ninja, but its extinct in Germany now as well (PM me if there´s a possibility without paying a full month´s worth salary)

So i had the thought to use my Gateway to trigger the exploit. SInce i dont know how it works, this is based on my assumption. If the exploit works in emuNAND, it would be sufficient to use a rom of the game. But since last update Gatewayer´s are able to install .cia files, right? So, if the exploit cannot be triggered in emuNAND because the 3DS does not reboot straight into emuNAND, and if i´m able to install .cia files, chances are it will work when i install the game as a .cia into emuNAND, extract the NAND using the tool and inject it as my sysNAND - my 3DSXL is HW-modded and i´d like to take advantage of this. This way i literally have a mix of eshop and retail version installed in my sysNAND. Crossing my fingers that it´ll work.

BTW way why in the heavens of hell did the game get called out before 22nd - when i first saw the announcement, it was already too late. I was waiting for the 22nd for this -.-

 

[duke_srg]

So i had the thought to use my Gateway to trigger the exploit.

If you have a working GW, you do not need this exploit at all.

 

[HEX1GON]

So i have tried to get my hands on a copy of Cubic Ninja, but its extinct in Germany now as well (PM me if there´s a possibility without paying a full month´s worth salary)

So i had the thought to use my Gateway to trigger the exploit. SInce i dont know how it works, this is based on my assumption. If the exploit works in emuNAND, it would be sufficient to use a rom of the game. But since last update Gatewayer´s are able to install .cia files, right? So, if the exploit cannot be triggered in emuNAND because the 3DS does not reboot straight into emuNAND, and if i´m able to install .cia files, chances are it will work when i install the game as a .cia into emuNAND, extract the NAND using the tool and inject it as my sysNAND - my 3DSXL is HW-modded and i´d like to take advantage of this. This way i literally have a mix of eshop and retail version installed in my sysNAND. Crossing my fingers that it´ll work.

BTW way why in the heavens of hell did the game get called out before 22nd - when i first saw the announcement, it was already too late. I was waiting for the 22nd for this -.-

I paid a mini-premium for my copy, but they are going up fairly quick. Some are silly to think it's a piracy door opener.

 

[wischmob]

I may not need it, but i like to do all the stuff i possibly can with my system. This includes a non-piracy homebrew-enabling exploit through a bad programmed game