Gateway have released a statement about the 7.x encryption. With "certainty", 7.x games and applications will be able to be ran at their labs in good time.
Clarification: This does not mean the Gateway will work on 7.x firmwares, but will be able to run games that do not work (Pokemon Art Academy, Tomodachi Life).
STATUS UPDATE 7.x
We have recently reached a major milestone regarding the 7.x encryption. We can say with certainty that we will soon be running 7.x games and 7.x applications (like eShop, PokeBank and YouTube) in our labs.
We can already say that this will be possible with the current gateway hardware and will be supported in the form of a regular firmware update.
Some people might think we’re overcautious with releasing new firmware updates and holding stuff back.
But we would like to reiterate once again that quality assurance and smooth product experience is on the top of our lists. We really take our time to test everything as much as we can.
There’s a bunch of other (interesting) developments going on besides the 7.x encryption fix at the moment; but we will brief you guys about them in a later (more lengthy) news update. Most questions we get at the moment are 7.x related, so this one will be released out as soon as possible.
Attention Digimon Fans! Shortly after the Japanese release of Digimon World Re: Digitize Decode for the 3DS, a region locked console, fans started "Operation Decode" that should gather as many fans as possible. The goal of this operation is to make Digimon video games appear outside of Japan again. Especially since they gained a huge amount of quality over the years. Now, this is old news, why am I telling you this then? Well, "Operation Decode" not only targets a NA and EU release of Digimon World Re: Digitize Decode but also the upcoming PlayStation Vita game, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth.
This is even bigger news with the Bandai EU manager, Isshak Gravi, saying that we should gather at least 50k fans in this petition and they might consider a European release. Look:
Currently the petitions has around 30,500 fans backing it so the goal isn't that far away. Who knows, maybe they also localize the Digimon Adventure PSP game and bring it on Vita's PSN store to celebrate the 15th Anime anniversary, which is currently hold in Japan. So, tell your friends, your wife, your dog, your teacher, your bus driver. Let's bring these games to the western market! If you have signed the petition back then make sure to at least revisit again as your sign might not count anymore.