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 Information may be out of date and could result in bricking your device!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Comment any missing items, questions, or if anything is incorrect/out of date.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 • • 5h ago

Games & Software What if you could use the DS as a sign up clipboard?

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r/DSiBrew • • 3h ago

Help Upgraded to a DSi XL and i want to use the same SD card i used on my old dsi, how should i go about it?

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on my old DSi I had unlaunch installed along with twiliight menu, how should i go about transfering my SD card onto my new DSi XL?


r/DSiBrew • • 20h ago

Games & Software dragon quest builders like homebrew game for Nintendo ds what do you think?

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r/DSiBrew • • 16h ago

Help Video player with subtitles support

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Are there any video player with subtitles? I like watching subbed anime and would like to do that on the dsi. However, the low resolution and bitrates needed for video would make hardsubs unreadable


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software RexiMemo 2026 Relaunch: Flipnote Web Editor & more!

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Hey everyone! Last month, I relaunched RexiMemo, a Flipnote community I’ve been building and improving since mid-2023. My goal is to keep the spirit of Flipnote Studio alive, give DSi users a place to continue sharing their creations, and make the community more accessible to newcomers.

RexiMemo brings together the classic DSi experience and a growing range of website features, making it more than just a place to upload and watch Flipnotes. From creating animations right in your browser to recovering old Flipnotes from archived data, there’s plenty to explore!

RexiMemo-exclusive features

Flipnote Web Editor

You can create entire Flipnotes directly in your browser, with a 256×192 canvas, two drawing layers, drawing and selection tools, frame-by-frame animation, playback controls and more. When you're finished, you can prepare your creation and send it straight to the upload page. The editor is available to logged-in users with a primary console linked to their account.

Flipnote Studio NDS Port (Original DS)

Patch a legally obtained USA-region Flipnote Studio ROM into a playable .nds file using the web-based patcher. A RexiMemo account is required, but you don’t need a DSi, 3DS, or linked console.

The port is still in development, so some features are missing or may not work correctly; camera and photo import are also unavailable due to hardware limitations.

Flipnote Hatena recovery

Still have the 16-character FSID from your original Flipnote Hatena account? RexiMemo can search surviving Flipnote Hatena archives for Flipnotes linked to your FSID, allowing you to recover them!

Archived data is incomplete, so not every Flipnote may be recoverable.

Sudomemo Migration

Moving your Flipnotes over to RexiMemo? Use the migration tools to transfer eligible Flipnotes in a single file, instead of uploading them one by one.

Scheduled Flipnotes/Premieres

Prepare a Flipnote in advance and schedule when it will make its public debut. You can manage upcoming Premieres through the website.

Collaborations, Contests & more!

Invite another creator to share credit on a Flipnote, take part in weekly contests, vote for entries, earn Stars, customise your Creator's Room theme, and use Discord integration for Tickets and optional notifications.

Built with the DSi in mind

A big part of RexiMemo is keeping the Flipnote Studio and DSi experience working while building new tools around it. You can still enjoy the classic way of making and sharing Flipnotes, or try newer browser-based features.

I'm continuing to develop the site, so feedback from people who make, watch, or collect Flipnotes would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to hear what you think, what interests you most and what you'd like to see next!

Check it out: https://reximemo.net/

Whether you're still animating on your DSi, have old Flipnotes you'd like to recover, or just miss the Flipnote community, you're welcome to come take a look. 💜


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software Readmanna: use your dsi as a kindle

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I’ve been working on Readmanna, a fork of ds-mangaman that turns the DSi into a portable reader for manga, comics, and books. The idea is to make it feel a little like carrying a tiny Kindle in your pocket.

The original ds-mangaman was a great starting point, but its workflow had some limits: processing PDFs could take a long time, and the finished book was bundled into a single ROM. With a book around 300 pages, starting up could take as long as 10 minutes.

Regardless ds-mangaman is a great! homebrew and im glad that the creator made it public.

Readmanna changes that workflow. Convert a PDF or a folder of page images on your computer, then copy the prepared book to your SD card. The reader app and your books are separate, so you keep one Readmanna ROM and can add or change books without rebuilding the app. The finished books are ready to open from the DSi’s book selector.

It also has seven zoom levels, so you can fit a whole page across both screens or zoom in to read smaller text. Rotate pages to read upright or sideways, then pan with the stylus or D-pad. There’s a page selector for jumping ahead, and Readmanna remembers your position, zoom, and rotation for each book.

Also you can go to any page you want by pressing B) showing a menu for going anywhere you want

Rendering is faster because page images are prepared on the computer before they reach the DSi. That lets the reader use prepared images at common zoom levels instead of doing all the resizing itself. There’s also a compact 256-color export option. Depending on the source and export settings, I’ve seen books shrink from around 300 MB on the original ds-mangaman to 50 MB on readmanna.

PDF conversion happens on your computer; the finished books are what you read on the DSi. The project is open source, and I’d love to hear what people think or what features you’d like to see next:

GitHub: https://github.com/Vjarkjan/readmanna


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Exploits Sharing SD cards between DSI?

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Hi

I have a hacked DSI and a non hacked DSI XL. I would like to hack the XL too and share the SD card between the two. The idea being I can pop it in the XL when im using the device at home and pop it in the nonXL when I go outside and want to put something in my pocket.

Does that work? If so, does everything work or just the homebrew stuff? Like does the original, non-exploit, pit.bin file work for both consoles or will the camera gallery not work in one of the consoles?


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software NEW! Goat DS - Goat Format Yu-Gi-Oh! Companion for Nintendo DS

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r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Help I took a picture on my DSi and can no longer access the homebrew software through the camera app. How can I fix this?

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Hello, I decided to use the camera app on my dsi to take a selfie with a friend, and now going to the sd card menu on the camera wont boot twimenu anymore. Is there any way to fix this?


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software Digraph DS: a two-screen graph editor and analysis workbench for the Nintendo DS

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I’ve been building Digraph DS, a graph editor and analysis workbench for the Nintendo DS and DSi. It grew from the kts-nds foundation, and the engine work developed during Digraph’s creation has since been brought together in Devy, a reusable Rust, Bevy, and BlocksDS runtime.

That engine work goes well beyond the original foundation: Devy brings together framebuffer and layered 2D drawing, hardware 3D, touch input, gestures and strokes, SD-card storage, NitroFS assets, sprites, audio, cooperative tasks, time and RTC support. It also comes with host-side tools for preparing assets and scenes.

Digraph DS puts those capabilities to work as a real graph editor. The two screens have different roles: edit and manipulate your graph on the touchscreen, while viewing analysis results on the other screen. You can create directed and undirected edges, move and delete vertices, set source and target vertices, and pan and zoom around larger graphs.

The app includes 27 graph-analysis algorithms, covering reachability, shortest paths, cycles, topological order, Euler trails, DAG paths and kernels, game-theory analyses, bipartite matching, spanning forests, core numbers, dominators, cuts and disjoint routes, and feedback sets. It also includes component analyses such as weak, strong, and unilateral components; loops; articulation vertices; bridges; and source and sink SCCs.

Results are visual, not just text. Component analyses can show both the original graph and a quotient view across the two screens. You can swap the result view to the touchscreen and explore it independently. Analyses stay active while you return to editing, and the app reports when an algorithm’s requirements aren’t met. DAG transformations can be previewed before you choose to apply them.

Digraph DS supports graphs with up to 200 vertices and 20,000 stored edges. Dense-graph rendering uses caching, clipping, and level of detail to keep interaction responsive; those display shortcuts don’t remove edges from the graph or its analyses. You can also generate complete or random graphs, save named projects to SD or a flashcart, and check runtime and memory statistics in the app.

The current app is v0.5.10. Digraph DS builds as a Nintendo DS ROM. Desktop frame-preview and Android library builds are available as development groundwork; a desktop window and installable Android app are still future work.

Digraph DS: https://github.com/Vjarkjan/digraph-ds
Devy engine: https://github.com/Vjarkjan/devy
kts-nds foundation: https://github.com/ChristopherJMiller/kts-nds

I’d love to hear what graph problems you’d explore on a DS, and what you’d like to see next.


r/DSiBrew • • 1d ago

Games & Software An unfortunate update on OoT DSi

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r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Games & Software I made Warcraft 1 port for nintendo ds

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Hello so i made project where i ported Warcraft 1 on nds. Game is fully playable, and almost every aspect of the game was finished, it's fully playable on every nds and 3ds system.

You can download it on itch.io https://wsbcpl.itch.io/wards

If you liked my project you can also donate me, I will do other projects in near future


r/DSiBrew • • 2d ago

Help probably a dumb question but how do I go about playing gb/gbc games on twilight menu?

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For context, .gb games don’t show up on my home screen and I can’t seem to find gameyob anywhere, can anyone help?


r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Help Probblema schermo bianco DSi

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Mentre riaprivo un vecchio DSi che mi è stato regalato, nella lista dei giochi trovai un file che pesava approssimativamente 700kb. HO provato ad avviarlo e mi sono apparse scritte che sembravano indicare un aggiornamento o qualcosa di simile.

Non sembrava stesse facendo nulla quindi sono tornato nel menù dal tasto di accensione. Quando poi provo ad aprire la cartella con giochi etc mi dà schermo bianco... Sono disperato ooo PLS help.


r/DSiBrew • • 3d ago

Help Dsi MOD

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Im trying to mod my DSi but don’t know the inquiry number how do i find it


r/DSiBrew • • 4d ago

Help Parental control DSi

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Ok so today i got a Nintendo DSi for 30€ but it came with parental control the guy doesnt know the password or the question after u don’t know the password does someone know a way to factory reset everything ?


r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Help NDS Roms not showing up on laptop

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Hey i I’m running into a weird issue with my SD card and hope someone can help.

I have an SD card with separate folders for my ROMs: GBA, NES, NDS, etc.

When I plug the SD card into my laptop, the GBA and NES folders work perfectly and show all of my games. But when I open the NDS folder, it shows up as completely empty, even though the games should be in there. Loaded the game onto my DSi, everything's still there. No issue with save files, so I assume the game is still on the SD card, just not showing up.

Not a major issue now, but I'm hesitant to add new games in case it ruins it.

Additional context: NDS folder doesn't have ay sub-folders (GBA, NES are split by alphabet). Thinking this might be the case but when I give it some time to load, it's still empty.


r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Help Persona Q on DSi

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Hey guys is there any way to play Persona Q on the DSi ? Through Homebrew or a port or something. And are there any other persona games for the dsi ?


r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Games & Software Tengo una DSi liberada, pero no se qué más juegoa descargar

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Tengo la DSi liberada con algunos juegos, pero me molaría oír más recomendaciones


r/DSiBrew • • 6d ago

Games & Software Problem with twilight menu

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r/DSiBrew • • 7d ago

Games & Software DS Homebrew Helper – a Windows app that walks you through 3hs.hacks.guide / dsi.cfw.guide step by step

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r/DSiBrew • • 7d ago

Games & Software Majora's mask u OOT en DS?

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Buenas. Estoy buscando a ver si hay algún emulador de Nintendo 64 o algún port del Zelda Ocarina of Time o Majora's mask para DS. Ya que existe el Mario 64, preguntaba si habría algún otro juego que pueda funcionar


r/DSiBrew • • 7d ago

Help Can someone help me

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I hadn’t played my ds in a while but I just heard about modding. I don’t want to permanently mod my DSI so I just bought a modded game card and it worked good for about 2 hours. Now it does this (see pictures below) how could I fix this? The file it changed into is non-deletable and it says I’m not the correct owner. Can anybody help please?