Hey, everyone!

So I just got a Japanese New 3DS from a friend who previously got gateway running on it before. However, he didn't send me any of his SD cards and the setup didn't work when I tried to only use the Nintendo DS Profile exploit with SD card files and red gateway card. Now, the Nintendo DS profile thing shows up instead of freezing/starting gateway or whatever it's supposed to do, so I think I need to restart the exploit process.

What is the cheapest/fastest way to set up Gateway and/or HBC so that I can get games roms running? So far all I've really found is that I may need a game with exploitable game files (OoT3D/CN) or Sky3DS. Is there any easier or cheaper way to exploit yet? Also, would I need a different Japanese Sky3DS or something?

 

Hey, you're in the same situation as my JN3DS! You won't be able to get out without a copy of JP cubic ninja or ocarina of time. JPN Ocarina of Time relies on either a 3DS with <10.6 firmware or a Cyber Save, which is the JPN equivalent of Powersaves and can get rather pricey.

EDIT: However, you could alternatively get yourself a Nintendo DS flashcart to re-install the Gateway MSET ROP exploit on 8.1J. That is probably your cheapest/easiest option.

If you don't know someone with a <10.6 firmware, your next best choice is to get a Sky3DS, because it costs as much as importing JPN Cubic Ninja and doesn't require the save dongle. From there, you should either do this or update to 10.7 and then proceed with the Plailect guide like everyone else: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki

 

To the first question, yes, except you can do that in Gateway's EmuNand without updating SysNand itself.

Second question, it's pretty much "run a piece of nds software using a flashcart and it will reinstall the proper hack for your DS Profile so it properly boots into Gateway." Said software is a "Gateway Installer" .nds rom and is included in nearly all of the Gateway .zip packs, in a folder called "Blue card"

But if you want to know more about why installing a ROP exploit in MSET (aka System Settings) works, you can read this:

 

Thanks to everyone who has replied! I'm very new to exploits and have only done the spider exploit before with older 3dses, so I'm very inexperienced. I pretty much have no idea how to do what anyone else besides CrispyYoshi is saying.

So should I not update with the default update that will be suggested and instead update Gateway's EmuNand without updating SysNand somehow? How would I do this?

Also, are there any tutorials or threads going into more detail about the NDS flashcart exploit? I'm trying to find some but all seem really complicated and I'm not even sure if I'm looking for the right thing.

I play competitive Mario Kart so I pretty much just need to play online as soon as possible (I have mk7 cartridge) but I don't want to miss out on any potential hacks by updating...

 

I don't think I've been able to enter EmuNand since getting the 3DS (and the SD doesn't say that either; I had to get a new SD since the original wasn't sent with the 3DS).

What are the risks associated with updating SysNand to 10.7? Isn't there still the option to downgrade it to 9.2?

 

Update to 10.7 and get the game vvvvv. It has a exploit which the. You can use to set up CFW or a9lh CFW

 

Yes sky3ds can be used on any known firmware so far.

V6 is indeed a secondary exploit and needs setting up on an already hacked 3ds.

So if you want to spend ~$90 go ahead and buy a sky3ds. You can then set up multiple exploits on it and use it all around. You could also look into buying a Ds flashcard as mentioned above. After setting everything up you can still use both the sky3ds and the ds card to play games anyway.

 

Thanks so much for the help! One last question if anyone here as any experience with it: does sky3ds mk7 rom work well online?