Hey there everyone,
I had an NDS with a flashcard for a while and thought that I could upgrade to a 3DS now to play its games as well.
(I was discouraged from leaving the old setup behind by Rydian's post as the working setup I have would be just as good and less finicky as one on a 3DS).
So I naively picked out the DSTWO+ for it's fancy emulators and the support for menus and guis to sort and select the ROMs.
(The wikipage on flashcards strongly discourages the use of gateway clones of which this is one, because against my believe that they are separate, these flashcards do modify the system and can break it.)
Though before I was going of to buy any flashcards I wanted to have my 3DS ready and as I could not check the IDs before buying, I ended up with a New 3DS v9.8.0.. This being the case I had to downgrade to 9.2 for anything gateway-related. Doing research for this introduced me to CFW and the "Blank"9 Toolkit, so I considered using a CFW instead which would be free and take control out of Nintendo's hands in terms of silent updates and AP in general.
(Turns out that needs CIA files instead of the more traditional ROMs for every single game and these seem to be not as commonly found from what I've read).
OK, maybe those ideas could combine: Having Boot9strap as bootloader with GodMode9 backups in case something breaks, with a Luma3DS CFW on sysNAND to prevent surprise anti-piracy from Nintendo and then a DSTWO+ for ROM compatibility.
(Luma has shown to have some problems with flashcards and especially the DSTWO+ judging by the recent bug reports.)
Extend the setup above by an emuNAND with stock v9.2 for use with the flashcard?
From what I can see it's either the chaos described above or me keeping the old system for DS, getting a cartridge emulator like Sky3DS+ for the unmodified 3DS and using my PC for GBA, SNES and the sorts.
There seem to be a lot of possibilities for modding my system and I'm not afraid to use them but every setup looks problematic for one reason or another, even while still on the drawing board.
So while I planned for DS and 3DS emulation with everything extra as a bonus, I'm now sitting on a New 3DS v9.8.0 unmodified , unsure of what I should actually make it into.
Any suggestions on possible setups, as well as corrections or comments on what I laid out above are much appreciated.
Additionally, if this ends up in the wrong section I'm deeply sorry.
Thanks in advance
Nicro
I had an NDS with a flashcard for a while and thought that I could upgrade to a 3DS now to play its games as well.
(I was discouraged from leaving the old setup behind by Rydian's post as the working setup I have would be just as good and less finicky as one on a 3DS).
So I naively picked out the DSTWO+ for it's fancy emulators and the support for menus and guis to sort and select the ROMs.
(The wikipage on flashcards strongly discourages the use of gateway clones of which this is one, because against my believe that they are separate, these flashcards do modify the system and can break it.)
Though before I was going of to buy any flashcards I wanted to have my 3DS ready and as I could not check the IDs before buying, I ended up with a New 3DS v9.8.0.. This being the case I had to downgrade to 9.2 for anything gateway-related. Doing research for this introduced me to CFW and the "Blank"9 Toolkit, so I considered using a CFW instead which would be free and take control out of Nintendo's hands in terms of silent updates and AP in general.
(Turns out that needs CIA files instead of the more traditional ROMs for every single game and these seem to be not as commonly found from what I've read).
OK, maybe those ideas could combine: Having Boot9strap as bootloader with GodMode9 backups in case something breaks, with a Luma3DS CFW on sysNAND to prevent surprise anti-piracy from Nintendo and then a DSTWO+ for ROM compatibility.
(Luma has shown to have some problems with flashcards and especially the DSTWO+ judging by the recent bug reports.)
Extend the setup above by an emuNAND with stock v9.2 for use with the flashcard?
From what I can see it's either the chaos described above or me keeping the old system for DS, getting a cartridge emulator like Sky3DS+ for the unmodified 3DS and using my PC for GBA, SNES and the sorts.
There seem to be a lot of possibilities for modding my system and I'm not afraid to use them but every setup looks problematic for one reason or another, even while still on the drawing board.
So while I planned for DS and 3DS emulation with everything extra as a bonus, I'm now sitting on a New 3DS v9.8.0 unmodified , unsure of what I should actually make it into.
Any suggestions on possible setups, as well as corrections or comments on what I laid out above are much appreciated.
Additionally, if this ends up in the wrong section I'm deeply sorry.
Thanks in advance
Nicro
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