Guide: DS Games on a Modded 3DS

In this video I'll show you everything you need to know to play your favorite Nintendo DS games on a modded 3DS console. We'll load up NDS ROMs via Twilight Menu, backup cartridge games and save files to play from your microSD card, and even add Nintendo DS games to your 3DS home screen.

Timestamps:
00:00 introduction
01:17 NDS vs 3DS
03:00 using DS flash carts
04:32 install Twilight Menu
06:03 add ROMs
06:47 dump NDS cartridges and saves
09:03 testing Twilight Menu
10:51 add DS games to the Home menu
13:48 bypass the 40 DS game limit
14:20 summary and conclusion

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[ulrickai]

Just a quick extra tip you can do, if you hold Select when you run the TWiLight Menu, it'll open in the original DS resolution. It'll have black bars around the screen now but if you want that original size and clean look as the DS, this is an option you can do and you'll usually forget about the bars after a while you play

[JCRJr]

Dude, LOVING all the love your giving the DS/2DS/3DS lately! I'm getting my first 3DS today!

[tvmhdz]

Wow, i just finished modding a 3ds today and was just researching this. Talk about perfect timing.

Great video as usual Russ, keep it up. It's a joy to watch your uploads

[Cosmic_Espeon]

I went a little install crazy when I first homebrewed my 3DS, not only did I get my entire collection onto the home screen, but I got a lot of games I never tried before. I thankfully, don't have that many DS games in my line up, so I'm still below the 40 game limit, but for 3DS games, it's a different story. I do appreciate the Twilight Menu but I found it easier to bypass it with the forwarder. Best decision I made was to Homebrew my 3DS, and now I'm about to purchase an New 3DS LL so I can have access to games for that console as well. It's been fun experiencing new games as well as reliving my child hood. My sister saw my home screen and asked me "How many Pokemon Games do you have on this thing?" and all I said was "Yes" because I have them all, as well as romhacks. I have enough Pokemon to last me for the next three years lol. Really great video, I'll certainly keep watching your channel! And I'll give Zoo Keeper a try too, I love puzzle games like this. I used to play a lot of Bejeweled Twist on long car rides.

[nezuminora]

This was super helpful - I knew the stuff right up till the forwarder, but the fact I can watch and understand what you're doing is a huge leap from where I was last year!

[danielfelten]

A good Tipp for 3DS XL is the homebrew ftpd, so you don’t need to remove the sd card each time. It’s possible to connect the computer to the 3DS as card via wifi 😊

[Haseo]

Once again thank you for an amazing guide!! I followed your modded method when the Eshop closed. Now thanks to this guide I can play both NDS and 3DS with no issues.

[bilditup]

Appreciate the coverage of these jailbreaks. Great, concise, accessible reference. I just did all this in the past month but forgot most of it already, so having it here is nice even if the 3DS hack guide isn’t too hard to follow (just a bit time consuming)

[daguilar]

Revitalization of our old consoles is always a must!

[Zanpaa]

I just played both Zelda DS games on my hacked N2DSXL this way, it was a great experience. Others already mentioned TWpatcher for the different scaling options. Also of note, if you hold B while launching Twilight++, it boots straight into the last played DS game, so that's what I did instead of adding the games to the 3DS menu.

[CYPHRsDMN]

You can disable the TW++ intro which will shave off a few seconds when starting up the application. You'll have to navigate through its settings and toggle it from there.

You can also change the music from that settings menu as well.

[marctestarossa]

One amazing thing I just found today: For me as a New 3DS user it's super annoying to get the SD-card out every time I want to put a new game on my device. But I got an App called FTPD installed on my n3ds through the universal updater and now I can use an FTP-client like FileZilla to move files directly through my home wifi onto my console <3 That makes my life so much easier.

[zombifiedsquid]

Just a little extra thing, there’s a master list regarding this, but some DS games can run full screen on the top if you’re into that, some games I feel benefit more than others. Also you can acquire a cheat file from various sources that will allow you to add cheats to basically any DS game.

[TheLeibnitz]

I'm so happy I managed to get a 3DS about 5 years ago. I haven't played it much when I got it, so much so that the SD card got corrupted and I had to remod it, but I had such a blast playing zelda, kirby, luigi's mansion, not to mention all those amazing DS games in the past couple of weeks. If you're patient, sometimes it's so worth it getting a console and the end or past its lifecycle.

[Blackbird]

Loving the 3DS Content Russ! Been looking forward to this video. Just waiting on the GBA guide for it and then I’ll have every Pokemon game from R/B/Y-US/UM in one place!

[IYamJayJay]

To anyone who hates how ds games look but dont want to shrink the screen, get twpatch. It comes with lots of screen filters and options, none are perfect but they are all better than nintendos default.

[mannymushies]

Seeing an r4 card menu is peak nostalgia for me used to love mine on my ds lite

[dtrianplay]

Finaly someone make detail doing it i just confused all time when see other content, thanks man

[chavawinnie]

I've seen these tutorials before, but none were as informative and straight to it. I was having to swap my 'MLB Power Pros' card between 2 different systems, which I had to do so by removing grips, until today. You hit another one out of the park, brother. Thanks!

[Optimism]

You have always come through for me, brother. I appreciate your videos 100 times out of 10!