Uh huh. I live in Indonesia, where Nintendo doesn't have an office or a representative. So who should I call if I lost my 3DS? Obama?
Unlike PSN with its account system, where I bought lots of digital games since even if I lose my Vita or PS3 or whatever I can easily redownload them again, Nintendo's stupid online system is one of the reasons that in all my years owning 3DS, I only bought 4 digital games from them.
On-topic: it's very naive to say that people will respect the NO PIRACY rule when exploits such as this is released. Unfortunate. Although I don't really fault them since Nintendo's region locking can go to hell.
Is it an US 3DS? Just call NOA support. International call too expensive? Use Skype, Viber or some other internet phone calling service which allows you to call anywhere in the world for pennies a minute. Yes, it's still a hassle, but it's a one-time hassle compared to lugging around dozens of carts that are definitely certain to be lost forever alongside my 3DS gets lost/stolen while on its carrying case. A Skype call is also much cheaper than paying almost double the price for physical 3DS games in my country.
Also, the "NO PIRACY" is not a "rule". It's almost impossible due to the way this exploit works. Unlike the Wii and the DS, the 3DS apparently implements access rights, so code executed by a game doesn't have full access to the whole system and can do stuff like modifying the firmware or booting other games.
Nice try, but there are countries without Nintendo Call Support, like the one I am in.
Nice try, but you can just call whatever country your console came from. I don't have Nintendo call support on my country either and i had no problem getting them to remove the parental lock from my system when my stupid cousin created a password when I wasn't looking.