You can only use SD cards with a capacity less than 2GB (which is enough for around 15 DS games). However, it does not support High capacity SD cards. You can use your old original R4 if you have one.I want to play DS games on my old DS (DS Fat or DS Lite) It also depends on the features you want out of your flashcard.Īgain, it depends on what you want out of it. So the only way to play DS games on the 3DS is to use a flashcard.Īlso take note that while some flashcards such as Gateway and Sk圓DS allows you to play 3DS games from a flashcard, they are really expensive, and you can achieve the same results (and even more) by simply hacking your 3DS by following the guide ( 3ds.guide). Launching DS games from SD card is highly experimental for the moment and does NOT WORK WELL. If you have a hacked 3DS with AL9H/Luma installed (the state of your 3DS after having followed the guide), you can use flashcards with your 3DS to play DS games.Some of them can also be used on DSi to play DS games, or sometimes DSi games too.All flashcards can be used on original DS and DS lite.They often come with a slot for you to put a microsd card in, to store your games. Keep in mind english is not my native language, but please point out any mistake I may have made.įlashcards allows you, among other things to play DS roms from a cartridge. As promised, I delivered, welcome to the ds flashcard noob tutorial !

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