14 DAY TRIAL // Barely has Nintendo released its brand new 3DS handheld console in its native Japan that we already see the first proof of the portable console being hacked for use with an R4 device, therefore allowing it to play pirated games.
Nintendo has just launched its new 3DS console in its native Japan and, to about no one's surprise, it's already been sold out completely.
To the surprise of quite a few people, however, the Nintendo 3DS has already been hacked and can run pirated games.
Piracy has been a huge issue for the original DS and its subsequent iterations, as many exploits used a device called an R4 cart, which was able to play games straight off a memory stick.
Now, despite the fact that Nintendo said the 3DS will have ample anti-piracy methods, the 3DS has been hacked to work with an R4 cart.
Bear in mind, this means that only original DS games can be pirated on the 3DS, given the fact that the device is backwards compatible with the older titles.
Still, seeing as how it has only taken hackers a day or so to crack the 3DS, it won't be long until new games made specifically for the platform will be able to run off a R4 cart or other such devices.
According to some of the details offered by the hackers alongside videos of the 3DS running the cart, published by Destructoid, simply plugging in the flashcart into the 3DS won't magically make it able to run pirated applications.
Instead, Nintendo has implemented a 'whitelist' of software that will be allowed to run on the device.
As such, hackers have went to work modifying the list and thus allowed the R4 carts to be accepted by the 3DS.
Nintendo promised that it would foil the efforts of pirates by releasing firmware updates, so expect a new race between the hackers and the Japanese company, with pirates cracking the firmware and then Nintendo releasing newer versions.