What do i need to make an Homebrew Nintendo DS

Started by Memor-X, November 29, 2012, 07:22:25 pm

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Memor-X

November 29, 2012, 07:22:25 pm Last Edit: November 29, 2012, 07:23:45 pm by Memor-X
i've been thinking about getting Love Plus because i only just learned that there is an English patch for it, from what i read i need a "Homebrew" DS to run the patched version

naturally i have no idea what this is, the only translation patches i've used are for visual novels on a computer, not a game on the DS

so what do i need to make a Homebrew Nintendo DS, the things i'm looking at are


  • What DS Console would be best

  • If it matters if it's a PAL or NTSC one

  • What programs/equipment i need to buy/download

  • is it still possible to use it like a legitimate DS and buy games from the nintendo store with it (looking to see if i can buy Golden Sun for a DSi)

  • what's the chances of me bricking the thing

  • how easy/hard is it to recover if i mess up



NOTE: i plan on buying Love Plus if i can find an online store that will sell it but since it was only ever released in japan and i still am having trouble finding game/anime Japanese stores which will ship everything to Australia it's going to be hard to find