15 Essential Uses for 3DS Homebrew

The 3DS is really coming back to life with the community

Jon biologically has to mention Puyo Puyo or Tetris at least once in every video or he will explode.

Arle in the Thumbnail; it's a Jon video.

12:26 I always hoped that with Netflix on the 3DS that they would allow you to stream 3D movies, but that never happened, so this is pretty cool. Nintendo Video was pretty much the only distribution. Anyone else remember that 3D Kirby short that they distributed through it that brought back the cast from Kirby Right Back at Ya?

0:03 Jon 0:33 15. Input Redirection (Using a Controller) 1:31 14. Rehid (Button Remapping) 2:23 13. Taking Screenshots 2:42 12.5 BootNTR & Snickerstream (Screen Capture) 3:38 12. BootNTR (Widgets/Overlays) 4:43 11. Luma Clockspeed (N3DS/N2DS Frame Acceleration) 6:31 10.5 Cheat Codes for select games (N3DS/N2DS Frame Acceleration) 7:04 10. Bypass Region Locking (Play 3DS games in other regions) 7:26 9. Pretendo (Nintendo Network/Miiverse Revival for after 4/8/2024 when online functions end) 8:26 8. open_agb_firm/NSUI (Native GBA gameplay/injection) 9:31 7. Game Modding including CTGP-7 (Fan Translations, Custom Content and SFX/Music Restoration) 11:36 6. Red Viper (Virtual Boy Emulation with stereoscopic 3D) 12:26 5. 3D Movie Viewer (Convert and watch 3D movies on your 3DS; alternatively you can use Video Player 3DS, which isn't showcased in the video) 12:50 4. 3D Cheat Codes (Enhance/Strengthen 3D Effect) 13:20 3. BootNTR (Realtime Save/Save States) 13:42 2. Twilight Widescreen Patch + Circle Pad Codes (Enhanced DS Games) 14:38 1. Homebrew Games/Ports (OpenLara, SM64, Sonic Mania) You're welcome! I hope I didn't forget anything! Also, Jon, if you're seeing this, I'd like to see you cover Playstation, N64, Pico-8, and Windows DOS Emulation on the 3DS! And maybe also GYTB Custom Badges, Anemone Custom Themes, SatellaZone, and Wumiibo? Thanks!

As futuristic as the Star Fox series is, I always preferred how the voice clips sounded when compressed. Just feels right for communications over a transceiver.

The 3DS was Nintendo's last true portable device and is still my favorite. One the best 3DS mods out there is the Project Restoration mod for Majora's Mask 3D which undoes all the unnecessary changes made to the game with additional QOL changes. Also there's a mod that adds C-stick support to Ocarina of Time 3D which never got Circle Pad Pro support. Now you can freely move the camera around like in Majora's Mask 3D.

Took my 2DS XL with me when I travelled this weekend. I played on it whenever I had the chance. Waiting for my food, waiting for the train, sitting down to take in the scenery, and when I was done I'd put it into sleep mode and let the play coins rack up! I love this console to death and am beyond happy to see it get revived by the community

There was such a unique charm in growing up alongside the Gameboy / DS handhelds. Glad to see the 3DS has such a cool modding community active in keeping it alive!

Puyo Puyo Chronicles was the reason I needed my 3DS modded, and now, thanks to Arle, I have entered a rabbit hole.

I’m a big fan of moving saves between real hardware and emulators, so something basic like Checkpoint which comes with the homebrew is amazing!!

12:32 There's also the "video player for 3DS" that supports a lot more common video formats/codecs and multiple subtitle/audio tracks. If you're not into proprietary 3D movies, this option might be your jam.

Seeing that New 3DS face plate...I kinda regret not getting them when they were just official RRP - now it's just the 2nd hand market at wildly inflated prices.

Nintendo couldve sold Virtual Boy games. The financial opportunity was RIGHT THERE. They really missed out

Rhythm Thief Mention, my day is made

Just modded my 3DS yesterday, this is gonna come in handy.

As someone who can speak Japanese (now), my 3DS lately has been one the best emulation machines out there. I'm still thinking of buying a Retroid Pocket 4 Pro but honestly, playing games like Mizzurna Falls, Yuuyami Doori Tankentai (one of my goals) and as of this week, Boku no Natsuyasumi, my N3DS running these games as a CIA has been such a great experience. Even more recently with the new Virtual Boy emulator that os now running natively on the 3DS is insanely good! I recently conpleted Wario Land on it and its by far the best game on VB and one of the best Wario Land games. Using the actual 3DS 3D slider and being able to change the colours from Red to anything else is such a huge inprovement. PS1 on the 3DS and now playing these region/language locked games has made the 3DS one of the best and cheapest handheld emulators out there. Funny side story, while I was in Japan Nov 2023, I ended up street passing with a Nintendo employee, but it said my most recent game was PS1 Virtual Console lol. So now there's a Nintendo employee with someone who had a PS1 emulator on their 3DS now appear in their Mii Plaza.

Gotta say, you nailed your intro jingle. I start watching sometimes just for that instant hit of good vibes.

You asked what else there is, I am writing a music making app for the 3ds 😊 Mentioning this in comments usually gets it automatically deleted by YouTube unfortunately. Maybe I am lucky this time. Thanks for the great video, I learned many new things!

I've got a couple CFW N3DSXLs that I use for recording, but I'd like to thank you for showing all these great uses! That said, a key one I think you missed would be Checkpoint. The ability to back up saves of physical and digital NDS and 3DS titles directly to your SD card is extremely valuable. Not only is your save protected from any sort of hardware issue, you can transfer that save to another cartridge, console or even to an emulator on PC.