Zombie thread, RAAAGH

[DrunkenMonk]

Sorry for offtop. But omg, nintendo (NTDOY) droped -4.5% today on a stock market ;(
Wish Nintendo a long life and success!!

This in my opinion was due to Nintendo selling toys better than their consoles.

Gatewait best wait though. Anything you can think of which left you waiting like this for this long, without any updates or info?

 

[codychaosx]

You know as much as i want to play MM and MH4U on my N3DS i guess i could just get an XL to play both tho to be honest..lol or i could buy a used one and return it within 30 days i think thats gamestops policy. I mean i really only "need" the n3ds for when xenoblade comes out at this point...

EDIT: Well i checked their website apparently pre owned merch has a 7 day return policy... i guess i could buy and return and then go to a diff gamestop and buy and return lol

 

[Kugz]

I've got a Class 10 card coming in the mail (85MB Read, 30MB write), should that be fast enough to place in my N3DS' microSD slot for CIA install plays with no issues?

Admittedly I'm having a few issues with select games (Kirby Deluxe and Bravely Default) with my other microSD cards on SKY3DS but I have a feeling that's to do with the microSD cards being 5MB write 20MB read.

 

[MrJason005]

I've got a Class 10 card coming in the mail (85MB Read, 30MB write), should that be fast enough to place in my N3DS' microSD slot for CIA install plays with no issues?

Admittedly I'm having a few issues with select games (Kirby Deluxe and Bravely Default) with my other microSD cards on SKY3DS but I have a feeling that's to do with the microSD cards being 5MB write 20MB read.

Did you run h2testw on them?

 

[Kugz]

Yeah, that's how I found out their read/write speeds. Didn't write 100% to the microSD cause' it would have taken 45 minutes. It's a legit card, both of them are. I think they're just shitty speed cards.

Says Sandisk microSDHC with a 4 in a circle. Guessing that's class 4 which is shitty speed class

Second one is a Sandisk microSDHC I also class 4.

 

[xrM]

Yeah, that's how I found out their read/write speeds. Didn't write 100% to the microSD cause' it would have taken 45 minutes. It's a legit card, both of them are. I think they're just shitty speed cards.

Says Sandisk microSDHC with a 4 in a circle. Guessing that's class 4 which is shitty speed class

Second one is a Sandisk microSDHC I also class 4.

Class 4's are about as slow as you can possibly buy nowadays. Get at least a class 10, shouldn't cost a lot more.

 

[codychaosx]

Yeah ive read lots of issues with people using slow cards in their sky3ds. Theres a really good thread stickied over at that website that distributes 3ds ISOs titled How to buy a SD or Micro SD Card for .CIA and .3DS

KEY POINTS:

This is the most important part. Since you have to install .CIA files on your SD Card, the Card's Class will make a GREAT difference.
It's recommended to buy Class 10 cards if you don't wanna wait about 2hours to install a 4gb .CIA!
Recommended size for SD cards if you wanna instal .CIA, is 32GB or bigger.

KEY POINTS:
Why?.CIA(game installer) is stored on your SD Card, and you have to install the .CIA on your SD Card!
For example if the game is 4GB, will need 8GB to install the game! (You can delete the .CIA after you installed the game)

ExtraHas a new technology for High-end devices called UHS-1,2&3,these cards are FREAKING expensive!
Do not buy for your Nintendo 3DS! It's reading & writting speed is FAR superior from Class 10 non-UHS cards.
But it's for high-end devices (for professional use like for example, photographers) And 3DS doesn't support UHS techonology.
To put it simple, is a waste of money.

 

[thorasgar]

This in my opinion was due to Nintendo selling toys better than their consoles.

Gatewait best wait though. Anything you can think of which left you waiting like this for this long, without any updates or info?

There were a couple of girls in my youth if I recall correctly.

 

[thorasgar]

Yeah ive read lots of issues with people using slow cards in their sky3ds. Theres a really good thread stickied over at that website that distributes 3ds ISOs titled How to buy a SD or Micro SD Card for .CIA and .3DS

KEY POINTS:

This is the most important part. Since you have to install .CIA files on your SD Card, the Card's Class will make a GREAT difference.
It's recommended to buy Class 10 cards if you don't wanna wait about 2hours to install a 4gb .CIA!
Recommended size for SD cards if you wanna instal .CIA, is 32GB or bigger.

KEY POINTS:
Why?.CIA(game installer) is stored on your SD Card, and you have to install the .CIA on your SD Card!
For example if the game is 4GB, will need 8GB to install the game! (You can delete the .CIA after you installed the game)

ExtraHas a new technology for High-end devices called UHS-1,2&3,these cards are FREAKING expensive!
Do not buy for your Nintendo 3DS! It's reading & writting speed is FAR superior from Class 10 non-UHS cards.
But it's for high-end devices (for professional use like for example, photographers) And 3DS doesn't support UHS techonology.
To put it simple, is a waste of money.

Recently the Samsung Evo, and Sandisk utra and extreme have had some really good sales so I don't think it is a waste for UHS-1. Makes it more versital for other applications and if you have if you have a good card reader helps with the transfer on a PC.

Another note. I read a post that the although the cards shipped with the 3DS are labeled class 4, they are actually class 10 just rebranded as class 4. Probably due to quality control, batch testing or such.

 

[Ralph1611]

Yeah ive read lots of issues with people using slow cards in their sky3ds. Theres a really good thread stickied over at that website that distributes 3ds ISOs titled How to buy a SD or Micro SD Card for .CIA and .3DS

KEY POINTS:

This is the most important part. Since you have to install .CIA files on your SD Card, the Card's Class will make a GREAT difference.
It's recommended to buy Class 10 cards if you don't wanna wait about 2hours to install a 4gb .CIA!
Recommended size for SD cards if you wanna instal .CIA, is 32GB or bigger.

KEY POINTS:
Why?.CIA(game installer) is stored on your SD Card, and you have to install the .CIA on your SD Card!
For example if the game is 4GB, will need 8GB to install the game! (You can delete the .CIA after you installed the game)

ExtraHas a new technology for High-end devices called UHS-1,2&3,these cards are FREAKING expensive!
Do not buy for your Nintendo 3DS! It's reading & writting speed is FAR superior from Class 10 non-UHS cards.
But it's for high-end devices (for professional use like for example, photographers) And 3DS doesn't support UHS techonology.
To put it simple, is a waste of money.

ARE YOU SAYING I CAN DELETE THE .CIA IN THE BIG SD CARD AFTER ITS INSTALLED?

I didnt know that. Where is it stored? Im seriously not joking. Im new into .CIA installing and i thought they had to remain there.

 

[MrJason005]

ARE YOU SAYING I CAN DELETE THE .CIA IN THE BIG SD CARD AFTER ITS INSTALLED?

I didnt know that. Where is it stored? Im seriously not joking. Im new into .CIA installing and i thought they had to remain there.

wherever you copied it

 

[Ralph1611]

wherever you copied it

Just did it.. Game is working great. Freed up 3 gigs of space. WOO HOOO

 

[Madao64]

(u jelly )
On a more serious note, what do you mean file system errors?

This shitty ass bug that happens to select 2DS systems, whereby most mSDs cannot be read, except for certain exceptions, of which varies from person to person.

 

[MrJason005]

This shitty ass bug that happens to select 2DS systems, whereby most mSDs cannot be read, except for certain exceptions, of which varies from person to person.

Are you using .CIA or .3DS?
Also, what brand is the SD card?

 

[Ralph1611]

This shitty ass bug that happens to select 2DS systems, whereby most mSDs cannot be read, except for certain exceptions, of which varies from person to person.

Hey bud, I saw your comment about you getting filesystem error on yous mSd card. Have you tried formatting with sd formatter and then copying the files over with TeraCopy? Thats what worked for me.

 

[MrJason005]

Hey bud, I saw your comment about you getting filesystem error on yous mSd card. Have you tried formatting with sd formatter and then copying the files over with TeraCopy? Thats what worked for me.

Tera copy? wazzat?

 

[Ralph1611]

Tera copy? wazzat?

Just a file eerrrrrr program that copies over stuff instead of Windows Explorer. I saw it being used in a tutorial.. Copies stuff over real fast.

 

[codychaosx]

This shitty ass bug that happens to select 2DS systems, whereby most mSDs cannot be read, except for certain exceptions, of which varies from person to person.

Once you get gateway booted though you can always instal bigbluemenu and go the .cia route

 

[Arkansaw]

People who will buy the US N3DS on launch day already know what they want.
Maybe they preordered or pick it up at the store.
If GW is not compatible, then they will buy something else. Anything will do, because they want to play.
GW knows this. And they care a lot for the money - we know this, since they gave us one BS ETA after the other
to keep the customers waiting.
So the update will come in the next few days.

I'm not so sure that they value launch day sales so much as to complicate matters unnecessarily by increasing the chances of botching their planned 'solution' and hurting their post-launch sales and reputation. Other carts are more than likely to receive direct attention since those are relatively easy to block.

 

[Random Joe]

CIA files install at the same rate with a fast or slow SD card.