

You will need at least 1.5GB of free SD card space to follow this guide in its entirety. Yes! All you need is the ability to put files on a compatible SD card. That being said, we don’t know what Nintendo may have in store in the future.Īt this time, we don’t think that bans are something that you need to worry about. A ban wave at such a scale has not been seen since. There was a ban wave in May 2017 that banned CFW users from online play (eShop access, NNIDs, and Nintendo Accounts were unaffected), seemingly at random. Consoles with a region of KOR, CHN, or TWN do not have NNID functionality to begin with and are thus unaffected. Your NNID (if you have one) will not be affected by this guide. Consoles with custom firmware can still play online and run physical cartridges as any other 3DS can. Will I lose any features if I install CFW? Some games may need to make use of Luma’s locale emulation feature in order to work properly on out-of-region consoles. Yes Luma3DS will automatically ignore the region check for cartridges and installed titles. Can I use this to play games from other regions? Yes! This guide will install a few useful homebrew applications, including Universal-Updater, which acts as a homebrew app store. Can I run awesome homebrew and emulators with this?

How risky is hacking my console?īricks are now effectively impossible unless you are purposely trying to brick your console. If your system version string is displayed as “0.0.0-0”, then you may have a developer unit.

This guide is compatible with all retail 3DS-family devices (3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, New 3DS, New 3DS XL, New 2DS XL). What consoles is this guide compatible with? eShop titles, physical items), while 3DS / 3DS XL / 2DS requires additional software or hardware. At the moment, New 3DS / New 3DS XL / New 2DS XL is able to be modded on 11.17.0 without any prerequisites (e.g. Is my console hackable without any external hardware/prerequisites? Pre-Installation FAQ I am on the latest system version. Yes, you can still install custom firmware on your 3DS, even after the closure of eShop. Specifically, New3DS-family consoles have a free software method, while Old3DS-family consoles will need to use alternate exploits that rely on external hardware or software.
