3DS Homebrew Channel imminent ⊟

French coder Smealum is preparing to release a 3DS Homebrew Channel hack for 3DSes soon! Here’s why this project is awesome:

It works on the latest 3DS firmware, unlike previous hacks that require outdated versions from a year and a half ago

This will not load commercial or pirated 3DS ROMs, only homebrew applications and games (though it will be able to run emulators like this SNES one for 3DS)

It will support North American, European, and Japanese systems

While Smealum hasn’t implemented region unlocking yet, he says "playing games from other region[s] should almost definitely be possible" – I expect this will be with imported cartridges, not ROMs

Smealum has previously said that 3DS owners will not need to use a flashcard to get the exploit to work. Much thanks to @gemesisDev for the photo above and to Octopus for the extra info.