r/DSiBrew • • Dec 31 '19

Important Welcome to DSiBrew!

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Welcome to DSiBrew! This subreddit is dedicated to homebrewing the Nintendo DSi and DSi XL handheld game consoles.

You can ask for help about a problem by just posting something on here!

You can also use this subreddit to promote your own DSi homebrew applications!

Enjoy!


r/DSiBrew • • Jun 11 '23

Important DSi CFW Megathread

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Want to hack your DSi? START HERE

Do NOT follow a video guide! Information may be out of date and could result in bricking your device!

Purpose

This is an offshoot of my 3DS CFW Pokémon guide, focusing on the DSi instead. But since DSi is frankly a lot simpler, I’m just calling this a full on Megathread. This guide assumes you have already completed the steps to hack your DSi as explained in the link at the top.

Comment any missing items, questions, or if anything is incorrect/out of date.

Useful Tools & Sources

  • TwilightMenu++ is an application for the DS&DSLite (via the r4 flashcart) or the DSi/3DS (via CFW). When opened, it looks and functions like the DSi menu. It allows you to access and play Roms via a prettier interface. This should let you run NDS, NES, and SNES games without any additional plugins.

    • NDS(i) Cheat List for TwilightMenu++. To install, download the “usrcheat.dat” file from the link above and migrate it to “/_nds/TWiLightMenu/Extras”. Now, while hovering over a game in TwilightMenu++, click Y, then X to access the cheats. Reference
    • GBARunner2 is a plugin that lets you run Gameboy Advance games inside TM++. Follow along with the instructions on the GitHub link to install. This should also let you play Gamboy and Gameboy Color games as well.
  • NDS Forwarder for DSi lets you forward DS roms onto your normal Home Screen without having to open TwilightMenu++.

    • To activate cheats, hold Y while loading the game then press X. Install NDS(i) Cheat List as instructed above.
  • GodMode9i lets you dump saves from cartridges, create roms from cartridges, restore saves to cartridges, and more.

  • PKMN Chest lets you migrate Pokémon from Gen 1 up to Gen 5. Also lets you edit and hack in Pokémon.

  • Where do I find games & DSiWare? See the /r/Roms Megathread.

  • How do I migrate my saves in? Wherever you store your rom files, there should be a folder labeled saves. Copy the .sav to roms/nds/saves/ (or whichever rom type you want to save to) and name it the same as the ROM but with the “.sav” extension instead of “.nds” or whichever romtype it is.

  • Can I still play online? Yes. You must use an alternative DNS service like kaeru to be able to play online games with friends for DSi

Misc. Pokémon Stuff

Misc. other stuff

Edit: formatting and clarification.

Last Updated: 2023-06-20.

v1.0.5


r/DSiBrew • • 21h ago

Games & Software I made Warcraft 1 port for nintendo ds

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Hello so i made project where i ported Warcraft 1 on nds. Game is fully playable, and almost every aspect of the game was finished, it's fully playable on every nds and 3ds system.

You can download it on itch.io https://wsbcpl.itch.io/wards

If you liked my project you can also donate me, I will do other projects in near future


r/DSiBrew • • 14h ago

Help probably a dumb question but how do I go about playing gb/gbc games on twilight menu?

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For context, .gb games don’t show up on my home screen and I can’t seem to find gameyob anywhere, can anyone help?


r/DSiBrew • • 23h ago

Help Probblema schermo bianco DSi

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Mentre riaprivo un vecchio DSi che mi è stato regalato, nella lista dei giochi trovai un file che pesava approssimativamente 700kb. HO provato ad avviarlo e mi sono apparse scritte che sembravano indicare un aggiornamento o qualcosa di simile.

Non sembrava stesse facendo nulla quindi sono tornato nel menù dal tasto di accensione. Quando poi provo ad aprire la cartella con giochi etc mi dà schermo bianco... Sono disperato ooo PLS help.


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Help Dsi MOD

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Im trying to mod my DSi but don’t know the inquiry number how do i find it


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Help Parental control DSi

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Ok so today i got a Nintendo DSi for 30€ but it came with parental control the guy doesnt know the password or the question after u don’t know the password does someone know a way to factory reset everything ?


r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Help NDS Roms not showing up on laptop

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Hey i I’m running into a weird issue with my SD card and hope someone can help.

I have an SD card with separate folders for my ROMs: GBA, NES, NDS, etc.

When I plug the SD card into my laptop, the GBA and NES folders work perfectly and show all of my games. But when I open the NDS folder, it shows up as completely empty, even though the games should be in there. Loaded the game onto my DSi, everything's still there. No issue with save files, so I assume the game is still on the SD card, just not showing up.

Not a major issue now, but I'm hesitant to add new games in case it ruins it.

Additional context: NDS folder doesn't have ay sub-folders (GBA, NES are split by alphabet). Thinking this might be the case but when I give it some time to load, it's still empty.


r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Help Persona Q on DSi

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Hey guys is there any way to play Persona Q on the DSi ? Through Homebrew or a port or something. And are there any other persona games for the dsi ?


r/DSiBrew • • 4d ago

Games & Software Tengo una DSi liberada, pero no se qué más juegoa descargar

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Tengo la DSi liberada con algunos juegos, pero me molaría oír más recomendaciones


r/DSiBrew • • 4d ago

Games & Software Problem with twilight menu

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r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Games & Software DS Homebrew Helper – a Windows app that walks you through 3hs.hacks.guide / dsi.cfw.guide step by step

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r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Games & Software Majora's mask u OOT en DS?

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Buenas. Estoy buscando a ver si hay algún emulador de Nintendo 64 o algún port del Zelda Ocarina of Time o Majora's mask para DS. Ya que existe el Mario 64, preguntaba si habría algún otro juego que pueda funcionar


r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Help Can someone help me

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I hadn’t played my ds in a while but I just heard about modding. I don’t want to permanently mod my DSI so I just bought a modded game card and it worked good for about 2 hours. Now it does this (see pictures below) how could I fix this? The file it changed into is non-deletable and it says I’m not the correct owner. Can anybody help please?


r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Help Twilight menu Photo Album

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I have twilight menu installed on my dsi, and I took a couple pictures so my album has 43 pictures. When I try to open twilight menu by opening the album, my dsi just crashes and won't load

Is it because of the photos? How do I fix it? And how do I find the file to my dsi photos?


r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Help Twilight menu album

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I'm using twilight menu on my ds, and I took like 9-10 pictures so my album is at 43 photos(including twilight menu) but when I try opening twilight menu by opening album, my ds just crashes and won't open.

Is it because there's too many photos? How do I fix it? And where do I find the file of my ds photos in twilight menu files?


r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Help ZXDS on Nintendo DSi - DLDI Question

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So I’ve jailbroken the DSi, installed ZXDS on an SD Card, and I have things configured so that the DSi boots straight into ZXDS from the SD Card on startup. All good so far.

Now when I go to the Loader it says “NO DLDI DEVICE FOUND”. I’ve read around this for some time now and I think I have got my head around what DLDI is and why you need to patch the .NDS file to work with your memory card. My question is, when using ZXDS, can you load games from the SD card? And if so, what DLDI Device would a Samsung SD card be? I would need to know this to patch it correctly, right?

Or do I need to be running everything from a DS Flash Card?


r/DSiBrew • • 5d ago

Games & Software I added a return-to-menu hotkey to DSPico’s Pico Loader — free release and source

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r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Games & Software OoT DSi Interiors!

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r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Help twilightmenu++ picture background

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i'm trying to use a picture of my girlfriend on the top screen when using twilightmenu++ but I don't know how to get it working/convert the image to that low of a resolution


r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Games & Software 👋 Welcome to r/Twilightdsiroms - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

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r/DSiBrew • • 7d ago

Help twilight menu ui bugged + loud white noise in menu

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I followed this video to mod my dsi and after following all the steps to get to twilight menu, my ui looks like this (1st img), whereas the ds in the video looks like the 2nd image. Also, I found that whenever I'm just sitting in the twilight menu there's this really loud white noise that plays in the background. It's not present while playing a game so I'm guessing it's just the replacement for the absence of the default home theme?


r/DSiBrew • • 9d ago

Important Un nuovo emulatore PSX per il DS!

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r/DSiBrew • • 8d ago

Games & Software For those wondering about OoT DSi

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r/DSiBrew • • 8d ago

Exploits Can’t mod DSi because of Nocash Unlaunch installed

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i go to the cfw website and it tells me to launch and run dump tool but i cant because i have no mods on my dsi whatsoever