First of all, thank you, Hikari, for this software. It seems like the kind of thing I have been looking for, for some time now.
That being said, I have a question about 3DS games, updates, and DLCs downloading using this app:
- What do I need to do with this app in order to get the list of downloadable titles for the 3DS?
- Once I download the title (game), its update and its DLC, what are the exact steps I need to take next in order to install the game, the update, and the DLC on my 3DS? I have the latest Luma, B9S, FBI and I am two versions behind the latest Godmode9
- Does the game, update or DLC gets packed as a CIA? If they do, does it have the ticket inside?
- Is it possible to only download the ticket for a game, its update or its DLC? I ask because the way I usually install stuff on my 3DS, is that I go to that titlekeys site, scan the QR code with FBI and only install the ticket for the game, update, or DLC, and then either go to the eShop to download the game or update, or access the in-game shop of any game to "re-download" the whole DLC or part of it. If it is possible to download only the ticket, how do I go about placing or installing the ticket on the 3DS?
I tried that certain iso site to download the DLC for two games I purchased (fire emblem fates: birthright and conquest), but when I installed it, it was all messed up: the revelations chapter or story wasn' t visible on the menu, there were missing DLC parts, there were empty slots, lots of them, that only said "reserved" and when I selected any of them it sent me back to the main menu. So I am hoping I can use this tool to download a valid DLC.
While we are on the topic of DLCs, let me share something about my experience with them. There are certain DLC tickets that I download through that titlekey site that allows me to install each part of the DLC through the in-game shop of certain games. For example, on Etrian Odyssey Untold 2, I can download the DLC ticket only, launch the game, access the in-game store, and when I check for each part of the DLC it says "bought" and also a button that says "redownload" and I am able to "redownload" them. Now, many people have told me that the ticket for the DLC gets deleted, causing the removing of the DLC of any game if I access the eShop or any other game's in-game shop. That has not been entirely true for me. For example, with the same Etrian Odyssey Untold 2, after I install all the parts of the DLC, I can access the eShop, browse around a bit, and when I come back to the game and then access its in-game shop, I can see that my DLC is still there, and every part that of said DLC that I "redownloaded" says "bought" and "downloaded", and I can indeed play them. There are also other games that I have whose DLC I download, without purchasing it through it's in-game shop, that I do not lose.
I have observed the following phenomena:
- There are games whose DLC tickets I download through that titlekeys site allows me to "redownload" any of the parts of the DLC (that being a map, a character, etc.) through the in-game shop for the corresponding game
- There are games whose DLC tickets I download through that titlekeys site does not allow me to "redownload" any of the parts of the DLC (that being a map, a character, etc.) through its in-game shop for the corresponding game
- For the "type" of DLC described above (#2), I have no option than to download the DLC through FBI, using the "download from CDN" option of FBI that comes up when I first install the ticket, which I assume is a link provided by either FBI or that titlekeys site to the eShop server that serves the content (or CDN), in this case, the DLC, game or update. The only downside of this approach is that for these types of cases, the DLC does get removed when I visit the eShop. My question is, if I have a ticket for a DLC that I get from that titlekeys site, why won't it let me "redownload" it for certain games through its in-game shop, while others do? I have confirmed, though my sample size is not big enough, that DLC that I "redownload" through in-game shops, tend to stay no matter how many times I visit the eShop, while others that I download through FBI or its CIA on that iso site, and later install it, gets removed if I visit the eShop.
- One last thing. The DLCs for those problematic games do not get removed per se, but rather there is an unlinking of the DLC data from the game. If I go to Data Management on my 3DS, I can see that the DLC which supposedly got removed is still there. It even tells me how many blocks it is occupying. You see how this can be problematic when I downloaded the DLC's CIA for the Fire Emblem: Fates birthright and conquest on that iso site, and it is a whopping 541MB in size (interesting trivia: if you were to buy the whole DLC for Fire Emblem Fates, it would cost a whopping 81.31$ + sales tax depending on the state you set on your 3DS if you chose USA as your country). I would be re-installing that DLC every time I visit the eShop, which wears down the SD card unnecessarily. Is there anyway of making the game recognize that the DLC is there, even though the eShop has unlinked it from it, other than re-installing the DLC?
If anyone can shed some light on any of these questions I have, I would deeply appreciate it. Heck, I will just thank anyone who is willing to read all this. I know this is a lot of words, but I just needed to get it out there in hopes that somebody can help me, specially with the strange DLC behaviour for certain games. So thank you in advance for reading my post. And if you can answer any of my questions, please, I implore you to be as specific and detailed as possible.
PD: I have heard about funkyCIA, funkyCIA2, GroovyCIA, and now this tool. Do they all do the same thing and if so, which one is the most complete and recommended?
EDIT: I have tried Wii u USB helper and it's a great program! Double congratulations and thanks to you hikari! One more thing, what are the checkboxes "legit", "cfw", and "preview" for? What do they do? Do checking any of them have an effect on a game, an update or a DLC?