Old consoles eventually grow in popularity again and I believe the DSi will have its turn. I LOVE GameBoy but there's only so many times I can keep playing those old games, as great as they are. I've just bought a DSi boxed in excellent condition and I'm really excited to play the DS catalogue. DS Lite is popular in the retro and modding communities but I believe people will start doing more with DSi 😊
i updated my DSi and thought that i had to buy a brand new R4 in order to play again with my DSi. Discovering this method and having you explained this so damng well, made my whole quarentine. Thank you so much. You reaaaaaaaally are a lifesaver
One of the best tutorials in general. I love that you go straight to the point and the steps are easy to follow. I can finally give life again to my console. Thank you so much.
After accidentally updating my DSi, my DSi can be playable again because of this video. Short and clear af, not unlike other video that is long and an error occured in my DSi. Thx a lot !!
I did this to my DSi around August of last year, as it was just sitting around not being used, after an update pretty much didn't allow me to use my flashcart. Now I'm able to use it again, as well as play romhacks and old games that I would've never had the chance to play, not only because Nintendo can't/won't distribute them, but also because of the rarity of some of them.
The best video tutorial I have seen on the topic. Simple,well explained,easy to follow and on top of that you have a very nice editing and presentation. Thank you so much!!
@@Peafoot why do people become interested in a certain study? Why do some people for instance like science? Because it's interesting, and asking for a different reason is kind of weird man ngl.
i just followed your 11.13 luma3ds tutorial on a 3ds xl ( old one) couple hours ago and i'am gonna be honest that was the most painless straight forward experience i've ever had following a tutorial and i had 0 issues honestly big thumbs up and keep the good work ❤️
I homebrewed my 2DS using your video and finally found a use for the 4GB SD Card (that I forgot I had from the 2ds) and for my sweet nostalgic DSi XL. Thank you so much. Perfect video and the best accent!
I've tried to do this to my DS a couple of times, but it got way too confusing at some point during the tutorials i followed. this was really easy to follow. thanks
THX Stethix, I've been spending months trying to find a method of installing twilightmenu. But thanks to you, I finally have the menu, so thank you stethix. You are the best! :)
Thank you for making a very easy to follow video. I wanted to get Flipnote Studio back on my DSi for years. After following this video, I was able to get Flipnote Studio :)
This comment might help someone. After using my dsi for a while I got white screens trying to boot into twighlight. Turns out I had a fake memory card that was corrupting the data.
Just finished watching this awesome video and following step by step to get these mods installed on my DSi so I can play some awesome games and apps and I thank you for your time, patience ,and knowledge😊(subbed also).
Thank you soooooo much for this video! I have a chrome computer (chromebook), and I tried installing twilight menu on my DSi before, but it was made specifically for windows computers, but this guide works with chromebooks too!
Nintendo: We are blocking the use of GBA games so you will be forced to buy our official GBA slot Adapter for an unreasonable price. Me watching this tutorial and it works: You were saying?
What'sTheSenseOfLife? Before you power on the ds, hold down a button to open unlaunch, then click on “no button” then select the app you want. Click on save & exit then restart the ds
HOW TO BOOT INTO NORMAL DSi SPLASH SCREEN AND HOME MENU: - Hold either *_A_* or *_START_* on startup (whichever gets you into the Unlaunch menu or the menu with the picture of the woman in the background). - In that menu, there should an *_"OPTIONS"_* selection near the top to set what the DS does on startup (AKA what to do for *_"No Button"_* ). Setting it to *_"HiyaCFW"_* should allow you to start up on the main DSi Home Screen. - If you want to start up with the DSi Splash Screen, hold *_SELECT_* on startup to open a HiyaCFW config screen. Once there, set *_"Splash:"_* to *_"Off(x)",_* *_"Dsi Splash/H&S screen"_* to *_"(x)"_* and *_"Autoboot title"_* to *_"( )"_*
@@No0Nameboii Twilight Menu doesn't have to be set to anything unless you want it to be. It immediatley becomes an app on your home screen, like Flipnote or DSi Sound, and can be accesed like any other app. If you want to replace Twilight Menu as your home screen on startup, simply follow the above steps, but set *_"No Button"_* to *_"Twilightmenu+"_* instead of *_"HiyaCFW"_* . *_"No Button"_* determines what the DSi does on startup when no buttons are being held, and can be set to any app you want.
@@No0Nameboii Unfortunately I am not quite sure how to help with this. Documentation about most of this is somewhat limited. As long as you don't go above 2 GB stored on your SD Card at any given time, you should have no problem using any size SD Card. Most games and programs the DSi can run have small file sizes, so as long as you are mindful you shouldn't have an issue. Depending on certain factors like the SD Card size and type, you may be able to use a larger SD card's full capacity, so long as you don't mind setting Twilight Menu as "No Button" and booting from it.
Super guide I mean 3:40min I transferred the files from according to the video In the video it goes straight to HB Menu and I immediately see the initial twilight menu installer??
@ sthetix First I succeed on your tutorial in how to install Henkaku and Enso on the PsVita and now Succeed as well installing Twilight Menu Well done! From now on I'll follow only your tutorials because it's right on point and easy to understand! Thank you so much! Oh by the way my new Nintendo 3ds arrives tomorrow as well and ready to repeat the third charm on installing the Twilight Menu as well! sthetix Tutorials are at it's finest! Stay safe ;)
Just a warning to everyone, Unlaunch *CAN* randomly uninstall itself and brick your DSi. Unless you've a backup NAND and know how to solder, you'll have to buy another one. I feel this is worth mentioning since sthetix didn't cover it, and there are cases of it happening online.
KA Media Ministry JAKARTA 3ds can play gba games flawlessly! Dsi does have the hardware but 3ds is able to access the hardware through a firmware mod! Hope this helps! This channel has everything you need to hack dsi/3ds! Hope this helps
Hey man, a while ago I commented saying my roms never showed up. I never really went back to dsi homebrew until today. I just realized all my roms were in zip format not .nds or .nes
@@flissfloss915 sorry if i sound stupid because i have never done this but how do i do that like i tried using something called NCH to unzip but like it's already unzipped sorry i'm very new to this
@@flissfloss915 like i tried pressing on that blue folder thing next to add and i did that to TO SD CARD and my for fw 1.4 thing of europe usa and australia taak all that put it on my sd card but still nothing
if you do not have one photo taken onto the sd card, it will not load the exploit when you select the SD card. Mine wouldn't execute it until i took a photo, then tried again.
Unable to set twilight menu as button not showing in list tried a+b still nothing having to manually select it through ds camera menu any fixes for this ?
Is there a limit to how many roms can be put in nds folder, in roms folder? I copied alot of games in nds folder and got a red error screen at the top (in twilight menu).
Everything went well up until the power down part. It powered down then I powered it back up, and it was blank. It only showed the yellow text and the grey scale background pic @ 5:05. The white text, the options, were missing. Any advice on that? Thank you!
Hello, I have a problem.. If I download the latest version of unlaunch it wouldn't work (wouldn't show the options), so I download the version 1.8. It works, but it freez.. I don't know what to do. Please help me
I have 2 Questions. 1. How can I play physical cartridges on this Homebrew/how can i take it off as the default start up? 2. How do i back up saves from my physical cartridges on the homebrew?
Hi sthetix. Couple of questions: 1. Why did you not config twilightmenu? (“SysNAND Region” entry to your console’s region “DSiWare Exploit” entry to Memory Pit) 2. Why did you not install hiyacfw? 3. Is the guide (using Devkitpro) still okay to follow & not outdated? Thanks
At least we know that someone is still caring about the DSi.
i take that offensively
People still care about the Gamecube. New hacks appeared only recently.
aw fek i do it was my first game console
Old consoles eventually grow in popularity again and I believe the DSi will have its turn. I LOVE GameBoy but there's only so many times I can keep playing those old games, as great as they are. I've just bought a DSi boxed in excellent condition and I'm really excited to play the DS catalogue. DS Lite is popular in the retro and modding communities but I believe people will start doing more with DSi 😊
I have a dsi xl I use all the time. I like it better than my ds lite
i updated my DSi and thought that i had to buy a brand new R4 in order to play again with my DSi. Discovering this method and having you explained this so damng well, made my whole quarentine. Thank you so much. You reaaaaaaaally are a lifesaver
so if you jailbreak the dsi you can use the r4 again!!? mines blocked because i updated back in idk 2002 or something
We dont need the r4 to hack the dsi
@@sthetixofficial i mean does the r4i work again when the dsi got the twilight
I think the r4i has nothing to do with the twilight
One of the best tutorials in general. I love that you go straight to the point and the steps are easy to follow. I can finally give life again to my console. Thank you so much.
yeah my r4 card doesnt work anymore so im really thankful for finding this amazing video
After accidentally updating my DSi, my DSi can be playable again because of this video. Short and clear af, not unlike other video that is long and an error occured in my DSi. Thx a lot !!
Bro I know this feeling, when you update your dsi, because you dont know better and then the flash card doesent Work anymore. F
u had r4
I did this to my DSi around August of last year, as it was just sitting around not being used, after an update pretty much didn't allow me to use my flashcart.
Now I'm able to use it again, as well as play romhacks and old games that I would've never had the chance to play, not only because Nintendo can't/won't distribute them, but also because of the rarity of some of them.
did u just follow the video using your flashcart?
Same, I had an old game cartridge with like 260 games on it and after a system update it never worked. hopefully this will do something!
The best video tutorial I have seen on the topic. Simple,well explained,easy to follow and on top of that you have a very nice editing and presentation. Thank you so much!!
I don't even have a dsi, I just like to watch regardless.
me too lol
Same
I have no dsi
please tell me why are tutorials interesting?
@@Peafoot why do people become interested in a certain study? Why do some people for instance like science? Because it's interesting, and asking for a different reason is kind of weird man ngl.
i just followed your 11.13 luma3ds tutorial on a 3ds xl ( old one) couple hours ago and i'am gonna be honest that was the most painless straight forward experience i've ever had following a tutorial and i had 0 issues honestly big thumbs up and keep the good work ❤️
u r welcome
Cheers man! My dsi now has a reason to be used! I was literally about to sell it until i saw this video!
This still works, thank you so much. No virus in Hiya, no errors, ROMs work perfectly.
But how to install games ?
@@loukmanimd7153 What can you do after following this video?
@@ayobaro idk but i fond how install the games
@@loukmanimd7153 yeah, i did follow a other channel and ill try something like this in a couple days.
Best channel I've ever watched. Thank you very much for all that your majesty has done for me. From this moment on, I am your eternal fan. I LOVE YOU
Amazing video. This man is the rare combination of two great people: a geek and a teacher.
I homebrewed my 2DS using your video and finally found a use for the 4GB SD Card (that I forgot I had from the 2ds) and for my sweet nostalgic DSi XL. Thank you so much. Perfect video and the best accent!
I've tried to do this to my DS a couple of times, but it got way too confusing at some point during the tutorials i followed. this was really easy to follow. thanks
thank you SO MUCH
all i wanted to do was play FFVI and now i'm here lmao but my DSi is doing so much better for it
Ooh! Nice that someone is still caring about the DsiXL!
THX Stethix, I've been spending months trying to find a method of installing twilightmenu. But thanks to you, I finally have the menu, so thank you stethix. You are the best! :)
Thank you for making a very easy to follow video. I wanted to get Flipnote Studio back on my DSi for years. After following this video, I was able to get Flipnote Studio :)
Where did you download flipnote from?
This comment might help someone. After using my dsi for a while I got white screens trying to boot into twighlight. Turns out I had a fake memory card that was corrupting the data.
PSA : DO NOT UNINSTALL THE UNLAUNCH at 6:54 UNLESS YOU WANT TO REMOVE THE CFW. READ THE SENTENCE CAREFULLY !.
You should probably pin this
Just finished watching this awesome video and following step by step to get these mods installed on my DSi so I can play some awesome games and apps and I thank you for your time, patience ,and knowledge😊(subbed also).
Thank you explaining this in such a clear manner. I watched a previous video and couldn't fully understand how it worked. This was excellent.
Thank you soooooo much for this video! I have a chrome computer (chromebook), and I tried installing twilight menu on my DSi before, but it was made specifically for windows computers, but this guide works with chromebooks too!
PLEASE HELP i also have chromebook computer but cant even get the folders/files installed into sd card it tells me operation failed.
@@melanieortega2761 Is your sd card formatted to FAT or FAT32?
Stethix is back!!! I bookmarked your ps vita henkaku but it was no longer available. I just did my dsi and thank you again sir.
Finally. An all to 1 package that works.
Everything works like it should.
Thank you mate. Very much.
u r welcome
@@sthetixofficial sir can you help to fix mty ndsi after uninstalling unlaunch i wont turn on agian ang onky blue light...
why did u uninstall it?
@@sthetixofficial just try to uninstall like in vids u have
I LOVE YOU, the only video that really explains how to do this, short and very clear. thank you soooooo much
Nintendo: We are blocking the use of GBA games so you will be forced to buy our official GBA slot Adapter for an unreasonable price.
Me watching this tutorial and it works: You were saying?
I followed your walkthrough on my 2DS XL, so I have faith you won't fail me this time either! :)
Such an eye-pleasing tutorial. Awesome video and tutorial!
you have the best tutorial i ever watch, thank you so much. done this 3 x and still working
u r welcome
Question:
what if you don't want it to go automatically go into TWIlight menu, but you want to more as an app like any other DSi Ware
u can set it up on the options inside the file menu
@@sthetixofficial how
open the unlaunch menu, and set the no button settings
@@sthetixofficial maybe a little more precise, please? I unfortunately cannot find it :(
Btw great tutorial!!!
What'sTheSenseOfLife? Before you power on the ds, hold down a button to open unlaunch, then click on “no button” then select the app you want. Click on save & exit then restart the ds
HOW TO BOOT INTO NORMAL DSi SPLASH SCREEN AND HOME MENU:
- Hold either *_A_* or *_START_* on startup (whichever gets you into the Unlaunch menu or the menu with the picture of the woman in the background).
- In that menu, there should an *_"OPTIONS"_* selection near the top to set what the DS does on startup (AKA what to do for *_"No Button"_* ). Setting it to *_"HiyaCFW"_* should allow you to start up on the main DSi Home Screen.
- If you want to start up with the DSi Splash Screen, hold *_SELECT_* on startup to open a HiyaCFW config screen. Once there, set *_"Splash:"_* to *_"Off(x)",_* *_"Dsi Splash/H&S screen"_* to *_"(x)"_* and *_"Autoboot title"_* to *_"( )"_*
Which should i make twilight menu then?
@@No0Nameboii Twilight Menu doesn't have to be set to anything unless you want it to be. It immediatley becomes an app on your home screen, like Flipnote or DSi Sound, and can be accesed like any other app.
If you want to replace Twilight Menu as your home screen on startup, simply follow the above steps, but set *_"No Button"_* to *_"Twilightmenu+"_* instead of *_"HiyaCFW"_* . *_"No Button"_* determines what the DSi does on startup when no buttons are being held, and can be set to any app you want.
@@SnipeMD ok thx but how do u make a dummy file a have a sd card of 4 gb
@@No0Nameboii Unfortunately I am not quite sure how to help with this. Documentation about most of this is somewhat limited.
As long as you don't go above 2 GB stored on your SD Card at any given time, you should have no problem using any size SD Card. Most games and programs the DSi can run have small file sizes, so as long as you are mindful you shouldn't have an issue.
Depending on certain factors like the SD Card size and type, you may be able to use a larger SD card's full capacity, so long as you don't mind setting Twilight Menu as "No Button" and booting from it.
@@SnipeMD nvm i figured it out thank you for helping me tho 😀
I followed the tutorial but i can see any hombrew apps when i open unlaunch so i cant auto boot to twilight
It worked for me! The best tutorial ever! Thanks!!!
Hello, thanks for the clear explanation. just what i miss is where to place and then run the games? Thanks
I love you man. You brought my childhood back...
Thanks this was easy and fun.... Now my DSi is pimped out
Modded mine(Dsi XL) Last week Tuesday, so easy lol
Wish the switch was THAT easy.
Thank you so much! Your videos are so reliable and really help so many people and I truly thank you for all the work you’ve put into these videos.
I did this a few months ago but I’ll still watch. Great video as always
Perfect , thanks for including the files needed
Super guide I mean 3:40min I transferred the files from according to the video In the video it goes straight to HB Menu and I immediately see the initial twilight menu installer??
Great tutorial as always.
you have the best tutorials on youtube
Works on my ndsi xl I can finally run gba roms with ease :)
Thank you for making such good tutorials all the time, keep up the good work
Great tutorial! I installed unlaunch but I didn’t get how to install twilight menu++ it’s on my sd card
@
sthetix
First I succeed on your tutorial in how to install Henkaku and Enso on the PsVita and now Succeed as well installing Twilight Menu
Well done! From now on I'll follow only your tutorials because it's right on point and easy to understand! Thank you so much! Oh by the way my new Nintendo 3ds arrives tomorrow as well and ready to repeat the third charm on installing the Twilight Menu as well!
sthetix Tutorials are at it's finest! Stay safe ;)
Great tutorials Sthetix, keep up what you are doing, people appreciate it. 😎💯❤️Including me😁
Guide worked perfectly, as always. You make great videos, sthetix!
The problem has been resolved Thank you
Great Vid man, useful and direct!
Just a warning to everyone, Unlaunch *CAN* randomly uninstall itself and brick your DSi. Unless you've a backup NAND and know how to solder, you'll have to buy another one. I feel this is worth mentioning since sthetix didn't cover it, and there are cases of it happening online.
It can't just randomly uninstall.
Where did you get that from lol
at 5:09 i dont have an option to launch the dsi on twilight
did u extract the files completely?
can it play gba?
GBA Runner will only play certain GBA games with no problems. If you google GBA Runner you will find a list of compatible games
KA Media Ministry JAKARTA 3ds can play gba games flawlessly! Dsi does have the hardware but 3ds is able to access the hardware through a firmware mod! Hope this helps! This channel has everything you need to hack dsi/3ds! Hope this helps
Te escribo desde México, y lo pude instalar siguiendo paso por paso tu video. Muchas gracias
Hey man, a while ago I commented saying my roms never showed up. I never really went back to dsi homebrew until today. I just realized all my roms were in zip format not .nds or .nes
then how do i fix that
@@glorck7064 If you're on windows, use winrar and extract the file. If you're on a chromebook use wicked good unarchiver and double click on the file
@@flissfloss915 sorry if i sound stupid because i have never done this but how do i do that like i tried using something called NCH to unzip but like it's already unzipped sorry i'm very new to this
@@flissfloss915 like i tried pressing on that blue folder thing next to add and i did that to TO SD CARD and my for fw 1.4 thing of europe usa and australia taak all that put it on my sd card but still nothing
@@glorck7064 What operating system are you using
That DSi is pristine!
Nice
I want to play GBA games
Hey i didn't understand how to play games now
Ps the tutorial was very clear thank you
put the nds roms inside the roms folder
@@sthetixofficial thank you very much I was just too stupid to use my brain lol
@@didonys4260 what webaite did you use to download the roma
i just bought a dsi, gonna hack it now
Me too but...
for some odd reason it reads SD Cards weirdly and won't access them correctly :/
@@WolfyRed have you tried multiple sd cards?
@@yeety1208 no it works now, me and my little bro were playing superstar saga on the gba emulator
Same but my volume don't work
@@thesniffler5 i pay respets for volume
awesome video bro! I could perfecly understand your english, worked perfect for me!
Finally a guide that works! Thank you!
omg thx for the tutorial I got my dsi yesterday and thx to you I modded it, thank you. it even works with my 32gb sd card!
Great very helpful video like all the other ones keep up the good work man cheers
Thank you so much!! Now I can finally play games on my Nintendo dsi xl
Thanks for the help because I couldn't do it but now this video helped me
thanks 😊
if you do not have one photo taken onto the sd card, it will not load the exploit when you select the SD card. Mine wouldn't execute it until i took a photo, then tried again.
HI ! ive done this but when i try tout games in de /roms/nds they don't open. it says "nds-bootstrap(Realease) not found" do you know what can i do?
did u extracted all the files?
Great tutorial!!!
You solved my problem.
Thanks!
thank you so much! this video shows the easiest way to install the twilight menu!!!!!
u r welcome
I can't get the exploit to work. It just freezes at the broken image screen. The one with a big ? in the centre
Unable to set twilight menu as button not showing in list tried a+b still nothing having to manually select it through ds camera menu any fixes for this ?
Is there a limit to how many roms can be put in nds folder, in roms folder? I copied alot of games in nds folder and got a red error screen at the top (in twilight menu).
i don't know about limits
Thank you very much! Everything works fine! Great job!
Everything went well up until the power down part. It powered down then I powered it back up, and it was blank. It only showed the yellow text and the grey scale background pic @ 5:05. The white text, the options, were missing. Any advice on that? Thank you!
re extract the aio package in the description
I did this and my ds is stuck in nitendo zone even if I power off and turn on what can I do???
How to show all of the DSI apps in TWL??? (flipnote, camera, etc)
is there a way i can restore the nand file after installing unlaunch because i lost my backup
Should have discovered your channel before selling my white dsi :,(
is the twilight menu updated?
It is updated.
My DSi just freezes whenever I try to backup the NAND.
Never mind I'm a moron.
Hello, I have a problem.. If I download the latest version of unlaunch it wouldn't work (wouldn't show the options), so I download the version 1.8. It works, but it freez.. I don't know what to do. Please help me
what if after unistall and power off I have a black screen and doesn't want to launch(but blue light is on)
I have 2 Questions.
1. How can I play physical cartridges on this Homebrew/how can i take it off as the default start up?
2. How do i back up saves from my physical cartridges on the homebrew?
1..try opening the unlaunch menu and set the no button option
2. i dont know
Thank you very much for your video. Works perfect :)
Ok. But how can i play my nds or gba roms?
put the roms inside gba folder.
wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/GBARunner2
the files you provided didn't have the firmware
Does it work on 1.4U firmware ?, I don't want to update it so I don't lose my R4.
i dont know
I use version 2.0, but I can't use the ds card in the slot. And the gba doesn't work. What should I do?
Thanks for your video it really helped me
Hi sthetix. Couple of questions:
1. Why did you not config twilightmenu? (“SysNAND Region” entry to your console’s region “DSiWare Exploit” entry to Memory Pit)
2. Why did you not install hiyacfw?
3. Is the guide (using Devkitpro) still okay to follow & not outdated?
Thanks
1. u mean auto boot twilight menu?
2. why? we don't need it ever.
3. I don't know about this guide
hey .. i uninstalled unlaunch and it didn't take me to original ds screen, the screen was black. Can you please help me?
Best Video to this Topic. Thank You :D
You're welcome!
@@sthetixofficial but, do you know how to play multiplayer or download play with Twilight Launcher?
What does " the device in the SD card slot cannot be used' mean?
bad sdcard? or u havent formatted it as fat32
hey it always boots up on flipnote, anyway to fix?
Edit: nvm pressing a+b on boot up brings you back to settings
@@notChocoMilk I changed the default startup to flip note by accident so it always booted up on flipnote
How can I keep the original dsi menu and acess from an icon to twilight menu++?
i cant find the twilightmenu++ inside the unlaunch
my ds wouldnt boot back up after unlaunch power off please help
When I opened up the SD album, it keeps booting twilight menu instead of the hb menu. On my first try doing this . So how do I installed ulaunch?
re extract the aio.. i have replaced some files.. my bad.