14 DAY TRIAL // A group of hackers says that it has managed to hack the 3DS handheld in order to allow all those who are interested in playing games imported from other regions to do so by removing the region lock that manufacturer Nintendo has installed.
Those who are interested in the process need to have firmware 4.5 or earlier and access to a DS flashcard, according to The Escapist.
The modification has been carefully constructed to make sure that no illegal ROMs can be used, which means that a tweaked 3DS cannot become a device to play pirate titles.
The hack is only meant to enable fans to play those games that are imported from another region.
Nintendo has been pretty clear that it does not want to eliminate region locking from the 3DS and will probably release new firmware for the handheld which will make the current hack obsolete.