

The ban apparently blocks access to playing games online and accessing services such as Miiverse. For cartridge-based games, Nintendo can also detect when a pirate copy has been uploaded on to a cart. The ticket is formulated from the game’s Title ID, the Device ID of the console the game was purchased on, and the Nintendo Account ID used to purchase it. In the case of a digital game, Nintendo uses a ticket system. To evade that, you can simply play offline. The banhammer only works if Nintendo detects that you’re online, playing some hacked or pirated game, though. Can you get banned for pirating games on 3DS?Ĭan you get banned for using homebrew on 3ds? Yes, you can get banned.

These “near-unbreakable” measures that are new to the 3DS have been active on the Switch for weeks. To further illustrate the strength of the new anti-piracy measures, ScriesM points to the Switch. The only way to play pirated games and not activate the check is to keep the 3DS completely offline.

Unfortunately, homebrew always walks hand-in-hand with piracy, and sure enough, people have begun dumping PlayStation 4 games, which can, in turn, be uploaded and played on jailbroken systems.
