DS Game Forwarders
Forwarders are shortcuts for games that you can install to your HOME menu, hiyaCFW menu, or flashcard menu. You can load DS(i) games from the SD card (using nds-bootstrap) or from a compatible flashcard (via its respective kernel) using forwarders installed to your menu of choice.
I giochi del DS devono essere scaricati in un formato digitale .nds
. You can dump your DS cartridges using GodMode9 on 3DS, or GodMode9i on DSi.
If you have any issues, check the FAQs on the GBAtemp thread.
Choose one of the following to add to the HOME menu:
This page assumes you are running a modern CFW environment from 3ds.hacks.guide.
Parte 1: Ottenere i file richiesti #
If you already have Universal Updater installed on your console, you can skip to step 3.
- Apri FBI e seleziona
Remote Install
, poiScan QR Code
- Scannerizza questo QR code per installare l’ultima versione di Universal-Updater
- Apri Universal Updater dal tuo menu HOME
- Installa il pacchetto NDSForwarder
- NDSForwarder e i suoi file richiesti sono ora impostati nelle rispettive posizioni
Parte 2: NDSForwarder #
- Avvia l’Homebrew Launcher
- Nell’Homebrew Launcher, apri
NDS Forwarder Generator
- Vai alla posizione del tuo gioco e premi A
- Conferma che desideri installare selezionando
Yes
- After it is installed, your game will now appear as a title on your HOME menu
- If launching the title brings up an error message saying
/_nds/ntr-forwarder/sdcard.nds not found
, follow steps 2-3 in Part 1 of theDSi SD card
tab
- If launching the title brings up an error message saying
Requisiti #
- A Nintendo DSi with Unlaunch and hiyaCFW installed
- The latest release of NDSForwarder-DSi
Passo 1: Per iniziare #
- Copy
NDSForwarder.dsi
to your SD card root- This can optionally be installed to hiyaCFW directly using NTM
- Download the Forwarder pack
- Extract the contents of the
for SD Card root
folder to the root of your DSi’s SD card
Part 2: NDSForwarder-DSi #
- Reinsert your SD card into your device
- Hold A + B, then power on your device to boot to Unlaunch
- Launch
NDSForwarder.dsi
- If you get a
nitroFSInit() fail
message, try using TWiLight Menu++ to launch, or placeNDSForwarder.dsi
on the root of your SD card
- If you get a
- Press A on
Install
- Vai alla posizione del tuo gioco e premi A
- After it is installed, your game will now appear as a title on your hiyaCFW DSi Menu
Requisiti #
- A Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi or 3DS with a flashcard
- The latest release of NDSForwarder-DSi
Passo 1: Per iniziare #
- Copy
NDSForwarder.nds
to your flashcard’s SD card root - Download the Forwarder pack
- Extract the contents of the
for SD Card root
folder to the root of your flashcard’s SD card
Part 2: NDSForwarder-DSi #
- Reinsert your SD card into your flashcard, and the flashcard into your device
- Power on your device and launch your flashcard
- Launch
NDSForwarder.nds
- If you get a
nitroFSInit() fail
message, try using TWiLight Menu++ to launch, or placeNDSForwarder.nds
on the root of your SD card
- If you get a
- Press A on
Install
- Vai alla posizione del tuo gioco e premi A
- After it is installed, your game will now appear in a folder called
forwarders
on the flashcard’s SD card root
Requisiti #
- DSi users:
- A Nintendo DSi with Unlaunch and hiyaCFW installed
- The latest release of Title Manager for Hiya
- 3DS users:
- A Nintendo 3DS family console with modern CFW environment from 3ds.hacks.guide
A supported flashcard from this list
The recommended flashcards are the DSTT and Acekard 2i. If you want perfect game compatibility, get the SuperCard DSTWO/DSTWO PLUS. The only downside is that it drains your system battery faster.
If you have a flashcard that works with Apache Thunder’s NTR Launcher, you can request it on the GBAtemp thread. Be sure to specify which build you’re using (Normal or Alt), and if RESETSLOT1
is set to 0
or 1
in sd:/nds/ntr_launcher.ini
.
Compatible:
- Acekard 2(i) (DSi-Enhanced games, including newer NTR games, don’t work)
- Acekard RPG
- DSTT
- DSTT Advance
- Galaxy Eagle
- M3 DS Real
- M3 DS Simply (uses < 2 GB microSD card)
- R4 DS (Original Non-SDHC version, uses < 2 GB microSD card)
- R4 SDHC Snoopy
- R4 SDHC RTS LITE (www.r4isdhc.com)
- R4 SDHC Upgrade (www.r4i-sdhc.com)
- R4i3D (www.r4i3d.com)
- R4iDSN
- R4i Gold
- R4i Gold RTS (www.r4ids.cn)
- R4i-SDHC (www.r4i-sdhc.com) (Normal and RTS versions)
- R4iTT (www.r4itt.net) (Purple card may be incompatible)
- SuperCard DSONE
- SuperCard DSTWO (Normal and Plus versions)
Untested:
- R4i3D NEW (Use R4iDSN template and pack)
Partially compatible:
- Ace 3DS+ (Game compatibility is bad, so saving/loading save file results in crashing)
- Gateway Blue Card (Game compatibility is bad, so saving/loading save file results in crashing)
- EX4DS (Game compatibility is bad, so saving/loading save file results in crashing)
- R4iLS (Game compatibility is bad, so saving/loading save file results in crashing)
- Cards with www.r4isdhc.com.cn (Game compatibility is bad, so saving/loading save file results in crashing)
Incompatible:
- CycloDS (i)Evolution (Can autoboot ROMs, but it works differently than other flashcards)
- (i)Edge (Unable to autoboot a .nds ROM)
- R4 Gold Pro (www.r4i-gold.com / www.r4i-gold.me) (YSMenu (not the forwarder process) bricks the card)
- R4i3D (2012)
- R4 Infinity Dual Core
- R4 SDHC
- R4 SDHC Dual-Core (www.r4isdhc.com) (YSMenu (not the forwarder process) bricks the card)
- A 64 bit OS
- Forwarder3-DS
- Java 8
- Linux users: JavaFX
- Debian-based: Run this script
- Arch:
sudo pacman -S java8-openjfx && sudo archlinux-java set java-8-openjdk/jre
Passo 1: Per iniziare #
- Download one of these packs:
- Extract the contents of the
for Slot-1 microSD
folder to the root of your flashcard’s microSD card, and (if the folder exists) the contents of thefor 3DS SD card
folder to the root of your 3DS’s SD card- What will be in each pack for loading ROMs:
- Original R4/M3 Simply - WoodR4 & YSMenu
- DSTT/R4i Gold/R4i-SDHC/R4 SDHC Dual-Core/R4 SDHC Upgrade/SC DSONE, Acekard 2(i)/M3DS Real/R4i-SDHC 1.4.x - YSMenu
- Acekard RPG, Ace 3DS+/Gateway Blue Card/R4iLS/R4iTT, R4iDSN/R4i Gold RTS - WoodR4
- What will be in each pack for loading ROMs:
After you extract the pack for your card, you can edit sd:/_nds/ntr_forwarder.ini
to change the following settings. This isn’t possible for Acekard RPG, R4 DS, and R4i Gold RTS. - NTRCLOCK
: If set to 0
or A is held, the DSi boot screen will appear instead of the normal DS splash, and TWL clock speed is used, so lags begone - DISABLEANIMATION
: If set to 1
or B is held, the DS/DSi boot screen is skipped - HEALTHSAFETYMSG
: If set to 1
, the boot screen’s health and safety message will appear on the bottom screen, otherwise the bottom screen stays white with no health and safety message
Part 2: Forwarder3-DS #
- Open
Forwarder3DS.jar
- Windows users: If it doesn’t open, download this Forwarder3DS.bat, place it in the same folder as Forwarder3DS.jar, and run it
- Set your card as the
Target
on the left- NOTE: If you don’t see a list of cards, download this zip, and put the
forwarders
folder in the same folder as Forwarder3DS.jar, then rename it to.forwarders
- NOTE: If you don’t see a list of cards, download this zip, and put the
- Enable
Automatically set ROM path
- Linux users: The automatic path is incorrect since it includes the entire path (e.g.
/media/$USER/something/
), please remove that part - MacOS users: The automatic path is incorrect since it includes
/Volumes/(cardname)/
at the start, please remove that part
- Linux users: The automatic path is incorrect since it includes the entire path (e.g.
- Click the folder in the top right and select the ROMs you want to make forwarders for or drag and drop them onto the window
- NOTE: The ROMs must already be on your SD card when selecting them, and can’t be moved without recreating the forwarders
- If you’re playing a hack/translation of a DSi-Enhanced game that has it’s banner/title edited, find the banner for the game from here, right click on the game in Forwarder3-DS, click
Import banner
, and click on the banner to use - If using a homebrew ROM, click on it, then clear the
Game title
and type the game’s title - Click the floppy disk button to generate the forwarders
Part 3: Installing the forwarder #
- If using a 3DS family console:
- Copy the CIA(s) to your 3DS’s SD card, then install them using FBI
- If using EmuNAND, install to both SysNAND and EmuNAND
- Copy the CIA(s) to your 3DS’s SD card, then install them using FBI
- If using a DSi:
- Copy
tmfh.nds
from the TMFH.zip
file to the root of your SD card - Reinsert your SD card into your DSi
- Launch
tmfh.nds
from Unlaunch or TWiLight Menu++ - Install the forwarder NDS file using TMFH
- Copy