Nintendo has introduced new copy protection features into the latest firmware for its new DSi handheld, rendering all previous flash cards (or majikon in Japanese parlance) obsolete.
The new 1.4 firmware appears to break all current piracy solutions on the market, with the following devices checked:
DSTTi
Hyper R4i
ak2i
R4 Ui
R4i Gold
EZVi
The 1.4 firmware will of course be present on all new DSi units, and is available as a downloadable update. The firmware also adds Facebook compatibility (using the camera built into the unit), not that this will convince many affected to upgrade immediately.
With Nintendo and Sony both looking to move their handheld devices online and make them part of their own DRMed content delivery networks, it looks as though traditional retail and the piracy associated with it will not continue in the same form, though unless the unusual success of the PS3 in stymieing copies can be replicated, it will doubtless only be a matter of time before new cracks are developed…
Let that be a lesson to you, kiddes: don’t throw away your old versions just because some new s♥♥t comes out!
*goes to play Taiko DS which will never see a US release*
Meh, I bought all my DS games anyway, good for Nintendo.
why someone not using EDGE?
My comment above stands.
Bought the DSi XL because frankly smaller is not always any fucking thrill. EB Games offered me 90 bucks for my DS lite and I figured why not.
I have no interest in old slot two fucking crap games either.
And my Acekard 2i plays everything juuuuuust fine.
Firmware is just programming eh, it can be made and UN made.
Who buys a DSi anyway? Theres no reason to upgrade from DSlite for me.
Also pirates will always find a new way. Lets see how long it takes until this new firmware will be cracked or something.