Newshot Fans release unofficial 1.10 update for Minecraft on Nintendo New Nintendo 3DS Edition: adds online multiplayer / infinite worlds
IT Home, November 12 news: According to foreign media Tweaktown, enthusiasts have recently released an unofficial 1.10 update for Minecraft on the long-discontinued Nintendo New Nintendo 3DS Edition, introducing features such as online multiplayer, infinite worlds, and a command system, while also adding support for the original Nintendo 3DS.
Public information shows that Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition was released in September 2017. Although local wireless multiplayer supporting up to two players was later added, online multiplayer was never supported. Mojang stopped maintaining the New Nintendo 3DS Edition in January 2019, with the final official version being 1.9.19.
The unofficial 1.10 version released this time allows players to join multiplayer servers and establish peer-to-peer connections. The community has also set up a dedicated cross-platform survival multiplayer (SMP) server, supporting 3DS players playing together with players running Minecraft Java Edition 1.12 and Pocket Edition 1.1.5.
In addition, this update removes the fixed map size limit of the original game. Previously, the maximum range of the game world was only 2016 × 2016 blocks, but the new version is no longer subject to this limit. At the same time, the maximum world height has been raised from 128 blocks to 256 blocks, providing players with more space to build structures and explore the map.
The corresponding developers have also introduced compatibility support for the original Nintendo 3DS. Previously, the official version only supported the more powerful New Nintendo 3DS series, and the original 3DS could not run the game. Community developers said that through a series of performance optimizations, the game can now also run on the original 3DS and 2DS handhelds.
For download and installation, this fan-made 1.10 update is distributed through the Minecraft 3DS Community's UniStore. Users can obtain it using Universal-Updater or download it through the corresponding community Discord server.
Note that installing this update requires a Nintendo 3DS that has already been hacked and has a homebrew environment enabled, with custom firmware such as Luma3DS installed and game patching enabled. For the original 3DS and 2DS models, the community has also provided separate running tutorials