Hacking Would it be possible to play PictoChat on 3DS?

[Kippykip]

Just tried it and can confirm Kasumi's results. It makes me calibrate the screen, choose a language, name, date, time, and birthday. All the stuff that you do when you turn on a DS for the first time. Then it tells you it needs to shut off to save the settings. This transitions into the 3DS' 'power off' screen. I tried both pressing the home button and turning the 3DS off. In both cases when you turn the 3DS back on the firmware will ask you to go through the same process again. You can't get to the DS' menu to play Pictochat.

Exactly!
I might put a video of what happens soon!

 

[Janthran]

may i ask you, what do you want pictochat for?

because as far as i know, noone who tried got this to work... so if you want to send messages to a ds, i dont think things will work out.

if you want better communication between two 3ds' than swapnote allows for, i think you should take your chances with the 3ds browser and try out some online im things. like facebook, or airaim or the like.

if you want it for the drawing... i think there is a homebrew that allows for gifmaking that might be better suited for drawing anyway.

At the time of posting, I had friends without 3DSes and I had a working flashcart.
Now they have 3DSes and the rest of them don't have working flashcarts so it's kinda pointless now. It was fun to play it together. Something about the drawing was fun.
We made up a bunch of games to play on Pictochat but I don't remember how any of them worked anymore

 

[OldClassicGamer]

Don't think a rom like that exists. And I am sure everything is possible when it comes to electronics.

It exist. There is a ROM called firmware.nds. If you run that from Flashcard, you will find yourself in Original DS Fat Firmware

 

[Ericthegreat]

This thread always pops back up, someone needs to do this onc the 3ds is hacked lol (tho i really have no use for it)

 

[Mario92]

OK if you try Download play from main menu it asks wheter you want 3DS or DS title. When pressing DS you'll be taken to familiar looking DS menu (with couple icons missing on top) which starts searching for download play titles. However in original DS it asks to shut down when you cancel the search when 3DS version asks wheter you want to return to menu!
This probably means 3DS uses newer and/or modified DS firmware version which can return to 3DS menu instead of shutting down. Either they removed some information which older firmware versions needed (autostart, gba slot, calibration) or they blocked access to read/write values to setting.
So maybe we need that newer firmware? Or modify existing one to skip first time install or defaul some values so it doesn't do it?

I ain't computer hacker so this is only speculation

Also found this older thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/running-a-pictochat-rom-on-a-3ds.319801/

 

[henn64]

OK if you try Download play from main menu it asks wheter you want 3DS or DS title. When pressing DS you'll be taken to familiar looking DS menu (with couple icons missing on top) which starts searching for download play titles. However in original DS it asks to shut down when you cancel the search when 3DS version asks wheter you want to return to menu!
This probably means 3DS uses newer and/or modified DS firmware version which can return to 3DS menu instead of shutting down. Either they removed some information which older firmware versions needed (autostart, gba slot, calibration) or they blocked access to read/write values to setting.
So maybe we need that newer firmware? Or modify existing one to skip first time install or defaul some values so it doesn't do it?

I ain't computer hacker so this is only speculation

Also found this older thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/running-a-pictochat-rom-on-a-3ds.319801/

It is a modified version of the original firmware, in DS(i) mode.