Hacking Any GBA flashcard with built in gyro?

[MikaDubbz]

I can't seem to find one. I see that the definitive edition of EZ Flash Omega has built in rumble, which is awesome, but I would really love to experience games like Wario Ware Twisted or Kirby Tilt in Tumble on an actual GBA without having to pay the ridiculous prices they cost on the second hand market. Is they any such flash card out there? Or is there maybe one on the way?

 

[hippy dave]

None afaik. If you can handle playing it in Japanese, Mawaru Made in Wario (JP version of WW Twisted) is cheap as chips on ebay.

 

[tatumanu]

Iv'e been wanting that in flashcards for more than a decade, I would use a Vita / Android / hacked Switch for those games through retro arch.

Edit:
I wonder if anyone ever converted a Japanese Gyro game into a flashcard

 

[Jayro]

I haven't seen any, but InsideGadgets in Australia sells the best single-game flash carts on the market, including ones with RTC, custom "Nintendo" logo replacement, and rumble motors.

 

[hippy dave]

FWIW I think the Wario game uses a different kind of sensor than the other two GBA games (the Yoshi one and the Japanese puzzle game Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!)

 

[Titney]

I haven't seen any, but InsideGadgets in Australia sells the best single-game flash carts on the market, including ones with RTC, custom "Nintendo" logo replacement, and rumble motors.

Inside Gadgets does have a rumble gba cart, but its ETA April 2022, and it only support Wario Ware, so you're probably better off buying an original Wario Ware cart anyway, like @hippy dave said, the Japanese ones are cheap.
https://shop.insidegadgets.com/product/gba-32mb-256kbit-fram-gyrorumble-flash-cart/

Also, Kirby Tilt n' Tumble is a GBC game, so unlikely to work with gyro on a GBA flash card anyway, but like with Wario Ware, the original cart is pretty cheap in Japanese.

FWIW I think the Wario game uses a different kind of sensor than the other two GBA games (the Yoshi one and the Japanese puzzle game Koro Koro Puzzle Happy Panechu!)

Happy Panechu uses a simpler tilt sensor, meant to be used with the GBA held flat, similar to the one in Kirby's Tilt n Tumble. With Wario Ware, as I recall, you can hold the GBA at an angle and recalibrate the sensor every time you start the game.

 

[Jayro]

Inside Gadgets does have a rumble gba cart, but its ETA April 2022, and it only support Wario Ware, so you're probably better off buying an original Wario Ware cart anyway, like @hippy dave said, the Japanese ones are cheap.
https://shop.insidegadgets.com/product/gba-32mb-256kbit-fram-gyrorumble-flash-cart/

Also, Kirby Tilt n' Tumble is a GBC game, so unlikely to work with gyro on a GBA flash card anyway, but like with Wario Ware, the original cart is pretty cheap in Japanese.


Happy Panechu uses a simpler tilt sensor, meant to be used with the GBA held flat, similar to the one in Kirby's Tilt n Tumble. With Wario Ware, as I recall, you can hold the GBA at an angle and recalibrate the sensor every time you start the game.

What about Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy?

 

[Titney]

What about Yoshi's Topsy-Turvy?

I never owned it myself, but as I recall the functionality was similar to Wario Ware (and it was released shortly after Wario Ware) but there must be some difference since InsideGadgets says only Wario Ware works with their gyro flash cart.

 

[Baggins]

I never owned it myself, but as I recall the functionality was similar to Wario Ware (and it was released shortly after Wario Ware) but there must be some difference since InsideGadgets says only Wario Ware works with their gyro flash cart.

Topsy Turvy can be 'reasligned' its same system used in Happy Panechu.

 

[Titney]

Topsy Turvy can be 'reasligned' its same system used in Happy Panechu.

The sensor in Happy Panechu can be recalibrated, but the sensors work differently. In Happy Panechu the GBA is held flat and tilted side to side, in Yoshi and Wario Ware the GBA is held at an angle and rotated.

Happy Panechu:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/khpj/ugoki/index.html

Happy Panechu screenshot saying to hold the Gameboy horizontal:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gba/565821-koro-koro-puzzle-happy-panechu/images/22

Yoshi screenshot saying to hold it at an angle:

https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/8400/

Wario Ware:

https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/1180/

 

[Baggins]

The sensor in Happy Panechu can be recalibrated, but the sensors work differently. In Happy Panechu the GBA is held flat and tilted side to side, in Yoshi and Wario Ware the GBA is held at an angle and rotated.

Happy Panechu:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/khpj/ugoki/index.html

Happy Panechu screenshot saying to hold the Gameboy horizontal:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/gba/565821-koro-koro-puzzle-happy-panechu/images/22

Yoshi screenshot saying to hold it at an angle:

https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/8400/

Wario Ware:

https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/1180/

I was just saying I think I remember reading both use the same motion chip, but the software might have aligned them to work differently due to the nature of how each game works.

Side note I"d love to see a english translation of Happy Panechu, I own a copy of the game, but would definitely buy a flashcart to use for translated version.

 

[El_Syd]

This, together with rumble, solar sensor, cheats, the GBA-DS link feature of the EZ Flash Omega Definitive Edition and the quality and features of an Everdrive X5 Mini would be the ideal card.

 

[Deleted member 514389]

I haven't seen any, but InsideGadgets in Australia sells the best single-game flash carts on the market, including ones with RTC, custom "Nintendo" logo replacement, and rumble motors.

Yeah!

They even sell an adapter/dongle combo to use the gba as remote with gc and snes

Also a vga out gba mod.