Since then, however, GBATemp says that "plans are accelerated," and smealum revealed on Twitter Monday night that the exploitable game was Cubic Ninja, a tilt-controlled action adventure that got abysmal reviews just after the 3DS' launch in early 2011. You'd put a file on the SD card and then scan a modified QR code in the game's level sharing feature, the QR code would execute a Buffer Overflow that makes the system download a launcher program that lets you run apps.

Developed by AQ Interactive and published by Ubisoft, the game requires players to use the console's accelerometer and gyroscope to manipulate the titular character through various levels on a quest to rescue a princess. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Challenge Your Friends- Race through a level as quickly as you can, share a ghosted replay of your best run, and dare your friends to beat it.Unleash Your Creativity - Create your own pulse-quickening levels and display them as a QR Code that can be shared with players all over the world. It all started early Monday, when the hacking community at GBATemp (known for publicizing many previous Nintendo console exploits) announced that a hacker going by the handle smealum got homebrew code running on a 3DS after months of work. The game was released to mixed reviews; although praised for its unique gameplay concept, critics panned aspects of the game's control scheme, along with its "frustrating" wired level designs and relatively short length. It might not be as high profile as the other games he got (Ridge Racer, Street Fighter, Lego Batman, Pokemon) but he's only 8 so just goes off what he enjoys rather than what he's told to enjoy. In 2014, smea discovered a way to run Homebrew Launcher on any existing 3DS model using Cubic Ninja.

Players can unlock different characters, such as cubes made of rubber and titanium, that exhibit different properties when used. The gyro controls aren't really that good but some of the levels are cool, with plenty of references to other stuff as well.To find the exploit through an obscure game, make use of it, and install a whole new Homebrew channel with nothing more than a debugger and a few extra tools? Owing to his stance, Rabet noted that the exploit does not enable the use of unlicensed games, but did note that it could possibly be used to bypass the console's region lock. Using power-ups collected from scrolls, [3] CC can shrink, gain a shield, throw shuriken at enemies, and unlock all of the doors in a level. unreliable source] On September 18, 2016, Ninjhax was updated to no longer require web services, requiring multiple QR codes to be scanned instead.