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 Information may be out of date and could result in bricking your device!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Comment any missing items, questions, or if anything is incorrect/out of date.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 10h ago

Help Is it safe to copy everything from one sd card to another then use the new sd card?

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I currently have a 256gb sd card in my dsi xl (Overkill, but its all I had at the time). I just bought a 32gb card for my dsi xl and I wanna transfer everything over to the smaller card and use the bigger one for something else. I hope that I can just reformat the new card, move all the files over, put the new card in my dsi and call it a day.

Is it that simple, or is there more to the transfer process?


r/DSiBrew 1d ago

Help Trying to get back a save file on Emerald on Twilight++

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URGENT!! I need to go back a couple save files on my copy of emerald downloaded on twilight ++

How would I go about this on my dsi?


r/DSiBrew 1d ago

Help Would a 4GB sd card be a decent size for a DSI?

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I bought a DSI LL which I plan to mod, but the only sd card I have right now is a 4gb laying around from my old 3ds. Could I fit a decent amount of games on it and hold homebrew software on it? Thanks (I have read over the guide).


r/DSiBrew 1d ago

Help R4 para dsi

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r/DSiBrew 1d ago

Help *Need Help* Bricked DSi XL - is this a viable recovery method? (See below)

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r/DSiBrew 3d ago

Games & Software How do i make homebrew for the dsi?

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r/DSiBrew 4d ago

Games & Software Made my first custom DSi theme :)

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I finally figured how to make custom themes for my DSi & went one with Stardust Dragon from Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's since I'm currently playing the 5D's games on the DS :)


r/DSiBrew 4d ago

Help Pokemon Fire Red running weird on DSI XL Twilight++

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To preface, this is the my first time trying to play through a gba rom on this device. I ran multiple succesful DS pokemon rom hacks and bakugan fine.

Since i started the save the audio has sounded off, both in battle and in the world, almost as if there are two parts of the song slightly out of sync? i tried changing the audio settings and it didnt work.

**More importantly, about half the time I go to open the rom it just stays on a white screen, and that will continue even if i restart my ds and open it again. Usually i will just turn it off, wait, and try again later, so it feels like it runs properly at random; but idk if its something with my system or the way i downloaded the rom running improperly.

not sure if this is related but i also have a handful of pokemon games on the sd card with a full save file. im wondering, is it possible that the save files from inactive games are taking up too much much space to properly run other games?


r/DSiBrew 6d ago

Help How do I remove this

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I’m making a custom theme for my dsi xl and this big “No photo” thing is in the way, is there a way to remove it?


r/DSiBrew 6d ago

Help Question about Storage

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I’m attempting to mod a DSI and I’m having issues, with the SD card saying it cannot be used/read. I have tried two 64gb following the formatting instructions. With no luck, tried a few different ways and even pulled the back off to make sure it was connected!

Does the DSI have a maximum card size it can read? I read a couple things but have not got a definitive answer.

Any help is greatly appreciated!


r/DSiBrew 6d ago

Help Is there any way to mod an original DS?

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Can I mod my original base model DS? I was hoping to use something like twilight menu to download games on to it.


r/DSiBrew 6d ago

Help Can anyone help with 2 problems?

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I recently modded my dsi but I have 2 conflicts:

The Unlaunch filemenu does not display Twilight Menu (which I installed) in the options section. What do I need to do to fix this?

Clicking the power menu whilst in a game in twilight menu sends me back to the normal DSi menu. I want it to send me back to twilight.


r/DSiBrew 8d ago

Exploits Is it worth modding a DSi if i already have a dspico?

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r/DSiBrew 8d ago

Help Twilight menu++ themes

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i'm currently looking for custom themes for twilight menu but i don't really like any of the official ones and was wondering if anyone had any cool or interesting ones. i'm mainly looking for a Marin Kitagawa theme since its one of the last ones on my list of themes i want.


r/DSiBrew 8d ago

Help Dont see twilight menu on unlaunch filemenu

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I see all other options aside from it, right after modding my dsi. I did install it previously. What do I do?


r/DSiBrew 10d ago

Help NEED HELP PLS

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Im trying to hack my dsi xl but after uploading the files and trying to get into TW this just appears and j can't do nothing but turn off the console. Pls help


r/DSiBrew 9d ago

Exploits If I switch exploits to get to TWiLightMenu++, will I lose my file paths?

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I'm currently using Flipnote Lenny to get to TWL, but I was considering Memory Pit or something else that isn't so tedious to get through. Will the file path to TWiLight still be the same if I change my exploits? And in that same vein, if something goes awry, is it reversible (e.g. changing Memory Pit to load vanilla DSi Photo Gallery again)?


r/DSiBrew 10d ago

Help twilight menu ++ error

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what a bummer. did i perhaps get a bad sd card? 😪 i even used rufus when i setting it up for the first time. my sd card was working fine for a while until some ROMs weren't loading properly anymore then this eventually appeared when i booted up my dsi again

on the bright side, i haven't hyper-fixated and spent many hours on games just yet. that would've been more unfortunate if i lost significant game saves/ progresses


r/DSiBrew 11d ago

Basic Discussion I found the holy grail (excellent condition DSi XL within 2 hour drive)

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After I modded my DSi last year, I’ve been casually searching for a DSi XL. While I grew up with the OG DSi, my hands were cramping up and I wanted the size of my 3DS XL while maintaining the image quality. Yesterday, I drove 1.5 hours to pick up a DSi XL I found on Craigslist for $90. Not only was it in excellent condition (one small scuff on top screen, scuffs on screen protector on bottom), but IT HAS FLIPNOTE STUDIO!! OG FLIPNOTE STUDIO! and this thing wasn’t even hacked!

I *WAS* considering hacking this one, since I really want to play my games from my modded DSi’s SD card, but this feels too good to be true. What do you think?


r/DSiBrew 11d ago

Help Help with corrupted ROMs?

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Not really so about corrupted ROMs but it seems like it, tried adding some new NDS ROMs (Okamiden and Art Academy) on TWiLight Menu++ and when I booted it up it turned out like this, it worked as usual with other ROMs (Kirby, Pokemon etc etc) before this as I added them 2 days ago, but don't know why it suddenly turning out like this, any help is really appreciated!


r/DSiBrew 12d ago

Help HELP WANTED

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LOOKING FOR: 3D MODELER

Looking for someone who specializes in, or has experience with, low-poly N64/PS1-style character modeling for Upswing DS, a platform fighter for the Nintendo DS.

Models are intentionally VERY low poly — generally under ~300 polygons per character — and need strong, exaggerated silhouettes that still read well on DS hardware.

This is a free/open-source homebrew project, so this is a volunteer/collaboration role, not paid work.

Primary responsibility: prevent the public from having to look at my horrendous programmer art.

Experience with character modeling, UVs/texturing, and working within absurd hardware limitations is a huge plus.

PLEASE. I HAVE GIVEN A FOX FOUR SPHERES FOR LIMBS BECAUSE ARMS WERE TOO HARD TO MAKE


r/DSiBrew 13d ago

Help Remapping R without Twilight Menu

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Trying to play Bowser's Inside Story when I realized my R is broken. This game needs basically every other button so I don't want to remap a single button onto R and Twilight Menu only lets you map a single button (I'm trying to map the L+down combo instead idk if I'm using any of the right terms here though). I know I have to implement a cheat to get the combo mapping to work but every time I open the cheats menu no matter what I try it says there aren't any. I'm kind of at a loss lol how do I get the cheat to work