15 Essential Uses for 3DS Homebrew

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[ShimmeringVapidCoal]

0:03 Jon
0:33 15. Input Redirection (Using a Controller)
1:31 14. Rehid (Button Remapping)
2:23 13. Taking Screenshots
2:42 12.5 BootNTR & Snickerstream (Screen Capture)
3:38 12. BootNTR (Widgets/Overlays)
4:43 11. Luma Clockspeed (N3DS/N2DS Frame Acceleration)
6:31 10.5 Cheat Codes for select games (N3DS/N2DS Frame Acceleration)
7:04 10. Bypass Region Locking (Play 3DS games in other regions)
7:26 9. Pretendo (Nintendo Network/Miiverse Revival for after 4/8/2024 when online functions end)
8:26 8. open_agb_firm/NSUI (Native GBA gameplay/injection)
9:31 7. Game Modding including CTGP-7 (Fan Translations, Custom Content and SFX/Music Restoration)
11:36 6. Red Viper (Virtual Boy Emulation with stereoscopic 3D)
12:26 5. 3D Movie Viewer (Convert and watch 3D movies on your 3DS; alternatively you can use Video Player 3DS, which isn't showcased in the video)
12:50 4. 3D Cheat Codes (Enhance/Strengthen 3D Effect)
13:20 3. BootNTR (Realtime Save/Save States)
13:42 2. Twilight Widescreen Patch + Circle Pad Codes (Enhanced DS Games)
14:38 1. Homebrew Games/Ports (OpenLara, SM64, Sonic Mania)

You're welcome! I hope I didn't forget anything!

Also, Jon, if you're seeing this, I'd like to see you cover Playstation, N64, Pico-8, and Windows DOS Emulation on the 3DS! And maybe also GYTB Custom Badges, Anemone Custom Themes, SatellaZone, and Wumiibo? Thanks!

[duplicake]

The 3DS is really coming back to life with the community

[AStupidID]

Jon biologically has to mention Puyo Puyo or Tetris at least once in every video or he will explode.

[alynnzz]

As futuristic as the Star Fox series is, I always preferred how the voice clips sounded when compressed. Just feels right for communications over a transceiver.

[cwooddirector]

12:26 I always hoped that with Netflix on the 3DS that they would allow you to stream 3D movies, but that never happened, so this is pretty cool. Nintendo Video was pretty much the only distribution. Anyone else remember that 3D Kirby short that they distributed through it that brought back the cast from Kirby Right Back at Ya?

[SHIGUFEVER]

Arle in the Thumbnail; it's a Jon video.

[jaydeeduballyew]

There was such a unique charm in growing up alongside the Gameboy / DS handhelds. Glad to see the 3DS has such a cool modding community active in keeping it alive!

[PancakeInu]

The 3DS was Nintendo's last true portable device and is still my favorite. One the best 3DS mods out there is the Project Restoration mod for Majora's Mask 3D which undoes all the unnecessary changes made to the game with additional QOL changes. Also there's a mod that adds C-stick support to Ocarina of Time 3D which never got Circle Pad Pro support. Now you can freely move the camera around like in Majora's Mask 3D.

[PressPlaytoJayson]

Puyo Puyo Chronicles was the reason I needed my 3DS modded, and now, thanks to Arle, I have entered a rabbit hole.

[Feroror]

I’m a big fan of moving saves between real hardware and emulators, so something basic like Checkpoint which comes with the homebrew is amazing!!

[Twiddle_things]

Took my 2DS XL with me when I travelled this weekend. I played on it whenever I had the chance. Waiting for my food, waiting for the train, sitting down to take in the scenery, and when I was done I'd put it into sleep mode and let the play coins rack up! I love this console to death and am beyond happy to see it get revived by the community

[gluttonousmaximus]

12:32 There's also the "video player for 3DS" that supports a lot more common video formats/codecs and multiple subtitle/audio tracks. If you're not into proprietary 3D movies, this option might be your jam.

[alienJIZ]

The only person on YouTube who both puts the links in the description and doesn't clutter it with ads before they links

[FlareOfLegacy]

Seeing that New 3DS face plate...I kinda regret not getting them when they were just official RRP - now it's just the 2nd hand market at wildly inflated prices.

[frostykyogre]

Gotta say, you nailed your intro jingle. I start watching sometimes just for that instant hit of good vibes.

[BlakePinnell]

Timestamps

Intro 0:00
Luma 3DS 0:43
RehidHelper 1:33
Screen Recording 2:27
Universal Updater 2:48
Boot NTR 2:55
Overlays via NTR 3:41
New 3DS Clockspeeds 4:55
Bypass Region 7:07
Pretendo Nimbus 7:41
Native GBA Emulation 8:33
Mods 9:34
VirtualBoy Emulation 11:41
3D Movie Viewer 12:29
Enhance 3D Effect 12:55
Save States via NTR 13:24
Enhance DS Games 13:47
Homebrew Games 14:41

[erickbodomv]

I’ve seen heaps of ‘3DS must have modded features’ videos and yours is by far the most useful. Almost everything you mentioned hasn’t been said in other videos. Super useful and show awesome features that are actually very useful!

[knuclearx]

Nintendo couldve sold Virtual Boy games. The financial opportunity was RIGHT THERE. They really missed out

[mariotaz]

As someone who can speak Japanese (now), my 3DS lately has been one the best emulation machines out there. I'm still thinking of buying a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro but honestly, playing games like Mizzurna Falls, Yuuyami Doori Tankentai (one of my goals) and as of this week, Boku no Natsuyasumi, my N3DS running these games as a CIA has been such a great experience. Even more recently with the new Virtual Boy emulator that os now running natively on the 3DS is insanely good! I recently conpleted Wario Land on it and its by far the best game on VB and one of the best Wario Land games. Using the actual 3DS 3D slider and being able to change the colours from Red to anything else is such a huge inprovement.

PS1 on the 3DS and now playing these region/language locked games has made the 3DS one of the best and cheapest handheld emulators out there.

Funny side story, while I was in Japan Nov 2023, I ended up street passing with a Nintendo employee, but it said my most recent game was PS1 Virtual Console lol. So now there's a Nintendo employee with someone who had a PS1 emulator on their 3DS now appear in their Mii Plaza.

[ZulaCrash]

Just modded my 3DS yesterday, this is gonna come in handy.