Nintendo 3DS Security more paranoid than ever…

It seems that the big N, Nintendo, has decided to take a massive swing at the Nintendo DS piracy and homebrew scene, and as a result, locked down the Nintendo 3DS firmware with security checks and other tricks to prevent unauthorized tampering.

The 3DS is to feature a upgraded version of the Nintendo Wii’s and Nintendo DSi/DSi XL security system, which Nintendo describes it as “uncrackable”. The 3DS apparently performs a lot of checks that make sure that the code being executed on the system is genuine, and not exploited (which some boot game backup on DS Phat solutions such as PassMe have taken advantage of in the past).  Read more...