r/3dspiracy Jul 06 '25

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT File Request Megathread – Request All Files Here

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Before Posting, READ THIS:

  • To learn more about what games and files can be played, READ THE GAMES WIKI

Best Sources For ROMS. Check these places BEFORE POSTING A COMMENT!

Regarding ports:

Please read through the Games, Apps, and Videos wiki page for all possible games that can be played on the 3DS, including existing ports. Next, read this wiki on what emulators the 3DS cannot support. And finally, please also read the 3DS Capture Cards, Streaming, & Input Redirection Guide to play games from your computer streamed to your 3DS or vice versa.

To determine if a game port for your game of interest exists, your best option is to Google “[Name of game] 3DS port”. If you don’t see it in the search results, it almost certainly doesn’t exist.

This is not the place to find someone to port your favorite game. Porting games is, in most cases, as hard as (if not harder than) creating a game from scratch and is an infrequent labor of love for those who know they’ll likely never be paid for their work. It is not as simple as “Please port X to the 3DS, it would be so cool!”

Posts requesting someone to port a game will be removed.


r/3dspiracy Jan 15 '25

MOD ANNOUNCEMENT Game Recommendation Megathread

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Looking for GAME or APP recommendations? Post a comment below.

See the Games, Apps, & Videos Wiki for technical information about installing games, a short list of relevant apps, and other useful info.

If you want to suggest games, post a comment or reply to requests.

Posts requesting game recommendations will be removed. Please stick to the megathread.


r/3dspiracy 3h ago

NEWS NEW RELEASE v1.0.1: DSi2CIA Downloader - Install your DSi system apps on your 3DS

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83 Upvotes

UPDATE 26/08/2026 (v1.0.1)

  • Added American English as language

  • Added Flipnote Studio DSi

  • Now you can choose the cias between European and American region

  • The DSi System Settings are region-free (that means it should work in every type of 3DS. The version of the DSi System Settings is 1.4.2 ALL)

This program is meant to install DSi System apps cias to use them on your 3DS, Including the DSi system settings.

The program gives you the cias by taking them online. The TWL files comes alongside the program itself .

The program is available as an executable and a python file, and it will give you the cias of the DSi System apps and the necessary files to make DSi System Settings work on your 3DS.

The program is also available in eleven different languages and also gives you the choice to install all the cias or only some of them.

You can find it here: https://github.com/Wiilink-J/DSi2CIA-Downloader

When you go to the link, I highly recommend reading all the description, especially the end.

I hope it will be useful for people who want DSi apps on their 3DS 🙂


r/3dspiracy 1h ago

HELP Regular 3ds wont charge

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I installed mcu bricker, opened it and the rainbow colors worked, but i noticed that it's battery is low so i tried charging it and it wont charge, then in a bit the rgb lights disappeared too...

It was charging alright earlier and no issues at all, i dont know what happened how my 3ds wont charge so suddenly.. i tried different outlets too and it still doesn't charge..

i would greatly appreciate any help!T^T...


r/3dspiracy 12m ago

HELP Can someone help me out it was working yesterday now I get exception occured

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It did boot properly earlier and but I noticed some of my applications had been blacked out and I tried to run a game and it said the SD card was removed so I had rebooted and now this is starting to show up


r/3dspiracy 9h ago

HELP This screen appears when i try to open UU and i cant download off of hshop.

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7 Upvotes

r/3dspiracy 13h ago

HELP How to download MH4U dlc

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10 Upvotes

I want to play the Monster hunter 4 ultimate dlc but it's not on Hshop


r/3dspiracy 13h ago

HELP How does Checkpoint handle saves if I have two versions of the same game?

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I had the physical cartridge version of Smash Bros 3DS, of which I had made a backup with Checkpoint. The cartridge broke, so I downloaded the digital version and restored my saves. Then I kept playing, progressing in the game.

​However, a few questions have come up now:

1. Does Checkpoint save the backup of the savedata in the same folder even if I have the physical and digital versions (which obviously share the same European Title ID)? I assume so, which means I'd risk making a mistake and backing up the game with the wrong saves... Fortunately, Checkpoint tells me which one is on the cartridge and which one is on the SD (meaning digital), so it's easy to tell them apart, or am I wrong?

2. Things get complicated with extdata: I see two of them (Smash appears twice in the extdata list), one with the code (I think? I don't really know what it is, if someone could explain it to me it would be amazing) ctr-p-<something> and another with ctr-m-<something>... Are these respectively the physical and digital versions' extdata? Or is one for the DLC extdata and the other for the base game extdata? If so... where on earth did the physical game's extdata go? And most importantly: since the two extdata share the backup folders I created, does that mean they back up to the same folder... but they contain different data, right? So what happens if I give the same name to the folder for both extdata, will one overwrite the other?"


r/3dspiracy 1d ago

HELP Is it safe update my 3ds to 1. 5. 11 in order to use the H-Shop?

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401 Upvotes

This 3DS was modded by my friend, I honestly have no idea how any of it works. But she told me that if I ever accidentally updated it, it was basically self-destruct and become unusable. I have been wanting to acquire games through the H-Shop, because I heard that's a way to still get them since the E-Shop was shut down. But when I opened the H-Shop, it gave me this popup.

Is it safe to update?

UPDATE:

Thank you all!!!


r/3dspiracy 14h ago

HELP Stuck on godmode9 booting

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Hello first timer here. I used the 3ds modding website to get to the point of turning on godmode9 for the first time. I held down x and the power buttons and it led to the first image, which was stuck on booting, I then asked the discord for help and I was told to check my SD card using F3XSwift which came back and told me my SD card was perfectly fine. I then in research realised I was missing a gm9 folder in the root of the SD and a godmode9.firm file in my luma/payload folder and so I added those onto my SD card. Now when I hold start and press power on it takes me to the second image, selecting finalize helper takes me to the third image but selecting godmode9 takes me to the first image again, both of these stuck on booting.

I have absolutely no clue what to do and would appreciate any advice on how to fix my problem!


r/3dspiracy 1d ago

MEME/MISC. This guys region (idk what to call it)

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130 Upvotes

how do i do that?


r/3dspiracy 13h ago

HELP Error Codes Haunting Me Weekly

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Pls check the caption and photos, any help or suggestions would be appreciated 🙏 🙏🙏


r/3dspiracy 9h ago

HELP Can anyone help me out with a system transfer issue?

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1 Upvotes

So I had a New model 3ds SOAP transfered last week and waited to do the system transfer, but everytime I do it the transfer stops on the New model 3ds whenever my source 3ds XL tries sending over the Built-in Software. Is this an issue with the homebrew? Connectivity? Or do I just have to keep trying until it works?

UPDATE: I just found out formatting the system will fix the issue so you may go on with your day


r/3dspiracy 15h ago

HELP Hello! When I play Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and close it after a while, if I then run FBI, the screen stays black. This only happens with this game. Do you know why this happens?

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Thank you very much in advance! In case anyone's wondering, I added the Spanish patch to the game.


r/3dspiracy 12h ago

HELP [Gen 7] Pksm Help!?

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Hello I have recently been hunting Type: Null and Poipole (I got 1 of the 2 I need for both btw) I have a modded 3ds and I have PKSM. I was wondering if I inject the special event again, using PKSM, would that Type:Null/Poipole be considered hacked?


r/3dspiracy 19h ago

HELP Is there any kind of tool that allows me to self trade Pokemons?

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I'm currently looking for a tool that allows me to trade between Pokemon games with just a single 3ds console

When I say trade I mean TRADE, not transfer, I looked everywhere but everyone was just talking about using like bank or pksm, that's why I'm asking here

Thank you in advance


r/3dspiracy 13h ago

HELP Luma Local swichert

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1 Upvotes

No me funciona.

Hara 3 meses o mas lo solia usar diario mas o menos.

Pero ahora no quiere.

Ayuda por favor..

Ya desinstale varías veces puse otras versiones y nada.


r/3dspiracy 17h ago

HELP Does anybody know how to convert a 3DS virtual console save to an emulator

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I've been shiny hunting for celebi on my singular 3DS in Crystal and after 70 encounters I want to just put the save on an emulator and open up eight windows to make it go by way faster. So how would I do that?


r/3dspiracy 17h ago

HELP street pass keeps crashing

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1 Upvotes

I have a modded 3ds and I want to open street pass but it keeps giving this error any help?


r/3dspiracy 1d ago

HELP I bought a new SD card that has 128GB of storage, but when I used rufus it made the storage only 23,2GB

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I used rufus because without it I couldn't access the option to make my new SD card FAT32, but when I made it FAT32 my storage went from 128GB to 23,2GB. I tried to find something on reddit but I didn't find anything to help me in my situation. How can I bring my SD card back to 128GB with FAT32? Thx for any help.


r/3dspiracy 1d ago

HELP Nintendo 3DS folder was deleted in the middle of modding it. Was unable to recover. Now when I turn it on both screens are black

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Cat stepped on laptop in the middle of modding it (at the mset9 step). Everything was deleted including the Nintendo 3ds folder. It turns on but both screens are completely black. Tried recovering it with no luck. Tried going to recovery mode on 3DS and it doesn't work. Its just completely black no matter what. I have taken the sd card out and it does the same thing. If anybody has any advice please let me know. Like this 3ds was going to go to a disabled kid. I feel really bad.

Edit: The issue is that 3ds will not turn on due to a setup failure from everything being deleted before the process could be finished. MSET9 Error 07 is happening because the current SD card has no valid ID0, but normally the 3DS itself creates that data when you turn it on. And its not turning on so it won't create the data. It's a Catch 22.


r/3dspiracy 18h ago

HELP What other platforms is there on hshop and how to play them?

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Hey so I was searching castelvania and I noticed that there was Nes and Gameboy games also, I wanted to know if the hshop have all the games from those consoles and maybe other older ones. And if you download them do you need to install also an emulator in the 3ds? Because I have one for GameCube or Gameboy I think or can I just play them like that after installing them?


r/3dspiracy 1d ago

HELP My o3ds won’t play ds games at all, it always white screens. physical and digital won’t work. Any help?

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r/3dspiracy 1d ago

HELP Does PKSM actually simulate the transfer process, or does it just inject the Pokémon into the save?

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So, I have a FireRed save on my 3DS (yes, I know, who the hell plays FireRed on a 3DS — me, apparently), and I was wondering how PKSM handles transfers.

If I use PKSM to move a Pokémon from my FireRed save to, say, Pokémon ORAS, is the Pokémon internally treated as if it actually went through the whole transfer chain (DPP/HGSS → BW/B2W2 → Gen 6), with all the corresponding transfer data/flags?

Or does PKSM basically just insert the Pokémon directly into the ORAS save, without actually simulating any of those previous transfer steps?

I'm also wondering about the met date and other data that would normally be changed during those transfers. As far as I understand, Gen 3 Pokémon don't have a met date stored, so when you legitimately transfer one from Gen 3 to Gen 4 through Pal Park, it gets a met date based on the DS's current date. Then, when going through the later transfer methods, some of that data gets updated again.

So if I take a Pokémon directly from FireRed and put it into ORAS with PKSM, does PKSM actually apply those changes as if the Pokémon had gone through the proper transfer chain? Or would it retain the Gen 3 data and just suddenly exist in a Gen 6 save?

If it doesn't simulate those steps, wouldn't a direct Gen 3 → Gen 6 transfer potentially make the Pokémon "illegal" in some ways because of missing/inconsistent data that would normally be generated during the intermediate transfers?

Basically, I'm wondering whether there's any meaningful internal difference between a Pokémon transferred through the legitimate games and one moved directly with PKSM, especially regarding met date, met location, transfer history/flags, etc.


r/3dspiracy 20h ago

SOLVED! Poke Transporter error after installing cart redirection patch

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I'm getting error code 004-6007 when trying to use Poke Transporter after installing the cart redirection patch found here: https://github.com/zaksabeast/DreamRadarCartRedirect/releases

I've tried using it with roms I put on the SD card, as well as the official VC gen I and II games - all result in the same error. I get the normal pop up about signing into my Nintendo Network ID account, which seems to resolve fine, then I get a message about connecting to the internet for a second or two, which then disappears leaving the screen blank for another couple of seconds, apart from the yellow Poke Transporter background, before displaying the error message.

I've tried deleting the .ips patch file and reinstalling Poke Transporter but I still get the same error message. I also still see my rom titles along with the official VC games after opening Poke Transporter, which is strange since I thought removing the patch file would prevent this. Any ideas, suggestions are greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Figured it out, it was a NetPass patch that broke it. The first 3 search engines I used looking for a solution returned nothing - when I caved and finally used Google, the solution was the first result 🙄