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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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