How to Get Box Art

3DS #

  1. Install KirovAir’s TWiLight Menu++ Updater fork
    • This will replace the normal TWiLight Menu++ Updater, so use Universal-Updater instead for updating TWiLight Menu++
  2. Select Extras, Boxart, then press X to scan the full SD card or A to select a folder to scan
  3. Choose a box art size
  4. Choose a border style
  5. Make sure box art is set to be shown in TWiLight Menu++ settings

Windows #

  1. Download the latest version of TWiLightBoxart
  2. Extract TwilightBoxart-Windows-UX.zip and run TwilightBoxart.exe
  3. Click Detect SD
    • If it doesn’t find the correct SD card click Browse... and select the right one
  4. Change the size, border, etc options to your liking
  5. Click Start
  6. On your DS, make sure box art is set to be shown in TWiLight Menu++ settings

macOS/Linux #

  1. Download the latest version of TWiLightBoxart
  2. Extract the .zip
  3. Open TwilightBoxart.ini in the extracted folder in a text editor
  4. Type the path to your SD card after SdRoot=, then save the file
    • On macOS this is /Volumes/ then the name of your SD card
  5. Open the terminal
  6. In the terminal, type cd  then drag drop the folder with TwilightBoxart.CLI in it onto your terminal
  7. Run chmod +x TwilightBoxart.CLI
  8. Run ./TwilightBoxart.CLI
  9. Say Yes if it shows your SD path correctly
  10. On your DS, make sure box art is set to be shown in TWiLight Menu++ settings

Manual #

  1. Download a png box art pack from GameTDB
  2. Extract the .png files to sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/boxart
  3. On your DS, make sure box art is set to be shown in TWiLight Menu++ settings

To add your own box art: Place them in sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/boxart. Can either have the game’s TID (ex. ASME.png), or the filename (ex. SM64DS.nds.png). Must be in .png format, with the recommended size of 128x115 and maximum of 208x143.

Individual box art can also be downloaded from GameTDB, under the S Covers (png) category.