i believe its even recommended to use hdds with outside power, but ive used both and personally see no performance difference between ones with its own power and ones that just run off one usb port, but maybe ive been lucky *knocks on wood*
they can see anything you post on the interwebz ;) so if they got picky enough they could find out your nnid and ban you for posting that you use cia files ;)
anything is possible and if nintendo has learned anything from other big gaming companies.. like microsoft..anytime you connect to the internet data gets transmitted..even offline a log is kept in the nand then when it has internet connection it sends data to microsoft (M$) nobody knows if...
oh no i didnt lose my save while doing this. i lost my save after i downgraded my xl and formated my sysnand but it doesnt matter because, with your wonderful saves i was able to get everything i lost back and then some :)
i used a 32 gb one for about a week or two...then had to upgrade to 64gb lol..maybe someday ill spend the 100$ on the 128gb one..but..so much to drop on a card lol..wish could just drag and drop over and over again instead of all at once sorta thing to avoid the fragmentation error lol
i thought if you had the official nintendo save data tool it would allow you to do a 1 time transfer i believe..? unless if im wrong. i used this when i transferred my retail acnl to my legit eshop purchase one. it takes the save off the cart completely but i have a feeling that with gateway and...