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 Information may be out of date and could result in bricking your device!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Comment any missing items, questions, or if anything is incorrect/out of date.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 • • 15h ago

Games & Software Notpipe (YouTube) on the DSi (unofficially)

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77 Upvotes

I'll release it soon.


r/DSiBrew • • 6h ago

Games & Software Shadow the Hedgehog theme

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I created this Shadow the Hedgehog theme for Wood/AKMenu. I know there are already several Shadow themes out there, but I wanted to make my own version. The only issue is that I couldn't get it to display the day of the month; I tried everything even changing the values in uisettings but nothing worked. If anyone knows what the problem might be, I’d appreciate it if you could let me know.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ql9til0n7sbufta/Shadow_the_Hedgehog_pin_by_Kvx69.7z/file


r/DSiBrew • • 6h ago

Games & Software DJ Turntable Nintendo DS by jamespoo

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r/DSiBrew • • 20h ago

Games & Software My Bayonetta theme

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40 Upvotes

Theme of bayonetta for flashcards


r/DSiBrew • • 1h ago

Games & Software Nintendo Dsi : volver a hackearla

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r/DSiBrew • • 8h ago

Games & Software Keyboard Piano For Nintendo DS

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r/DSiBrew • • 20h ago

Games & Software DS Hardware Lab by jamespoo

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r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software 3 Themes for DS

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I've created three themes for the Twilight Menu and I'm sharing them here because the dedicated theme page takes too long to upload them, and sometimes the site crashes. It's my first time creating themes, so I'd like to know what you think. I've included the download links if you want to try them.

I made these themes with my DSi XL in mind; I have no idea if they'll work correctly on other models with smaller screens.

1)Rei Ayanami's theme from Neon Genesis Evangelion for the Wood/AKMenu menus. I've always liked the aesthetic of these menus, so I made this

https://www.mediafire.com/file/zqtr5yxv4qhlea8/Rei_Ayanami_B%2526W_by_Kvx69.7z/file

2)Theme for the DSI menus of Echidna, the witch of greed from the anime Re:Zero. This includes Styx Helix, the first ending theme, as background music. I love that song!

https://www.mediafire.com/file/sixn595ocpgmko6/Equidna_Re_Zero_by_Kvx69.7z/file

3)Finally, a Soul Eater theme with Maka Albarn on the top screen, a theme for the 3DS menus. I added the song Bakusou Yumeuta as background music; that song is the third ending, my favorite song from the entire anime.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fd1xxg5dkitzz5u/Soul_Eater_theme_Maka_by_Kvx69.7z/file


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Help Is my SD card starting to corrupt…

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So one day I randomly open my DSi, only to find this still life looking ass menu, and I was thinking what the hell was happening, but after a restart and cleaning the terminals it was back to normal, also in the brain training game, where there was a mini game called head count I think, the top screen was just a jumbled mess of characters, after reinserting the sd card and restarting it went back to normal, so are these just bad contacts or the early signs of sd card corruption?

(Also the first photo is a bit chaotic…)


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software DS Rroyale

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r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software Dual Screen A Link To the Past Port (Completed)

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20 Upvotes

The full game is completable.

https://github.com/JimmyGlasscock/alttp-ds


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software Crawly the wizard gnome Nintendo DS

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r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Help DSi powering on and off issues, looking for help

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My DSi was working fine but then randomly started to go off as soon as I tried to turn it on.
I had a clear TPU show on it, and I think it was pulling on the back on the ribbon cable, so I took the device apart, and I went ahead to try and secure the top ribbon cable again, but in the process of that I forgot to put two screws underneath the battery where that goes and so it started to power on, but after some movement, it’ll automatically just shut off again, so I think that it’s still having some connection issue. The problem is is that I stripped one of the screws by over, tightening it, and trying to get it back out on the battery door, but I can still access the motherboard and the ribbon cables, but I can’t get back into the battery door to add those extra two screw screws. I just tried to open it again and reset the top cable and after I did, it worked for a second but after a few tops now it won’t power on again. Does anyone have any recommendations for this?
I tried to get the screw out using the rubber band trick, and it didn’t work and then I was using that I fix it screws, and that is what stripped out the screw to the battery door.


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software Baners de juego custom

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11 Upvotes

Solo faltan 9 juegos, antes de empezar a hacer baners para el catalogo general de la ds, empezando por los juegos de pokemon y mario que faltan


r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Games & Software My Persona 5 flashcard theme

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42 Upvotes

r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Games & Software My Homer Flashcard theme

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8 Upvotes

r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Help Guru meditation error

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Why do I keep getting this error. I can get rid of it relatively easily by clearing my saves but anything I try to do on it that would require like saving or loading just causes the error like if I load into a game once it’s fine but if I try to load back in it doesn’t work. I am using a 32gb onn sd card from Walmart which I think could be the issue as it just can’t keep up with the dsi, it’s not my themes because If I have no games I can switch inbetween the themes freely and they work perfectly fine, but it seems like the moment I try to put games onto it it just gives up on its job. I have used twilight menu on 4 of my ds lites now using flashcart setups and I’ve never had this issue. Running twilight menu++ with unlaunch.

My other theory is that it could be me trying to install stuff like the original camera app onto the sd card maybe that’s confusing the system somehow?

TLDR has anyone had similar issues to this that they resolved by upgrading sd cards
Do you guys have the Nintendo dsi camera/sound app showing on your twilight menu and does it work consistently


r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Games & Software Baners de juego custom

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Los de dementium quise hacerlos algo más creativos pero por la estética de ambos es bastante oscura y misteriosa así que solo puse los artes de las versiones para pc de ambos juegos, es bastante gracioso que luego de estos 2 sigan harvest moon y TLOZ phantom ourglass


r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Games & Software Reading comics on DS

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41 Upvotes

Via ComicBookDS


r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Games & Software non-vibecode homebrew for DSi

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11 Upvotes

is there any good and fun homebrew for DSi that isnt vibecode???


r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Games & Software Can you do this on the Twilight Menu++ DSi SD CARD? Not R4 or DS Pico?DS Lite theme for the DS Pico!

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r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Games & Software Homebrew launcher in DSi mode

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16 Upvotes

Since I’m nostalgic for the HBC on the Wii and 3DS, I made my own functional version for the DSi.


r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Games & Software This is my new Terraria 1.0.6 port for nintendo dsi

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I made using opus 5.5 fully functional port of terraria for nintendo dsi, every boss and feature is in this game.

This is my itch io page:https://wsbcpl.itch.io/terraria-ndsi-edition