History of Hacking the Nintendo 3DS [pdf]
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It used to be somewhat easier, but Nintendo surprisingly released an update last month (despite discontinuing the 3DS last year) that fixed the last exploit.
it was either an American Nvidia model or a Japanese DMP.
A high res camera wasn't needed, nor were the programmable shaders that Tegra 2 offered -- Nintendo decided to go with the chip that ran cooler, longer, was produced with a local IP, and came with tessellation for almost-free.
If you are interested in the chronicle of hacking the 3ds, there is a more detailed thread: https://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-hacking-scene-history.443396...
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My original plan was to have a go at homebrew for DS, which is why I bought the DS Lites in the first hand.
I ended up not doing any homebrew for any of them, but had fun playing the games that I got for them.
After having played all the games that were worth playing I sold all of it. Ended up even making a buck or two. Not like profitable business basis kind of extra money but just a little more than I had paid originally, because I'd picked cheap ones when I bought and I also had the games I had gotten for free which I included when selling them again.
The feel of Lite and the optimised gameplay experience stunned me. It reminds me of the old Gameboy feeling. So much fun than any games on PC (control-wise). I quite like the fact that it is compatible with GBA games. And the experience is consistent with native DS games. Best 50 pounds spent on second hand devices.
As for 3DS, it is dead. Big titles have released or will release their successor on switch. However if you want to play Pokémon, go for a 3DS as their Switch version is really disappointing, and I assume they will keep disappointing.
The 3ds line has a large library of fun games, but won't be getting many more at this point. I went with the 'new 2ds', because I don't care about 3d, but I like the clamshell, even if it probably means the hinge will break eventually, like on my DS; the original 2DS just seems unweildy for me.