We Hack DSi

First DSiWare Collection Coming To Stores In May

2010-03-02T16:33:00.001-08:00

Genterprise has been real busy with DSiWare. With the help of Wario: Master of Disguise developer Suzak, the Tokyo based publisher made a series of straight to the gameplay DSiWare titles.

Some of their 200 DSiWare Point ($2) G.G. Series titles like Wonder Land and Dark Spirits are shooters. Others such as Black x Block and Energy Chain are puzzle games. You’ll get all of them (that’s 30 games) on a cartridge called G.G. Series Collection +. So far twenty or so G.G. Series games have been released or announced. Genterprise has to hustle if all of them are going to be online by May 27 when the compilation arrives in stores.

Unless Nintendo has something up their sleeves, G.G. Series Collection + will also be the first DSiWare collection. Maybe Skip and Q Games can follow up with an Art Style Collection for all of those Nintendo DS owners that don’t have a DSi

nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk

Datel Flashcarts

2010-02-16T10:53:00.000-08:00

FROM HACKMII

Recently I was informed that Datel has released a new version of their Action Replay Cheat Cartridge that allows you to cheat in DS games on a DSi console. Knowing that Nintendo put quite some effort in blocking any third party cartridges from working on the DSi I was curious to figure out how they did it.

Before jumping in this article, I’ll give you a small warning that what is written here might be quite “techy” to some people, I advise reading lots of GBAtek (And maybe a bit of dsibrew) when you get lost.

Research™ has shown that getting a DS cart to boot on a DSi requires quite a bit more effort then it did on a (DS)Lite. Cart timings are very important, you cannot eject the cartridge and insert a new one beyond the DSi menu. But most important of all, the DSi menu does additional integrity checking prior to booting the cartridge.

READ MORE

Firmware update 1.4.1?

2010-02-15T11:39:00.000-08:00

Nintendo has released an update for the DSi System. No changes have yet been identified.

However it seems it speeds up some things and it doesnt affect any flash cards as of yet. As usual, be careful when updating your system!

DSiBrew

First DSI-mode game.

2009-11-03T16:09:00.000-08:00

It may not be real fancy but this game is the first to be run in the dsi-mode(other than the official ones of course). Just check the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCq7CUVfWAA

Btw the good part starts at 8:15

Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver

2009-09-16T03:06:00.000-07:00

A new remake of the games Pokemon Gold and Silver have been release for the Nintendo DS.

These are remakes of Pokemon Gold and Silver honer the features and storyline

of there predecessors in a way like Fire Red and Leaf Green did. Like being able to not only to

defeat every gym in Johto but also in the Kanto region. But there were also key new features

added to this game, like being able to transfer your favorite pokemon to a pedometer which

gives you the chance to find items and collect money everywhere you go. Some say Pokemon

Gold and Silver were the best (Pokemon) games ever made.

Let's hope these games have some of that spark left.

Pokemon Heart Gold

http://freakshare.net/files/r9707v8b/4168.rar.html

Pokemon Soul Silver

http://freakshare.net/files/ba25snaw/4169.rar.html

"DSi RAM Hax"

2009-09-14T18:53:00.000-07:00

Here is the link to an interesting update by HackMii, some findings they made regarding the DSi's RAM. However, it's nothing extremely major, so don't get too exited.

http://hackmii.com/2009/09/dsi-ram-hax/

R4i RTS 1.4 compatible cards will be released

2009-08-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

"Some bad news for all you R4i RTS owners, we've just been told by the manufacturer that the cards are not able to be updated with a work-around for the new DSi 1.4x firmware. It comes as no surprise however, that the team will be releasing new models of the R4i RTS that will be 1.4x "ready". This will apply to all new batches of the R4i RTS." - GBAtemp

M3i Zero F-Core for firmware 1.4 released

2009-08-25T09:43:00.000-07:00

"M3i Zero 1.4 firmware fix

The attachment is F-core for updating .

1. All machines are upgradable: even your machine has already been in firmware 1.4. And no need to find another bootable machine to perform the upgrading process.

2. risk-free: flash card will not be damaged even the upgrading process is not successfully.

3. fast and easy to update

just plug in the "programming cable" and wait for about 30sec." - M3 Team

Download and Information Here

Acekard 2i Firmware Released to Bypass Update 1.4

2009-08-17T07:50:00.000-07:00

"The eagerly anticipated Acekard 2i firmware update has been released, proving once and for all that the card is in fact update-able. This update fixes the compatibility of the card with DSi firmware 1.4.

Two update files are included in the download. Use the DSi labeled update to update your card. However, if you have multiple Acekard 2i cards that you wish to update all in a row then run the DSL update from a DS Lite to be able to update multiple cards without powering off the system. If you only have one card just use the DSi update." - GBAtemp.net

The zip contains 2 files, one ends with DSi. You must copy this file onto your SD card and run it from your Acekard BEFORE updating to 1.4. It will prompt you and will install for about a minute. After that, your Acekard will appear to be called "Danny Phantom: Urban Jungle THQ" and will have a different picture. After this, you can safely update your DSi and still use your Acekard just like you used to on 1.3 :D

Download here

System Menu 1.4

2009-08-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

The system menu is released in North America as well - August 4, 2009
DO NOT UPDATE if you want to keep using your flashcart !!!

System Menu 1.4

2009-07-31T16:07:00.000-07:00

The System Menu 1.4 is released on 29 July 2009 in Japan an on 30 July 2009 in Europe and in Australia.

Changelog

Facebook support in "Nintendo DSi Camera" application. You can now share your photos in your facebook account.
New version of Nintendo DSi Browser (Opera 9.50/507)
All Flashcards blocked.

Note

If you do not update, you can't access in the DSi Shop.

Source: DSiBrew

DS vs DSi Speed Test

2009-07-24T22:52:00.000-07:00

The Drunken Coders team have made a speed comparison of the old DS and DSi using Team Twiizers "Classic Word Games" exploit.

Blog

DSi-Mode Homebrew!

2009-07-09T18:21:00.001-07:00

Looks like homebrew on the dsi might be coming soon thanks to team twizzers! check out the video below!

Note: I will be discontinuing the other blogs and be focusing on DSi and Wii ONLY. Not enough interest is being made to the other blogs.

If you would like to help out on www.wehackdsi.com, send a email to wehacknet@gmail.com and post your email address and ask for permission to blog on wehackdsi site. More than likely you will be accepted! Thanks!

Fandian r362 Released

2009-04-20T17:50:00.001-07:00

ritz has released a new version of his demo of his homebrew 3D RPG for the Nintendo DS. Fandian is unique as it uses a custom 3D engine and graphics from Neverwinter Nights. This demo has to be played to get the grasp of how well the 3D engine works. Although, your view distance isn't too great it features fantasic and smooth gameplay. When this game is done it'll be one hell of a homebrew to show off to your friends.

What's New?

* Reload with the X button deleted.
* Improved mobility

Download: Here

Source: Tehskeen

ScummVM DS v0.13.1 (Beta 3) Released

2009-04-20T17:49:00.000-07:00

AgentQ has released a new beta version of his port of ScummVM a game interpreting engine for the Nintendo DS.

Quote:

ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft's Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page.

What's New?

- Fixed a bug where the cursor would display in the wrong place when screen were swapped.
- Fixed a bug where the screens wouldn't swap back in certain cases when on a menu screen.
- Fixed a crash when returning to launcher from some games
- Fixed long pauses in Kyrandia.

Download: Here

Source: Tehskeen

DS Pack v1.4 Released

2009-04-20T17:48:00.001-07:00

Copper has released a new version of his multiple arcade game emulator for the Nintendo DS. DS Pack will allow you to play a lot of Pacman based games on your Nintendo DS given you own the original arcade machine(s) and have the ROM file(s) for it.

What's New?

* Added a vertical scrolling for all games (except Ponpoko and Cannonball)

Download: Here

Source: Tehskeen

DSTwitter v1.5 Released

2009-04-20T17:47:00.001-07:00

Acdrtux has released a new version of his Twitter client for the Nintendo DS. Using this homebrew application you can participate in the Twitter community using your portable video game console.

What's New?

Quote:

I have to say that DSTwitter was becoming slower and slower when downloading things from the Internet, to the point that it was insufferable to download a 40 tweets timeline using 1.4. That’s the reason of this release, just focused on lowering the download times. There are much less memory operations, and another were bastly simplified, some adjustements here and there…
I hope that the app, apart from faster, will be more stable right now since I’ve double checked the downloading process and I’ve also modified some parts that could been causing some hangs. I hope not to have inserted more bugs with these changes

Download: Here

Source: Tehskeen

NesterDS v0.3.9 Released

2009-04-20T17:45:00.000-07:00

NesterDS a native NES emulator based on PocketNES has been updated. This new version features DLDI and speed improvements. Using this emulator you can play Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom games on your Nintendo DS/DSi.

What's New?

• DLDI compatible (ROM, SAVE)
• Screen display changes to reduce flicker
• Added mappers
• A, B a set of key buttons A, B ? B, Y Change (nesDS same)
• Icon definitions (in the menu of the nester MAJIKON icon)
• Unlimited mode to add the Sprite
• Slightly faster
• Add a view of the number of skipped frames
• Choose to list the *. Fam view
• The maximum number of changes to the file list 256 ? 5000
• Error catching ehancements
• Megami Tensei 2 in the ROM, icon change fix
• Suppress the flicker of the screen (see the double buffer)
• Reduce screen OFF when changing the default offset value
• MOTHER measures flicker display defects in the alphabet and numbers
• Super Mario 2 measures a strange bug in the line scroll
• Measures are shown some weird glitches in Metal Max

Download: Here

Source: Tehskeen

Elite DS v0.6 Released

2009-04-12T10:56:00.000-07:00

Quirky has released a new version of his version of Elite a homebrew game for the Nintendo DS.

What's New?

Quote:
I've just cooked up a new release of Elite DS. This adds the music back in that I had to take out when my own GBA XM library proved too tricky/time consuming to port to the DS. I've updated the code so that it compiles with devkitARM r25 and the sound now uses devkitpro's default ARM7 core.

Download: Here
Source: TehSkeen

DSi Homebrew Channel

2009-04-12T10:42:00.000-07:00

Currently everyone with a Wii and the TP hack should be familiar with the Homebrew Channel. So when the DSi was released of course everyone dreamed of the same thing for it as well. This is not an announcement of it's release, but more of a "it's being worked on" post. I don't want to get your hopes up, because so far nothing has been released, but I have a good feeling about.

QUOTE:
UPDATE 4.11.09 7:05 PM PST
- For all of you who might be thinking that they are going to test this out on a DSi flash cart, I don't think that that is possible because the DSiWare games are meant to play on a DSi, not DS, and we are making the Homebrew Channel act like a DSiWare game. That being said, the DSi Flash carts play DS games, not DSiWare. This will (most likely) have to be tested on the DSi Menu after copying it from the SD card. But first we have to figure out how the DSiWare games are coded and find out how to bypass or crack the DSiShop signature/ ticket situation. This may take a very long time.

Source: GBATemp

DSTwitter v1.3

2009-04-10T18:47:00.000-07:00

You can see the last tweets in the Friends timeline and post your own tweets easily and quickly. DSTwitter supports English, Spanish, Italian, French and German languages at this moment, as it uses the language information stored in the firmware.

Download: Here
Source: Acdrtux
Wiki: DS-Xtra

AKAIO 1.4.1

2009-04-10T17:13:00.000-07:00

AKAIO (AceKard All-In-One) is a custom firmware for the Acekard R.P.G., Acekard 2/2.1, Acekard 2i, and some support for Acekard+.

AK2i can use 1.4.1 safely, Do not use older versions of AKAIO on the AK2i

+ Soft reset Improvements.
+ Fixed corrupt Language files (Italian, German and Japanese).
+ Added missing font needed for chinese.
+ Added setting for Hide Extensions to the settings window.
+ Fix optionlist.bin corruption.
+ Spin boxes wrap around.
+ Game Fixes (Quicksave Mode):
- Princess Maker 4
- Club House Games
- Mario and Luigi RPG 3
- Rune Factory A Fantasy Harvest Moon
- Animal Crossing (Currently cannot be run in this mode, force usage of DMA mode).
- Hidamari Sketch Dokodemo Sugoroku x 365
+ Game Fixes:
- Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars (U) Thanks gelu.
- Mario and Luigi RPG 3 (J) (new patch, thanks gelu).
- Layton 3 (J) (new patch, thanks gelu).
- Animal Crossing
+ Updated French language (jp33).
+ Fix backlight always enabled on DS Phat.
+ Fix the Per-File icon problem if you have similar games (e.g. - Golden Sun.gba and Golden Sun 2.gba)
- In blissland, GOLDEN~1 is the same as GOLDEN~5
+ Wifi Updater has lots of fixes relating to GBATemp's new, crappy, server and its timeouts
- We appreciate the hosting, but seriously... everything needed to be rewritten to adapt to the crap speeds
NOTE: DMA-Save mode is now default so DMA mode (red loading text) is now enabled by holding X during loading.

Source: AKAIO Wiki
Download: Here

Acekard 2i DSi Flash Cart Reviews

2009-04-10T16:48:00.000-07:00

There are currently only a few flash carts available for the DSi. One of the first ones is the Acekard 2i which is a modified version of the Acekard 2 for the DS and DSL. It will work with the past models of the DS, but if you're not looking to upgrade to the DSi then there are cheaper alternatives since the Acekard 2i is currently priced more than the Acekard 2 and other DS and DSL compatible flash carts.

Here are two reviews of the Acekard 2i:

GBATemp
ISO420

Acekard 2i by team Acekard

NOTE: Acekard 2i still works after the 1.3 update. Video Proof

ScummVMDS v13.1 BETA 5 (J Build)

2009-04-10T16:41:00.000-07:00

AgentQ has updated his port of ScummVM a multi-game engine interpretor for the Nintendo DS. ScummVM allows you to play a lot of oldschool point and click adventure games created in the late 1980's and early 1990's granted you own the game(s) as you need the original data file(s) to run it/them.

Download: Here

Source: TehSkeen

QuirkDS v29/03/09 Released

2009-03-31T13:52:00.000-07:00

maRk2512 has released a new version of his homebrew game which is remake of the old GameBoy game "Kwirk, A-mazing tater". Kwirk was an action/puzzle game originally released in 1990 by Acclaim also coined by the name Chilled Tomato.

Quote:

Kwirk and his girlfriend Tammy, a tomato herself, were both out "painting the town red" when they both decided to explore the unnamed city's subterranean labyrinth below. While down there Tammy suddenly disappears and Kwirk, with his Veggie Friends, now has to find her in the labyrinth and bring her home.

What's New?

- Removed styluscontrol.
- Graphic resized from 8x8 to 16x16 pixel per block.
- Mapscrolling added.
- Moving the 'big blocks' work's not perfect. So it's still disabled in this version.

Download: Here

Source: Tehskeen