They are infact better for emulation than 3ds. The screen of 3ds sucks big time and it's not at all powerfull as compared to ps vita. Please don't buy it for emulation. Retroarch on psvita rocks.
@@AnonymousGentooman The main problem with 3ds screens are that they are not even ips in my new 3ds xl. They are tn which is terrible in case of colour reproduction.
@MVG good looks, and thanks for another fantastic video! Just bought a new 2DSXL on your tip. I look forward to modding the heck out of it. I started messing around with homebrew with the original DS, back when you would bridge a contact with a pencil to flash a custom firmware.
The PSP is even easier tho, damn the thing just takes the files on the card, press to run, done. Add ISOs to the card and be happy, all through it's own mass storage mode with Mini-B USB. I have the chunky 1000 model, for some reason I like it way more than the slim ones (have owned a 2000 and sold away a 3000 too).
I carry a psp and a old slab 2ds in my bag, and between the two I'm never bored. I'm planing to get a ps Vita and new 3ds xl to have alongside my switch
Friend: Yo is that a 2ds xl? Me: No I got the New 2ds xl Friend: ...So you have to pay more if it isn’t used? Me: No it’s a New 2ds xl Friend: I know so you didn’t buy one that was used Me: No it’s the name of the console Friend: Yeah 2ds xl Me: NO IT’S NAME IS NEW 2DS XL GODDAMIT-
Watching this video in 2023 makes me wish I'd picked one up back in 2020. I bought mine early last year and paid $225 for it! Even at that price, I am beyond pleased with the device. It is hands down my favorite handheld ever.
You definitely want to get a "New" model of 2DS/3DS for homebrew and emulators. I've always had a bad time trying to get Retroarch to work on a stock 3DS model.
Say I didn't have many issues as I knew to stay the hell away from the Retroarch cores as much I could. Granted for straight homebrew I prefer my Vita I picked up in February as it has more stuff and I find works a bit better for what I want in a homebrew device.
just go with standalone emulators for devices with limited performance, gets rid of all the possible overhead. snes9x runs near perfectly with only occasional skipped frames on my old 3ds.
@@waverazor Yeah but a lot of people don't consider how at-least 75% of all 3DS homebrew is optimized-exclusively for the New models, while they shit the bed and crash on the old models, so only a modest selection of homebrew apps are viable on the old models.
@@cursedshadow The Vita has an ARM processor. Just not as up to date as today's processors. A higher clock would probably help. But in all honesty. My Galaxy S8+ shouldn't be running GameCube games as well as it should. It's up to the software at this point.
I actually followed your tutorial of the 3DS and modded my own 2DSXL back in December. It’s honestly thanks to you that I got in the modding and home-brew scene in the first place.
@@sparda11 TL;DR: Nyes. You don't _need_ to own the carts to play, but if you don't rip your own ROMs, it's piracy. How you feel with piracy is up to you.
Ironically I actually decided to mod my N3DSXL a day before this was uploaded and struggled a bit with actually finding and downloading stuff so this video directing me to guides that are extremely easy to follow is a huge help, thanks MVG!
Love the video, MVG - I just picked up this console at Wal-Mart as well. Since Nintendo doesn't want me to have access to my $500 of 3DS purchases on two systems at once, there's nothing to do with the system I just bought, so I'm planning to mod it and play through some older homebrew I've missed. Great video and timing as always!
I bought one of these about a year ago, and really haven't used it much. Definitely going to mod it after seeing what this thing is capable of. Pretty impressive.
@@iamnotyourbuddyGUY the installation guide (using ntrboot) explains it in better detail, but basically there's a sort of recovery mode that you can access by pressing some of the buttons whilst the lid is detected as "closed" by a magnetic switch in the system.
Well I wanted to pause the game without closing and opening up the lid every 5-10 minutes (thus waring it down). Asked for a mod for button combo sleep, and was told that sleep function only activated when it detects the magnet of the speaker when the lid is closed. So, I ripped a magnet from a freezer decoration and now I can pause whenever by placing that little manget
I did this a few days ago and it was pretty easy considering I've never did anything like this and it's amazing. I already had knowledge of roms so getting games wasn't a problem. Love my my new NEW 2ds xl
Just picked this exact handheld up a couple weeks ago and followed the same website guide. Kudos to the creators of those sites, I used the same one for my WiiU.
PCSX ReArmed is heavily optimized for CHD and PBP format only. ISO and Bin files can run significantly worse and can overall be less compatible, unless it's 2D games. There is an outdated PCSX ReArmed compability list (we need to catch up) on GBAtemp, which functions as a guide with recommended settings as well. The emulator already performs amazingly by now. I'd say more than 85% of games are very compatible. You can almost throw any game at it with good success of having an enjoyable experience. Most of them can run near full speed and more important hold it's frame rate with some occasionally frame dips pretty well. However, small an medium frame dips are still pretty common with most of the demanding 3D games. That's why I can't recommend any games other than the games you like. However you need to convert them right and have good settings. CHDMAN and PSX to PSP is a good choice to start.
Good luck everyone entering.. glad to hear it was modded before it was given away.. looks like a great little unit for emulation and possibly something for my self in the car when I get bored..
This is a fantastic video, thank you! I have been playing with a beat up version of New 3DS I bought in Africa which had downloaded version of a twilightmenu++ on it, but I don't know what I am doing, so hoping to learn more and doing it on a brand new New 2DS sounds like a lot of fun.
I had been putting off buying one of these for the last few years. Hearing the price drop to 99.99 woke me up. They are definitely on the way out soon so I just ordered one. Thanks for the low down on the homebrew! I can't wait to get mine set up.
I've just installed retroarch on a new 2dsxl using the flashcard exploit, it took me several hours, not easy with latest firmware. Thank you for this video, now I can play Sonic 3 Complete in portable mode.
Thank you so much for this video! I have a New Nintendo 3DS that I wasn’t using much anymore. I had already wanted to mod it and was planning to get an R4 chip. But your video illuminated so much for me. I followed the guide and afterwards installed a GBA emulator, was super straight forward. Thank you!
Atomic Greninja At least from my perspective, I never mess with any hardware that I know I can’t fix if I accidentally screw up. The risk and opportunity to learn from the process is part of the fun
What an aptly timed video. I recently used some of my stimulus check ti buy this exact model new. Took me a while to get around to putting a CFW on it but now its choc full of games and even some of my favorite shows thanks to an r4i gold card and moonshell.
Thanks for the tip! Do you happen to know as well how to remove a core icon from the 3DS home menu? I tried removing them through data management but they always automatically gets restored for some reason.
@@Immadeus I don't think that works because the cores used are installed as cias at launch if they aren't already. I don't know the reasoning, but since it takes 20 seconds to load a core, it's more effective to have the shortcuts.
@@WiZzArDStudios they're installed whenever you load them up. You can remove all tiles you don't use anyway, but for those you use, the best, you can do is hide them away at the end of some folder.
You are the MVP man! Both mentioning and that you are shipping overseas is great! I've seen some less savory actors not mention this until way later in the process etc, sometimes after giving follows, email and/or other details they benefit perhaps from, that you are not eligible... I like that you also include people abroad :)
I always on the look for that one in my area. I saw a regular 2ds for about 80usd and ordered it right away, while I was waiting for the seller to ship the 2ds I came upon a New 3ds xl for 100usd in very good condition(almost brand new) with 4 3ds and 11 ds cartridge. I had to cancel the 2ds order and fortunately the seller was nice to understand the situation and she also has problems shipping the 2ds because of the pandemic. It was my best purchase ever.
Not sure if you still care about this, but the Japanese New 2DS LL are significantly cheaper. I just picked one up for ~160 dollars; which isn't amazing, but it's way better than the ~700 you'd normally spend.
I was doing a quick read up on the retroarch faq and it said that on boot the loading times are long because every core installed is initialized on boot. If you get rid of cores you don't use in your /cores folder it will reduce the load times significantly.
recently modded with the november 2020 firmware on an og 3ds. it was a bit tricker but so worth it! it's been mega exciting filling it up with roms. I've always wanted a tricked out DS ever since I saw R4 stuff on YT nearly 15 years ago
I wish i got one before it was discontinued. I planned to but I put it off until i saw in the news that it was discontinued months ago and now it's scalped af..
it's not scalped and the people selling it for a higher cost aren't scummy, it's value in general raised from the fact that they are never going to be produced ever again. it's shitty, but it's not immoral like actual scalping is. i still recommend getting one, i bought a 2ds xl pretty recently and even with the high price you get every single game on it + all the other nintendo handhelds prior to it for free. i recommend checking facebook marketplace before anywhere else because you could find it being sold by people that have no idea the price has gone up.
I watched this today and was immediately sold, I love hacking my consoles and handhelds but needed something with more power, the Vita while awesome just didn't have enough oomph. I went to my local Walmart and bought one of the 3 remaining for $99. Let the games begin!! Thanks a bunch for this video. Cheers! Months later it's sitting in a drawer and I'm back to using my Vita. Homebrew on this thing isn't great to say the least.
@@MoeFokah I still do use it time to time, this past week I brought the 2dsXL on vacation vs my Vita and I ended up playing on...my phone. The Vitas homebrew community is so much more mature, who knows, maybe the 3ds community will catch up at some point, it's getting there!
I really suggest you look for one of these on Amazon: MoKo Handle Grip for Nintendo New 2DS XL , I don't hate the 2DS XL without it, but damn is it ever comfy with it.
I picked up a 2DSXL after you posted this video since you mentioned it was probably on its way out and now it’s gone forever. Thank you for this public service! I never would have gotten one in time and would have missed out on owning one!
i few years back i got a new 3ds non xl for 99 bucks from walmart's website on their black friday sale, what a great deal. I kept it clean and it's soft modded with loads of games on top of all the ds and 3ds carts i already had.
@@jasong6501 I had to dig around to find the $99 price drop online. It's specifically on Walmart, for the black Mario Kart 7 bundle. I had to go through the Nintendo site to find it, since everywhere else is still just selling used ones for up to $200.
@@Some__Guy its insane. I dont know why people are selling them used for $200. It'd make sense if it came with $100 worth of games but those are $300 everywhere I've looked
I've been looking forward to the new2DSXL getting to this price point. I'm getting one for emulation and nintendo cartridges, because it has the same screen size as my n3dsxl but is thinner and lighter and more likely to leave the house. this is at the price of the premium open source handhelds like RG350M, thanks for including some PS1 performance, that's a shame for me, and was ridge racer really running at full speed in that clip? it looked lower fps than i remember.
Thank you for linking 3ds.hacks.gude to your viewers! Too many people make bad, unreviewed guides that get outdated and damage users' consoles. Great work on the video!
I've always thought the top of the 2DS XL looked like an iPhone. I suspect Nintendo did this on purpose as smartphones are their main competitor for portable gaming.
Just bought one of these $99 walmart 2DS XL Mario Kart 7 bundles. Figured I could do homebrew tinkering with it, and then in a year or so give it to my oldest as her first Nintendo, loaded up with lots of games. Thanks for this!
@D. Mood, the first time I was setting up TWiLight, it felt like a hassle even setting it up (fairly sure I did something wrong, just wasn't sure what, since I did get it working eventually). Got an R4i Gold 3DS Plus a few months ago, and I really like it a lot.
I mean, if your 3DS gets bricked, if you have a flashcart that can use NTRboot, you can use that to unbrick, IIRC. Plus, if you have multiple systems to mod, you can use just the one card, too. I personally like having something to occupy the card slot, so I have my flashcart there.
@@helentran204 What kind of unbricking you mean? Don't remember now (not as doubting, just really forgot), was it that you boot it straight from the NTRboot and perform recovery straight from that? One tip I would always give too is having a NAND backup, can save you from pretty much any issue from what I've seen. With that you're quite safe whatever happens to it, unless the hardware itself dies of course. It has saved my ass once. You can even hardmod the console and inject the backed up NAND straight into the console's memory chip in case everything else fails. It's one of those things you really cannot skip when modding, when I did it to friends or so I always store the backup on a cloud folder as well so they (hopefully) download it too and keep it safe.
They didn't want to break compatibility with old games. Also, I don't know if the gpu could stand the up on resolution. Also maybe it would have made the handheld more expensive.
Funny thing actually happened while I was modding my New 2DS XL. Basically, while I was installing the Homebrew software, I was noticing some weird crap on the SD card, but I ignored it and just followed the tutorial I was using. Once I opened up my Homebrew for the first time, I discovered that my New 2DS XL, which had been refurbished by Nintendo themselves, had someone else's Homebrew on the SD card! I got rid of some of it, and updated the version of mGBA they had on there, but that was kind of funny. Also, does Daedalus require a specific crack to work? I tried to use it with my Steelhax, and the thing would just freeze whenever I tried to load it.
At any store before 2020. Unless you have a time machine, you’re better off buying a used one with some games for $180-250. Some Japanese ones are a bit cheaper though, but then you’ll have to deal with international shipping charges
This was specifically around May/June 2020. Nintendo bundled remaining New 2DS XL stock with Mario Kart 7 pre-installed and reduced the price to $99. These sold very quickly, and you are out of luck getting it anywhere near this price now.
I already bought a WiiU and a PSVita because of you. STOP THIS MADNESS!
me too, now i have an wii u, ps vita and 3ds xl, but the 3ds is old
They are infact better for emulation than 3ds. The screen of 3ds sucks big time and it's not at all powerfull as compared to ps vita. Please don't buy it for emulation.
Retroarch on psvita rocks.
you seem stressed. buying this thing could help that.
@@AnonymousGentooman The main problem with 3ds screens are that they are not even ips in my new 3ds xl. They are tn which is terrible in case of colour reproduction.
MVG is the reason I even modded my dormant Wii U. It's so cool to have GC games running on a Wii U.
Note: the shimmering in Super Mario 64 is from my camera and doesn't occur in real life
FYI, title says "2DXL" instead of "2DSXL"
I ignored the shimmering.
@@SeanCMonahan fixed
@Mr Heck I was just about to say that, lol
@MVG good looks, and thanks for another fantastic video! Just bought a new 2DSXL on your tip. I look forward to modding the heck out of it. I started messing around with homebrew with the original DS, back when you would bridge a contact with a pencil to flash a custom firmware.
As someone who modded their PSP long time ago, this absolutely blows my mind. I may have to pick one of these up and mod it.
The PSP is even easier tho, damn the thing just takes the files on the card, press to run, done. Add ISOs to the card and be happy, all through it's own mass storage mode with Mini-B USB.
I have the chunky 1000 model, for some reason I like it way more than the slim ones (have owned a 2000 and sold away a 3000 too).
Have both and its psp hands down everytime. 3ds/2ds is amazing for backups and still not as easy the drag and drop psp
I just picked up a perfect condition New 3ds Xl with a ton of homebrew additions, and its fucking amazing.
I carry a psp and a old slab 2ds in my bag, and between the two I'm never bored. I'm planing to get a ps Vita and new 3ds xl to have alongside my switch
@@Kalvinjj 1000 definitely feels the best - but the extra ram in the 2k+ is handy for emulation
“Brand new Nintendo new 2DS XL”
Nintendo’s naming never ceases to amuse me
naming it the new 3ds is almost as bad as the wii u
Friend: Yo is that a 2ds xl?
Me: No I got the New 2ds xl
Friend: ...So you have to pay more if it isn’t used?
Me: No it’s a New 2ds xl
Friend: I know so you didn’t buy one that was used
Me: No it’s the name of the console
Friend: Yeah 2ds xl
Me: NO IT’S NAME IS NEW 2DS XL GODDAMIT-
They seem to have regained their senses with the Switch, at least for now...
Should've named it nintendo 2ds pro xl
Xbox is worse with theirs lol
At the end, When you said "I have good news" I though you were going to say "I'm Porting Diablo to new Nintendo 2DS XL"
That would've been dope.
Ist all ready done
Diablo is on 3ds
Somebody all ready ported Diablo 1 on the 3ds
Diablo is already on 3ds. It's called devilutionx
Watching this video in 2023 makes me wish I'd picked one up back in 2020. I bought mine early last year and paid $225 for it! Even at that price, I am beyond pleased with the device. It is hands down my favorite handheld ever.
This video couldn’t be more timely, I literally bought a N2DSXL yesterday
I recently purchased one as well. The 50 dollar price cut is what convinced me to purchase.
Jeremy Bennett where did you get yours?
@@henryshu9396 www.nintendo.com/3ds/buynow/
But how does one homebrew their 2ds? Theres no tutorial how...
This video could have been more timely if it was released yesterday when you purchased your Nintendo device.
seeing these sell for just $99 makes me so jealous. I got mine preowned for 120 plus tax 6 months ago and i still felt lucky.
i got mine for 180 plus tax just last month
Don't worry man, I got my special edition new 3ds for $320 tax included
@@vicchannel4049 yeah , the market is really different than it was a year ago ..
just bought one + pokemon moon for $140, luckily i still have pokemon y and ssb4, havent had a 2ds in over 6 years
@@maudsuicgusiagdsa where did you get yours from? just used or some refurbishing website
You definitely want to get a "New" model of 2DS/3DS for homebrew and emulators. I've always had a bad time trying to get Retroarch to work on a stock 3DS model.
I can also second this.
Say I didn't have many issues as I knew to stay the hell away from the Retroarch cores as much I could. Granted for straight homebrew I prefer my Vita I picked up in February as it has more stuff and I find works a bit better for what I want in a homebrew device.
Yeah he mentions how new 3ds has better specs than regular 2ds
just go with standalone emulators for devices with limited performance, gets rid of all the possible overhead. snes9x runs near perfectly with only occasional skipped frames on my old 3ds.
@@waverazor Yeah but a lot of people don't consider how at-least 75% of all 3DS homebrew is optimized-exclusively for the New models, while they shit the bed and crash on the old models, so only a modest selection of homebrew apps are viable on the old models.
I remember everyone arguing about if n64 emulation would be possible even on the n3ds
Dreamcast is coming in the future as well
If it runs Star Wars shadows of the empire for the N64 I’m sold.
I don't see why not. I had full speed N64 emulation in late 2013-2014ish on my Sony Xperia SP and ZTE Avid 4G...
@@duke45jp becoz power doesnt necessary mean good compability. Psvita still doesnt run psp at native resolution, yet phones do.
@@cursedshadow The Vita has an ARM processor. Just not as up to date as today's processors. A higher clock would probably help.
But in all honesty. My Galaxy S8+ shouldn't be running GameCube games as well as it should. It's up to the software at this point.
I'd like to add that replacing the c-nub with a psp nub is a great improvement to the system and super cheap and easy to do!
This vid made me buy one! 😃 I've been wanting a 3DS system since 2013 but totally forgot about it. The time has come
how is it? i want one too but its old :/
@@bananus815 i have one i got it ages ago and its great
I actually followed your tutorial of the 3DS and modded my own 2DSXL back in December. It’s honestly thanks to you that I got in the modding and home-brew scene in the first place.
Dumb question probably but... After the 2dsxl is hacked it can play 3ds games, right?
dumb question indeed, but yes, the n2dsxl can play 3ds games when its modded@@infinitegodman
Another good "emulation" feature that the new 2ds and 3ds can do are the injections, this runs gba games perfectly
I think it runs them natively
I think there are a few issues with certain gba games, but I wouldn’t know them off the top of my head
Do I need to own the physical games?
@@blehhg2961 A great work around I'm using is by converting the.gba files to .cia, and then extracting them with FBI
@@blehhg2961 The only problem I noted was that games that use a gyroscope don't work properly.
@@sparda11 TL;DR: Nyes.
You don't _need_ to own the carts to play, but if you don't rip your own ROMs, it's piracy. How you feel with piracy is up to you.
Really nice seeing the N64 performance, I had no idea it was this playable!
Ironically I actually decided to mod my N3DSXL a day before this was uploaded and struggled a bit with actually finding and downloading stuff so this video directing me to guides that are extremely easy to follow is a huge help, thanks MVG!
Bought this last week I missed having a clamshell device in my pocket trying to 100% Majora's mask again
11:43
I just realized that i've bought the systems you've given away after seeing your videos about them.
I guess i'm buying a 2DS XL next...
Thank you so much for all the hard work! We all appreciate you more then we can ever show! I just ordered one from Wal-Mart. Can't wait to test it out
Thank you MVG. Love your videos and your participation on the spawncast. Great work.
I recently bought the 208 in 1 for ds to use on my 7 (8 in 1 month) year old 3ds xl and it is so amazing!
Love the video, MVG - I just picked up this console at Wal-Mart as well. Since Nintendo doesn't want me to have access to my $500 of 3DS purchases on two systems at once, there's nothing to do with the system I just bought, so I'm planning to mod it and play through some older homebrew I've missed. Great video and timing as always!
How you were able to do fireball forward motions on that little d-pad is what impressed me the most.
I bought one of these about a year ago, and really haven't used it much. Definitely going to mod it after seeing what this thing is capable of. Pretty impressive.
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I find it funny that to mod my new3DS I used a magnet to make it go into sleep mode hah. fun modding things
What ?
@@iamnotyourbuddyGUY the installation guide (using ntrboot) explains it in better detail, but basically there's a sort of recovery mode that you can access by pressing some of the buttons whilst the lid is detected as "closed" by a magnetic switch in the system.
@@luznoceda5322 I can't remember, the ntrboot guide will describe it
Well I wanted to pause the game without closing and opening up the lid every 5-10 minutes (thus waring it down).
Asked for a mod for button combo sleep, and was told that sleep function only activated when it detects the magnet of the speaker when the lid is closed.
So, I ripped a magnet from a freezer decoration and now I can pause whenever by placing that little manget
And now U don't even have to do that old school trick ...
I did this a few days ago and it was pretty easy considering I've never did anything like this and it's amazing. I already had knowledge of roms so getting games wasn't a problem. Love my my new NEW 2ds xl
what website u get ur roms
Just picked this exact handheld up a couple weeks ago and followed the same website guide. Kudos to the creators of those sites, I used the same one for my WiiU.
PCSX ReArmed is heavily optimized for CHD and PBP format only.
ISO and Bin files can run significantly worse and can overall be less compatible, unless it's 2D games. There is an outdated PCSX ReArmed compability list (we need to catch up) on GBAtemp, which functions as a guide with recommended settings as well.
The emulator already performs amazingly by now. I'd say more than 85% of games are very compatible. You can almost throw any game at it with good success of having an enjoyable experience. Most of them can run near full speed and more important hold it's frame rate with some occasionally frame dips pretty well. However, small an medium frame dips are still pretty common with most of the demanding 3D games.
That's why I can't recommend any games other than the games you like. However you need to convert them right and have good settings. CHDMAN and PSX to PSP is a good choice to start.
Having to convert each single one of them is fucking stressful and not worth it.
@@UltraAhmetDoray CHDMAN batch converts all BIN + CUE files to CHD within a folder automatically.
Chdman actually is pretty easy to use and works to save a bit of space.
@@largolagrande hmm good to know thanks 👍🏿
@@largolagrande can it converts back to BIN+CUE from CHD ? I am trying to run 1 image on real PS1 hardware..
Good timing, been planning to buy one of these, never got to play most of the DS library so this will be a great addition to my portable gaming
Yeah i only played them when i used ti have a real ds and games like bowsers inside story on pc
love all your work on the modding scene, you are a legend!!
Good luck everyone entering.. glad to hear it was modded before it was given away.. looks like a great little unit for emulation and possibly something for my self in the car when I get bored..
your cadence when you started discussing the R4 gold had me very scared LOL
That it runs Quake 3 that is really cool 😄
Runs likr a charm on the 2ds😎😎 wicked!!
Wicked cool 😉
Ahhhhh package from China
hey Mr wicked!
I ain't afraid of no quake
I always love hearing the stuff you come up with. Very well delivered content
Bought one of these a few weeks back. Nice to see a video on it!
This is a fantastic video, thank you! I have been playing with a beat up version of New 3DS I bought in Africa which had downloaded version of a twilightmenu++ on it, but I don't know what I am doing, so hoping to learn more and doing it on a brand new New 2DS sounds like a lot of fun.
3:28 that 2DS logo on the left tho
I had been putting off buying one of these for the last few years. Hearing the price drop to 99.99 woke me up. They are definitely on the way out soon so I just ordered one. Thanks for the low down on the homebrew! I can't wait to get mine set up.
I've just installed retroarch on a new 2dsxl using the flashcard exploit, it took me several hours, not easy with latest firmware. Thank you for this video, now I can play Sonic 3 Complete in portable mode.
the way he says "nintendo new 2ds" instead of "new nintendo 2ds"
Seeing half life and quake running on a 3ds left me speechless, you convinced me to buy a new3ds
Thank you so much for this video! I have a New Nintendo 3DS that I wasn’t using much anymore. I had already wanted to mod it and was planning to get an R4 chip. But your video illuminated so much for me. I followed the guide and afterwards installed a GBA emulator, was super straight forward. Thank you!
i like to see the ads on this channel you deserve as much money as possible love the content
it wasn'tthe "XL" line that was faster it was the "New"
Nice, I love customizing game consoles and handhelds inside and out
Uh....what happens if you mess up?
@@AGZhark sometimes it's no big deal and sometimes it is my friend
Atomic Greninja At least from my perspective, I never mess with any hardware that I know I can’t fix if I accidentally screw up. The risk and opportunity to learn from the process is part of the fun
@MVG I missed the first time these went on sale but after your recommendation I made sure to get next time Walmart started selling more. Thanks!
Modding is the second half of the experience. I love it.
What an aptly timed video. I recently used some of my stimulus check ti buy this exact model new. Took me a while to get around to putting a CFW on it but now its choc full of games and even some of my favorite shows thanks to an r4i gold card and moonshell.
Homebrewed mine ages ago because of your other videos. I love it.
If only a 2DSXL was 100 dollars LOL
Here's a tip to speed up retroarch: delete the core .cia files and info files you don't use and it'll load much much faster.
Also why not mention gba?
Thanks for the tip! Do you happen to know as well how to remove a core icon from the 3DS home menu? I tried removing them through data management but they always automatically gets restored for some reason.
@@WiZzArDStudios Do you have FBI? If you do, go under Titles, then find the core you want to delete, press A, then Delete Title and Ticket.
@@Immadeus I don't think that works because the cores used are installed as cias at launch if they aren't already. I don't know the reasoning, but since it takes 20 seconds to load a core, it's more effective to have the shortcuts.
I think he’s mainly focusing on what the new 2DS can do that an old 2DS can’t - he does have a video on the original already iirc
@@WiZzArDStudios they're installed whenever you load them up. You can remove all tiles you don't use anyway, but for those you use, the best, you can do is hide them away at the end of some folder.
This has become one of my favorite channels on youtube
You are the MVP man! Both mentioning and that you are shipping overseas is great! I've seen some less savory actors not mention this until way later in the process etc, sometimes after giving follows, email and/or other details they benefit perhaps from, that you are not eligible...
I like that you also include people abroad :)
I kind of regret not waiting for the 2ds xl but im still content with the base 2ds
i just bought and modded one, its not all its made out to be, and to make it worse walmart lied and sold me a used one acting like its nee
When you saw the *unofficial* 2DS logo he chose with the *official* New 2DS XL logo and you have an OCD
SAME
nice. I just ordered one of these because I wanted bigger screens to play my 3ds games. now, I'm gonna home brew the crap out of it. thanks dude
Love this video, I got mine 3 weeks ago when they got marked down at Walmart. Modded it right away.
I always on the look for that one in my area. I saw a regular 2ds for about 80usd and ordered it right away, while I was waiting for the seller to ship the 2ds I came upon a New 3ds xl for 100usd in very good condition(almost brand new) with 4 3ds and 11 ds cartridge. I had to cancel the 2ds order and fortunately the seller was nice to understand the situation and she also has problems shipping the 2ds because of the pandemic. It was my best purchase ever.
Meanwhile they are 300+ dollars a year later
Not sure if you still care about this, but the Japanese New 2DS LL are significantly cheaper. I just picked one up for ~160 dollars; which isn't amazing, but it's way better than the ~700 you'd normally spend.
I just subscribed and you have the most informative videos I have ever watched. I can't stop watching!
I just ordered one thank u for the recommendation 😊
I was doing a quick read up on the retroarch faq and it said that on boot the loading times are long because every core installed is initialized on boot. If you get rid of cores you don't use in your /cores folder it will reduce the load times significantly.
i want to buy one too in 4 months probably. is it worth it? because its old
I come from the future and new 2ds xl's are costing $200+ now
Great video as always. You may have given me a marvellous idea for a present
recently modded with the november 2020 firmware on an og 3ds. it was a bit tricker but so worth it! it's been mega exciting filling it up with roms. I've always wanted a tricked out DS ever since I saw R4 stuff on YT nearly 15 years ago
I wish i got one before it was discontinued. I planned to but I put it off until i saw in the news that it was discontinued months ago and now it's scalped af..
it's not scalped and the people selling it for a higher cost aren't scummy, it's value in general raised from the fact that they are never going to be produced ever again. it's shitty, but it's not immoral like actual scalping is. i still recommend getting one, i bought a 2ds xl pretty recently and even with the high price you get every single game on it + all the other nintendo handhelds prior to it for free. i recommend checking facebook marketplace before anywhere else because you could find it being sold by people that have no idea the price has gone up.
I watched this today and was immediately sold, I love hacking my consoles and handhelds but needed something with more power, the Vita while awesome just didn't have enough oomph. I went to my local Walmart and bought one of the 3 remaining for $99. Let the games begin!! Thanks a bunch for this video. Cheers!
Months later it's sitting in a drawer and I'm back to using my Vita. Homebrew on this thing isn't great to say the least.
What brought you back if i may ask?
I'll admit though...you had me in the end there
@@MoeFokah I still do use it time to time, this past week I brought the 2dsXL on vacation vs my Vita and I ended up playing on...my phone.
The Vitas homebrew community is so much more mature, who knows, maybe the 3ds community will catch up at some point, it's getting there!
Yes! Now I have a use for my 2ds xl! Thank you for this video because my 2ds xl was collecting dust on my shelf
Great modding showcase as always MVG.
Well you were right, but much closer than "by year's end". :/
The contest has ended
Wow! You were first by a long shot! ;)
I really suggest you look for one of these on Amazon: MoKo Handle Grip for Nintendo New 2DS XL , I don't hate the 2DS XL without it, but damn is it ever comfy with it.
Modding ps1 and ps2 homebrew region free chip mod
Thanks! I'm definitely participating! Great video, honestly. Wonderful content. Half-Life on a handheld? Yes, please!
i already did this to my new 2ds xl
this was a great vid and review of the 2ds’ qualities.
I picked up a 2DSXL after you posted this video since you mentioned it was probably on its way out and now it’s gone forever. Thank you for this public service! I never would have gotten one in time and would have missed out on owning one!
I'll probably pick one of these up on the discontinuation fire sale. If I can nab it under $80 that would be solid.
honestly they will sell out before that I guarantee it. Only reason they haven't is people don't know how cheap they are.
Just get it at Walmart before they sellout people are definitely gonna sell them online for ridiculous prices
Later I plan on playing a game and taking a shot every time you say "new 2ds xl" its gonna be a good night
People who say Nair: 💀
People who say Neutral Air attack: 😎
People who say Sm4sh: 😈🕹
People who say Super Smash Bros WiiU/3DS: 💿😎
@@AGZhark what
People who say new 2ds xl: 💀
People who say New Nintendo Two-Dimensional Dual Screen Extra Large: 😎
HenryRichard _E X T R A L A R G E_
i few years back i got a new 3ds non xl for 99 bucks from walmart's website on their black friday sale, what a great deal. I kept it clean and it's soft modded with loads of games on top of all the ds and 3ds carts i already had.
Thank you for all your help guides. My favorite console to mod is the original Xbox, but I'm definitly also going to mod my new3D DS XL.
Legit picked one up yesterday with the intent of modding it, this video is fantastic. So glad I'm subscribed to MVP oops I mean MVG
Be sure to use virtual console emulation using the super injector and Twilight menu++ works fantastic for DSi emulation.
I've been waiting for the price drop to $100
@@jasong6501 I had to dig around to find the $99 price drop online. It's specifically on Walmart, for the black Mario Kart 7 bundle. I had to go through the Nintendo site to find it, since everywhere else is still just selling used ones for up to $200.
@@Some__Guy its insane. I dont know why people are selling them used for $200. It'd make sense if it came with $100 worth of games but those are $300 everywhere I've looked
I've been looking forward to the new2DSXL getting to this price point. I'm getting one for emulation and nintendo cartridges, because it has the same screen size as my n3dsxl but is thinner and lighter and more likely to leave the house. this is at the price of the premium open source handhelds like RG350M, thanks for including some PS1 performance, that's a shame for me, and was ridge racer really running at full speed in that clip? it looked lower fps than i remember.
I have a hard time finding at that price point because people are price gouging
Thank you for linking 3ds.hacks.gude to your viewers! Too many people make bad, unreviewed guides that get outdated and damage users' consoles. Great work on the video!
Excellent! Really wanna buy one just to try it! Thanks for making the video...
I've always thought the top of the 2DS XL looked like an iPhone. I suspect Nintendo did this on purpose as smartphones are their main competitor for portable gaming.
Port Diablo I to it, and use the second screen to see the inventary
Just bought one of these $99 walmart 2DS XL Mario Kart 7 bundles. Figured I could do homebrew tinkering with it, and then in a year or so give it to my oldest as her first Nintendo, loaded up with lots of games. Thanks for this!
One more amazing mooding video.
Keep up the amazing work you put on this videos MVG
Boy, I wish I'd watched this 9 months ago when it came out... it's nuts what they're selling for now.
I got mine for $100. How much are they selling them for now?
@@ginafield710 2-300
Well now I feel like a dingus for getting one of those R4 carts I got on a whim but haven't even gotten around using yet. For a year.
It still has better game compatibility, and also makes the modding process for a 3ds even quicker/simpler, so it's not really a waste either.
@D. Mood, the first time I was setting up TWiLight, it felt like a hassle even setting it up (fairly sure I did something wrong, just wasn't sure what, since I did get it working eventually). Got an R4i Gold 3DS Plus a few months ago, and I really like it a lot.
I mean, if your 3DS gets bricked, if you have a flashcart that can use NTRboot, you can use that to unbrick, IIRC. Plus, if you have multiple systems to mod, you can use just the one card, too. I personally like having something to occupy the card slot, so I have my flashcart there.
@@helentran204 What kind of unbricking you mean? Don't remember now (not as doubting, just really forgot), was it that you boot it straight from the NTRboot and perform recovery straight from that? One tip I would always give too is having a NAND backup, can save you from pretty much any issue from what I've seen. With that you're quite safe whatever happens to it, unless the hardware itself dies of course. It has saved my ass once.
You can even hardmod the console and inject the backed up NAND straight into the console's memory chip in case everything else fails. It's one of those things you really cannot skip when modding, when I did it to friends or so I always store the backup on a cloud folder as well so they (hopefully) download it too and keep it safe.
Dingus stinks
I managed to get one and was super exited when I did
Totally got a 2ds XL because of this video, now looking for games
Do you need the R4 in a modded 2DS/3DS to play DS games?
No
I bought Animal Crossing New Leaf on this system last month. Big mistake as I can never finish anyt... Now to play the game.
I got it...I think last month too
Oof same. I ended up selling mine 5 years ago. 😅
a good title for your time in house
Currently enjoying my original 3ds, nice and small so it makes it easy to use while I’m waiting for classes at college
Still have my original 3DS from my childhood. Now it's awesome with homebrew!!
Shame they didnt make the “new” line of 3ds’ at least 480p
Wait they aren't?
@Cuca Beludo sad, the new 3ds lineup had so much potential
At that point you may as well make a new handheld.
They didn't want to break compatibility with old games. Also, I don't know if the gpu could stand the up on resolution. Also maybe it would have made the handheld more expensive.
You don't notice the resolution if you actually have the console in your hands so making it 480p would be useless
Funny thing actually happened while I was modding my New 2DS XL. Basically, while I was installing the Homebrew software, I was noticing some weird crap on the SD card, but I ignored it and just followed the tutorial I was using. Once I opened up my Homebrew for the first time, I discovered that my New 2DS XL, which had been refurbished by Nintendo themselves, had someone else's Homebrew on the SD card! I got rid of some of it, and updated the version of mGBA they had on there, but that was kind of funny.
Also, does Daedalus require a specific crack to work? I tried to use it with my Steelhax, and the thing would just freeze whenever I tried to load it.
i want to buy one too in 4 months probably. is it worth it? because its old
@@bananus815 Yeah, it's pretty worth it to Homebrew.
@@YourUncleBenis hmm ok. I just didnt know bc i feel weird when using old things
Modding mine currently to get ROMs and re-experience all the DS and 3DS games from my childhood! So far so good.
Great as always, thank you man!
Another crazy thing is that some insane people are looking into bringing a Dreamcast emulator over to the 3ds as well
Man...Imagine like, Sonic Adventure on the go.
Man, I can't even play Daytona USA Dreamcast fullspeed on Switch
Dreamcast SHMUPs on the go!
I know the PlayStation Vita is getting one but didn't hear about a 3DS one
Quick Question, where to buy a brand new $99 New 2DS XL with box?
At any store before 2020. Unless you have a time machine, you’re better off buying a used one with some games for $180-250. Some Japanese ones are a bit cheaper though, but then you’ll have to deal with international shipping charges
This was specifically around May/June 2020. Nintendo bundled remaining New 2DS XL stock with Mario Kart 7 pre-installed and reduced the price to $99. These sold very quickly, and you are out of luck getting it anywhere near this price now.
Man I’ve finally been looking at this and missed the sale. Thank you for the video, saved it for future reference if I get one 👍🏻
i want to buy one too in 4 months probably. is it worth it? because its old
I bought one of these on launch and my N3dsXL hardly gets touched now. This runs so well and just feels nice in the hands