Nintendo brings its anti-piracy system to 3ds

Last month, it was reported that Nintendo was banning pirated Nintedo Switch consoles, preventing them from connecting to the company's Internet service, and therefore making it impossible to use eShop and online gaming. This was the result of the company's new anti-piracy system, which allowed it to identify when a game had been hacked thanks to a unique identifier that is included in every copy of the game. The next step has been to bring this system to the Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo 3DS receives an advanced anti-piracy system

Now this anti-piracy system has been ported to the Nintendo 3DS through the latest software update, version 11.8, released yesterday for the aging console. The official published changelog mentions improvements to stability and user experience, although it has been discovered that it also includes this advanced anti-piracy system from the Japanese company. The new system was discovered by Twitter user SciresM, who was also the source of the Switch-related news last month.

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With 3DS nearing the end of its life, those who want to hack games are unlikely to be too affected by the move, but it's still interesting to see Nintendo chasing these users on a seven-year-old system. It remains to be seen if the piracy community manages to find a way to circumvent the measures in place.

While Nintendo has always taken a few steps to minimize piracy on its consoles, this appears to be a more aggressive approach than before, as SciresM claims there isn't much that can be done if the company aims to crack down on hackers.

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