# Reversing the 3DS e-Shop

> [!WARNING]
> Information documented here may be incorrect. You are very welcome to send patches to my (hex) e-mail, or you can open a PR. Do your own fact-checking.

This is an attempt to document and organize my (and others) findings on the eShop, its workings & a proof-of-concept replacement store. The end-goal here is to open the possibility for some kind of custom homebrew store using existing mechanisms and a familiar theme.

There are already similar projects, like [Universal-Updater](https://universal-team.net/projects/universal-updater) which aim to allow the downloading of other homebrew applications, though it features a pretty poor UI and lets be honest, we all want to have an excuse to hear that sweet eShop music again. 
## Philosophy

> "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
> Albert Einstein

In essence, make everything simple to read and comprehend, but don't over-simplify things to the point where bringing in more complex topics on top of the existing (more simple) foundation makes the foundation useless. 
## Sources

https://github.com/PretendoNetwork/mitmproxy-nintendo