>>30314832>Small possibility of bricking a two hundred (200) USD handheldLiterally impossible now, the guide handholds you the entire way. You'd have to be illiterate and deliberately choose the wrong options to brick.
>having Nintendo revoke your online capabilitesNintendo has never banned anyone for CFW, freeShop, or anything else. Fuck, they couldn't even tell the difference between the pirated CIA and people legitimately getting their physical copy a day early.
>a $15 device that simplifies the entire processThat's $15 more than I have to spend, and it's not so simple if I can do it in an hour or two while you have to wait until... what was it? Mid-January?
>only has a small (<1%) chance of corrupting the cartridgeThe fact that it even has a chance tells you how problematic the device is. PKHex and save managers have a 0% chance of corruption.