Homebrew Feasibility of loading a game onto DSi to transfer to 3DS.

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First off, I'm a huge Tetris fan and I'm still kicking myself for not downloading all the Nintendo licensed Tetris games before they were purged from both eShops.
But recently an idea came to mind, only problem is I have no idea whether it's feasible or not.
Is it possible to somehow load a ROM of Tetris Party Live onto a DSi, then file transfer it onto a 3DS?
Seeing as the DSi shop is now defunct, how could I download both a 3DS transfer tool and a game without heavy modification? (keeping the system as vanilla as possible)
I don't know how DRM is checked when going through a DSi to 3DS file transfer, so I'd like someone with more experience to tell me if my idea is outright impossible or if it's within the realms of reality.
 

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Would I be able to transfer the games I load on it to my unmodified 3DS without issue?
If so, would it completely format the DSi? More specifically, would it purge the system of Flipnote Studio in the process?
 

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Would I be able to transfer the games I load on it to my unmodified 3DS without issue?

If your 3ds is not modded it would not work.

(AfAIK) The only thing you'll be able to transfer would be titles your actually purchased on the dsiShop,
Not just anything on your dsi.
On top of that, not even all officially purchased dsiShop games can be transferred.
 

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If your 3ds is not modded it would not work.

(AfAIK) The only thing you'll be able to transfer would be titles your actually purchased on the dsiShop,
Not just anything on your dsi.
On top of that, not even all officially purchased dsiShop games can be transferred.
So in essence, there is no way to trick a unmodded 3DS into accepting any illegitimate copies of DSi ware?
That's disappointing, guess I underestimated Nintendo's DSi DRM... Thanks for the input though!
 
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So in essence, there is no way to trick a unmodded 3DS into accepting any illegitimate copies of DSi ware?
That's disappointing, guess I underestimated Nintendo's DSi DRM... Thanks for the input though!

Sadly , that's correct. it only transfers your eshop account data.
so it's like if you signed into steam on a new PC, you'd have all your steam games,
..But any old games you installed from a CD would not be able to be downloaded. (even if that old game's now offered on steam)
 

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