Hacking My son wants a 2DS or 3DS.....and I want a flashcard

[munchy_cool]

Arcade is hard to find at my times. And most of them are expensive too. I start PS1 then NDS, both of them with pirate games.
Then PC with pirate one, and slowly change to Gabe slave, then PSP, N3DS and Vita. Last 3 of them mostly play legit games.

well, i didnt own an arcade machine, i went to shops and played there

 

[nechigawara]

well, i didnt own an arcade machine, i went to shops and played there

I means the arcade centers are the one that hard to find. Since the machine is expensive.
PS. my country has lower income & living fees than most of the world. So it's a reason that many things look expensives here.

 

[munchy_cool]

I means the arcade centers are the one that hard to find. Since the machine is expensive.
PS. my country has lower income & living fees than most of the world. So it's a reason that many things look expensives here.

aah I get it now

 

[Cuphat]

CFW with freeShop is way more versatile and easy to use compared to a Sky3DS. It takes effort on your part to set it up, but the end result is way better. http://3ds.guide/

 

[xile6]

Cfw is you can.
My son went through the flash carts long time ago. He would update his system, then the cart stops working. Gotta wait for the flash cart people to update. Then it got to where they couldnt update any more and had to buy a new flash cart.
This happen a few times then i just brought him games.
Now i put him on cfw with emunand.
So if he updates it and cfw stops working for some reason. I can roll it back with the save emunand.
Plus no swaping game carts.

 

[Sketchy1]

Hi Guys,

10 years ago I bought a NDSL with a real R4 flashcard. Still simpel to use. My son is playing it, but he wants the newer games, so for his 7 th birthday he is collecting money to by a new 2DS or 3DS. I want to buy him a flashcard so he can play the games. Still know where to get them

So which card is easy to use, just software and the roms on it, with the new FW on the 2/3DS and still has support and where to buy online in China or Europe?

PS still great that this forum still exists

Best is probably a sky3ds+ if you want 3ds game support, just note it does NOT support pokemon Sun and Moon at the moment, and it looks as if it won't ever, and its kind of a gamble cause we still don't know if it will support other games later down the line.
But you can skip out on buying a flashcard completely if you get the said console On a specific firmware version. 10.7 or less and you can downgrade and either emunand or (preferably) set up Arm9 loader hax (A9lh for short). Just note youll need a big enough sdcard for your 3ds if you the above method due to the fact that most of your games will be installed in .CIA format, which means on the console home menu. Sky3ds requires a .3ds or .3dz in it that youll have to obtain from elsewhere, like specific iso sites for 3ds, just Google it. Freeshop is much better IMO if you use cfw, (custom firmware) as it can download directly off Nintendo servers, which is much easier and safer (no you won't get into trouble)

If you decide to take the a9lh path (which you should) here is a guide:
https://3ds.guide/

 

[Pacific]

I started with a commodore 64, NES and an Atari Lynx... then SNES, N64, NDSL Wii and my bro had a PS1 and of course every pc from 386.

The ps1 was modified and NDSL and Wii also and for the pc I had every copy game there was.

 

[munchy_cool]

I started with a commodore 64, NES and an Atari Lynx... then SNES, N64, NDSL Wii and my bro had a PS1 and of course every pc from 386.

The ps1 was modified and NDSL and Wii also and for the pc I had every copy game there was.

this was my fav game back in the late 90's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Superstar_Soccer_(video_game)

 

[Pacific]

Lets get this right for me. If I manage to get CFW on the 2DS you can download also the original games like mario kart and Super Mario Bros 2?
So if I do my son can't brick his DS due to an emunand backup. Will there be still some new 2DS or 3DS below FW 10.7?

 

[munchy_cool]

Will there be still some new 2DS or 3DS below FW 10.7?

You never know what you can find on the internet, try eBay or maybe you can go to a store which allows you to check the firmware before you buy it (you dont have to tell em that you want to check the firmware, make some other excuse )

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Lets get this right for me. If I manage to get CFW on the 2DS you can download also the original games like mario kart and Super Mario Bros 2?
So if I do my son can't brick his DS due to an emunand backup. Will there be still some new 2DS or 3DS below FW 10.7?

There are some new bundles around that are pretty much guaranteed to have 11.0+ on them, but older bundles will probably have 10.7 or below. Non-bundles are kind of hit and miss. You can tell the firmware by the serial number, but I think only new3DS has the serial number printed on the box.
o3DS is probably a safe bet, I believe they stopped producing them a while ago. 2DS has had new bundles/models that come with 11.0+ but older bundles should be safe as mentioned. And I'm not sure about new3DS.

 

[Sketchy1]

The original mk7 bundle 2ds comes on 10.1-10.7,

Galaxy n3ds and new mk7 bundle come with 11.0

Actually saw some post somewhere showing n3ds serial numbers confirmed to have specific versions, I'll fish for it in a sec

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Actually found 3:
N3ds:
https://amp.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/4pmpgb/new_3ds_serial_firmware_list/

https://gbatemp.net/threads/n3ds-xl-firmware-by-version-number.381479/

O3ds, o3dsxl, 2ds:
https://amp.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/5ahzdf/new_3dsxl2ds_firmware_by_serial_november_2016/

 

[Hyoretsu]

N3DS Super Mario 3D Land Edition with serial YW7010/YW7011 are confirmed 10.7 and Dual IPS.

 

[achuk]

If you're in the UK most of the Tesco black N3DSXL are on 10.7 or lower.

Me and my friends all recently purchased from there.

 

[Pacific]

I won't go to the UK soon. I will see what FW there will be on when he buys the 2DS

 

[Pacific]

So He got his N3DS dit the https://3ds.guide installed the freeshop removed the FBI Hombrew and lumi updater cia's so he has a N3DS with freeshop. Have the otp and nandmin files back up.

Can i sit back and relax he can't brick his N3DS assuming he won't boot his DS with start or select pressed?

 

[nechigawara]

So He got his N3DS dit the https://3ds.guide installed the freeshop removed the FBI Hombrew and lumi updater cia's so he has a N3DS with freeshop. Have the otp and nandmin files back up.

Can i sit back and relax he can't brick his N3DS assuming he won't boot his DS with start or select pressed?

Removing Hourglass payload to making sure your son won't run it.
Start button is safe since it's just a config.

 

[munchy_cool]

So He got his N3DS dit the https://3ds.guide installed the freeshop removed the FBI Hombrew and lumi updater cia's so he has a N3DS with freeshop. Have the otp and nandmin files back up.

Can i sit back and relax he can't brick his N3DS assuming he won't boot his DS with start or select pressed?

yes sir, make sure you have backup of those 2 files at multiple places ..

 

[Pacific]

Removing Hourglass payload to making sure your son won't run it.
Start button is safe since it's just a config.

Do you mean the select button? removed hourglass payload

 

[nechigawara]

Do you mean the select button? removed hourglass payload

Yep, remove select_hourglass9.bin