Hacking Looking for a Flashcart to trade up Pokemon

[TheAnt317]

Hey all, I'm new to the flashcart scene (never owned one) and have been searching around for information on what I need for what I want to do.

Basically, I'm interested in editing Gen 5 Pokemon saves on a flashcart to then trade to a legit Gen 5 cartridge and then move to Gen 6 via Bank. After reading through this page, it seems simple enough but I'm not 100% sure which flashcart I should use. I do have a DS and 3DS to perform this.

The DS that I have is literally the oldest version of DS that exists, the first run that came out in 2004 which I bought on day one. I never bought a newer version of the DS. Therefore, I imagine my options for flashcarting are far and wide since it's never needed to update firmware.

Currently, I'm looking at this cart. It's simple, affordable, and appears to do what I need it to. I just want to be 100% sure that this the flashcart that I can use to do this. I don't need anything fancy or expensive, just something that will play games and allow me to trade between systems.

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[ac3ds]

This one seems like it would fit your need very well. Just make sure you have a micro sd card, I would reccomend at least a 4 gigabyte card. If you have any other questions I would be happy to help! Also if you ever wan't to play more games this probably won't work on your 3ds.

 

[TheAnt317]

I have no intentions of playing this cart on the 3DS anyway. Also, why the 4 GB microSD? Would 2 GB not suffice?

 

[Sleet]

If you just want to transfer Pokemon then I think you should get the r4 save dongle.

 

[TheAnt317]

If you just want to transfer Pokemon then I think you should get the r4 save dongle.

Hmm, well I looked into this and I suppose it does actually look like what I would need. One question though: Is this thing compatible with Gen 6 save files? It shows a picture of Super Mario 3D Land being connected to the device.

 

[MajinCubyan]

Instead of trading, you use Apache Thunder's TWL save tool to backup a save off a legit gen 5 cart, edit it and restore it to the cart. Backed up my Soul Silver save and moved it to my r4 and have been stealin the elite 4 pokemon. Haha.But the point is you can use a legit cart, edit the save and then transfer up. Save some cash

EDIT: plus cuts the middle man of trading one at a time.

SUPER EDIT: Also you need to be able to run cias for twl save tool, I believe.

 

[TheAnt317]

Instead of trading, you use Apache Thunder's TWL save tool to backup a save off a legit gen 5 cart, edit it and restore it to the cart. Backed up my Soul Silver save and moved it to my r4 and have been stealin the elite 4 pokemon. Haha.But the point is you can use a legit cart, edit the save and then transfer up. Save some cash

EDIT: plus cuts the middle man of trading one at a time.

SUPER EDIT: Also you need to be able to run cias for twl save tool, I believe.

It appears that wouldn't work for me, as it's a custom DSiWare. As I said, I have the super old (original 2004 version) blocky DS.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

twlsavetool is a 3ds app that can modify ds saves. I believe there's a *hax compatible version which needs pokemon bank to run.

 

[TheAnt317]

I'm not really comfortable with putting homebrew on my 3DS just yet. I only got a 3DS like 2 weeks ago, too worried about bricking it.

 

[Sleet]

Is this thing compatible with Gen 6 save files? It shows a picture of Super Mario 3D Land being connected to the device.

I think it only works with older 3DS games, not 6th gen Pokemon.

 

[TheAnt317]

Ah, okay. Thanks very much for all the help!

 

[SlenderPanda02]

I posted this on a different thread about Transfering:

"1. Use an r4i w/ Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum / HeartGold / SoulSilver.
2. Get a REAL copy of Pokémon Black / White.
3. Use Pokémon Transporter through the route to the right of Nimbasa City and send over your DPP/HGSS Pokémon.
4. Run PokéTransfer and send the Pokémon to Pokémon Bank, then withdraw them.
5. Celebrate.

If you want to access BW Pokémon, get a Action Replay / r4i Save Dongle for actual game cartridge save editing. For XY Pokémon, get a Powersaves. It's easy to use and doesn't require much."

Yes, indeed the r4i Save Dongle works for 3DS Games but NOT 3DS Pokémon Games. There should be a list of 3DS Games it supports on the website.
I would not recommend the r4i Save Dongle though as I received it and after the first day it broke and never worked again. [was using PKMN Black]

EDIT: Should probably state which Flashcart's I'm currently using / used.
www.r4ids.com - R4i Gold 2.0 - AKAIO 1.8.6 Firmware : LOVELY card in my opinion. Supports almost every NDS Game. [PKMN BW/2 compatible]
www.iedgeds.co.uk - Edge Card - I forgot, bought it in 2011 : It's was... meh.

 

[TheAnt317]

I posted this on a different thread about Transfering:

"1. Use an r4i w/ Pokémon Diamond / Pearl / Platinum / HeartGold / SoulSilver.
2. Get a REAL copy of Pokémon Black / White.
3. Use Pokémon Transporter through the route to the right of Nimbasa City and send over your DPP/HGSS Pokémon.
4. Run PokéTransfer and send the Pokémon to Pokémon Bank, then withdraw them.
5. Celebrate.

If you want to access BW Pokémon, get a Action Replay / r4i Save Dongle for actual game cartridge save editing. For XY Pokémon, get a Powersaves. It's easy to use and doesn't require much."

Yes, indeed the r4i Save Dongle works for 3DS Games but NOT 3DS Pokémon Games. There should be a list of 3DS Games it supports on the website.
I would not recommend the r4i Save Dongle though as I received it and after the first day it broke and never worked again. [was using PKMN Black]

EDIT: Should probably state which Flashcart's I'm currently using / used.
www.r4ids.com - R4i Gold 2.0 - AKAIO 1.8.6 Firmware : LOVELY card in my opinion. Supports almost every NDS Game. [PKMN BW/2 compatible]
www.iedgeds.co.uk - Edge Card - I forgot, bought it in 2011 : It's was... meh.

Too late for that now, since I already have the Save Dongle now. I ended up using it to install Oot3Dhax and now I'm using PKHex to do the Pokemon editing I wanted to do.

 

[SlenderPanda02]

Too late for that now, since I already have the Save Dongle now. I ended up using it to install Oot3Dhax and now I'm using PKHex to do the Pokemon editing I wanted to do.

Ah, okay.