Ok well, I guess i'll have to do with YSmenu for gba until I get another card. Thanks for your answers and your work!
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No, Apple did not make it.
It's called DSi, because it adds features that personalize your console, such as a camera and music player.
The i in DSi basically means "I" or "you".
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So recently I dug out my DSi XL, It's blue and in excellent condition. At first I thought it was borked with a dead fuse or something as it wouldnt power on, but removing and replacing the battery fixed that. Works fine now, so I'm interested in modding it. My main interest in doing so is because the giant screen is still only at DS resolution, I'm thinking this might be the ultimate (other than Analogue Pocket I guess) handheld display for GBA. At original resolution GBA displays just a bit smaller than an original GBA screen on my 3DS XL, but I think on the DSi XL it might be larger. (?)
Anyway, a couple questions:
1) I know there's a GBARunner thread, but just 1 quick question about that: Is GBA run natively on a hacked DSi (using GBARunner), or is it emulation? I know all models of DS including the DSi should have the hardware to run GBA natively, but just want to be sure first.
2) Is there a size and type limit on the SD card? I found an honest-to-goodness 2GB SD in the console lol. Not SDHC, not SDXC ... just plain old SD. Don't see many of those anymore. But, can the DSi work with a 32GB SDHC?
Anyway, a couple questions:
1) I know there's a GBARunner thread, but just 1 quick question about that: Is GBA run natively on a hacked DSi (using GBARunner), or is it emulation? I know all models of DS including the DSi should have the hardware to run GBA natively, but just want to be sure first.
2) Is there a size and type limit on the SD card? I found an honest-to-goodness 2GB SD in the console lol. Not SDHC, not SDXC ... just plain old SD. Don't see many of those anymore. But, can the DSi work with a 32GB SDHC?
Last edited by Hanafuda,
- GBARunner is a GBA hypervisor, so it's half-native and half-emulation.
- Yes, the limit should be 2TB (the max that FAT32 can handle).
Thanks for the reply @RocketRobz. After browsing the latest pages in the GBARunner thread, I think I will wait for 3 to come along. My DSi XL's been dormant a decade, it can hold on a little longer.
This might not be what you're looking for but, some late era DS games look really good on the DSi XL, much better than the Lite and/ or any 3ds model, and the battery life imo is the best of all the models too..
Although it digs into the batt life a bit, I've got a DSTwo so don't need to do anything right away to play DS. And I've got plenty of ways to play GBA too, just thinking those big chunky pixels will look fantastic.
Yep, DSiWare games also look better there than on the any 3ds model. You could set yours up just with TWilightMenu, to play rom hacks etc. (no flashcart).
Reformat your SD card here: https://dsi.cfw.guide/sd-card-setup.html
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Eventhough the New 3DS XL is more powerful, I still feel like the DS Lite was a more polished system. It's a real shame that it never got an XL variant keeping the GBA slot. You'd have to go on AliExpress and buy an ML shell to give a DS phat the unofficial "DS Lite" treatment, and that's the best we'll ever get I'm afraid.+1 -
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@Jayro, I don't see whats so special about the DS ML, its just a DS lite in a phat shell. At least the phat model had louder speakers, whereas the lite has a much better screen.+1 -
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They probably said "Hey, why not we combine the two together and make a 'new' DS to sell".
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Nothing special about it other than it's more comfortable than the Lite+1
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