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    Default Playing 3ds games on R4i 3DS cart

    Hi, thanks everyone for looking and hopefully helping, My daughter has just got a Nintendo 3DS, we have a R4i 3DS cart with the latest software. It plays .NTS ROMS fine, my question is can you play 3DS games on these carts, and if you can what format does the ROM need to be, I have tried .3DS ROMS but they don't load.
    Sorry if this is a poor question, but any help would be great

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    Nope but you can softmod the 3DS and play 3DS games from the internal SD card

    for softmodded 3DS's you will want *.cia 3DS roms that you copy to your SD card then use the cia installer homebrew to install the game

    for now do not update your 3DS firmware

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    Hi Zorlon, Thanks for your help, that's what I thought, do you know where I can get the softmod instructions
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stevens706 View Post
    Hi Zorlon, Thanks for your help, that's what I thought, do you know where I can get the softmod instructions
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    What firmware do you have?

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    Hi Deadlegion, the 3DS is Ver 11.6.0.39E
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    I'm sure you are out of luck maybe DL has info on a flash kit though

    Most flash kits are restrained to the firmware you have but I was sure there was one that bypassed that though it has it's own limitations, if I remember that is just region protection that is still in play

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    Maybe you can use NTRBoot but your card needs to be a compatible one.
    Look at the pics on this page:
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    If you attempt anything yourself I take no responsibility. Brick is always possible, so if you aren't confident modding consoles I would really consider getting something that is ready to go.
    Although getting NTRBoot working successfully apparently might fix a bricked console, but I can't confirm that myself.
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    Sky3DS Plus aka Sky3DS+ works on all firmware versions and I think it is the cart I was thinking of

    I obviously have a soft modded console so have never used that kit myself

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    The Sky3DS+ card is the way to go if you don’t want to softmod or hardmod your 3DS. I have the Sky3DS+ and a NN3DSXL running 11.6.0-39E and I’ve been able to run .3DS format games without issue. You need to have a supported SD card (I’m using a SanDisk Gold 32GB) and it needs to be formatted FAT32 with a 64K allocation size and you’ll be good to go.

    Oh and you need to flash the Sky3DS+ card itself before you can use it. As expensive as the card is, I feel like I’ve gotten my money’s worth.

    Good luck!

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