Topic: Sudoku (EA) Pulled From the DSiWare Shop

Sudoku (EA) was pulled from the DSiWare shop around the world. Apparently there was an exploit that allowed users to use a modified save file to play games from the SD card.

that's a bummer -- that was probably my favorite of the various Sudoku games, really.

I guess it's good if it was for the good of developers, but shame about not having the game anymore.

It's certainly quick action on Nintendo's part; the usual hackers have been trying to break open the DSi for homebrew purposes since launch, and they've found that the only way to reliably do so would be to use a game from the DSi Shop and modify the save game. However, that means Nintendo can simply pull the exploited game right away (this hack is less than 2 days old) and patch the vulnerability before reposting it to the store.

It'll be hard for even the best hackers to find a reliable solution under those circumstances.

Wow, just saw a video of this after I read this thread. It's pretty weird seeing "Hello world!" appear after the EA Sudoku title screen lol. And this whole time I've been recommending EA's Sudoku to people. Ah well.

Those of us who bought it and have it backed up can still play the game, right? I enjoyed it a lot.

Yup, Nintendo doesn't like homebrew. But I'm sure they'll fix the thing and it'll be back up.

I bet it'll be back by Monday, a Sudoku shortage would be a disaster

@HM: once you've downloaded it to your system, you've got it. idk if they'll disable it if you try to connect to the Shop, but you should be able to continue playing your downloaded copy no problem :3

shocked nintendo made that big of a deal over a 200 pt download... still got telegraph sudkou for 200 you can download

Good thing I already have the game. Even though I find the music very annoying.
EDIT: I bet ea is happy for all the sales though

You mean this one, right? http://dsiware.nintendolife.com/games/dsiware/sudoku
I just downloaded it last weekend when I got a new DSi XL. It's one of my favourite games on my other DSi .. so I got it for the new machine as well.

Lol, I bet there was a spike in sales for EA Sudoku before they had to take it down.

Ha, yeah. Probably what tipped them off.

There was a total of 234 downloads when the hack was heard of until nintendo pulled it down.

@TLink9 - How did you find this out?

@Victoria: that information came straight from the guys who did it. you're more than welcome to google it. :3

I just fell like it was being implied that I was one of those trying to get this hackable, or whatever, game. I don't know how homebrew works, nor do I care. I'm just glad I was able to get a copy of the Sudoku game before it got pulled, because I quite like their version of it. It's a lot better than the first one I downloaded.

Pick up UNO while you can.

Can we hope this as another for it or are you just trollin'

Anyway, that is a big blow to Nintendo, although it appears it has strict limitations. No worry to Nintendo it appears for now, the team that did it doesn't seem to like Piracy (I researched it).

It is a shame it was pulled from the shop, its the best sudoku game I found on DSiWare.

The game is back in the shop. I actually downloaded it last week.