Cubic Ninja gets a huge price hike at GameStop following 3DS homebrew release
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 10 Comments
Cubic Ninja is in hot demand. Following a spike in interest due to the release of 3DS homebrew, it sold out at most retailers.
Cubic Ninja is currently the only game that can be used to take advantage of an exploit in the 3DS, which is required to add homebrew to a user’s system.
On November 19, Cubic Ninja was available for just $5 used at GameStop. The game’s price has since increased to $39.99 ($35.99 for “PowerUp Pro” members). A new copy goes for $19.99, though finding one would be incredibly tough at this point.
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Creator says 3DS Homebrew meant to attract bedroom coders not piracy
Posted on 10 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS, News | 1 Comment
With the launch of the Cubic Ninja exploit for 3DS, creator 22 year old Jordan Rabet, is saying that his hack was intended to entice homebrew developers to bring their games to the 3DS console and not to promote piracy.
In a recent interview with Eurogamer Rabet states:
It’s very dangerous. If you release an exploit that’s too powerful you might let people do whatever they want with their console – which can be great – but you also have the possibility of piracy… which isn’t so great.
I don’t care if people pirate in their private lives, but I don’t want to be a part of it. I don’t want to release something others can use to steal someone else’s intellectual property. That’s not what I want. I wouldn’t release something that could be used for piracy… it’s just not something I want to do.
Right now I’m hoping the loader attracts more developers and people start building more homebrew games. I’m working on the 3DS version of Minecraft and a bunch of people are working on emulators. I’d really like to see how far we can push the 3DS.
Jordan Rabet also explains his thoughts on whether he feels that emulation is another form of piracy or not:
I would say the emulator itself definitely isn’t piracy, to me. Pirating ROMs is definitely not legal or morally responsible – but if you own the game and want to play it on the go, I don’t see anything wrong with that. I guess there’s the argument that emulators may hurt Virtual Console sales but, honestly, the homebrew scene is pretty small. Cubic Ninja is not a game that was sold a lot and now it is being sold at super high prices, so it’s not going to cause any significant damage.
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Cubic Ninja pulled from the Japanese eShop as 3DS homebrew approaches
Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS eShop, News | 16 Comments
Have you heard of the 3DS game Cubic Ninja? It was a small title from AQ Interactive and Ubisoft, which arrived around the time of Nintendo’s portable.
As fate would have it, Cubic Ninja is the key to unlocking homebrew on 3DS. That’s led to the title disappearing at all major retailers with demand far outpacing supply. Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop pretty much have no stock remaining.
Cubic Ninja was available digitally in Japan, but not anymore! Nintendo pulled the game recently in what is likely an attempt to cut down on 3DS homebrew as much as possible.
Those who have managed to purchase Cubic Ninja can use an exploit in the game and add homebrew to their 3DS system starting on Friday.
