A day after Nintendo put out a new DSi firmware upgrade preventing system owners from loading pirated games or homebrew software, Chinese flashcart manufacturer Supercard has released an update for its DSTWO product that circumvents those new protections. It plans to also provide a fix for its DSONEi device next week.

Presumably, other flashcart companies will soon release their own updates. Manufacturers found a workaround for these countermeasures in record time – hackers spent a little over a month to get these devices working on the DSi when it first launched with new anti-piracy tech, and over four months when Nintendo added extra security with its last system update in July 2009.

The upcoming Nintendo 3DS is said to have some “sophisticated” protections to guard the portable against flashcart use. Hopefully for Nintendo (and developers looking to make their money back with 3DS software), that technology will hold up longer than a day against pirates.

See also: Flashcarts: More than ‘illegal game copiers’

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