It's been a very long time since my last post here, and I have kept myself busy with a couple of new games I helped make for the Nintendo 3DS. No, not games you can buy at your local GameStop, but
games we give out for free, as in freeware / homebrew games. Don't get me wrong, I probably wouldn't be able to make a game that was commercial quality (graphics are my weakness in this regards) but there's a lot of retro style games you can make, that have some great game play to boot. You just need the R4 3DS to play it on your DS, DSi or Nintendo 3DS System.
Just last month, Nintendo released two new system updates for their 3DS and 3DS XL systems. The first was the 6.0 update for the 3DS and 3DS XL, and due to a small little bug, the second one was the 6.1.0 update. It looks different for all countries. For example, in the USA, you'll have the 6.1.0-11u and in Europe you'll have 6.1.0-11e, but the end result is the same.
When the 6.0 update was released, it rendered a lot of the better know flash cards non-useable with the 3ds system. Some cards needed a physical cut on the main pc board of the card itself, while other card makers ended up having to actually bring out new cards in order to have them work. This was pretty much the case with virtually every single card out there. But there were a few cards that remained unscathed... probably due to the fact that they have secondary processing chips, or have their own built in ram to load and run firmware and software. The 6.1.0 update was a bug fix, but naturally, incompatibility with the r4 3ds cards was left.
The two cards that needed no extra work, and needed nothing more than just a firmware update were the r4 3ds rts card and the r4 3ds dual core cards. These two, from the same manufacturer, ended up working and continue to work today. So if you have one of their 2013 versions, you can go to the official website and grab their latest firmware from their firmware section. It'll take just a replacement of the kernel files, and you will be up and running without issues again.
If you have an R4i Gold or R4i 3DS SDHC, then in SOME cases, you card may work... this depends largely on the model of the card you have, and what revision. For the most part, many of the newer cards made AFTER the 6.1.0 update to the 3ds will work, but you may be stuck with an older model of your card unfortunately, and you'll have to get a new one.
Just last month, Nintendo released two new system updates for their 3DS and 3DS XL systems. The first was the 6.0 update for the 3DS and 3DS XL, and due to a small little bug, the second one was the 6.1.0 update. It looks different for all countries. For example, in the USA, you'll have the 6.1.0-11u and in Europe you'll have 6.1.0-11e, but the end result is the same.
When the 6.0 update was released, it rendered a lot of the better know flash cards non-useable with the 3ds system. Some cards needed a physical cut on the main pc board of the card itself, while other card makers ended up having to actually bring out new cards in order to have them work. This was pretty much the case with virtually every single card out there. But there were a few cards that remained unscathed... probably due to the fact that they have secondary processing chips, or have their own built in ram to load and run firmware and software. The 6.1.0 update was a bug fix, but naturally, incompatibility with the r4 3ds cards was left.
The two cards that needed no extra work, and needed nothing more than just a firmware update were the r4 3ds rts card and the r4 3ds dual core cards. These two, from the same manufacturer, ended up working and continue to work today. So if you have one of their 2013 versions, you can go to the official website and grab their latest firmware from their firmware section. It'll take just a replacement of the kernel files, and you will be up and running without issues again.
If you have an R4i Gold or R4i 3DS SDHC, then in SOME cases, you card may work... this depends largely on the model of the card you have, and what revision. For the most part, many of the newer cards made AFTER the 6.1.0 update to the 3ds will work, but you may be stuck with an older model of your card unfortunately, and you'll have to get a new one.
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