Console hacking fans may remember that the Wii had a similar homebrew hack that required a copy of launch title The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. However, the overall visual appearance was praised for "[feeling] like a great deal of care and attention was put into making the game look as slick as possible. Of course, there are many things that will make you frown, like the agonisingly long loading time, but despite all it's flaws, for some reason I don't regret the purchase at all. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. GameSpot shared similar criticism, noting that whilst providing "undeniable joy in winding your way through a particularly nasty stretch unscathed", the level designs—especially on harder levels and boss fights—combined with its "carefree" controls, relied too heavily on unforeseen threats and were too frustrating.

To find the exploit through an obscure game, make use of it, and install a whole new Homebrew channel with nothing more than a debugger and a few extra tools? Reminds me of how Lumines became unaffordable when it was discovered it could be used to create a browser exploit in the original iteration of the PSP. Despite all the bad points, the general feel of the game is nice, the concept has a fairly new twist, and there's a few things that will make you smile in this game. pues se ha valorado un montón ahora, si podéis conseguirlo por un precio bueno a por el, pero cuidado, que salen muchos vendedores que le ponen precio altísimo y por tanto dinero ya no merece la pena. Cubic Ninja could have been an amazingly addictive game, but some faulty controls and a lack of content hold it back.

The game was released to mixed reviews; although praised for its unique gameplay concept, critics panned aspects of the game's control scheme, along with its "frustrating" wired level designs and relatively short length. Simply tilt and turn your Nintendo 3DS to solve challenging puzzles, outwit devious enemies, and escape intricate traps.

On November 17, 2014, the game became the subject of notoriety when Jordan "Smealum" Rabet publicized that a user mode exploit in the game would allow all existing 3DS models (including the 2DS and the New Nintendo 3DS) to execute homebrew code.The game involves guiding a small ninja named 'CC' in a mission to rescue the princess of the kingdom. Owing to his stance, Rabet noted that the exploit does not enable the use of unlicensed games, but did note that it could possibly be used to bypass the console's region lock. In a final bit of irony, the game's original developers at AQ Interactive won't even be able to really enjoy the game's sudden unexpected surge in popularity; the Japanese company was absorbed into Harvest Moon maker Marvelous Entertainment shortly after Cubic Ninja's release in 2011.

The game is controlled primarily using the 3DS' gyroscope, requiring the player to tilt the console in the direction they want CC to move. Even if other exploits are eventually found and developed for the 3DS, at least Cubic Ninja has already been rescued from a lifetime of ignominy to become a footnote in the history of the 3DS. The exploit was ultimately released on November 21, 2014 to coincide with the release of the New 3DS in Australia and New Zealand. In 2014, smea discovered a way to run Homebrew Launcher on any existing 3DS model using Cubic Ninja.unreliable source] On September 18, 2016, Ninjhax was updated to no longer require web services, requiring multiple QR codes to be scanned instead. Using power-ups collected from scrolls, [3] CC can shrink, gain a shield, throw shuriken at enemies, and unlock all of the doors in a level. Since then, however, GBATemp says that "plans are accelerated," and smealum revealed on Twitter Monday night that the exploitable game was Cubic Ninja, a tilt-controlled action adventure that got abysmal reviews just after the 3DS' launch in early 2011. Also, there are no lives, you die you start again making boss fights even worse especially with all the above incorporated as well. There are over 100 levels in the game, and players not only race through the levels but also share the results with friends to challenge them.