Homebrew Question- Will nds to cia ever be a thing?

[Parax342]

So I was wondering if there would ever be something to convert a .nds ROM to a cia to install. I man Original DS games, not just DSIware.

 

[PedroxBest]

try this https://gbatemp.net/threads/nds-forwarder-cias-for-your-home-menu.426174/

 

[The Real Jdbye]

So I was wondering if there would ever be something to convert a .nds ROM to a cia to install. I man Original DS games, not just DSIware.

It sort of is already with nds-bootstrap.

 

[Lacius]

As said above, you pretty much have this with nds-bootstrap. I recommend using the following, which comes with nds-bootstrap:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/ds-i-3d...-ds-i-games-and-ds-i-menu-replacement.472200/

 

[Parax342]

@PedroxBest

thx

 

[Shadow#1]

So I was wondering if there would ever be something to convert a .nds ROM to a cia to install. I man Original DS games, not just DSIware.

Never will happen

 

[PrincessLillie]

Injecting NDS files into CIA will never be possible. The closest we've ever gotten to NDS games as DSiWare is Nintendo's digital release of WarioWare Touched via My Nintendo.
Even if it were possible, the NAND memory is not large enough to hold most NDS games.
As others have pointed out, it is possible to achieve a similar effect to injects with nds-bootstrap and NDS forwarders.