Simply scroll to the top of this page and follow my tutorial. To write any emulator saves from the Gen 4-5 DS games to real cartridges, your looking at the correct tutorial. You can even play GBA Games on your 3DS if you decide to keep hacks, meaning you can create your own GBA Pokemon games for use on the 3DS: Nintendo 3DS GBA Game Injection Once you have a hacked 3DS you can follow this guide here: Pokemon GameBoy / Rom Save Transfer To 3DS for Gen 1 and 2.
I just be careful online and only play my legit games and never use homebrew apps when the 3ds is connected to the internet, theirs obviously some risk there though. The above guide also has a section about uninstalling hacks / cfw: that is not something i've ever done however. You can go from Gen 1 to 7 on the 3DS however thanks to the Virtual Console games on the 3DS.įirst you want to hack your 3DS, If you follow this tutorial from start to finish: you will have a fully hacked 3ds capable of following my above guide.
(version 11.6.0-39E) and i want to keep it legit as possible and removing the cfw and homebrew after i'm done with them to prevent a ban from nintendo (so what i need is just save editing tools i'm guessing)Ĭan someone point me to right direction please ? I'd really appreciate it because i don't even know where to start.Īnything you have migrated from Gen 1 to 3 is not legit, just so you know. (The save files contains the distribution pokemons that this website posted and i really really thank you for those ) Basically i want to import my emulator pokemons that in Platinum save to legit Black 2 cartridge and from there to newer generations. The real trick starts from here that i want to play Gen 5 (specifically Black 2) on my legit 3DS by buying a original cartridge and somehow importing my emulator pokemons (all legit no gameshark or any other cheating involved) to the legit cartridge and after that to the Pokemon Bank to play the other generations.I am really new on 3DS itself and i have read so many guides about it but i couldn't find the exact thing that i was looking for. Recently i have finished Platinum on emulator and successfully migrated my gen 1 2 3 pokemons to Platinum. I've recently bought a New 3DS XL and i've been playing Pokemon games since gen 1 from emulators. Sorry if i'm in the wrong place but i need help with something. 0 if you dont have any other saves for that game on the 3DS's SD card.Ĭongratulations you can now backup / restore Nintendo DS games in less than 20 seconds! Red = Game title as displayed in TWLSaveToolīlue = File name, can just be. If you downloaded a save game from the internet you wish to restore to your original NDS cartridge simply name it what TWLSaveTool identifies the game title is, then add a number at the end. Left / Right - allow you to change the file name of the savegame you are backing up (adds a number to the end of the save)īacked up save games will be on the 3DS's SD Card inside the TWLSaveTool folder: Y - To re start the app and backup / restore from a different game cartridge X - To erase the Nintendo DS save from the game cartridge TWLSaveTool should display the DS game currently in your 3DS: Or from the Homebrew Launcher depedning on which version of TWLSaveTool you installed: This is the easy bit, either load TWLSaveTool from the 3DS home screen if your using Custom Firmware: Simply copy the TWLSaveTool folder to your SD Card > 3ds folder
Simply copy the TWLSaveTool.cia to the Nintendo 3DS sd card then install using your favorite CIA manager, I personally use BigBlueBox.
In both cases you'll need to pay to be able to download them from the Nintendo Eshop. Please note the 3dsx version requires you to have either PokéTransporter or Pokémon Dream Radar installed on your 3DS. If you have a 3DS which only has the Homebrew Launcher you require the 3DSX version.If you have a 3DS running custom firmware you can use the CIA version.Getting started backing up your Nintendo DS game with the Nintendo 3DS:įirst you need to download TWLSaveTool, this is the app we will use on the Nintendo 3DS for DS save game backup and restore. You will either need a Nintendo 3DS running custom frimware or the Homebrew channel to follow this tutorial.ġ.
This is a simple offline solution anyone with a 3DS running the Homebrew Launcher or a Custom Firmware can use to backup Nintendo DS save games from original game cartridges in a matter of seconds. You do not need to mess about with legacy WEP secured wireless networks, Firewalls, FTP's servers and GBA / DS flashcards. Using an Nintendo 3DS to backup Nintendo DS games is a lot easier than using an actual Nintendo DS.
This tutorial will teach you how to backup Nintendo DS save games from original game cartridges using an Nintendo 3DS.