The most important Nintendo 3DS Game Ever Made...
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2023
- Cubic Ninja was the most important Nintendo 3DS game ever created thanks to its QR Code entry point into the world of unsigned code and homebrew on the 3DS. It's where it all began, and in todays episode we take a closer look.
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► www.polygon.com/2014/11/26/72...
► smealum.github.io/ninjhax2/
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You know it’s a good video when mistakes were made
you know its not when its just past 8mins to get max adverts
@@DrGreenThumbNZL blame CZcams 🤷🏻♂️
@@DrGreenThumbNZL what are you on about?😂😂
@@LightBlazeMCprobs just trying to bait people for attention lol
@@Lanausse hahaha yeah seems like it😂
It's crazy how just 1 day after this video was made, Cubic Ninja went back to being one of the only ways to mod an Old 3DS due to the most recent 3DS system update killing a lot of the entry points.
And a day after that hackers had already found ways to undue Nintendo’s shenanigans.
@@billcook4768 what ways? link please
@@billcook4768 not on the "Old" 3ds models. It's been confirmed that the only guaranteed way to hack those is NTRBoot with a flashcart. N3DS models are still open to soft hacks.
NTRBoot cannot be patched
Better to just get an r4 for like $10💀
Cubic Ninja was the start of a big waterfall of exploits, It was an amazing time to be part of the scene honestly.
I remember the chaos of people trying to buy it as soon as this exploit was published, went up 20-30x in price
I actually bought a flashcart solely to use cubic ninja on it because it was cheaper to
I went to GameStop that was 10 miles away from me to get it for 20 bucks
@@nwordfword8073y game shops are all like 10 or more miles away
there was a point where the youtube app was temporarily exploited (till it was patched) where the price of cubic ninja fell again, and then after it was patched, it soon skyrocketed back to its previous high afterwards.
I managed to find four copies near my house and made some fast money that weekend.
You don't understand how happy the words "MISTAKES WERE MADE" make me feel when they appear in a thumbnail
So how did you felt when you saw the N64 video's thumbnail said "MISTAKES WEREN'T MADE" ?
@TheLennyFace Not Connor kiss, but sad
same
I remember using this game to hack my 3DS back then. Thankfully someone in my area was kind enough to donate a copy to the local library, so I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg to use it. Whoever did that, you're an absolute legend.
Been waiting on this one. :D
That tweet from Smealum in front of the Nintendo office is such a giga Chad move. lol
No way he did?!
That settles it then, they did have a talk with him 😂
*few hours later Nintendo Ninja's break in to his hotel room and take him to the HQ, to silence him?* XD
The whole 3DS hacking scene and its development had to be one of the most exciting for any console ever. We had drama, controversy, sick discoveries and huge improvements constantly.
Switch too, but only for the first 2 years I think.
I remember when people were flaming Sky3DS because of Gateway had the "better" hand model in their marketing/instruction videos. I still have one of the more memorable quotes about this particular point in 3DS scene drama in my GBATemp sig.
@@MrZhdarkstar Then one year later people on GBAtemp went hard on Gateway3DS whenever it was mentioned in a thread. A9LH did wonders in comparison to the ill-fated flashcard. Good times.
"menuhax peasants
Al9h master race"
Wii U has drama due to the sensitive community lol.
Oh and it's so small they still haven't made some basic homebrew like a non-FTP file explorer or media player lol
I will never forget right before the modding scene blew up I found a copy of Cubic Ninja at my local GameStop and you bet I used it for ninjhax damn those were the days take me back
there was a point where the youtube app was temporarily exploited (till it was patched) where the price of cubic ninja fell again, and then after it was patched, it soon skyrocketed back to its previous high afterwards.
Is there more info about that YT app exploit? How did it work?
Basically, the regular browser couldn't run flash or any of that sort of plugin, but the CZcams app did so it could play videos, and someone found that you could exit the site within the app through one of the links that show up at the bottom of some yt pages. You'd then use that to exploit the system and run code. They quickly patched it tho
God I remember the Lumines/Pandora Battery exploit for PSP and the r4 ds cart spoofing for OG DS, handhelds just have the wackiest exploits
The current switch one is a little cray too
@NehpetsKDoom the rcm jig is not that crazy...imagine cutting into a battery to hack your handheld lmao...I remember the smoke coming out of my psp battery
@themoistbanana That must have been real early on. I thought the PSP was really damn easy to hack?
@thenightowls2804 yeah it only worked for the 1000 models and early 2000 models.
@@TheMoistBanana Lol I had to barrow my friends battery after I melted my own
I remember getting to GameStop the moment this exploit was announced publicly. I had searched my stores online before hand for a copy and burned one of my 5$ off coupons to get it "free" 😂Guess you can say I got the jump on GameStop before they got the jump on everyone else. Sad part is there was only 1 copy used in my area so I got super lucky.
Wow! That's Really lucky!
Similar story, GameStop didn't increase the price in Italy
@@Valery0p5 that would only be the PAL copy tho, not NTSC
Yep you were blessed to get a homebrew door for free
@@LennyQUMFIF still good for the 🪓
The news came out in the late evening here in Japan & I remember thinking, “It’ll get pulled from the JP eShop when folks get to work tomorrow….”. I dropped everything & walked about 25 minutes to the nearest late night game shop to buy some eShop credit. Sure enough, it was gone the next day…. but I still have it on my console! 😊
Always enjoy the tech dives. Thanks for the video MVG
People don't understand how important it is to get ONCE into the system. Once you are in, you can search the house for other more easy vulnerabilities.
If you aren't inside, its hard to find those. I think these first hacks are the most important step in all devices to permanently build an access point.
On a personal note, I think companies should open up their hardware once end of life is archived. For example the WiiU is no longer profited from by Nintendo, there is literally no point in them not pushing a final firmware, that just opens the system with a "dev mode" that allows external software to be installed.
The dream would be this would be mandatory, but its just a pipedream. Until then we need the hacking community to continue their important work.
All consumer software should be source-available once its life is over, but unfortunately, that's not the world we live in.
I could MAYBE see other companies doing this but I feel like Nintendo would sooner go out of business than do this. Their attitude stinks
@@curtisss that’s because Japanese companies HATE anything that is even remotely related to piracy. They’re is no middle ground with them. They consider you a criminal pirate even if you only run homebrew apps.
How do people not understand this?
Capitalism doesn't work that way
Cubic Ninja: Oh boy, it sure is nice being a niche Ubisoft 3DS game on July 14, 2014
Homebrew: Hi Squidward
lol
Imagine a video game being somewhat underrated just because of an exploit.
I’m really glad this game exists in general, as it was the gateway to Homebrew on the 3DS, allowing us to preserve the entire 3DS game library, and to allows us to make to 3DS do things that it can’t usually do!
Always cool content! Love all videos about the history of the homebrew scene in every console.
I remember all this. I have a softmodded New 3DSXL myself (with a PSP, Vita, DSiXL, Wii, and PS2), but nowadays, I stick to PC / Steam Deck.
These videos showing what started the hacking scene for a system personally is what this channel is known for to me, and you always deliver. Great job.
Brooooo, I've waited so long for this video from you!!!!!! Just waiting for the Vita one now and it will all be as it should!
I got real lucky with this one, a friend of mine who had some insider knowledge of what was going on, had bought a couple copies of Cubic Ninja prior to the public release of Ninjhax. Upon the massive price increase, he was willing to sell me a copy for only $10, so I managed to avoid paying the absurd prices.
Very interesting video, thank you. Never heard of Cubic Ninja before, but now I understand the important role it played in getting where we are today with cfw on the 3DS.
Im always so impressed by the people who figure out these hacks, especially the hardware-based ones. I mean I'm a total tech nerd, but my knowledge never really goes past simply knowing how to perform the hack.
And only a day after the video was made, Nintendo released a 3DS system update to patch common homebrew techniques
Nintendo are peak anti consumer. Close the eshop and then stop the ways to play the games they removed. LMAO
I've been waiting forever for this video. It did not disappoint.
Great video, content packed, personal connection, good twist and all! 👍
Nice watch
Always look forward to your Monday releases. You are in my top 5 favorite channels. I especially like your ‘(x) console is still awesome in (x) year” format videos.
It was nothing short of a miracle that my daughter had gotten this game at some point. I successfully soft modded her DS and loaded up some NES games on it, since that’s my favorite to emulate. Worked like a charm. I should revisit this mid to see what other emulators are available since I did this several years ago.
Never change that music in the series, it's an absolute blast.
Stack buffer overflow, what an everlasting classic
These videos are absolutely fascinating to me. It is so interesting to see how different devices end up being exploited.
I really love the intro music!
Great video! You always make it easy to understand!
I remember getting my copy of cubic ninja for less then 10 bucks and this was at the height of the scalping on eBay. I forget which shop I bought it from but I do remember going online and letting everyone know where they can get a cheap copy.
Your music is always great to listen to :)
I don't agree with QR level sharing being bad at all, if the game can fit a level within the QR data then it's the best way to do it.
Crashmo is a great example of why QR level sharing is better, if it was server based or physical wireless based then we wouldn't have all those Crashmo levels we have today. Back then people would be posting levels on websites, forums and such and all you needed to do was scan it.
The point is that you have to share the level in person. Unless you are going to attempt amateur photography.
@@henke37 I mean yeah, you basically can do that lol. It's not elegant compared to something like animal crosding's 3ds qr codes but you can totally take a pic with your phone and post it online
@@dooplon5083 This, almost everyone has a passable camera in their pockets nowadays, better than a server that will be shut down eventually.
@@BastetFurry personally I'd prefer both as options, just to be safe, that way you can play to the strengths of both formats
@@henke37 You can save QR codes on the SD card, you could upload them to an image sharing site from within your 3DS.
I feel like people completely have forgotten how things were back then.
Another great video MVG.
Pretty much the same thing that happened with lumines for psp, only lumines was a good puzzle game and never fetched insane prices like that.
Always look forward to your videos
Mistakes were made is back!!! I love those episodes man keep it up
Thanks for another great vid MVG
Your video helped sell my copy of Cubic Ninja that I had on ebay for nearly 5 years after the price dropped. It sold the day after you made this video. Thanks!
Mistakes were made is the best series on YT!!!
Back when Cubic Ninja released, I remember it getting some attention because it was going to be one of the first (or the first?) 3DS games to not have a 3D mode. There was some outcry about releasing a game that didn't use the 3DS's main "feature" (or gimmick), but after they put 3D in with the Circle Pad mode, it seemed like the discourse around Cubic Ninja was over, and the game was going to fade into obscurity...
_That_ didnt last long!
Wow.. this makes me want to get a 3ds just to play around with the mods. Very educational video MVG 👍
Great video as always. When I modded my 3ds there was "soundhax" good thing cause no way was I paying that much for a game at that time lol
haha what a great video, i remember asking neimod if i could get more dumping devices xD ending up getting one shipped from a friend back then, great times, gateway came up, eshop games it was fun and a great handheld! loved to play the layton games !
Beautiful video as always!
Finally you made one for the 3ds! I remeber buying this to mod my 3dsXL in 2015/16
cool and interesting video MVG!
A short, and sweet video. Thx 🤓👾
The 3DS had lots of shovelware in its first year, but they were good for hacking and exploits! Especially now Nintendo has stopped supporting the 3DS and they shut down their online store! Nintendo’s stubbornness is the reason why piracy and hardware exploits exist!
Love these videos!
Wow, this video's timing was horrible... Nintendo just released a new firmware version killing one of the most popular exploits making hacking a 3ds (at the moment) very hard
Really?
I didn't even know that thanks
I will have to check GBA temp now
Not quite, just a bit harder, with a magnet and ntr modified R4 card
An R4 card is a physical item that costs money. Compared to the previous no external anything needed methods, it's quite a bit harder and more expensive. It's important to note however that exploiting is still pretty easy if you have one of the many vulnerable games (some of which free) from before the eShop closure.
good video mate, keep it up :)
I remember the day this was announced, as if it were yesterday. People went from having 0 hope, and thinking this console is a dead end, to absolutely blowing up the scene with new discoveries
I missed out on the ninjhax days of the 3DS...however i was there for the Soundhax one, that was fun. I hope to see a video on that someday.
Something you might want to cover as its own short episode is the fact that some Hannah Montana videogame for the Wii had a massive rumor spread that it was some great thing to use to hack the console or allow ACE. The problem with this is that it was a baseless rumor that had the game shoot up in price to over a hundred dollars online.
Considering that Nintendo just patched several exploits with the latest firmware update that came out of nowhere (except maybe spite), I expect Cubic Ninja to climb in price again. Good thing that I still have a copy laying around!
Once you have boot9strap, you don't have to hack it ever again. Nintendo can't patch it.
I hope to see a full 3ds hacking history video! Thanks for the vid, MVG!
fun fact about the gateway3ds device and team executer: one of the main members of that group is gary bowser... and the gateway device is one of the two main reasons for that pretty harsh punishment he received recently.
I remember following his Twitter closely when he announced the name of the exploit game would be released shortly. One day after the Tweet I found a copy of the game for 29 euro, on a local website whose main business wasn't even games.
Fascinating as always!
The early Pokemon ORAS days with the QR code web browser hack was pretty amazing as well
I heard about the game when it came out. It's cool to think a minor feature in a game could get past all the security.
That intro music is awesome.
As soon as I saw the cubic ninja box , I knew what this was gonna be about. Great video, man. By far one of the more interesting methods of hacking a console.
Great video!
One of the few 3DS games I have, yet I never played it so it was actually kinda fascinating to see the gameplay in this video lol
MVG, this video reminded me of the PS2 exploit with Agent Under Fire. Can you make a video about that? I still can't believe how someone finds that out and comes up with a way into the system through the game.
You should do a video about how YOU would do hardware/software security for a console, if you were hired to. I love these videos talking about how things were broken, but it would be cool to see what would or could be done to either make it impossible, or at least last long enough for the lifecycle of a console.
A bit related is the Vita 3.60 firmware version thing back in 2017 or when was it right before H-Encore showed up.
Any Vita on firmware up to 3.60 was easily 3~6 times the price of a newer firmware version. I happened to get interested in the Vita again right around that time, and managed to find a cheap 3.67 firmware version one extra cheap, right before people figured out those were also hackable now.
The GOOSEBUMPS when i hear that synth at the start
I already knew this video was going to be good when I saw Cubic Ninja and "mistakes were made" in the thumbnail.
I remember those days like it was yesterday. When the game name was announced, I was VERY skeptical; I had this feeling like it was going to tempt me to buy the game at an inflated cost only to find out it didn’t work or was already patched. By the time I was convinced, it was too late haha! Price was crazy. I ended up waiting for another hack and don’t regret it, but I would have been nice to be on the front lines :)
To think, one little crappy puzzle game could cause such a big fuss which snowballed into the current 3DS hacking scene we've got today.
Of course, Cubic Ninja wasn't the only game on the system to have an exploit, but it was one of the much easier to use and more noticable ones.
Although at the time I didn't have any form of Wi-fi and so I wasn't aware of anything related to homebrew or hacking in general. But even then I didn't own Cubic Ninja when it came out, I'm not even sure if I ever heard about it.
The game I got when I first got a 3DS was Sonic Generations because that was the only game that looked interesting when I first got my console.
Of course nowadays I have a hacked 3DS of my own mainly because of all the cool homebrew apps, tools and games to play. And also being able to get now discontinued games is a nice plus, mostly because there are games that got discontinued way before the eShop shutdown that I really wanted as a kid.
I picked up Cubic Ninja after the price plummeted because there were other options. Great video on how it all started.
Huh, that's interesting. In the clip you show from Smealum, he's using the Japanese version of Cubic Ninja. And on the screen for QR code entry, there's a third option which in Japanese reads "StreetPass". That third menu option is missing from your (presumably USA) copy of Cubic Ninja. So the game had StreetPass support in Japan, but not the US? That's super weird.
This was a wild time. I remember seeing this game at the 3DS launch and the only bargain game I bothered with was that weird Chaos Theory port.
What a funny coincidence. I was just looking for something in my storage room today and then I found the game and remembered how I modded my Nintendo 3DS XL with it back then. I bought it at Gamestop for 9,99€ while it was already sold on eBay for a lot of money. The only Gamestop store with this game was 400km away from me and a friend bought it and sent it to me, it's always a funny story when we see each other.
i've been messing with my 3ds downgrading and trying not to brick it. looking for videos that explain how/why are hard to find, only videos show the modding process. always enjoy an mvg history of x hack
My New Nintendo 3DS (Cover Plate model, not XL) started crashing yesterday! It would either power up but not boot, boot but crash 3-10 seconds after the Home menu pops up or crash at a random point during use! I unfortunately dropped it a week earlier so hopefully it's just a matter of reattaching a ribbon cable! However, I'm worried a trace or even a ribbon cable may have broke! My whole life is on that 3DS, including the many eShop games I bought just before the March closure! I know I can still redownload my eShop purchases if I do have to reboot the system but knowing that certain updates like Mario Kart 7's 1.2 update needed to be downloaded through the eShop, hope those updates can still be redownloaded! Thank you!
found mine in a deal bin at a Best Buy during Black Friday that year the hack was released , what a time that was.
I've never heard of the game, I knew once you said it hit bargain bins where this video was going 😂
Great video. Do you plan on making one about the newest 3ds update that patches most exploits?
I remember using that game, sadly I lost the game card in the train, at some point. At that time the price of new copies was still high, and I caved and got a gateway.
Everybody gangsta until MVG comes up to tell you “mistakes were made” 😂
As important as it is I never really liked hacks that involve getting a certian game to use its features to exploid the hardware.
I just dont like to have games thst Ibdont wanna play on any of my consoles.
But I highly appreciated the effort to look into tons and tons of shovel ware to find that one game that is potentially exploitable and get a stating point frok there... It's magical.
Man, I haven't heard of Smealum since I originally hacked my 3DS years ago. What a legend.
QR codes being a feature in games was a thing for a brief time. Fez springs to mind..
Love this content!
i saw a copy of this game at a local gamestore that was closing its doors recently and picked it up for around 4 euros, neat little part of 3ds history.
Ohhhh man this takes me baaaaaaaaack!! I remember the NinjHax and LoZOoT hacks were all the rage... I went to visit a local game shop in my country and as soon as I entered the store a game brought my attention instantly! A new, sealed copy of Cubic Ninja! It was priced at around 5 bucks too.... I grabbed it ASAP and bought it with the money I had to buy lunch that day haha I was hungry for most of the day, but my gosh I was so happy! That streak of luck let me hack a large number of consoles for friends and anyone who asked me for help. I never charged a dime for the "service" and I made a lot of friends with it! 13 years later I still have that game securely stored in a drawer. I'll keep it forever since it reminds me of a great time in my life :D Thanks Smea and everyone from the scene for creating one of the most epic and cool communities I've ever been part of :)
The PSP one was also great! Had a lot of fun with that one too n.n
Man, I bought this back in the day because I legit liked the game and found out years later what had happened.
You always draw me in with these videos, and then proceed to educate the FU$K out of me. I love it. Appreciate you bro!
what curious timing, you uploaded this just as nintendo released a new update that blocks most ways to install cfw on 3ds
The Nintendo powerpoint presentation was so damn hilarious because his pfp looks like something out of UK Dennis the Menace.
I can still remember me jiggling while exiting the game stop with a copy of this 😁
Dude, that was raw.
I saw this in the bargain bin at walmart weeks before the hack. Went back when it was announced and if course it was gone. Was able to ebay a copy for around $50 iirc. Worth every penny at the time.
I miss the bargain bin.