In recent months we've been following the efforts of Smealum, a hacker who's been developing a homebrew channel for the 3DS. As it approached its final stages of development it was emphasized that ...

The app will not play commercial or pirated 3DS ROMs. For the most part, Nintendo has done a good job of protecting its latest handheld from rampant piracy and other unsavory activities. However, ...

When it comes to console hacks and mods, there are plenty of grey areas and debates over ethical practices. Those aspects may come to the test soon on 3DS, if the coding efforts of Twitter user ...

Nintendo has always been very wary about allowing independent and homebrew developers making games for their consoles, and the 3DS is no exception. It’s locked down, and a few 3DS and console hackers ...

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 ...

The Nintendo 3DS has proved a tough nut to crack, but hackers have finally managed to get the system to run homebrew code. Back on December 16, hacker Yellows8 posted images of the 3DS with the screen ...

As promised, the hacker and homebrew developer Jordan "Smealum" Rabet has revealed how the YouTube app for Nintendo 3DS can be used to launch hombrewed 3DS games. The exploit is of particular value to ...

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 ...