I know that cia's are stored on the 3ds sd card and that 3ds roms are stored on the gateway card, but is there an advantage of using one or another.
3ds: region free with respect to dlcs
cia: you need to find the dlcs with the same region as the game cia
3ds: need to use gw launcher to switch game (a few more steps)
cia: just click on home menu, you might not even need the red card when in gateway mode already (so another system can use it)
You need the gateway card in order to access cia's
You need a gateway card to boot into gateway mode. Once there you can pull the gateway and still launch cia games. Just did it.You need the gateway card in order to access cia's
You can trim the 3DS/3DZ ROMs also without losing any feature (online play, DLCs, etc)If I'm not mistaken CIA installs are already trimmed and smaller in size.
So there are no other pros to CIAs beside being able to play them without the red card, huh?
You need a red card to boot in Gateway Mode for CIA's
Yeah I know that, I meant PLAY them without the Red card.You need a red card to boot in Gateway Mode for CIA's
No one does unless they have the Tardis version of the Gateway.I'm a CIA fanboy. Not had a problem finding any games I want, they all load, save and quit fast, they are nicer to look at and easier to organize too.
Also means all my games are stored on the one SD which makes backups a doddle (Don't even have an SD in my Red card). I don't go online but from what I've heard that works fine too.
My only regret is I overwrote my legit Zelda: Two Worlds theem with a themepack, so when I leave gateway mode the 3DS resets my theme. Ce la vie.
You can trim the 3DS/3DZ ROMs also without losing any feature (online play, DLCs, etc)
No one does unless they have the Tardis version of the Gateway.
Well at least all of my games are trimmed and I haven't got an issue so far.Problem is, currently not all roms can be trimmed correctly: http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/3DS_flashcarts_game_compatibility