Nintendo 3DS Tutorials, Guides, HowTos, FAQs (491 articles)

A comprehensive list of tutorials, guides, walkthroughs and more catering specifically to the Nintendo 3DS video game platform. Looking for help on how to hack or modify your system? These in-depth guides will provide all the information you'll need with easy to follow step-by-step instructions. Need any further help? Post a reply to get expert advice from members of our community.

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Nintendo 3DS tutorials (491)

11.0 Downgrade Tutorial [HARDMOD ONLY]

May 10, 2016 · Posted by Davidosky99

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3DS Audio Recording made smartly

Mar 2, 2017 · Posted by Trylk248

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3DS Hacking FAQ ELI5 Edition

Jun 17, 2017 · Posted by pixelmasher

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3DS hacking IRC channel - #3dshacks at irc.rizon.net

Apr 8, 2016 · Posted by xy2_

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3DS Region Change Tutorial (EASY WAY)

Apr 8, 2015 · Posted by SpencerlyEverly

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3DS Screen Recording without a Capture Card (NTR CFW Method)

Apr 19, 2016 · Posted by NekoMichi

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3DS Themes with NO SD Card :)

Feb 17, 2015 · Posted by Pink Gold Peach

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3DS/ALL DS - HOW TO FIX LOOSE POWER CONNECTOR

Jun 19, 2018 · Posted by Peanut_BR

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3DSxplained: Userland homebrew? ARM11? ARM9?

Sep 28, 2016 · Posted by Ryccardo

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: Working Saves in GBA VC Games on 3DS!

Apr 5, 2018 · Posted by 2DSGamerdude

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A basic guide for Gateshark to NTR translation

May 30, 2016 · Posted by Deleted member 369977

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A Beginners Guide to Cloning Pokemon [X/Y/OR/AS Only]

Apr 4, 2016 · Posted by Salamencizer

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a guide to checking your 3ds FW version

Nov 9, 2017 · Posted by TyDye

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A Little Guide to Have all the Shinies & Competitive Pokemon you Want on Y&X

Feb 14, 2014 · Posted by ElYubiYubi

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A noobNAND's Guide to sysNAND and emuNAND

Jan 15, 2016 · Posted by NekoMichi

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A quick and simple Guide about how to Transfer Pokemon from an Emulator to your 3DS

Aug 28, 2018 · Posted by WaluigiMan

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a tutorial on how to place custom music in mh3u

Nov 11, 2015 · Posted by DarkRioru

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A video tutorial I found on putting multiple moflex files in a .CIA

Jun 5, 2021 · Posted by cutebross260

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a9lh Boot Animations

Jun 14, 2016 · Posted by cots

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A9LH Users: Recover From Formatted/Deleted SD Card

Oct 6, 2016 · Posted by bahamut920

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Access Nintendo Zone anywhere using Smartphone Hotspot

Aug 3, 2012 · Posted by Deleted User

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Accessing eShop on older firmwares (New version)

Jan 28, 2016 · Posted by gnmmarechal

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Accessing Nintendo Video on UK/US 3DS (Simple)

Aug 6, 2011 · Posted by ameerh

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Adding 5 Extra Edited Characters in Dynasty Warriors Vs.

Apr 22, 2018 · Posted by alonzondavis

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Alternative CMD (TP 253) Pinout?

Feb 21, 2016 · Posted by MAXLEMPIRA

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An "easy" way to extract music and other stuff from 3DS games

Jan 14, 2016 · Posted by EpicLPer

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Android devices compatibility list for Homepass

May 4, 2015 · Posted by Petoboy

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Android offline exploit for WiFi-only tablets

Feb 16, 2015 · Posted by Liberty

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AndroidPass, an alternative for the StreetPass Riilay

Oct 7, 2013 · Posted by Ismaw34

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Animal Crossing: How to make an insane amount of bells every night without cheating, hacking, etc...

Jun 18, 2013 · Posted by MelodieOctavia

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Assembling 3DS Homebrew for Gateway

May 11, 2014 · Posted by Sylantemp

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Backing up and Editing Saves using Ironhax/Tubehax.

Sep 2, 2015 · Posted by yodamerlin

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Backup your SysNAND or dump roms from retail carts on O3DS / N3DS

Jun 2, 2015 · Posted by d0k3

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Beginner's Guide – How to setup your 3DS for gbatemp

Oct 13, 2015 · Posted by AileenLumina

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Black Screen 3ds Fix!

Feb 27, 2022 · Posted by woolywoods

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Blocking online updates and the install update nag

Aug 7, 2014 · Posted by Adr990

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Blocking the 3DS from receiving the wifi update using OpenDNS

Dec 9, 2014 · Posted by TidusWulf

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Booting GW with B9S (and some help)

May 22, 2017 · Posted by nedron92

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Bring your WiiU GBA Saves to 3DS GBA VC

Mar 18, 2017 · Posted by Sonlen1414

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BrowserNag No More - Fiddler 4 tutorial for bypassing BrowserNag

Nov 27, 2016 · Posted by REDALiCE

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Building NTR custom firmware cheat plugins w/ cheat menu

Jan 20, 2016 · Posted by supermariorick

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Bypassing waiting X days in Pokemon Sun and Moon demo (and probably other games too)

Oct 18, 2016 · Posted by Priw8

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CakesFW use (decrypted) firmware.bin from another CFW -> e.g. firmlaunch 9.0

Mar 10, 2016 · Posted by GothicIII

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Can I Downgrade My non-a9LH 11.0.0-33 3DS?

Jul 3, 2016 · Posted by TechAndrew

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CFW coldboot + Homebrew Launcher with app returning

Nov 26, 2015 · Posted by storm75x

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CFW EMUNAND 9.2

Jan 4, 2016 · Posted by IpsoFact0

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Chaldron's MAC Cycler for Windows

Aug 14, 2013 · Posted by Chaldron

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Change battle background in usum (wifi battles)

Mar 12, 2018 · Posted by XLuma

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Change Locale Setting to China, Japan, or South Korea on any 3DS with Luma CFW/Homebrew

Dec 16, 2018 · Posted by PigeonPigeon

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Chopsticks Stylus Pen Mod

Sep 2, 2018 · Posted by TurdPooCharger

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