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Re:Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over f... by asveikau on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:24PM (#35291387)
> You need to create your own copy,

It's funny because custom electronics are way more cheap and accessible than they used to be. In the 90s, I wished I could dump my game carts and saves. I saw someone posted PCBs to do it over ISA bus but I didn't have the skills or ability to do it myself. Recently, I found this open project that can dump that era: https://github.com/sanni/cartreader

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Re:Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over f... by actionablefiber on Friday March 24, 2023 @01:22PM (#35292412)
One issue with dumping, even if you have the equipment for it, is that in some cases you will still need to patch it to defeat the copy protection.
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Re:Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over f... by asveikau on Friday March 24, 2023 @02:53PM (#35293807)
Those can be distributed as patches. This is typically how people distribute fan translations, for example.
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