- #HOW TO HOMEBREW NEW 3DS HOW TO#
- #HOW TO HOMEBREW NEW 3DS PORTABLE#
- #HOW TO HOMEBREW NEW 3DS SOFTWARE#
Probably owing at least somewhat to the fact that it wasn’t a whole lot more than a slightly improved GameCube in a new case, but that’s another story entirely. It’s an excellent project, and a great example of what can be done with 3D printing and simple tools.Ĭontinue reading “3D Print That Charging Dock For Your 3DS” → Posted in 3d Printer hacks, Nintendo DS Hacks, Nintendo Hacks Tagged 3d printing, 3ds, Nintendo 3DSĪs far as game consoles go, the Nintendo Wii was relatively small.
#HOW TO HOMEBREW NEW 3DS HOW TO#
produced a few great videos detailing this build, and one awesome video detailing how to print multicolored faceplates for this charging dock. You could use a buck converter, but at 0.4 Volts, you’re probably better off going with the ‘aaay yolo’ theory of engineering. If you want to keep everything within exacting specs, you could add an LDO linear regulator, but there might be issues with heat dissipation. There is a slight issue with the charging voltage in this setup the 3DS charges at 4.6 Volts, and USB provides 5 Volts. A regular ‘ol USB cable is scavenged, the wires stripped, and the red and black lines are attached to the spring-loaded slider. Normally, adding contacts requires pogo pins or hilariously expensive connectors, but has an interesting solution: just add some metal contacts constructed from LED leads or paper clips, and mount it on a spring-loaded slider. All you do is apply power and ground to these contacts, and the 3DS charges. For this, turned to the small charging contacts on the side of the console. Printing a box is easy enough, but the real trick is how to charge the 3DS without any special tools. created this charging dock for the New Nintendo 3DS as a 3D printing project, with the goal of having everything printable without supports, and able to be constructed without any special tools.
#HOW TO HOMEBREW NEW 3DS PORTABLE#
For now, though, enjoy the capability to use your 3DS to run code other than that officially approved by Nintendo.The Switch is the new hotness and everyone wants Nintendo’s new portable gaming rig nestled in a dock next to their TV, but what about Nintendo’s other portable gaming system? Yes, the New Nintendo 3DS can get a charging dock, and you can 3D print it with swappable plates that make it look like something straight out of the Nintendo store. The hack's public release will likely set off the usual back-and-forth battle between Nintendo firmware updates meant to kill the exploit and new hacks to get around those protections. Smealum first hinted at the 3DS' exploitability earlier this year but told Eurogamer he held off publishing the details until the new 3DS was launched in Australia and confirmed to support the exploit. This is the first purely software-based method of running homebrew code on the 3DS in its three-and-a-half years on store shelves, though gray-market flash cards have been available for some time. "I don't care if people pirate in their private lives, but I don't want to be a part of it," Smealum said in a recent interview with Eurogamer about the exploit. Smealum says the hack is a "user mode exploit" that isn't able to run pirated 3DS software, but should be able to run legitimate games in region-free mode some time in the future.
#HOW TO HOMEBREW NEW 3DS SOFTWARE#
Right now, the selection of homebrew software coded for the 3DS is limited primarily to simple server utilities, classic Nintendo emulators, and an unofficial port of Minecraft. After that initial QR code scan, the homebrew menu can be loaded simply by accessing the save game file through Cubic Ninja. Scanning a specifically manufactured QR code, generated by a tool on Smealum's site to match any current 3DS hardware/firmware combination, causes the game to run a boot file loaded on the SD card.Īt that point, the bootloader downloads additional code over Wi-Fi and installs and runs a front-end channel that can run other homebrew software stored on the SD card. What Smealum is calling "Ninjhax" exploits an error in Cubic Ninja's level creation and sharing function, which passes created level data via generated QR codes. Now, Smealum has published the details of his hack, along with the instructions and tools needed to unlock the system. Further Reading Cubic Ninja prices soar as hackers reveal it’s key to unlocking Nintendo 3DSEarlier this week, hacker Jordan "Smealum" Rabet announced that obscure 2011 3DS platformer Cubic Ninja held the key to unlocking the 3DS hardware to run homebrew code, causing an immediate run on the hard-to-find game.