Hacking Still on the fence about which card to get.....

[mvmiranda]

Gateway ain't too complicated, I recommend asking some people about it, has a good tutorial on how to use on their website
Sky3ds life time is not guaranteed but I gotta give them props for being around for a while now

You know what? I'm a Gateway user... for quite some time now, but I'm not a GW fanboy or whatever. I like being able to use homebrew and stuff, but as a matter of fact, I wish Sky3DS never gets banned, because if we ever need a "sucessor" to GW, Sky, so far, is our best bet

You know what I mean?!

Cheers!

 

[booyah171]

Doesn't Walmart record the serial numbers of the units sold just like PS4, Xbox One, etc? Otherwise the switcheroo is what I used for the PS2

 

[thorasgar]

Doesn't Walmart record the serial numbers of the units sold just like PS4, Xbox One, etc? Otherwise the switcheroo is what I used for the PS2

. Sure they do. On the box and on the bottom plate. They don't take it apart and check the motherboard or boot it into some service mode to check the SN.

I have never done this or had the need to but the more I think about it if you took really good care of your system you could probably get away with just switching the bottom plate.

There is no other company I can think of that deserves this other than Walmart. They are truely evil.

 

[Osmosis]

No, my firmware is 9.6 so I am a bit limited. I didn't realize the eShop games were so plentiful. Will the Gateway support multirom load as well as online play?

Thanks for all the help.

Use the Sky3DS for 9.6 or you are looking at doing a transfer to a new O3DSXL with a lower firmware.

The only way to downgrade is to transfer to a lower system. To do that, you woul dneed Gateway on the new system to spoof the new firmware for eShop access.

Otherwise, stick to Sky3DS.

Homebrewing on the Sky3DS... hrmm, not really. Biggest problem is the limitations of the chips. They would have to add another chip just to run EMU, yet alone homebrew. This would require a physical upgrade, thus having to buy another Sky3DS. At that point, you might as well get a DSTwoPlus (not available yet).

Gateway DOES run DS games. It does this by using the blue cart. And they tried to block it, but there's a way to get it to work.

Sadly, RxTools for Gateway does not work on the N3DSXL so best bet is to use an O3DSXL with firmware 9.2 or below.

The good news? I found plenty of O3DSXL's on the market that were 6.2, yet alone 9.2. Chances are very good your new 3DSXL will have the firmware are very high. But get them while supplies last.

Otherwise, Sky3DS. Cheaper than a new system, does what you need it to do: play games. Just no eShop or .CIA or .3DZ. This means you can't use an eShop game saved in .3DS or .3DZ or .CIA. You simply cannot run eShop.

This also means no homebrew. No PlayCoin setting or using helpful features like ROM dumping or savedata dumping.

The Powersaves is nice, and you might actually need it. It just doesn't do what you would hope it would do with the Sky3DS. It'll cheat and backup your regular carts, but you can't use them on your Sky3DS.

So... there's your options.

 

[Joe88]

How many roms can I fit or is there no limit?

there is no limit afaik
I have 127 roms on my 64GB card just fine
it should support the upcoming 200GB msd cards aswell (but I doubt you need something that big)

 

[booyah171]

Use the Sky3DS for 9.6 or you are looking at doing a transfer to a new O3DSXL with a lower firmware.

The only way to downgrade is to transfer to a lower system. To do that, you woul dneed Gateway on the new system to spoof the new firmware for eShop access.

Otherwise, stick to Sky3DS.

Homebrewing on the Sky3DS... hrmm, not really. Biggest problem is the limitations of the chips. They would have to add another chip just to run EMU, yet alone homebrew. This would require a physical upgrade, thus having to buy another Sky3DS. At that point, you might as well get a DSTwoPlus (not available yet).

Gateway DOES run DS games. It does this by using the blue cart. And they tried to block it, but there's a way to get it to work.

Sadly, RxTools for Gateway does not work on the N3DSXL so best bet is to use an O3DSXL with firmware 9.2 or below.

The good news? I found plenty of O3DSXL's on the market that were 6.2, yet alone 9.2. Chances are very good your new 3DSXL will have the firmware are very high. But get them while supplies last.

Otherwise, Sky3DS. Cheaper than a new system, does what you need it to do: play games. Just no eShop or .CIA or .3DZ. This means you can't use an eShop game saved in .3DS or .3DZ or .CIA. You simply cannot run eShop.

This also means no homebrew. No PlayCoin setting or using helpful features like ROM dumping or savedata dumping.

The Powersaves is nice, and you might actually need it. It just doesn't do what you would hope it would do with the Sky3DS. It'll cheat and backup your regular carts, but you can't use them on your Sky3DS.

So... there's your options.

Great info. I bought a used 3DS XL that unfortunately had the newest firmware installed. I purchased a Sky3DS earlier today so hopefully I'll have it Monday or Tuesday.

Thank everyone, for all your help.

 

[Osmosis]

Sky3DS has a limit... sort of.

It can only cycle/play 31 at a time on any mSD.

However, thanks to new Diskwriter 2.02b1 you can also have a reserve list which allows you to put more games on your mSD. You just can't play them. Great for putting your Pokemon game into storage without breaking the savedata.

Maybe someone will develope a way to use android to change the reserve list for Sky3DS... then just pop your mSD into phone and back into Sky3DS...

 

[nervx]

has there been any news on the dstwo+ or whatever their 3ds solution is called? I thought it was supposed to be out around now.

 

[Osmosis]

has there been any news on the dstwo+ or whatever their 3ds solution is called? I thought it was supposed to be out around now.

All we know is that they pulled the old DSTwo stock off the market and retailers are advertising the DSTwoPlus already.

But not yet... *WAIT*

We'll hoot and holler when it does... trust us. Wouldn't be shocked if someone gets it pre-ordered and tears it apart day 1.

 

[nervx]

All we know is that they pulled the old DSTwo stock off the market and retailers are advertising the DSTwoPlus already.

But not yet... *WAIT*

We'll hoot and holler when it does... trust us. Wouldn't be shocked if someone gets it pre-ordered and tears it apart day 1.

would be nice if they let us know if its been delayed again or not. they only got about a week left for the late april release they said they were going for.

 

[Osmosis]

Guess what?

*delayed*

Better late than never. In fact, rumor has it that DSTwo+ won't be out till later this fall/winter. You're getting hyped up if you think it'll be out this may.

 

[thorasgar]

If I had a super Brand with a loyal following and had a new product in development ready to be released soon I would at minimum make some mention of it on my website. Wouldn't you?

 

[Osmosis]

Stop being such a troll. You know how this works...

 

[apoptygma]

I have a Sky3DS I'm really thinking of getting but the lack of homebrew (and it being region locked) is throwing me. Also not being able to run 2DS games as well.

I would like a DSTWO but can't find one.

Gateway looks OK but seems a bit complicated.

Anyone think Sky3DS will ever support homebrew? Thanks.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-which-flash-cartridge-should-i-buy.382857/

 

[thorasgar]

Stop being such a troll. You know how this works...

Yes I do and the WiiKey U looks more credible than this thing to me.

 

[CarefulCrysis]

I've totally caved and purchased a Sky3DS after the frustration of getting 2 New 3DS XL both above 9.2, gutted really as I've loved my Gateway with my previous 3DS which was on 4.5. Now I'm going to wait for gateway to release supports for 9.7 lol... 7 years from now is my guess...

 

[booyah171]

A little off topic but was going through the tutorials on the Sky3DS and found it odd that you have to press a button to cycle through the games.

Are other cartridges this way?

 

[Joe88]

Just sky and all its clones, mt card used to do this but the button doesnt do anything now I think

 

[thorasgar]

A little off topic but was going through the tutorials on the Sky3DS and found it odd that you have to press a button to cycle through the games.

Are other cartridges this way?

What Joee88 said. This is one of the major disadvantages of sky especially for those that want a large rom collection. 5-10 seconds per game X 30 games? What a pain. One reason I haven't even bother to take mine out of the package yet.

 

[Maximilious]

I've totally caved and purchased a Sky3DS after the frustration of getting 2 New 3DS XL both above 9.2, gutted really as I've loved my Gateway with my previous 3DS which was on 4.5. Now I'm going to wait for gateway to release supports for 9.7 lol... 7 years from now is my guess...

Here you go... Just posted today.
http://gbatemp.net/threads/if-anyone-is-looking-for-a-9-2-n3ds-xl.387331/