DS/Wii exploits are notoriously simple since there's no MMU protections like the NX (no execute) bit. Just gotta smash the stack and jump to the payload.
It's amazing how brittle these ecosystems really are under the hood. The pretty menu graphics make it look impenetrable. If you have a chance, watch the DEFCON talk about hacking 20 devices in 45 minutes. Security is largely illusion and obscurity, it seems...
Why is it that each r4 card shows a diffrent game before booting. Mine shows a Japanese konami game instead of touch bomberman. I believe older models use a spongebob game
@@thecaptain2281 I'm not that smart to create the neural network based commenting system, hence those folks just appreciate my "robo" manual work of copying and pasting the same text everywhere. However, thank you for your faith in me, it gives an enormous motivation for further work.
I softmodded my childhood DSi with the memory pit exploit a few years back. It was the best decision I made with that device. It also allows for quite the party trick: put in Mario Kart cartridge, launch from backup ROM, remove cartridge, show game still running.
Thanks MVG; I purchased a DSi XL and didn't realize how good DS games look on it. I've been playing them on my New 3DS and they definitely look more crisp on the DSi XL. Thanks for the videos; I look forward to them every Monday!
I’m a little disappointed he didn’t go into detail how to install HiyaCFW; that’s the part I’m stuck on, but I understand why he didn’t show us how. I’ll just have to try again; maybe I missed something the first time.
I got a DSi two weeks ago to find out that softmodding this DSi is impossible because mine didn't have FlipNote Studio. Now I can revisit the scene. Thank you so much for this info!
Papin Faizal and with flipnote studio it's still hell to actually achieve (you have to copy like 1000 or something frames in flipnote so you are just sitting there pressing copy for like 10mins every time you want to launch homebrew) thank god for this camera one
Sleestiq For real? I thought you just copy and paste the “lenny” note that you downloaded and saved to your SDcard. But yeah, this method is so simple, even easier than copy paste the note content once
Went on to search for an old 8 GB SD Card and my trusty release DSi as soon as I saw your video a couple of weeks ago. Best thing I've done with the little guy, much better than forking out cash for a R4, I just knew the DSi should be able to load homebrew directly from its SD port, guess someone else thought about it and made it into reality. Kudos to those guys! And thank you man for bringing this to light! My DSi is now enjoying the constant use it didn't have since 2013.
Recently bought and modded a DSi, and it has now become my preferred way to play DS/DSi games! I've even dumped some saves from cartridge (using a 3DS) and put it onto the DSi's SD card, and it is awesome! The DS Lite, I have to rely on a cartridge, the 3DS the screen resolution is not the same as the DS, plus the SD card is inside the case. The DSi has the same resolution as the DS, and the SD card is easy to get to. Perfect for the job of running DS and DSi games.
I've wanted to Get my First Handheld now in 2022, From what i searched the 3DS is the Best choice, The DS is a Console That i wanted to Get too, But i wanted some Challenger games... Do you Know If it's worth It? I have a somewhat Powerful Phone that can Run DS games, And with all these New Consoles and Phones that can Run Everything It feels Very underpowered... Im on a Budget so all i Can Get is The PSP, 3ds, Dsi, Psvita (If i Can Find One in a good Price) and some Chinese handhelds that can Run up to Ps1
I got a DSi XL to see how good DS games looked as playing DS games on a 3DS never looked right. A few game trades later and I was playing my new-to-me DSi XL and was loving DS games all over again. Light weight, easy on my aging eyes-the system is awesome! Unfortunately, the SD card slot won't hold a card for modding but that's ok. Great video!
Love to see how GBARunner2 has changed over the last couple years! Still lots of work to do in many games, but for a hypervisor built from the ground up it's impressive.
I have fixed quite a few DSi Japanese broken systems to have for backups. I have a nice number of them and am blown away by this Mod! I cannot thank you enough for letting everyone know about this!
Looking at this video because my R4 started to have problems recently and I was so glad to find another way to homebrew that doesn't require the use of the R4 slot!
I fixed up some japanese dsi consoles i bought a few months ago. A few of them had broken screens and scratched touch-pad membranes. They have been sitting around and now i can get some use out of them. Thanks for the heads up Modern Vintage Gamer!
It's like you're reading my mind. I just ordered a DSi before I went to bed last night. I wake up and you've produced a Homebrew DSi video, you rock @Modern Vintage Gamer !
THANK YOU SO MUCH for not walking through the steps. So many other homebrew channels will do this, and not only do they get outdated, but their misinformation has caused bricks in the past. Not very likely with this exploit, but still.
Mine is sitting on a shelf. Time to do some hacking, I think. When I bought it, I honestly never knew/thought that the DSi would get modded for anything. Now I'm looking at it through the view of an electronics student, and my eyes just lit up real bright..😂
@@asm_nop Lol I remember checking online constantly back in 2009-2010 to see if any homebrew would come out on the dsi. Then the 3ds came out and I lost hope in it. I sold my dsi a few years ago to get a ds lite for gba games. My brother still has a dsi so i'll try it on his.
Pigoath he forgot to mention in the video that you can only play DS games if you launch TWiLightMenu through HiyaCFW, otherwise you’ll get a white screen, and because of that, you are limited to a 2GB SD card, because the home menu won’t load with anything higher in other words if you want to play DS games off your sd card, the biggest one you can use is 2gb
My son bought a padded aluminum carry case at Goodwill for $5. When he got to the register he opened it and there was a mint PSP and DSi in the case. The person at the register said it was a package price. So $5 it was for the whole lot. We already had a couple PSPs and DS's so we din't anything with them yet. Looks like it's time to play around with them. Thanks for the video. Excellent as always!
OMG finally someone breathes new life onto the DSi, I knew there was potential but nobody seemed to be able to hack it outside the R4, thanks for the video man
I remember around the time the DSi shop went down, I looked to see if it was possible to run dumped DSiWare and was supremely disappointed to find it couldn't be done. I don't know when someone figured it out, but I'm so happy to hear it! DSi really does have amazing screen quality that brings everything in the library up a notch and beats playing DS games on 3DS any day, so to be able to put the downloadable games back on it where they will look their best is wonderful! Plus, some DSiWare has been delisted over the years and isn't even obtainable on 3DS (Go! Go! Kokopolo shown at the end as an example, pleased to see that shown in the video like it was answering a question I hadn't asked yet).
Thinking about checking this out. Missed out on pretty much all the DS line of systems. This looks like an easy place to dive in, thanks a lot for all the info in your videos, they are always a worthwhile watch.
It has happened a number of times now that I clicked one of your videos in the suggestions because I wanted to know more about the topic, then some time in the video you go on camera and I'm "oh, it's one of his. cool". Time to subscribe
Dude I'm so happy. I hate super fanboys but I'm genuinely excited to meet him this August. He is coming to a Retro Game expo right near my house. I'm thinking about donating him an original Xbox too. I have way to many lol.
Inspired by this video, I bought a DSi xl and followed the instructions in your video. So happy I can now play all the games from my childhood again (from all the different systems ) on one handheld. Thank you very much!
This is an excellent video. A Supercard DSTwo can actually emulate the extra RAM of a DSi to turn it into a DS RAM pak if for some reason you want to use the DS Opera instead of the DSi version - Not to mention that it can load guides and play back video in Moonshell as well!
Too bad that cartridge is way too thick. It is a sacrifice to take it out from 3DS. I gave up using it and came back to my original R4 from the last decade because it fits perfectly on any DS/3DS.
Did this to my DSi, worked perfectly! This is amazing! Edit - To anyone wondering literally everything is in the description, and after you follow the first two links the third one is a super simple to follow step by step guide to get things like Unlaunch and HiyaCFW working
THANK YOU SO MUCH! ima get on this now. I've always been using R4I carts. Didn't find any other method of homebrew for dsi till now. Instead I did my wii. But that changes with this
yeah, the 3DS alongside DS flash cards pretty much turned attention away from the DSi until much later when people realised DSiWare exploits could be so useful for 3DS, then the shop closed on DSi so they turned attention to pre-installed stuff
Another awesome video .I only got a DSiXL recently and had been really enjoying it with Homebrew .I was lucky enough to have flipnote already on it when I got the device :)
I have so many good memories with my DSi. The only reason I wanted one was because the hinge to my DS lite broke, but I ended up liking the DSi so much more. I loved being able to watch Flipnotes, and having the ability to browse the web lol
I guess my dsi is gonna be my main system now. It's always been hardware wise my favorite model matte finish and button/stylus placement was flawless, idk how they had that and made all the changes to 3ds models and didn't learn.
Your original video about the DS Lite made me interested in picking up a DSi, which I did (Sadly wasn't able to exploit it since it didn't have Flipnote). Well, finally got it modded! I did need to update my DSi first though. What a hassle, changing my routers settings and stuff. It was still on 1.2E , which didn't want to work. Thank you so much, keep up the great content!
And subbed... Really enjoyed the console security videos and all of the history behind them. I was part of the psp hacking scene years ago, loving your content.
My modded dsi xl is probably my most played system. There was some excellent homebrewing going on and it emulates many things well. Going to try HBMenu now. Thanks!
Recently picked up a N3DS SNES Edition & softmodded it. Backed up my NDS & 3DS libraries to a 128 SD card & also have Retroarch & TWiLight menu++ installed!
@@TooFurious4Wasn't aware you could inject MD ROMs (but then again there is VC support, so i guess that makes sense). I Prefer Retroarch, personally, all my games are unified & not as cluttered on the home menu (i'm aware it's possible to create folders)
@@courtz1ace I tend to inject when possible for GBA and SNES, gives better speed & accuracy I think. Anything else I use retroarch or a standalone emu.
That hack method is so easy even I could have figured it out. Hilarious! Great vid, I had no idea there was so much depth to the "older" DS versions before the 3DS.
This console was my childhood. Had a DSL and I used to play NDS Undercover, GBA version of NFSU, NFSC Own the City, Original Asphalt, etc. When I got my 3DS, I kept playing around with relatives using the camera.
Hell yes! Gives me a reason to pull my old DSi out of the closet and dust it off. I have to agree with u about twilight menu as well. Great piece of software. I placed it on a couple of 3ds system I had when I modded them. It does DS games great, but with my experience it seems to struggle with quite a few snes titles. Also is off with a few gba titles as well. This may be user error on my part, but I cannot seem to get my titles up and running. Hopefully this becomes rectified with future updates. Seems like I'm hating on it, but I'm not, I recommend to everyone to put it on D's DSi or 3ds if u choose to mod. It's a fantastic piece of software for a script kitty like me to use. Thanks also to MVG as always for another great video. You and a couple of other TH-camrs inspired me to mod all my softmoddable systems. Only thing I have left is my og Xbox. Having problems with my xplorer360 not allowing me to drag n drop the splinter cell exploit onto my thumbdrive. Hopefully I can figure this out. Anyway, I'll STFU. Thanks again!
@@Jamie-yp7qz commercially released - I'm not going to name it because it will narrow who I am down to a very few people. ;) But I have worked on a few boxed DS games too.
omg :O I just bought one because someone was selling it ridicolously cheap. Now I'm really happy. I didnt know about this exploit. That unlocks so much fun!! thanks for sharing.
I got HiyaCFW with TWiLight Menu++ installed today. I'm having a great time with it, mainly with loading unreleased games and prototypes of games onto it. I might use GBARunner2 to play Diddy Kong Pilot later on.
To me, the Nintendo DSi is the ultimate version of Nintendo DS. This is the last handled by Nintendo that I appreciate so much, and sometimes I take it out of the cupboard, during holidays, to play again some great DS games and a few games downloaded from the DSi Ware when it still worked. Thank you very much for this video, I didn't know that this console could be hacked, and it's pretty interesting to discover this, and to think about all the things I can do now with this amazing device. Previously, I thought that only PSP could be hacked. By the way, my PSP Slim and PSP Go are still very useful even after all this time. But concerning the Nintendo DS, I only knew the existence of the R4 cards to transfer all the DS games you wanted into it, and I didn't consider this as a real hack but just piracy. Fortunately, thanks to you, now I know it's possible on DSi, even if I don't know if the same stuffs are available by this way compared to a PSP Custom Firmware. Nevertheless, it's very exciting. To conclude this comment, I wanted to say that I follow your channel since a few times (a few months approximately), and I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality of your work, at each video I could watch. You succeed to share your passion with your viewers/subscribers, you give many interesting information about the devices you talk about (history, features...) and you even provide tutorials to people who could be interested in hacking their consoles. Even though I'm a French guy, with a bad level in English, I've never been disappointed by one of your videos, and finally it's not a problem at all to follow your content easily (when the topic is interesting it's easier ^^). So, quite frankly, I wish you all the best for the future 👍
awesome video MVG love your content so much! id ask if you are gonna make a 3ds video but I know you either will or are making it now lol. Keep up the good work :)
Hmm I have two these, one I picked up at launch and one used for around 10$ "really lucked out there" that aside yeah I'm going to go ahead and mod one of them. Keep up the good work as always!!
This is awesome! What surprises me is that it took so long to get a concrete,a accessible-for-everyone exploit until just now. I think the Wii has had bannerbomb since 2012. I can't wait to try this on my DSi!
I think the point was that the GBA slot was used as entry point to hack the system. The GBA mode of the NDS was easy to hack. No point in trying to fix the security of an old operating system. Logical step was to remove the slot. The internet browser is secure and SD hacks like sudokuhax where patched by FW updates. Initially the strategy worked well for Nintendo. They cracked down on many flashcard producers in 2008 and piracy was not as widespread as with the DS and DS Lite
Initially they wanted dsi with two slot 1 and one slot 2. :-( Fortunatelly Gbarunner2 is getting better everyday. But slot 2 was great: ram, rumble, guitar hero, camera, etc... Stupid decision that was not about piracy. Ask "Iwata(RIP) asks"
I remember when I got the DSi when I was like 11 or 12. I spent a solid week using the camera to take fun pics of all my Pokemon figures I used to have. Spent a lot of time in Flipnote Studio too. Man, good times...
2-3 hours to discover and code this? Damn, sometimes you just need to get a system in front of the right person to get something awesome achieved.
DS/Wii exploits are notoriously simple since there's no MMU protections like the NX (no execute) bit. Just gotta smash the stack and jump to the payload.
@@ShinyQuagsire Right? Most of the DS and 3DS entry points are basically memory overflow.
Hey mr.m. love your channel.
It's amazing how brittle these ecosystems really are under the hood. The pretty menu graphics make it look impenetrable. If you have a chance, watch the DEFCON talk about hacking 20 devices in 45 minutes. Security is largely illusion and obscurity, it seems...
Does any kind of SD card work for this?
When i saw the Touch Bomberman icon i knew..
R4 CARD!
Why is it that each r4 card shows a diffrent game before booting. Mine shows a Japanese konami game instead of touch bomberman. I believe older models use a spongebob game
Mkwii64 Bup yeah mine is spongebob Atlantis squarepantis
They use it as a sort of disguise, but Nintendo sometimes blocks the titles so they change each year (yes, they make new r4 cards each year)
Me too xd
Sounds like the shining gold R4 cartridge, that was shown for 10 seconds and visibly put in, wasn't enough to realise it was an R4 card haha
Modding tutorial starts at 6:22
However the history beforehand is definitely interesting
Thx
Is it still viable?
thank you so much
I give this man a ten Nintendo Lawsuits out of Ten!
okay, projared
@@warhai803 the dude that cheated on his wife?
@@holymegadave Nope
Watching these fantastic videos convinced me to buy old consoles just for the fun of unlocking them :^)
Sadly there exists such a thing as "youtube price inflation" that keeps people from enjoying old hardware.
@@matt4193 What does this have to do with TH-cam?
yep same for me i bought me a og xbox one from early 2000s and i plan to jailbreak it too also i plan to buy a memory stick to get it to work
buying a dsi asap!!!
@@billyhatcher643 I can help with that, if you ever need it
I modded my Dsi back when Hiya and Unlaunch were first released and you had to manually edit your nand. That was fun.
legoboy0109 same
yeah lol
and then the SD NAND on me when I switched SD cards and I couldn't be bothered to create a new copy of the SD NAND
MVG is synonymous to the highest quality of uploaded materials. Smart guy, there's no doubt about it.
This is a robo-comment. Low class this...
@@thecaptain2281 haha
@@thecaptain2281 I'm not that smart to create the neural network based commenting system, hence those folks just appreciate my "robo" manual work of copying and pasting the same text everywhere. However, thank you for your faith in me, it gives an enormous motivation for further work.
@@szadron
Smartalec. It does look like a robo-comment. Just throwing it out there.
Only thing he needs now is 4K60.
I softmodded my childhood DSi with the memory pit exploit a few years back. It was the best decision I made with that device.
It also allows for quite the party trick: put in Mario Kart cartridge, launch from backup ROM, remove cartridge, show game still running.
Thanks MVG; I purchased a DSi XL and didn't realize how good DS games look on it. I've been playing them on my New 3DS and they definitely look more crisp on the DSi XL. Thanks for the videos; I look forward to them every Monday!
i was trying to soft mod my dsi 3 months ago but I never got flipnote
This video is a blessing thank you so much
damn we're in the same boat XD
@@djmrh1 there are many people in the boat hahaha
Love to see some recognition for one of my fave systems. Nice job!
I always thought that the "i" on DSi was for "internet"
I always thought it was because of the cameras (i = eye)...
@@lululock Same, like intelligent because of the camera's
that's what someone told me
If you're not joking, it's the i in "iPod" that does.
Me too
YESSS!!! You listened to me last stream! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I saw that too! I'm so glad he made a video on it! I hope he does 3ds cfw soon.
thats the best feeling
I’m a little disappointed he didn’t go into detail how to install HiyaCFW; that’s the part I’m stuck on, but I understand why he didn’t show us how. I’ll just have to try again; maybe I missed something the first time.
ARS look up 3ds.hacks on google. It goes in depth on how to do that
I got my DSi (Pokemon Black Edition) for 17$ and everything was working perfectly fine. The guy even gave me a hard pouch for it.
I got a DSi two weeks ago to find out that softmodding this DSi is impossible because mine didn't have FlipNote Studio. Now I can revisit the scene. Thank you so much for this info!
Papin Faizal and with flipnote studio it's still hell to actually achieve (you have to copy like 1000 or something frames in flipnote so you are just sitting there pressing copy for like 10mins every time you want to launch homebrew) thank god for this camera one
Sleestiq For real? I thought you just copy and paste the “lenny” note that you downloaded and saved to your SDcard. But yeah, this method is so simple, even easier than copy paste the note content once
Went on to search for an old 8 GB SD Card and my trusty release DSi as soon as I saw your video a couple of weeks ago. Best thing I've done with the little guy, much better than forking out cash for a R4, I just knew the DSi should be able to load homebrew directly from its SD port, guess someone else thought about it and made it into reality. Kudos to those guys! And thank you man for bringing this to light! My DSi is now enjoying the constant use it didn't have since 2013.
Recently bought and modded a DSi, and it has now become my preferred way to play DS/DSi games! I've even dumped some saves from cartridge (using a 3DS) and put it onto the DSi's SD card, and it is awesome!
The DS Lite, I have to rely on a cartridge, the 3DS the screen resolution is not the same as the DS, plus the SD card is inside the case. The DSi has the same resolution as the DS, and the SD card is easy to get to. Perfect for the job of running DS and DSi games.
I've wanted to Get my First Handheld now in 2022, From what i searched the 3DS is the Best choice, The DS is a Console That i wanted to Get too, But i wanted some Challenger games... Do you Know If it's worth It? I have a somewhat Powerful Phone that can Run DS games, And with all these New Consoles and Phones that can Run Everything It feels Very underpowered... Im on a Budget so all i Can Get is The PSP, 3ds, Dsi, Psvita (If i Can Find One in a good Price) and some Chinese handhelds that can Run up to Ps1
And Im in High School and in some time i Think i won't have that Much time for games
I got a DSi XL to see how good DS games looked as playing DS games on a 3DS never looked right. A few game trades later and I was playing my new-to-me DSi XL and was loving DS games all over again. Light weight, easy on my aging eyes-the system is awesome!
Unfortunately, the SD card slot won't hold a card for modding but that's ok. Great video!
Well well well... totally missed that exploit. Thank you so much!
Yeah
pintcat me too! Sounds way easier than Flipnote!
Cynthia Lagomorph waaaaaaay easier
I got my grandma's DSi from when she passed... I should back up the really nice photos that my sister took way back when and try this out sometime.
Nostalgia!
@Clayton Horning what
I FOUND MY GRANDMAS DSI AT 3 AM!!!!
@Clayton Horning shut up, your joking about his grandma's death. Would you like it if someone that was close to you died
@@PennyMcNickles yes i
would
All the time I’ve spent on flipnote hatena... it was like TH-cam before TH-cam!
Look up Sudomemo.
It brings back hatena.
TH-cam has been around since like 2006, THE dsi came out in 2008...
Treemaster 134 I meant before TH-cam really started taking off in 2007-2008
still not contradictory lmao, they don't even compete with eachother
although imagine accesible creative tools like that on the switch damn
TH-cam Poops were the stuff back then
Love to see how GBARunner2 has changed over the last couple years! Still lots of work to do in many games, but for a hypervisor built from the ground up it's impressive.
hello, did you try Castlevania games ? Does it run well ? Thanks.
But how do you fix the sound delay?
“DSi Camera is the ONLY application able to access the SD card”
DSi Sound: am I a joke to you?
Noice
you just gotta play ZX Spectrum tapes into DSi sound
It comes with P E R F E C T zx sound
What about flipnote?
Flip note is a DLC app and the camera is built in, you can't get Flipnote anymore without hacking
I have fixed quite a few DSi Japanese broken systems to have for backups. I have a nice number of them and am blown away by this Mod! I cannot thank you enough for letting everyone know about this!
WOO! Thanks for the upload MVG! Makes me glad I held onto my DSi!
Looking at this video because my R4 started to have problems recently and I was so glad to find another way to homebrew that doesn't require the use of the R4 slot!
Looool, I remember softmodding my dsi XL using ugopwn to both downgrade and install sudokuhax XD man its easy now dude. Awesome vid dude!!!
I fixed up some japanese dsi consoles i bought a few months ago. A few of them had broken screens and scratched touch-pad membranes. They have been sitting around and now i can get some use out of them. Thanks for the heads up Modern Vintage Gamer!
This is perfect! I always wanted to check out Dark Void Zero but was about a year too late.
It's like you're reading my mind. I just ordered a DSi before I went to bed last night. I wake up and you've produced a Homebrew DSi video, you rock @Modern Vintage Gamer !
I had NO IDEA there was a Homebrew scene for the DSi, I thought a flash card was the best you got. Doing this right away for that Gameboy emulator!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for not walking through the steps. So many other homebrew channels will do this, and not only do they get outdated, but their misinformation has caused bricks in the past. Not very likely with this exploit, but still.
Just grabbed my DSi. I'm about to hack this thing.
unlaunch is great engouth, hyaCFW is very annyoing and frustrating to install and use
Mine is sitting on a shelf. Time to do some hacking, I think.
When I bought it, I honestly never knew/thought that the DSi would get modded for anything. Now I'm looking at it through the view of an electronics student, and my eyes just lit up real bright..😂
Rick=hacking makes scenes to me
@@asm_nop Lol I remember checking online constantly back in 2009-2010 to see if any homebrew would come out on the dsi. Then the 3ds came out and I lost hope in it. I sold my dsi a few years ago to get a ds lite for gba games. My brother still has a dsi so i'll try it on his.
Pigoath he forgot to mention in the video that you can only play DS games if you launch TWiLightMenu through HiyaCFW, otherwise you’ll get a white screen, and because of that, you are limited to a 2GB SD card, because the home menu won’t load with anything higher
in other words if you want to play DS games off your sd card, the biggest one you can use is 2gb
My son bought a padded aluminum carry case at Goodwill for $5. When he got to the register he opened it and there was a mint PSP and DSi in the case. The person at the register said it was a package price. So $5 it was for the whole lot. We already had a couple PSPs and DS's so we din't anything with them yet. Looks like it's time to play around with them. Thanks for the video. Excellent as always!
OMG finally someone breathes new life onto the DSi, I knew there was potential but nobody seemed to be able to hack it outside the R4, thanks for the video man
I remember around the time the DSi shop went down, I looked to see if it was possible to run dumped DSiWare and was supremely disappointed to find it couldn't be done. I don't know when someone figured it out, but I'm so happy to hear it! DSi really does have amazing screen quality that brings everything in the library up a notch and beats playing DS games on 3DS any day, so to be able to put the downloadable games back on it where they will look their best is wonderful! Plus, some DSiWare has been delisted over the years and isn't even obtainable on 3DS (Go! Go! Kokopolo shown at the end as an example, pleased to see that shown in the video like it was answering a question I hadn't asked yet).
i was about selling mine,but now i keep it :)
how much were you gonna sell it anyway just saying.
@@inactivecoyote2871 lol
@Watch InfoWars for the truth! ?!?!?!I can buy a Wii with that much money,on eBay a dsi is around 10-15$
Brawl Gaming what are you waiting for then?
@@brawlgaming4612 f it's a limited edition Ds i or d ixl you could seel it for 40£
Thinking about checking this out. Missed out on pretty much all the DS line of systems. This looks like an easy place to dive in, thanks a lot for all the info in your videos, they are always a worthwhile watch.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!! Really good video! Did this on my DSi as well!
It has happened a number of times now that I clicked one of your videos in the suggestions because I wanted to know more about the topic, then some time in the video you go on camera and I'm "oh, it's one of his. cool". Time to subscribe
Awww yeah! MVG always a great way to start the week.
Dude I'm so happy. I hate super fanboys but I'm genuinely excited to meet him this August. He is coming to a Retro Game expo right near my house. I'm thinking about donating him an original Xbox too. I have way to many lol.
@@LuccianoNova I'm going to be there too - LI Retro.
@@LuccianoNova right on. cant wait to meet you!
@@the_hitman yessss!
@@ModernVintageGamer So stoked man!
Used this exploit on my DSi XL the moment I saw the article on wololo. As always, great video MVG. It's cool to know how the exploit actually worked.
Literally just found my dsi in a drawer yesterday. Perfect timing lol here we go again
Inspired by this video, I bought a DSi xl and followed the instructions in your video. So happy I can now play all the games from my childhood again (from all the different systems ) on one handheld. Thank you very much!
Been using an R4 for years with my DSi, never knew there was CFW for it though!
It is but it tooked a very very long hard time
You can mod your ds for 30 min
What brand of r4?
@@nightcoregardevoir9966 isn't r4 the brand?
Your homebrew console videos are insanely good, please keep them coming.
Bought a used DSi as a birthday present to myself by the end of your video.
This is an excellent video. A Supercard DSTwo can actually emulate the extra RAM of a DSi to turn it into a DS RAM pak if for some reason you want to use the DS Opera instead of the DSi version - Not to mention that it can load guides and play back video in Moonshell as well!
Too bad that cartridge is way too thick. It is a sacrifice to take it out from 3DS.
I gave up using it and came back to my original R4 from the last decade because it fits perfectly on any DS/3DS.
Did this to my DSi, worked perfectly! This is amazing!
Edit - To anyone wondering literally everything is in the description, and after you follow the first two links the third one is a super simple to follow step by step guide to get things like Unlaunch and HiyaCFW working
Really nice video as always. I have learned alot about DSi softmod thanks to you. Thank you for all your great content. Cheers mate!
I have to say - love your videos, and the frequency of them (not to mention the sheer quality!). Keep it up!
installed memory pit + hiyacfw yesterday lol, nice to see a viseo from you about it
THANK YOU SO MUCH! ima get on this now. I've always been using R4I carts. Didn't find any other method of homebrew for dsi till now. Instead I did my wii. But that changes with this
I remember buying the blue DSi XL. I loved that thing. Definitely my favorite DS model. I wish this hack existed 9 years ago.
yeah, the 3DS alongside DS flash cards pretty much turned attention away from the DSi until much later when people realised DSiWare exploits could be so useful for 3DS, then the shop closed on DSi so they turned attention to pre-installed stuff
Another awesome video .I only got a DSiXL recently and had been really enjoying it with Homebrew .I was lucky enough to have flipnote already on it when I got the device :)
I have so many good memories with my DSi. The only reason I wanted one was because the hinge to my DS lite broke, but I ended up liking the DSi so much more. I loved being able to watch Flipnotes, and having the ability to browse the web lol
ive got lot outta ur vids man , thanks a ton. wii u , ds/dsi , cemu citra ..... good stuff truly appreciate the coverage
I guess my dsi is gonna be my main system now. It's always been hardware wise my favorite model matte finish and button/stylus placement was flawless, idk how they had that and made all the changes to 3ds models and didn't learn.
Yeah, I like the screens on the DSi XL over newer models, the better buttons on the N3DS XL are nice though
I literally Just modded my DSi like a few days ago using a video. You read my friccin mind. I love you and your videos
I got a DSi for my 6th birthday. I still have it for memories. it's nice.
I got it for xmas when I was 3
yoda gaming Damn.. I am so old. I got my first DSi when I was 13 back in 2009 ;o ;
@@ehrichan6726 I got my DSi XL for Christmas when I was 11 back in 2010. We can be old together...😅
I got one for my birthday too.
Your original video about the DS Lite made me interested in picking up a DSi, which I did (Sadly wasn't able to exploit it since it didn't have Flipnote).
Well, finally got it modded!
I did need to update my DSi first though. What a hassle, changing my routers settings and stuff. It was still on 1.2E , which didn't want to work.
Thank you so much, keep up the great content!
It appears to be time to revisit the DS library. This should be fun. 🏀⛹️
And subbed... Really enjoyed the console security videos and all of the history behind them. I was part of the psp hacking scene years ago, loving your content.
Flipnote Lenny is honestly one of the coolest hacks I've seen..
My modded dsi xl is probably my most played system. There was some excellent homebrewing going on and it emulates many things well. Going to try HBMenu now. Thanks!
Hi i'm curious how it went? I'm thinking about modding mine
@@crazybunny1134 Works like a charm! No sweat. Follow a few easy instructions and you're there.
Recently picked up a N3DS SNES Edition & softmodded it. Backed up my NDS & 3DS libraries to a 128 SD card & also have Retroarch & TWiLight menu++ installed!
Why not inject the games instead of Retroarch?
@@TooFurious4Wasn't aware you could inject MD ROMs (but then again there is VC support, so i guess that makes sense).
I Prefer Retroarch, personally, all my games are unified & not as cluttered on the home menu (i'm aware it's possible to create folders)
@@courtz1ace I tend to inject when possible for GBA and SNES, gives better speed & accuracy I think. Anything else I use retroarch or a standalone emu.
That hack method is so easy even I could have figured it out. Hilarious!
Great vid, I had no idea there was so much depth to the "older" DS versions before the 3DS.
This console was my childhood. Had a DSL and I used to play NDS Undercover, GBA version of NFSU, NFSC Own the City, Original Asphalt, etc. When I got my 3DS, I kept playing around with relatives using the camera.
Watching this since I recently purchased one and waiting for it to arrive! I’m so excited!
Alright, time to resurrect my old DSi
Why is this so good? The video is clean and really enjoyable. Good as always!
Damn now I need to buy a new SD card...
Mine are all in my other Nintendo consoles after your previous videos XD
lol same
thats me with my wii and 3ds
Hell yes! Gives me a reason to pull my old DSi out of the closet and dust it off. I have to agree with u about twilight menu as well. Great piece of software. I placed it on a couple of 3ds system I had when I modded them. It does DS games great, but with my experience it seems to struggle with quite a few snes titles. Also is off with a few gba titles as well. This may be user error on my part, but I cannot seem to get my titles up and running. Hopefully this becomes rectified with future updates. Seems like I'm hating on it, but I'm not, I recommend to everyone to put it on D's DSi or 3ds if u choose to mod. It's a fantastic piece of software for a script kitty like me to use. Thanks also to MVG as always for another great video. You and a couple of other TH-camrs inspired me to mod all my softmoddable systems. Only thing I have left is my og Xbox. Having problems with my xplorer360 not allowing me to drag n drop the splinter cell exploit onto my thumbdrive. Hopefully I can figure this out. Anyway, I'll STFU. Thanks again!
I worked on a DSi game - hell of a fun system to work on. :)
Which game? Was it a homebrew title or a commercially released game?
@@Jamie-yp7qz commercially released - I'm not going to name it because it will narrow who I am down to a very few people. ;)
But I have worked on a few boxed DS games too.
@@zoeherriot I'm guessing the game was System Flaw.
omg :O I just bought one because someone was selling it ridicolously cheap. Now I'm really happy. I didnt know about this exploit. That unlocks so much fun!! thanks for sharing.
I like your background on the system and then the mod itself! Keep it up!
Shutterbug is such a fitting name, given that it exploits the DSi Camera!
Great to hear about the new exploit. I personally used Flipnote Lenny when I softmodded my DSi. Now I can mod my mate's DSi (he deleted Flipnote)
I got HiyaCFW with TWiLight Menu++ installed today. I'm having a great time with it, mainly with loading unreleased games and prototypes of games onto it. I might use GBARunner2 to play Diddy Kong Pilot later on.
Brotha your videos have helped me branch out in my business and my collecting life. Thank you for your hard work
Damn, it took around 11 Years to fully hack the dsi... I was so happy when i finally installed cfw to it.
Funny that the 3DS wasn't nearly that strong
To me, the Nintendo DSi is the ultimate version of Nintendo DS. This is the last handled by Nintendo that I appreciate so much, and sometimes I take it out of the cupboard, during holidays, to play again some great DS games and a few games downloaded from the DSi Ware when it still worked.
Thank you very much for this video, I didn't know that this console could be hacked, and it's pretty interesting to discover this, and to think about all the things I can do now with this amazing device.
Previously, I thought that only PSP could be hacked. By the way, my PSP Slim and PSP Go are still very useful even after all this time. But concerning the Nintendo DS, I only knew the existence of the R4 cards to transfer all the DS games you wanted into it, and I didn't consider this as a real hack but just piracy. Fortunately, thanks to you, now I know it's possible on DSi, even if I don't know if the same stuffs are available by this way compared to a PSP Custom Firmware. Nevertheless, it's very exciting.
To conclude this comment, I wanted to say that I follow your channel since a few times (a few months approximately), and I'm pleasantly surprised by the quality of your work, at each video I could watch. You succeed to share your passion with your viewers/subscribers, you give many interesting information about the devices you talk about (history, features...) and you even provide tutorials to people who could be interested in hacking their consoles. Even though I'm a French guy, with a bad level in English, I've never been disappointed by one of your videos, and finally it's not a problem at all to follow your content easily (when the topic is interesting it's easier ^^). So, quite frankly, I wish you all the best for the future 👍
"Touch! Bomberman Land"
_WINK WINK_
Wasn't looking for this video but randomly found it. I'm not disappointed at all : subbed.
I still use my DSi to play Wild World (which I recently acquired) and pokemon Soulsilver.
Was playing SoulSilver when I saw this. Time to Homebrew
Love the technical aspect of these videos, very interesting stuff!
awesome video MVG love your content so much! id ask if you are gonna make a 3ds video but I know you either will or are making it now lol. Keep up the good work :)
Hmm I have two these, one I picked up at launch and one used for around 10$ "really lucked out there" that aside yeah I'm going to go ahead and mod one of them. Keep up the good work as always!!
I have a Nintendo dsi xl(With the 25th super mario bros anniversary) with 64gb ,format the sdcard to FAT32,it worked for mine
Really excellent content, as always MVG. Keep up the stellar work!
Couldn't mod my dsi cos of the store, but now i can. thx
That was great, I revitalized my old systems as you keep releasing these vids.
He didnt even have a pen in the slot.
A true veteran of the DSi
This is awesome! What surprises me is that it took so long to get a concrete,a accessible-for-everyone exploit until just now. I think the Wii has had bannerbomb since 2012. I can't wait to try this on my DSi!
Will you do a video on the 3ds/new 3ds?
In 3019.
I hope so. I really want to get that thing hacked up!
However, back in the days you had to do hardmod, meaning open 3ds and solder a sd card adapter to dump nand.... Sigh... Those were the glory days
Game Interest tru
Minty Pablo use 3ds.hacks.guide
I wish this video had been out before I went and bought an R4i! Thank you for this video and the clear explanations
1:31 Well, since they added an SD port and an Internet browser, I doubt they removed the GBA slot for security concerns
Qbe Root they could've included it but it made the system more fragile and could break easier, it would have also made it more expensive
I think the point was that the GBA slot was used as entry point to hack the system. The GBA mode of the NDS was easy to hack. No point in trying to fix the security of an old operating system. Logical step was to remove the slot.
The internet browser is secure and SD hacks like sudokuhax where patched by FW updates. Initially the strategy worked well for Nintendo. They cracked down on many flashcard producers in 2008 and piracy was not as widespread as with the DS and DS Lite
@@picketf that, and the 3DS turned away hacking efforts eventually
Initially they wanted dsi with two slot 1 and one slot 2. :-( Fortunatelly Gbarunner2 is getting better everyday. But slot 2 was great: ram, rumble, guitar hero, camera, etc... Stupid decision that was not about piracy. Ask "Iwata(RIP) asks"
Awesome video yet again. I hope my daughter is ok with me taking her DSi for awhile.
Hey I have a modded DSi! I specifically bought one from eBay last year to softmod it.
I remember when I got the DSi when I was like 11 or 12. I spent a solid week using the camera to take fun pics of all my Pokemon figures I used to have. Spent a lot of time in Flipnote Studio too. Man, good times...
I was looking to mod my ndsi for longer, but mine was on the newest firmware...
TY!!
Exactly, I was going to sell my dsi xl cause I updated it and no exploits were available untill now. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
@@sirdumb1592 XLs came with Flipnote pre-installed I think, so you would have been able to do this for a while unless you deleted Flipnote.