Help needed with installing Pokemon ROM hack for DSi

Pokejay9595 · Sunday at 3:00 AM

I'm trying to install Pokémon Sword + Shield Ultimate Plus (a ROM hack of Pokémon Fire Red) onto my DSi, but even though I'm following the guide on GitHub, whenever I boot it up in GBARunner2 on my DSi XL, it just greets me with a white screen. I'm sure I'm installing the right patch and using the right version, and it boots on mGBA emulator, but it won't work on my DSi. I've heard people have played it on a DS, so can somebody help me out?

RafaelNavarroDC · 2026-06-10T02:50:26+0100

Pokejay9595 said:
I'm trying to install Pokémon Sword + Shield Ultimate Plus (a ROM hack of Pokémon Fire Red) onto my DSi, but even though I'm following the guide on GitHub, whenever I boot it up in GBARunner2 on my DSi XL, it just greets me with a white screen. I'm sure I'm installing the right patch and using the right version, and it boots on mGBA emulator, but it won't work on my DSi. I've heard people have played it on a DS, so can somebody help me out?

The truth is that the Nintendo DS system doesn't have enough power to run hackroms, especially Pokemon.
It's not that you patched it incorrectly, the console simply can't run it.
One that did work for me is Pokémon Team Rocket; it has 3 regions and a bit more extra content.
I forgot to mention that this only happens with GBA ROM hacks, because GB/GBC ROM hacks run perfectly fine, like Pokémon Prisma.
The NDS ROM hacks also run perfectly.

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