"In case if you use equipment which is illegal or unapproved by Nintendo or if you do customization which is unapproved by Nintendo, there is a possibility that Nintendo 3DS become non bootable by system update."
This is what Nintendo has been saying for years about Wii system updates. This is because past Nintendo Wii updates have damaged modded systems, not because of any particular malicious intent on Nintendo's part, but because the mods changed the system in ways that Nintendo didn't expect. On the other hand, Nintendo could probably test that its updates work properly against the top few system modifications -- but it's hard to fault them for not doing so.
Exactly. I remember a few years back there was a bit of an outrage at Apple for "doing" the same thing.
But really, if somebody messes around with their own hardware, do they really expect Nintendo/Apple/etc to have tested against that? Of course not. They've got more important things to test and support.
http://www.gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=152082
Key passage:
"In case if you use equipment which is illegal or unapproved by Nintendo or if you do customization which is unapproved by Nintendo, there is a possibility that Nintendo 3DS become non bootable by system update."
This is what Nintendo has been saying for years about Wii system updates. This is because past Nintendo Wii updates have damaged modded systems, not because of any particular malicious intent on Nintendo's part, but because the mods changed the system in ways that Nintendo didn't expect. On the other hand, Nintendo could probably test that its updates work properly against the top few system modifications -- but it's hard to fault them for not doing so.