With the opening up of the Gameboy Advance emulator built into the 3DS firmware allowing users to inject their own games into it, what everyone was wondering about – and wishing for – was when the same was going to happen to the DS mode of the 3DS. For a long time we were told it would be hard, sometimes that it would be impossible. Thankfully that did not stop people from researching and looking into this possibility TWLoader is the result of that hard work.
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In a joint effort between a group of developers over at GBATemp, TWLoader was born. In the words of developer Robz8, here is what TWLoader is all about:
TWLoader is a CTR-mode frontend for nds-bootstrap that looks like the Nintendo DSi Menu.
With this, you can run your NDS games, with the DS/DSi boot screen, and clock speed of 133mhz (faster than normal DS).
You can also change the UI color to your favorite color.
However at the moment there is one big limitation with this application:
It’s not possible to run commercial/retail ROMs from SD Card with this. Homebrew and DS Download Play ROMs (<4MB games and demos) only work for now.
This is to be expected, if you ask me. We’re talking about what the developers themselves call a Proof of Concept/Work-in-Progress. The fact they’ve been able to achieve injection of .nds files into the 3DS is already an amazing accomplishment. Currently it is still being worked on, so we can expect further updates and maybe some of them will allow for the injection of bigger .nds files. The other con – if you want to call it that – is that TWLoader only works on CFW 3DS’ so there is no .3ds version.
Instructions for TWLoader
Be aware that if you’ve never played around with installing cia files into the SysNAND of your 3DS, this could be dangerous. This is mostly recommended for advanced users.
Installation:
- Extract the contents in the “sdroot” folder to the 3DS’ SD Card root.
- (Optional, but recommended) Put .nds ROMs in the “nds” folder.
- Install the CIA in “sdmc:/_nds/twloader/cia” to SysNAND.
- Install “TWLoader.cia” to whichever NAND you use (SysNAND or EmuNAND).
ROM select controls:
L: Change top screen layout.
Left/Right: Select a game/app.
A: Launch selected game/app.
