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Now the DSi XL should reboot and start up in Twilight Menu++, please note that the steps above are under the assumption that you have your SD card setup similar to mine, if thatвЂ™s not the case you might need to try something else. Set Unlaunch to boot Twilight Menu++ by default: Once youвЂ™ve followed the steps to boot into Twilight Menu++, you should be able to launch the вЂњUnlaunchвЂќ app, this will bring you to a point where the menu is displayed on the top screen, but since we donвЂ™t have a top screen we will have to just press the buttons as follows to navigate:

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I will provide the steps below on how to try and navigate the menu without a top screen. My first attempt at this was setting up my DSi XL without a top screen, this is not recommended, but if you want to do it this way, it is possible. Setting Up Twilight Menu++ as default boot without a top screen The screen should go purple and boot Twilight Menu++ Select the SD card and press вЂњStartвЂќД®ject the SD card and reinsert into your DSi XL Go through the screens, select the correct version of your DSi firmware, Check all 3 boxes for TWiLight Menu++, dumpTool, Unlaunch.

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If youвЂ™re not in the mood to read through the guides and are fairly familiar with the CFW and Homebrew scene here are some steps to get your SD card prepped quickly for use:ДЇormat your SD card to FAT32 with the allocation unit size set to 32kbДownload and install 7-Zip, WinRAR and other compression software donвЂ™t work with the Lazy DSi File DownloaderДownload and run Lazy DSi file Downloader for whatever OS youвЂ™re computer is running, you might need to turn off your antivirus in order for this to run, itвЂ™ll show up as a virus/trojan

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As the guide in the link mentions, if youвЂ™re using the latest version of Twilight Menu, more than likely the latest version of nds-bootstrap is included, but if it isnвЂ™t you can download the files here: NDS-bootstrap releases. Some games like Pokemon Soul Silver for example does not work so well because you need to constantly swap screens every time a new screen loads). Something to note here is that earlier this year there was a new release of nds-bootstrap that added the ability to swap screens from top to bottom, so if you are running a Gameboy Macro you should now also have the ability to play DS games along with your GBA games(DS games that donвЂ™t require a lot of use of the bottom screen work well. This is what I used: DSi Guide and Unlaunch setup guide. I wonвЂ™t go in depth into how to install this since there are a million guides to do so out there. There are multiple ways to go about getting this installed, for this guide I am doing the install through the SD card. Unlaunch will automatically boot the system into Twilight Menu++ whenever you power on your DSi XL/LL. The reason why we want to install Twilight Menu++ is because the DSi XL/LL does not natively run GBA games and so we need to do some software modifications in order for the DSi to emulate GBA and DS games. Please note that you need to have completed the camera tutorial before attempting to go through this setup along with updating your DSi XL to the latest version. Please read through the entire guide before attempting this mod, itвЂ™s fairly involved and takes some tech know-how to accomplish.ДЇirst thing before we start taking apart the DSi XL/LL is we need to do some software modding. As always, IвЂ™m not responsible if you brick your device or injure yourself in anyway, this was done as a hobby to potentially help anyone who might be looking for information. You might notice that there are different DSi XLs in the pictures, I did this over several weeks and modified different ones until I was happy with the way it turned out. So hereвЂ™s my attempt a very concise and quick guide on making one yourself. There is an abundant amount of information about modifying the older Nintendo DS Lite and DS phat but no centralized place for making the modification on the Nintendo DSi XL/LL. The reason for writing this guide is because IвЂ™ve actually not seen too many guides on doing this.

Recently I was feeling a bit nostalgic and decided to try my hand at taking a cheap Nintendo DSi XL that I bought from eBay and modifying it to become what some would call a Gameboy Macro XLi. I thorough enjoy getting electronic devices to do things beyond what they were meant for.

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