I understand that it’s a bit annoying having to take out the sd card every time but I’d much rather do the FBI route than wait 20 minutes for a single game to download from hshop. Am I doing something wrong or is this supposed to be faster?

Edit: I have been told in the comments that hshop has .cia files on its site! I did not know that before posting this.

I'VE HAD IT FOR LIKE YEARS, its been with me since i was little, but i dont have that many games and i am a pirate so i really want to add some games i like onto there (including that one animation app thingy, yk the one that EXPLODED!!), but like i heard that if your softbrick/brick your 3ds it's just, GONE and you cant get it back, and i DO read thoroughly its just im scared of making that ONE mistake and now its just dead... any tips or anything would be apreciated im just very scared to kill it (i'd do this on a spare DS if i had one but sadly, thoose things are expensive <//3)

EDIT: okay so uhh- I'm gonna attempt to MOD it now because again: not paying 1,000$ for supplie of games /silly/j, but yeah im gonna attempt to mod it since my fear is slightly gone-ish now (and hearing that i can just, presave my 3DS helps ALOT) so thank ya'll for the words, and i will try my best not to have anxiety on theese 7 seas

It is currently a WIP. Will start releasing photos once I get the UI fixed

I modded my new 3ds successfully with the 3ds hacks guide. After that I went looking for games and learned that I can't just download the files of and play the regular DS games I wanted to play. I tried doing research and stuff and it led me to a YANBF forwarder thingy and now I just do not know what I'm doing. I'm not computer savvy and sometimes the steps are confusing and honestly I'm getting a headache from all this. I'm stuck on this step about doing command lines and I have no idea what the first step is talking about or what it wants me to do.

So I'm asking for help, if there's an easier method overall or just guidance on moving through this step. I just want to play Pokémon Platinum and the Pokémon Ranger games and this is a lot

Okay I’m new to Reddit so if this isn’t the place to post this, correct me or whatever but I want some thoughts from the players. My experience with piracy has always been a more... poor experience. So as you might have guessed, I have a 3DS with CFW. Okay, cool. What about it? Well for about 2 years I’ve been playing games the illegal way. Piracy. Yes I know piracy is often frowned upon and of course, illegal. But it’s much more than that. You see, I’ve pirated games for quite a while. But I’ve also purchased games like any other gamer. But... there’s this feeling that piracy just doesn’t give you unlike owning the real thing. Piracy RUINS the experience of the game. There’s this feeling of...accomplishment, a feeling of earning something when you buy, borrow, or have been given a game. A feeling of joy, like you’ve earned it and that enhances the experience tenfold. When you pirate a game, it never truly feels like you deserve to play, it’s like “whatevers” now. It’s like... it’s like using a game genie on games. It spoils you and takes the fun out of what otherwise should have been a challenge to achieve or a reward for your efforts. I restored my 3DS now, and have only 2 games on the console (and uh....maybe a GBA emulator for Mario world but....shhhh) and it feels..okay? But the deed has been done and I can’t restore the feeling. I remember getting my first 2DS with Mario kart 7 and it was so amazing and a blast to play! But now I had it illegally and...it felt like a drag to play. And so I purchased the cart but the feeling is gone. Anyone else get this? Discuss it with me, I wanna hear thoughts! And for all you smarties out there who are gonna tell me to buy the games... why do you think I restored my 3DS and removed the games? (But kept CFW for themes and GBA and Rosalina menu) I’ve turned a new leaf which is why I got rid of them all and purchased 2 new carts.

As the title says, I'm going to get a 3ds xl, and I am going to get a physical copy of omega ruby, and also mod it to get my favorite games. I would like to hear your opinions on games to pirate! 😉 The current list includes: all the ace attorney games, all the pokemon games, most of the legend of Zelda games, animal crossing (whichever one is on the 3ds), Captain toad: treasure tracker, Castlevania (whichever one is on the 3ds), Dragon ball fusions, dragon ball Z extreme budoten, in inozuma eleven, s few Kirby games, the Lego movie videogame, a few other Lego games, Luigi's Mansion, Mario kart 7, smash bros, a few Mario and Luigi games, Metroid: samus returns, new super Mario Bros 2, Mario land 3d, pokemon box (or it's equivalent), Mario Maker, flip note studio 3d, and donkey Kong country returns 3d, along with a few miscellaneous emulators, rom hacks, and other useful applications. Thanks for reading all that. ☺️ All opinions are welcome!

Let me explain, I have had this 3DS since I was little, it is a little tired boss, and I would like to hack a 3DS to be able to play more games and be able to play online.

But in this 3ds I have purchased many things from the eshop, games, games and the thing is that apart from bricking, I would like to keep everything in that original 3ds, without anything external, everything og.

So I had thought about buying another 3ds to hack this one. Is this nonsense? Should I hack the other one?

Why do people keep perfectly good older models of a console? In my mind I'm not much of a collector, so it feels like by just HAVING more than one 3DS that works fine it's gatekeeping (limiting access from future players whether it's people from the time it came out or people who were 3 when it came out and couldn't buy their own console) from others who could experience or be seeking such a limited experience.

Everytime someone asks on a reddit thread "am I cooked?" people say "you need to preserve it and get a case because they aren't made any more and warranty blah blah blah".

So why don't people just have one new 3ds XL or something that can do all of the things their other DS series things can and give them to others or sell them? see pictures of displays and collections people have- I can understand that for cards or for items that don't have an experience tied to it.

Like if someone kept a plate that was limited edition- even if it had a function I would understand it on display.

But if someone kept a run of the mill black 3DS and has a new 3ds XL with a limited edition Zelda back or whatever they'd just keep the 3DS on display when it's working and could give someone the experience you got.

It's one thing to have multiple consoles for future kids, as a selection intended for use, or because it's nostalgic and very emotionally connected- buts just another to have an old, jump to a new, and keep collecting and intend on never touching the old ever again.

No judgements at all! I'm genuinely wondering if it's emotional ties, if it's like scalping, if it's bragging rights, ect.

Edit: Please do not comment unless you have read the other comments and replies or come into the conversation with good faith and open discussion.

Edit pt 2 electric boogaloo: Note that I posted this as someone who owns an n3ds LL. So it's not like I'm on the outside crying- I see posts about people saying "what is your decor like?" And people will send a picture with like 5 DS forms.

Edit branched from a tree pt 3:

My main question is targeted at collectors who don't intend on using their devices or will never use them or get use out of them ever again. It's more of here:

When an object is still fully functional, what meaning does it hold when it is kept purely for display? Does it mean anything if you never experience the function of an object?

I was just watching YouTube and got a video on that racist Mario animation that said "youre not nintendo, you're pretendo!", and just thought, is pretendo (nimbus) actually named cuz of that? just funny to think about :p

I got the H-shop added to my 3ds, and every time I try to download a game, this happens. in this case, I tried downloading Mario Kart 7.

What am I doing wrong?

I have a formatted 64gb SD card in it, and should have enough data to download it.

Edit: My brother fixed it for me. Dude's great at working with tech and everything, but thank y'all for all the advice!

So I'm trying to make my 3dsXL full hentai, so obvious I need hentai badges but for some reason this app doesn't detect any badges idk y

I tried to use Wonder Trade on Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, but it gives that error message "This online service is no longer available." How can I fix this? I'm already on Pretendo Network.

Most people probably said this but I just know it ain't a good idea it's gonna get lots of things wrong and mostly brick it Also most ai don't support modding so why would you tell it

I recently bought a new 3DS and transferred all my data from my old system and have never hacked either system. However, everytime I try to load Kirby Planet Robobot (the physical game which I’ve had for years), I get this pop up and have to restart the system. Is there any way to fix this?

I mean, I know there are always risks on downloading anything anywhere on the Internet, what I'm really asking is: Has anyone had any issues with Themeplaza? Downloading and using their site in general.

The reason I ask is because I haven't seen much about the site other than it existence and it doesn't really state it being "safe" nor has anyone else.

Wondering if they are or not :).

Preface: I know pretty much nothing about 3ds modding so I'm sorry if this is a stupid question.

My approach to modding is to try and keep it as possible. Just install the thing I want and keep the overall experience as unchanged as possible. All the 3ds modding I see has all these custom UIs and menus and all that stuff. I just want it to look like a normal 3ds, but with an extra app icon for the modded app. Basically, have it so that someone that knows nothing couldn't tell that it is modded. Is that possible? I only want to mod it to get the eshop and online back (so I guess that would be hshop and pretendo)

I have a modded 3ds with some pokemon games and i want to transfer those pokemon to more recent game, but i didnt download pokemon bank before the eshop shut down.
So i download pokemon bank from the hshop .cia.
My question is if i transfer those pokemon to pokemon home, can i get banned or what could hapen?
If someone can answer me ill be very gretful :)

I was looking it over and it looks super complicated I’m only 14 and it looks like too much is there a simple way or can anybody like water it down I’m dumb