Homebrew Launcher (ninjhax2-dx)

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Ninjhax2 is an exploit for the game “Cubic Ninja” made by smealum. This page uses an updated version of ninjhax by zoogie called ninjhax2-dx, which supports 11.17.0.

This method requires a working 3DS camera.

This process will overwrite your Cubic Ninja save file, if you have one.

What You Need

  • The game “Cubic Ninja”
  • The latest release of ninjhax2-dx
  • The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS .zip file)

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

  1. Power off your console
  2. Insert your SD card into your computer
  3. Copy Launcher.dat from the folder appropriate for your console from the ninjhax2-dx .zip file to the root of your SD card
    • The root of the SD card refers to the initial directory on your SD card where you can see the Nintendo 3DS folder, but are not inside of it
  4. Copy boot.firm and boot.3dsx from the Luma3DS .zip to the root of your SD card

Section II - ninjhax2-dx

  1. Reinsert your SD card into your console
  2. Power on your console
  3. Launch “Cubic Ninja” once and select “Create”
    • If prompted, delete all data
  4. Select “QR Code”
  5. Select “Scan QR Code”
  6. On your PC, open the browser and go to ninjhax2-dx website
  7. Select your console’s region and hardware
  8. On your console, scan the QR code
    • If the game exits to the HOME Menu, then the exploit has installed correctly
  9. Launch “Cubic Ninja” again
  10. If the exploit was successful, your console will have booted into the Homebrew Launcher
  11. Power off your console

Section III - Hardware Button Check

In this section, you will see whether you can access Safe Mode on your console. This will determine which method you will follow on the next page.

In this section, you will see whether your shoulder buttons are working on your console. This will determine which method you will follow on the next page.

  1. Power on your console
  2. Once you see the HOME Menu, press the (Left Shoulder) and (Right Shoulder) buttons at the same time
    • The camera applet should appear
  3. Power off your console

Next step: Choose an exploit

If the camera appeared in the previous section, Safe Mode is likely to be working on your console.

If the camera appeared, continue to Installing boot9strap (HBL-USM)

If the camera did NOT appear, continue to Installing boot9strap (Frogtool)