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    Pokemon Platinum from Japan

    Perhaps a silly question but if I hack a Japanese DSI to be english, can I play Pokemon Platinum from Japan and it would be english?

    2 Comments
    2024/12/01
    19:12 UTC

    3

    DSi TWIlight menu

    I'm relatively new to this and i dont wanna risk bricking my DSi and most guides say Unlaunch has a small risk at bricking your DSi. I also dont wanna open the menu through the camera exploit everytime if theres an alternative. Could i get like an icon on the DSi menu that allows me to open it? I saw this somewhere but i could find anything on it.

    7 Comments
    2024/12/01
    00:30 UTC

    8

    Help

    What did my 7 year old do? Won't go into twilight menu now just goes to this when click album

    12 Comments
    2024/11/30
    21:43 UTC

    1 Comment
    2024/11/30
    17:07 UTC

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    Where can I find .nds files for Japanese Gen V events?

    I found several sites where you can download event distributors for the R4, but unfortunately, the event distributors like SP Nagasaki in Black and White 1 I am unable to find them.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/30
    13:52 UTC

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    Animal Crossing Wild World Crashing while Launching off R4 Card with TWilight Menu++

    I'm new to modding my ds. But I have a DS Lite and I have an R4 card with quite a few games on it. All of which work with the TWilight Menu ++ excluding Animal Crossing Wild World. Whenever I attempt to launch it, the screen goes white and then I get the TWilight Menu splash screen and it puts me right back to looking at the game to launch it. I've tried updating TWilight, but beyond that I am lost. Please help me lol

    Edit: I have seen that this may be a nds bootstrapper issue? I do not know the greatest way to thwart that

    0 Comments
    2024/11/30
    01:56 UTC

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    Help after uninstalling unlaunch

    I uninstalled unlaunch around a year ago after I was scared because I didn't know how to get out of it, and it did it successfully, so it's uninstalled on my system. But I want to reinstall it now, and I was wondering if there's a risk of installing it again on the same system?

    8 Comments
    2024/11/29
    23:40 UTC

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    R4itt para DS v.16 ( Kemmel ) preciso de ajuda

    Olá, Senhoras e Senhores,

    Tenho este cartão, mas o cartão SD está em branco que estava no 3DS XL que comprei.

    Existe alguma forma de alguém me enviar os arquivos ou um link para onde preciso ir para que este cartão funcione em um Nintendo 3DS XL.

    Será que ainda vale a pena esse R4? Ou é melhor comprar um maus atual?

    Orientação/ajuda ou um link seriam muito apreciados.

    2 Comments
    2024/11/29
    18:51 UTC

    13

    Can’t activate Rare Candy cheat

    I tried to press select before and during the game but I couldn’t get the cheat activated, any suggestions?

    9 Comments
    2024/11/29
    16:37 UTC

    1

    R4 not saving after first save

    Playing Pokemon black and I was able to save once on my r4, now anytime I try to save it will freeze and not save. then I have to shutdown and it returns me to my first save. any way to fix it? Its on my r4 gold

    1 Comment
    2024/11/28
    19:53 UTC

    15

    Game go bye bye D:

    As stated in the screenshot, I need help unhiding a game in twilight menu preferably without the need for a laptop! I can insert the SD card into my iPad using an adapter but not sure i’d be able to access files in the same way compared to my windows laptop

    4 Comments
    2024/11/28
    00:20 UTC

    4

    is it possible to flash European firmware on Japanese dsi?

    I did that with my 3DS without issues but there is no guide about it for the dsi? I found a language patcher tool but that doesn't work very well, the dsi is still Japanese, when I use twilight menu to switch to its main settings.

    I found a guide to reinstall firmware on the nand but it says to only use the same firmware that came with this unit, so using my other dsi Euro nand backup is probably not a good idea, right?

    4 Comments
    2024/11/27
    11:22 UTC

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    Can you use 3DS Twilight Menu++ themes on DSi XL?

    Like the following theme is under the 3DS section but I wanna use it on my DSi XL: https://skins.ds-homebrew.com/nintendo-3ds/persona-3-reload---s-e-e-s-

    2 Comments
    2024/11/26
    21:43 UTC

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    How do i get cheats on my r4?

    I recentaly installed pokemon platinum on my r4 and i wanted to get cheats, My r4 is a r4 SDHC Dual-core from 2015.

    10 Comments
    2024/11/26
    18:04 UTC

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    HiyaCFW SD Card size

    I have a DSI XL arriving soon, I've decided I'd like to use HiyaCFW and go through the pain of forwarding the 20 games I'm planning to play so that I can have the stock feel from the console.

    I understand that either the SD card needs to be 2gb (not big enough for all my games so it's a no) or you just need to have less than 2gb of space free at any time.

    Just looking for clarification on the process of modding it with this in mind. Should i put dummy files onto the sd card before beginning (leaving 2gb), then once the CFW is installed, remove dummy files (in chunks of 4gb or something), add my games, and again put dummy files if it is not at <2gb free?

    Also where should i put the games on the SD card to use the forwarder?

    Thanks! :)

    7 Comments
    2024/11/26
    12:41 UTC

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    Can you emulate slot 2 ram extension?

    Since the dsi already has enough ram. I was wondering if you could just emulate it having the slot 2 ram

    2 Comments
    2024/11/26
    02:04 UTC

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    Game has Anti-Piracy and I can’t find a way to patch it.

    On my sisters DSi I homebrewed for her and I got games on it that are AP, any way I can work around that?

    1 Comment
    2024/11/25
    22:08 UTC

    36

    I need help

    I've tried everything for 3 hours ND I can't get my SD card to work on it and it keeps giving me the error

    21 Comments
    2024/11/25
    01:48 UTC

    2

    Twilight emulator addition

    Good evening, has anyone already added an emulator in the Twilight, I am looking to add handyds, the emulator launches correctly when I place the emulator in the data folder with its files and I add the emulator in the roms /Lynx folder that I created but I cannot launch it through the Twilight/emulator/ menu. I feel like I'm missing some links between the roms/Lynx folder and Twilight/emulator/handyds. Anyone have an idea?

    3 Comments
    2024/11/24
    20:02 UTC

    4

    Can't access my games in GBARunner2

    I've deleted some games that came when I bought my R4 card, but the games I deleted now appear as "trashed" (from Castlevania downwards, are the games that I haven't deleted) and I know that the SD card has more games, but I can't access them

    Does anyone know what to do?

    10 Comments
    2024/11/24
    14:09 UTC

    1

    hacked dsi menu having visual probs :') (twilightmenu++)

    like it says, i have a hacked DSI running twilightmenu++ that i did for my boyfriend recently. everything else is perfect and runs smoothly- my files are all organized, except for one problem- pictochat doesnt work!! and when i installed the .nds file as a fix, it worked properly, yes, but i tested it out with my own personal DS and 3DS respectfully...HOWEVERRR the DS classic start menu twilightmenu++ has, a big white square covers part of the screen! everything is still usable aside from that, but it gets on me and my boyfriend's nerves both equally LOL... it's all the .nds file's fault but i *really* wanted us to both have working pictochat without him having a nasty hard-to-read start menu >:/

    ...does anyone here have any fixes for either the menu problem or a better .nds file replacement? i've been looking and i unfortunately can't find anything that good on a safe and trustable site.
    can i at the very least remove the .nds file fix i did and make the original pictochat button work again? that and download play both open to white screens and freeze without any wait or change whatsoever. *anything helps* tysm in advance to those who reply <3

    0 Comments
    2024/11/23
    22:35 UTC

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    GBARunner2 black screen during Pokémon Emerald?

    (Rom has no trade evos, through universal randomiser) When I picked my starter, and the screen went black, the battle music started playing, but the screen remained black.

    I installed twilight menu++ latest version for my DSi XL just a week or two ago. So the GBARunner 2 came with it. Is it because I enabled no trade evos option for the rom? Everything else is vanilla/original.

    I already placed the bios.bin with the right checksum in _gba folder.

    0 Comments
    2024/11/23
    19:53 UTC

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    Date and Time won't carry over in game

    Hey, so i'm using Twilight menu++ on an dsi xl and I've tried changing the time and date in the system settings to change the seasons in Pokemon White 2, but it won't carry over to the game. Does anyone have an idea why that could be and how to fix it.

    I used this guide to mod the DS: https://dsi.cfw.guide/get-started.html and i have no further experience.

    Thx in advance

    2 Comments
    2024/11/23
    12:54 UTC

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    i remember modding my first dsi i used lazy installer i remember option to add a pokemon game editor do any of you guys know what this was?

    i remember modding my first dsi i used lazy installer i remember option to add a pokemon game editor do any of you guys know what this was?

    2 Comments
    2024/11/23
    01:23 UTC

    1

    What does SDNAND mean?

    kinda new to modding

    4 Comments
    2024/11/22
    20:48 UTC

    17

    My Nintendo wii is not working, can anyone help me?

    I was trying to update my wii but it got turned of due to power cut and after that, it shows like this,

    System menu- error autobooting systemmenu could not open boot file.

    Hbc- error autobooting homebrew channel maybe little not installed.

    installed file- can't load file, try reinstalling.

    I tried to install homebrew channel through sd card but my wii is now accepting any sd card it shows no sd card detected (even after formatting the sd card) my sd card is SanDisk 8gb version.

    If there is any solution for this please let me know, Your help will be appreciated 🥹

    14 Comments
    2024/11/22
    17:48 UTC

    1

    Dslite mod usb c

    Hello what is the simplest way to solder a usb c to a dslite

    0 Comments
    2024/11/22
    07:21 UTC

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    New To Homebrew NDS, Where to Start?

    Hey everyone! I got a DSLite with the intent to homebrew it and potentially make some game repros since being introduced to them. I was just wondering how to go about starting homebrewing my DS. I've used CFW on my PS3 before so I'm familiar somewhat with homebrew, but what do I need for a DS? Any resources at all would be helpful, thanks!

    2 Comments
    2024/11/22
    04:06 UTC

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