RAMChYLD Wrote:The 3DS actually uses a whitelist for it's region protection (read: Nintendo includes a database of games in the 3DS, and the 3DS will only run games that are in the list, even carts. DS carts I think rely on an online database hence the requirement to be online when running a DS title, but it may also have been moved to the whitelist as well). The same list is used to block flashcarts. Someone made the R4 work on the 3DS once by spoofing the game signature to match a title in the whitelist, but then Nintendo blocked it when the next update for the 3DS came out (yeah, it has an upgradable OS).
The whitelist option may have been used for DS games. I was able to start NSMB (a DS title) without having WiFi on, contrary to what it says in the manual. Perhaps the system update I performed brought in a whitelist for DS titles.
RAMChYLD Wrote:God, I hate this ISP. Between the stupid censorship and blocking, various sites like strawberryforums also accuse me of being a spammer. The stupid ISP is using an AOL-like Infrastructure where everyone's forced to a gateway/proxy server. So one idiot on the network doing stupid things gets everyone blocked by the honeypot project. It's ridiculous. The only reason I didn't ditch it yet is because my cellco of choice hasn't launched LTE (again, Malaysian corrupted politics at play- DiGi is a Norwegian owned company, so the government isn't giving them the license first. Instead, local telcos that are owned by their cronies, Maxis and Celcom, got to launch their LTE 7 months ago and Digi has to wait until 2014- they're only allowed a few small trial areas at the moment), and that LTE modems are expensive...
I recall at my college, a range of their IPs were blocked by honeypot and I couldn't post on these forums while at school. I think even at one point, I was unable to load the home page.
Even though nearly all your ISPs there are poor, just imagine what it would be like if it were a monopoly like my ISP. My ISP is the only ISP in over half of my state. The good thing here is that they provide good service, and they are going to replace the old cables with fiber soon. But, what happens if my ISP starts raising prices, imposes censorship or data caps? There is no where else to turn to.
Well, there is satellite internet, but that would rule out any online gaming due to horrible latency. Animal Crossing would become unplayable if you wanted to visit another players town. There are also data caps to deal with too.
We also have wireless carriers offering data plans, but that is also a monopoly too. Verizon, and they aren't really that great a company. And in my rural area, we, of course, don't have 4G LTE. If I lived closer to the bigger cities, 4G LTE might be viable.
Living in a rural area is great, unless you want choice when it comes to your internet provider
and various other things but that is not the topic at hand. For that, you must move to the bigger cities where there are more options, such as a choice of at least two cable or phone companies, and multiple cell phone companies. Perhaps even WiMax.
Why must rural people wait several years for modern internet? We may be rural, but we deserve to be on the same level as my metropolitan neighbors.
I did a quick scan tho, and you can readily get a 3DS in Indonesia, but it's reputation as a "Pokemon" (read: kiddie) console and the lack of eShop, plus the price of the games, may put you off.