Just days ago 3DS System Update 9.3.0-21 introduced an option to shuffle HOME Themes and, of course, promised an improved user experience and additional stability. It also transpired that it put the squeeze on the NINJHAX Homebrew exploit, preventing those that use the channel from updating without losing access to the unofficial software. Whether directly related or not, Nintendo's kept busy by issuing a small update once again.
Version 9.4.0-21 (add U or E at the end for your region) is live, and is one of those downloads that's over in a flash. The rather simple changelog entry from the official website is below.
Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.
The 3DS has truly never been more stable, and it wouldn't surprise us if this is once again tackling unofficial hacks — no doubt just like many other updates before it.
In the unlikely event you spot any actual enhancements to the user experience, though, let us know.
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Wow, that was fast, really fast as these updates go.
Yeah, most likely it is targeting Ninjhax exploits among others.
I suppose the real aim to to deal with Gateway 3ds, as they managed to hack version 9.2 and that would cause a bigger problem than homebrew.
If they'd spend half as much effort on building PR by pleasing the paying fans instead of punishing the non-paying fans, the company would make enough money to cover those loses.
I haven't really noticed any difference...
When building my house I'll use some 3DS for its foundations. It'll be so stable
Can...you feel...the stability.... tonight?
@AugustusOxy Nintendo are implicitly pleasing the paying fans though by creating a hacker-free environment. Do you even remember games online for Wii and DS? Compromised very early on because of those consoles' equivalents to NINJHAX, in fact the compromised online is one of the main reasons why in 2009 I bought a 360 and that became my main console for the following few years.
My 3DS is so stable it now can float smoothly on the air, like a fresbie in zero gravity.
In all seriousness I wonder if this addresses the freezing issue I found in Smash Bros.
It may be a side effect of the home menu trick used to buffer the rewards roulette, but I've had the game freeze twice during round 5 - fighting mii team, when a devastating blow is struck, such as a player caught an in explosion or two miis struck by a home run bat at once.
These stability articles have the best comments on this site I swear XD
It changing home menu might mess with Gateway is all I can think (you can press a button to make a menu appear which swaps what game is loaded into the cartridge slot). Apparently it doesn't do anything more to homebrew than what was already done by the update a few days ago.
Ninjahax can't even handle the stability.
The 3DS is like a Jenga tower with no blocks removed, all pieces glued together and coated with Bedlam Bedliner. The next update they will coat each block with bedlam before gluing them together and a final coat added after.
Not another 3DS update, Captain! She can't handle anymore stability!
For all those curious: gravity can still handle the level of stability when the system is physically out of balance. So expect further improvements somewhere in the future.
Confirmed. No mortal can handle the 3DSs stability!
NINJAHAX be like:
My 3DS is so stable, it won't even crash when you throw it out the window-of an airplane
@Mariominer Kids do not try to do that while the plane is up in the air.
It feels so good with so much stability...
Please give us more, and more, and more...
My 3ds is more stable than this:
God, I love my stability fix.
o_O
How I feel about more stability...
I love that stability! Can't get enough of that stuff! Almost as addicting as the games I play!
I'm sure theres more happening behind the stabilizing project.
You can build a church on my 3ds and pray afterwards for even more stability..
They could also be honest and call it a security update, why not?
All of my games run the same; stability is just a filler word they use..
l'm not going to be popular with this, but Nintendo should issue an update that forcefully installs itself by Streetpass too. This way, hackers won't get any chance, since the New 3DS' Wifi can't be turned off.
These horses are never bolting, like, ever.
Christmas has come early this year! The gift of more stability was such a pleasant surprise.
Gotta go stable! Stable speed! That was almost too stable!
Is your body ready for all the stability!
@AugustusOxy seriously. i have been throwing my money to Nintendo for the past few months. between sales, new eshop games, and all the great retail bayonetta, toad, smash, etc...im happy i can take a break from buying and actually play all the new games ive got.
i wish Nintendo and other companies didn't have to worry about piracy, but they do and its a shame because it does hurt people like me. and i could care less for having a 3ds that plays emulated versions of gba games.
@Kosmo You can't turn off the New 3DS' wifi? What if you're on an airplane or want it off to conserve battery life?
@Kosmo
They can't do that cause every update is a new contract and you can't just make people accept a new contract without first agreeing to it. What if the owner of the 3ds is a 10 year old kid? They "need" a parent to agree to the update and the new contract with Nintendo. Thats why they have "I Agree" and "I Decline" buttons.
another update?? I updated my 3DS like two weeks ago...
Ninjax is officially dead. In other news, resale price of Cubic Ninja drops back to $5 bucks...
I bet the people who spent $500 on Cubic Ninja (which is a TERRIBLE game) are feeling pretty silly right now.
@Caryslan In the USA, the airlines don't care if you leave the wireless connection in your gadgets on anymore. That whole policy was caused by the fear that airline communications would be scrambled or tapped into by rogue agents. It used to be they were scared of even little electronic gadgets like Game Boys being turned on, even though they didn't do anything to interfere with the plane's radio signals. By now, the encryption of the airline communications has been adjusted to adapt to the ocean of electronic signals these days.
As for battery life, well... the original 3DS with a 3rd party 5000 mAh battery provides the best battery life anyways.
@Kosmo Forcing the public to accept the terms of service without asking for an agreement should be illegal. If it's not, then it should be. Americans already have enough legal crap to deal with, like the corporate federal government overturning publicly voted upon local issues by brute force whenever the results don't match their agenda. We don't need random elements in the private sector getting in on the "patriotic dictatorship" bandwagon too.
@AugustusOxy Only companies like GOG.com, who exercise DRM-Free policies as a matter of core operating philosophy, are ever going to do that... Asking Nintendo to embrace DRM-Free ideas is like asking your pets to do calculus for you. They're just going to stare at you with a puzzled look, wondering why you're not doing something more productive, like feeding them.
Wow, I'm still on version 9.0.0.20 ... Time sure flies, doesn't it? I don't remember the last time my 3DS didn't nag me to update it whenever I power it on... Whiny little sucker, none of the previous Nintendo systems were this yappy. I'm going to have to convince it to see things differently soon...
This update actually fixed an issue caused by the previous update where 3D images would still display even if you chose to start a game in 2D using Parental Controls. My depth slider is really screwed up to the point where I have to turn off 3D system-wide if I don't want 3D enabled, so it's nice to be able to do that reliably again.
The update messed up an essential fix on my 3DS. My slider doesn't allow me to turn the 3D off and since I'm not fond of it, I used Parental Controls to turn 3D off. It no longer works
@Grumblevolcano They are not, real hacks can be done by gateway users now afaict. (NSMB2 custom levels for example which means the doors are open the same as before).
Sky3DS isn't blocked (And it perhaps cannot be - maybe newer games could not work on it).
Ninjhax was not and is not really an issue.
Eh... I'll pass on the update. I'd prefer the possibility of customizing Smash bros and playing offline or local mp over having stripped customization or cheats for my offline games. Maybe if SNES games were released onto the eshop store or more gameboy and nes games, I could forgo on the customization bit.
2 Stable 4 me
@BaffleBlend Not if they have a spare 3DS to use it with.
All jokes aside I have actual seen a large impruvment. since the Teams were added id been having a glitch where it didnt acknoledge me removing a game card and inserting a new one without reseting the 3DS I dont have to now as it kniws when I remove a game
@BaffleBlend lol I was always tempted by that game back when the 3DS was 1st out... then I forgot.. lol so is it realy not good? allways looked like a intresting llittle Platfomer to me.
And I quote from smealum's twitter;
"looks like 9.4 doesn't update anything ninjhax uses so it's no worse than 9.3. still don't update obviously but if you're already on 9.3..."
So two of the Ninjhax exploits still work. Man, that "squeeze" on Ninjhax isn't that tight, is it?
@StarDust4Ever No, it's not dead.
My 3DS can't repell stability levels of this magnitude!!!!!!
@Yoshegg @AJere There should be a little click at the end of the slider. Push it past the "click" to disable 3D.
I could be wrong, but I think either this update or the last one added a button to go to the E-shop from the brightness changing menu to go with the settings button. There also is a button to display NoA's contact information, and I would assume it is the same for other regions. I downloaded the last two updates at the same time.
@StarDust4Ever I know how to turn the 3D off, it just doesn't work anymore. My 3DS is faulty
@AJere Original or xL
@StarDust4Ever Yeah I have an XL and original, and my original is the one having issues. Even when I push the slider all the way down, the 3D just kinda crazes out and repeatedly toggles between maximum depth and disabled. But hey, at least it gives me an excuse to get the New 3DS when they finally decide to bring it overseas!
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