Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | 22:15 BST
DSi Facebook update also fights piracy
Like a mild-mannered Joe Everyman who suits up and fights crime by the moonlight, the recent Nintendo DSi Facebook Connect update does more than advertised. In addition to plastering Facebook with embarassing snapshots of you and your friends, it renders many DS flashcarts useless, reports MCV.
iPlayer, EZVi, and AK2I are among those thwarted by the Facebook-clad crusader, meaning that illegally downloaded games will no longer function in conjunction with them.
There ya go, Yves. Nintendo’s got your back.
5 comments
#1
Retroid
03/08/09, 10:42 pm
Pirate games, fine.
But does it bugger up homebrew stuff too? :/
#2
Michael O'Connor
04/08/09, 2:43 am
Probably.
And pretty sneaky move on Nintendo’s part. I can’t help but feel proud of them for being so ghostly in this manoeuvre.
#3
anasui
04/08/09, 2:44 am
I thought homebrew was more like a cover-up for pirated games
you know, like those flower shops with the MI6 in the boxroom
#4
Michael O'Connor
04/08/09, 2:52 am
“I thought homebrew was more like a cover-up for pirated games.”
Some homebrew is pretty decent. A lot of those sleeper-hit download titles often started life as homebrew.
#5
Retroid
04/08/09, 10:45 am
Homebrew has always been my interest on machines like this, hence why I own a GP2X. Also why I softmodded my original Xboxes (because there’s a tonne of homebrew for that format) and why I can’t ever, ever see myself doing anything like that for my 360 (because there’s bugger-all homebrew software and it’s all about ‘backups’ which I don’t give a toss about).