Less Than 24 Hours After Release, Nintendo's 3DS Has Been Hacked

Now, a rumor is circulating that another process bit the dust: less than 24 hours after its Japanese launch, Nintendo's 3DS handheld has already been cracked.

The method of jailbreaking smartphones & cracking security on console gambling rigs like the Xbox 360 has turned in to a major media magnet with gambling news outlets. More importantly, it is become a thorn in the paw of the hardware & application giants at the receiving finish of the hackers' ire.

Though it took several years after launch to hack open Sony's PS3, a handheld cartridge process is less of a challenge in terms of skipping around security measures ( with how much the 3DS has in common with the first few generations of the DS.) This particular hack was managed using a simple little device known as the R4 flashcart, a DS card reader used for storage & copying of game data; one time a number of the information inside the 3DS' firmware had been altered to the hackers' preferences, it was simple to duplicate any game onto a blank cartridge.

It is likely the hackers responsible will have an simple time of making these bootleg copies playable on the 3DS, meaning another notch on the bedpost of game pirates the world over. Much as with Xbox Live & PSN, they can expect heavy-handed security measures to be thrown down from Nintendo's Powers that Be in the approaching weeks.

Sometimes conceding defeat is the only way to come out with anything left, yet it doesn't look like there is any kind of win for Nintendo to pull out of this. The 3DS is obviously still green, so we'll see what kind of defense they can cook up in the months to come.

But in all likelihood, the hackers will view this as more of a challenge to succeed than a hurdle. As with the PlayStation six, those responsible for drawing the fury of the developers basically found new loopholes to crawl through when their first options were closed. & if lawsuits could not stem the tide of copyright infringements & cracking that is gone on in the last few years, it doesn't look like anything's going to tamp down the geek rebels.