Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright Trilogy - 110 hours on record

The Phoenix Wright trilogy works great in 3DS format. The art, animation, and sound in this game were amazing for what is essentially a refresh on the original games. I had a blast completing cases and cross examining suspects in bed. Often I found myself jamming out to the soundtracks, laughing at the characters and their antics (thank you Larry), and feeling enthralled with each case's intricate woven narrative and lies. The only minus is that the investigative phase of each episode sometimes feels confusing and hard to follow from one thread to the next. Another pain point is not being able to know what evidence you have already examined. (Source)

Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds - 20 hours on record

Link Between Worlds sets place in the expansive Hyrule with the addition of the latter half of the game taking place in Lorule. I really enjoyed solving each of the numerous dungeons in this game.

RIP. 🫡

So, I tried asking this question on Reddit, and all I got back were trolls and unserious replies. 😒

So, does anyone know how I can remove the sticker residue on these games without accidentally rubbing the factory codes off?

Even when it first released the price for the value it had at the time was low. Especially compared to modern consoles like the PS5, or Steam Deck.

It's small, and looks really simplistic. Even features a touch screen.

Games on the DS have a sorta in between ps1 and N64 graphics. Having sharper looking textures compared to the N64.

One game in particularly to play on it to get some of the best out of its specs, is Lego Star Wars complete saga for the DS looks and plays surprisingly console-like on the small screen and lower specs of that system.

Also get any of sport and mini game compilations. Mario Party, Wario Ware, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games. You get many games in one title why not?

TLDR: Did anybody successfully communicated with the infrared sensor embedded in some DS cartridges using devkitPro?

Hello all,

bought a copy of Walk with Me which comes with a infrared pedometer.

To transfer the data it has a infrared sensor built in the cartridge similar to how the Pokéwalker.

Problem is the games on Personal Trainer: Walking are not that great. At least not compared to what Nintendo did with Street Pass on the Nintendo 3DS. So now im here wanting to do a homebrew version of "Puzzle Swap".

I found these two posts which go over the insides and what is being sent.

• https://gbatemp.net/threads/pokewalker-hacking.419462/?__cf_chl_tk=gAU3YpSAbTZFTYDIBHeJc2ZfVqEZijvODQiCGDUffwU-1770737518-1.0.1.1-jnYzvGZPhj81sAVET47NAzu_UcSXEvx8E9uS8aAZrHQ
• https://hackaday.com/2020/11/21/reverse-engineering-a-pokewalker/

Im still unsure where and how to start with reading that on the DS though. Did anybody even managed to access the infrared sensor?

PS: I am aware that posting it on here has slim chances of getting any help. I just really like lemmy and people on here so I thought ill try my luck on here as well :)

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/45112933

Removing images

I have meticulously tagged all of my music files on my PC with images as well as all appropriate text info (I use MusicBrainz Picard for this purpose, but most ID3 tagging software works). However, when I loaded these files on the 3DS, the folders took seemingly forever to load, despite 3DS Sound not supporting images. This turned out to be because the 3DS still had to go through these images even though they weren't loaded, so stripping them from the files resulted in far faster load times.

File conversions

Since the 3DS does not support FLAC, I had to convert my music to AAC for it to play. It seems the 3DS, like some iPods, is very picky about the encoder that gets used to create the files. The one I have found most success with is iTunes' converter (used either directly or through Foobar2000, both on Windows). I did manage use some FFmpeg settings one time that managed to get a consistently playing file with all metadata, however that command has escaped me.

EDIT: Linux encoder support

Did some experimentation after this post and it seems the Fraunhofer AAC encoder is compatible with the 3DS, unlike FFmpeg's default encoder. However, due to licensing restrictions, to use it with FFmpeg requires you to install a version with the encoder enabled, which is usually not provided by most Linux distros. Therefore, the best way I found is to install the fre:ac Flatpak (which includes the FDK AAC encoder), and to strip the images using either FFmpeg or MusicBrainz Picard. Alternatively, on the command line you can use this with the fdkaac tool:

ffmpeg -i input.flac -map 0:a -f caf - | fdkaac - -b 320 -o output.m4a

replacing the file names with what you wish to use. This command also removes all images using the map option, so no further processing is needed.

StreetPass

It's surprisingly active still (at least where I live)! However, in order to use it, you need to specifically add songs to your StreetPass playlist as well as enable it in the menu, which is a step many people skip.

Random other bits and pieces

Tired of the random drums going off whenever you put your 3DS into your pocket? If you tap the icon enough times, you can make it have a crossed out symbol, which disables the button. This also allows you to cycle through a few other sounds.

The 3DS is very picky about folder sizes, so any folders with more than 100 files will only show the first 100 files. If you have big multi disc albums, split them into disc folders.

The interface colour can be changed in the settings menu to any one you choose, and is reflected in all the menus.

If you have folders that take time to load, after the first time you load them, the index stays in memory. This means any subsequent loads before you close the app will be far quicker.

Pretty cool mod, had the idea for a while but im really happy with the execution!