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A major issue (for me) with SmileBASIC is they removed (presumably at Nintendo's request) any way to export or import code except for their walled garden. Prev
by phaedrus 7y ago
A major issue (for me) with SmileBASIC is they removed (presumably at Nintendo's request) any way to export or import code except for their walled garden. Previous versions of SmileBASIC (for the regular DS, under the name Petite Computer) allowed one to (iirc) scan a QR code to input files. Someone has made a modem for SmileBASIC, but it's a lot of typing to get it loaded (presumably Nintendo would quickly pull it from the curated list of programs if someone tried to upload a copy of that).
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoThe QR Codes were likely removed because they were cumbersome. I'm not convinced Nintendo was involved. There's a Megaman clone for the DSi version which requires you to scan more than 100 (!) QR codes. That's not fun, and even as an edge case, it's not an experience you want anyone to have with your product. Better to push them to the central server.
- elsonrodriguez 7y agoThere's a chance Cubic Ninja has made Nintendo weary of QR codes in third party software.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoThat's very possible too, but other 3DS games still use them, and hackers have found plenty of other entrypoints since Cubic Ninja.