Tag: Web Browser
News No, Your Nintendo Switch Isn't Running Safari
Despite what Twitter emails may tell you
The "day one" Nintendo Switch update is now live for any of you lucky enough to have had your consoles shipped early, and one of the first things you'll want to do is link your Switch with your Twitter account so you can spam loads of lovely Zelda screenshots to your timeline. The process of linking your...
Game Boy Color ROM loading also bites the dust
In the past couple of months there have been a series of hacks that have utilised an exploit in the 3DS Web Browser; the New Nintendo 3DS has been excluded due to it having a different browser app. The exploit was used for multiple applications, such as loading Pokémon into the latest releases or even...
News 3DS Web Browser Exploit Allows Game Boy Color ROMS to be Emulated on the System
Yikes
While Nintendo's efforts at locking down exploits on the 3DS have been stronger than in past generations, hacks and homebrew have still been possible. Though system updates often shut them off, some have found clever ways to get around hardware limitations, and a recent web browser exploit raises a particularly thorny issue - Virtual Console...
News The New Nintendo 3DS Web Filter Does Successfully Block Adult Content, Most of the Time
There's a loophole to be fixed
The New Nintendo 3DS is now out in Japan, and it'll be intriguing to see just how much the models boost sales of the hardware in the country. It has various new features, such as a faster CPU, the c-stick and improved stereoscopic 3D viewing, though it's one of the less headline-grabbing inclusions that's recently been...