While Nintendo's efforts at locking down exploits on the 3DS have been stronger than in past generations, hacks and homebrew have still been possible. Though system updates often shut them off, some ...

A Nintendo 3DS loophole is allowing customers to play illicitly-obtained Game Boy Color ROMs on Nintendo's new hardware. To activate the loophole, users need to purchase a legitimate Game Boy Color ...

Porting the homebrew launcher to New 3DS requires a lot of time. Back in August, amateur programmer smea announced that the 3DS Homebrew Channel app he was working on was nearing completion. A few ...

It's tricky to broach the subject of mods and hacks on Nintendo hardware, as they can prompt diverse and at times feisty debate. This is in part driven by the severe damage that R4 cards did to the DS ...

Nintendo has withdrawn Cubic Ninja from sale on the Japanese 3DS eShop following the reveal of an exploit allowing users to run homebrew software - and by extension, pirated games. Cubic Ninja is a ...

Nintendo unexpectedly dropped a surprise system update for its phased-out 3DS console just months after the company announced the shutdown of its eShop. The controversial update has left console ...

Using tubehax 3DS players can get access to a slew of homebrew content including old-school SNES ROMs running on the handheld's latest 9.9 firmware. The exploit also lets users run region-specific ...

It’s been a little over two weeks since a group of hackers revealed the first software-based method for running unsigned homebrew code (but not pirated 3DS software) on the 3DS (causing a run on used ...

The 3DS game with an exploit that apparently enables homebrewed software on the handheld has been pulled, by Nintendo, from the eShop where it was for sale. Earlier this week, a hacker showed how ...

Nintendo's cat-and-mouse game with homebrew exploits isn't over yet. The gaming giant recently pulled Terry Cavanagh's retro platformer VVVVVV from the 3DS eShop after Shiny Quagsire discovered a way ...

A new exploit has been discovered that lets you boot Game Boy Color ROMs on 3DS. The exploit works by "injecting" ROM files into the memory of a legitimately downloaded Game Boy Color title - one that ...