Hacking [POLL] Do You Think .3DS Compatibility Is Worth $65+ ? (IE Buying A Gateway)

[Deleted-236924]

For n3ds it has some features that cfw lacks such as out Of the box región free and región free dlc and updates.

For o3ds it doesnt make much sense, n3ds its pretty handy. I have been using the gateway since it was out so im happy with the money spent on it although its not much use these days

Especially if you have 8.1J N3DS, haha

 

[Quantumcat]

You can't find all cias on that site ... I tried for ages to find a fantasy life Eur cia, found some downloads but they were on those virus-laden pages. I ended up borrowing the cartridge from a friend, dumping it, and converting it.

I am using CFW now but I am going to keep my GW card in case they break 9.6 encryption and the card is needed to load emuNAND on n3ds.

 

[vb_encryption_vb]

Hell no, CFW is free.

 

[dsrules]

It's your choice. I have gw and rxtools , 32GB SD card. Using gw everyday and rarely use rxtools even tho I have installed some cia games

 

[Sonansune]

I have a gateway and sky3ds for my 4.5 and 10.3 o3ds systems. I use .cia on my gateway for online games and .3ds for everything else so I do no have to mess with headers.

I could never get cards larger than 32Gb to work so I like being able to have two 32Gb cards which doubles my game capacity.

If I do get another exploitable 3ds it will be CFW all the way. For now though I will stick with what I have because it works.

You have to format the storage type to fat
32 if u want to use 32+ msd on 3ds

 

[loco365]

I got my Gateway before CFW was a thing, but I still use my Gateway because it's far easier to run games. Installing CIAs, especially large ones, takes a lot of time. I'll play some CIA games if that's the only available medium, but I like the drag, drop, and play support that Gateway essentially has.

 

[upfromtheskies]

If there's only a handful of games you know you will want to play, then you don't need it, but it's worth it if you're planning to try out a lot of games and don't want to constantly go through the hassle of shutting down your 3DS, copying over CIAs, and then waiting even longer for them to install

 

[Xinaman]

The only reason i use gateway is to access eshop and pokemon bank on my n3ds emunand.
On my micro sd card on gateway there is only BBM and FBI, and i put there at the time i was installing rxTools.

 

[PocketCoffee]

Honestly, I prefer to just drag and drop without having to convert.... so I'd go for a Gateway... if I had the money As it is, I have to use CFW but that's fine enough for my needs anyways.

 

[NyaakoXD]

For Old3DS, rxTools.
For New3DS, Gateway.

 

[wurstpistole]

fair enough I guess some more obscure games lack dumps. But I don't think it's worth $65.

Well it's really not that hard to convert to cia yourself... Fire up rxtools, generate xorpad, use simple cia converter and that's it. It's not like you'd do it twelve times everyday, is it

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For Old3DS, rxTools.
For New3DS, Gateway.

And why is that? I am running rxtools autobooting on my n3ds and it's smooth as butter

 

[NyaakoXD]

Well it's really not that hard to convert to cia yourself... Fire up rxtools, generate xorpad, use simple cia converter and that's it. It's not like you'd do it twelve times everyday, is it

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And why is that? I am running rxtools autobooting on my n3ds and it's smooth as butter

Because removing the back plate every time to install a .CIA game/DLC can get pretty annoying.

 

[wurstpistole]

Granted. I don't tighten the screws, that makes it easier. I think the plate holds well enough without the screws. Maybe I'll get a tiny screw driver to go in my 3ds carry bag.

 

[Home_Rowed]

What CFW is everyone using?

 

[Binebina87]

I too got a GW before CFW was a big thing.
I dont regret the 65€ GW price at all. Drag and drop the game on the mSD (maybe use private header) and your good to go.

While cias are nice as well they sure take a lot of time installing (depending on the size of the cia). I usually use cias for only games I know I will play more often.

Furthermore I like that I can switch the Gateway mSD cards without a hassle and have more storage space :-)

 

[alirezay]

What CFW is everyone using?

rxtools
and i gotta admit rxtools is just the perfect cfw. you can play online and download dlc and updates and most importantly it's free!
what else do you want?

 

[TVL]

Because removing the back plate every time to install a .CIA game/DLC can get pretty annoying.

I had my back plate removed until I had every single game I wanted on my N3DS installed. And now I have it with the screws removed. But the SD-card placement is not ideal and the built in data transfer which could have negated that whole annoyance, absolute shit.

Also people giving the reason that some obscure game isn't available as a .cia... Just convert it yourself.

 

[RednaxelaNnamtra]

I have a gateway, wich I won't sell, because we got all of our kernel exploits from them. I use CFWs and sometime I modify them a bit, but I still like to support gateway, because they have much time to search for stuff. Normaly its timeconsuming to find exploits, so having a company/team whith the time and money to do it, is good for CFWs too.

Edit:
Maybe something like this should be added to the poll, because none of the answers is fully correct for me, because I preffer to use CIAs and CFW, but I dont mind having spended the money to gateway.

 

[enarky]

.3DS all the way. CIA conversion and installation is a convoluted mess at the moment that takes *ages* to complete and completely messes up your home menu with all those game icons. As soon as we have a tool that automatically decrypts, converts and installs .3DS ROM images in one step (meaning we won't need CIA in the first place anymore) I'll switch, but unless that happens Gateway is just so much more convenient.

 

[RaMon90]

Let me think, which should i select..cfw is free and it has everything except running .3ds. Its a difficult decision, help me.
Why would i pay 65 extra when i have everything free? I dont care if im gonna wait for installation.
I've paid, 12 euro for 32gb sd, sd adapter 9 euro and 15 euro wifi adapter which i needed for palantine but still need for other things.