Hacking Any DS flash cards that work well in N3DS XL?

[Adrian-E-C]

I have the gateway blue card but it doesnt seem to work at all in my New 3DS which is a lil sad.

Is there a firmware update for that card that works? Or is there another card that runs OG DS games?

 

[Temarile]

Have you done any modifications to something called TWL_FIRM? If not, skip part 1 and go to part 2. If you don't know for sure, start at part 1.

Part 1: To use the Gateway Blue card we need an unpatched TWL_FIRM, otherwise it interferes with the patches Luma3DS uses.
As per Luma3DS wiki:
here

• From the package, copy O3DS AGB.cia and O3DS TWL.cia (if you have an Old 3DS), or N3DS AGB.cia and N3DS TWL.cia (if you have a New 3DS) to the SD card

• Open your favorite cia installer (the guide has been tested successfully with FBI 2.1).

• Install the .cia files you copied in step 2

• Luma3DS should now be functioning normally

Part 2: Preparing the Gateway Blue card for use
http://www.gateway-3ds.com/downloads/

• Insert your micro SD card for the blue card into your computer. Make sure the card is formatted to FAT32.

• Unzip it and inside you'll find a folder called "Blue Card (R4i). Copy the "_rpg" folder and the _DSMENU.dat over to the SD card for your Blue Card. You don't need the others.

• Copy any .nds file you'd like to the root of the SD card. (Or create a folder called "games", whatever you like.

• Put the SD card in your Gateway Blue card and insert it into your 3DS.

Sometimes the 3DS may not recognise the Blue card immediately. I have found you need to push the card a bit further into the slot and then it will work. Confirmed working as I'm using my Gateway Blue card to play Dragon Quest at the moment on my A9LH Luma3DS N3DS

Try this ^^
The gateway blue card works perfectly on my n3ds.

 

[barak06]

Try this ^^
The gateway blue card works perfectly on my n3ds.

For me to. And also the R4 3ds

 

[Adrian-E-C]

For me to. And also the R4 3ds

What is a cia installer?

 

[Temarile]

What is a cia installer?

I get why it doesn't work with you..

FBI is an open source CIA installer for 3DS. It is not the first one, but so far, it is the one with the best features.

CIA files allow the installation of titles to the 3DS. Think of them like the .wad files for Wii. FBI lets you install/uninstall them. In the past, the tools that was used for this purpose was Nintendo copyrighted material. Big Red Menu was the first open source/legal CIA installer, but as it came in .cia format, you still had to use a Nintendo copyrighted tool once to install it.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-fbi-open-source-cia-installer.386433/

You can install FBI by using the fbi installer in the homebrew starter kit.

 

[nero99]

r4isdhc dual core, dstwo plus, r4i-sdhc rts 3ds, and a lot more.

 

[tatumanu]

I didn't do anything and the gateway blue card worked great with Luma out of the bat on og 3ds xl

 

[Adrian-E-C]

Ah...so I need custom firmware in my 3DS? There are no DS flash cards that work on the legit firmware? my 3DS is at 11.0.0...so the most recent or darn close to it.

 

[tatumanu]

No i think the ones nero99 said all work on the lastest normal firm.

 

[Temptress Cerise]

Ah...so I need custom firmware in my 3DS? There are no DS flash cards that work on the legit firmware? my 3DS is at 11.0.0...so the most recent or darn close to it.

I recommend you get the R4i Gold RTS (r4ids.cn)
Link: http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=149

Or the R4i-SDHC (r4i-sdhc.com)
Link: http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=146

DSTwo or DStwo+ in DS Mode (GBA+SNES Emulation)
Link: http://www.nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=135
The 3DS Mode (Gateway Plugin) on the plus version requires you to be on an exploitable firmware, so forget about using it for 3DS Games if you even consider The Plus version of this card.

 

[Adrian-E-C]

how good is the snes emu on the dstwo+? if its pretty decent that could be an excellent choice. Specifically Megaman X3 if you know.