#ds hacking

so there's this game called spore creatures for the nintendo ds. i want the assets from it. the problem is that the rom does not unpack neatly into normal formats that people have built tools for. it just spits out some .bin files. my understanding is that getting these to turn into files that other programs can parse basically requires writing a bespoke extractor. after several years, i am ready to admit that this is just beyond my ability. i am not a hacker and dont have the time or energy to become one for the sake of this One Thing. however, there are people on this website who Are real hackers. if the person currently reading this is one, i am begging on my hands and knees: please help me (and the two other people who have tried and failed to do this.)

you can acquire a spore creatures rom from all the regular avenues and unpack it with ndsheader. it makes three .bin files and one .sdat file. i HAVE the stuff from the .sdat, that all unpacks as normal with tinke. presumably all the graphics and maps and stuff are inside rom.bin, which is an impenetrable fortress to me. i'm not sure if it's legal or polite to directly offer to pay money for ripped game assets, but ummm , if you can get usable textures/models/sprites from that .bin and send them to me, it may incentivize me to give you a reasonable amount of united states dollars as thanks.

 i will not be held responsible for any loss of data. - Scroll down to the bottom for more risk of Hacking your 3DS

This is for all versions including 11.3

What will you need:

Computer (Windows or MAC)

3DS, 2DS OLD OR NEW 

To pay close attention of the instructions 

If you don’t feel comfortable hacking then don’t do it c:

Something to Open ZIP FILES such as WINRAR 

Step 1 : Remove your SD card from your DS and put it in your computer if your confused on what a SD card is it this:

Simple right? 

Once loaded up in your computer depending on your computer if its either MAC or Windows (Mine is Windows) it would look something like this 

WARNING IF THERE IS ANY OTHER HACKING FILES JUST DELETE THEM THEY MAY CORRUPT DATA. 

Step 2: Go to this link:http://smealum.github.io/3ds/

Once there scroll down 

You will see this paragraph ignore everything except Homebrew starter kit

Once clicked you will have an automatic download (starter.zip)

Open that file with WinRAR or any other Zip file opener. 

Once in winrar there should be a starter file click that and then you will have 2 files 3DS and Boot.3dsx 

Drag or extract the files onto the SD Card

Now that put Hombrew launcher onto your DS (Gives you a way to hack your game)

Step 3: The next thing you will need is a save manger application - i’ll simple that down for you, something to save your Animal crossing Files. 

Link: https://github.com/J-D-K/JKSM/releases

You’re going to save the first file ONLY JKSM.6-30-2016.zip

So again it is a ZIP file. Open that file using WinRAR and it will look like this and might look confusing it honestly isn’t. 

IMPORTANT NOTE YOU ONLY NEED 3DS AND JKSV.CIA

STEP 4: 

NOW WE NEED OUR ENTRY POINT INTO HOMEBREW AKA SOUND HAX 

http://soundhax.com/

GO TO THIS LINK AND CLICK WHICHEVER YOUR DS IS AND YOUR REGION 

AND THEN CLICK DOWNLOAD M4A

and add that MP4 FILE TO YOUR SD CARD

STEP 5: 

Go back to this link: http://smealum.github.io/3ds/

And scroll down to other app bin find out what your ds is example: mine is 

Its super easy to find it out all you do is go on your ds and go to system setting there if you look at the bottom right corner on your top screen it should say Ver.11.3.0-36E - That is mine but yours can be anything.

Once you have inputed the data then clcik Download otherapp NOT ropbin then drag that file to your SD CARD it might be named something like POST5_E....... lots of numbers just rename that file to otherapp then it will be otherapp.bin

you’re SD card file should finally look like this:

STEP 6:DS Time

So you have now added the files into your sd card simply put your sd card from your pc to your DS! HAVE ANIMAL CROSSING IN YOUR DS 

For this tutorial I’m showing you Mischa Crossing DS

1. Turn on your ds and simply go to Nintendo 3ds sound -

2. Open The app and scroll down to SD CARD 

3. Click on the SD CARD and click the file called Nedwill like so -

4. DO NOT WORRY THERE WILL BE SOME REALLY SKETCHY LOOKING SCREENS LIKE THEY LOOK SUPER WEIRD BUT IT IS HONESTLY OKAY. 

THE SCREENS WILL LOOK LIKE 

5. The Homebrew launcher will open it will look like -

Simply Scroll down to JK SAVE MANAGER 

Click JK SAVE MANAGER 

Click Animal Crossing New leaf (USE THE A BUTTON)

More sketchy looking screens DON’T PANIC!!

You will then be brought to a screen like so click Export Save, New, and name the save (i call it my town name) 

Then Click A once named.

Now that save file is on our SD CARD! 

So now you have to put your SD card back into the computer.

Step 8: Now your on the computer click on your SD CARD there should be a new file called JSVK, IN THAT FILE THERE SHOULD BE A FOLDER CALLED SAVES, IN THAT FILE THERE SHOULD BE A FILE NAME GARDEN_PLUS.DAT (or something similar to that)

I RECOMMEND MAKING A COPY OF THIS FILE AND PUTTING IT ON YOUR DESKTOP TO MAKE A BACKUP FILE OF YOUR GAME AS THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT OTHERWISE YOU COULD LOOSE ACNL DATA!

Step 9: After making the backup file go to this link - http://www.marcrobledo.com/acnl-editor/

This is how you will edit your game. 

Animal crossing New leaf save editor. Click Choose file and put in your garden.dat or Garden_plus.dat file FROM THE SAVES NOT DESKTOP COPY 

Once that is done i would recommend you watching this video on how to edit your town, villagers, ext 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LMTwOPhz5k

THE TIME IS 8:12 WHERE SHE DISCUSSES AND SHOWS YOU HOW TO EDIT TOWN, VILLAGERS. 

And then your all DONE :) Please WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AS IT WILL HELP YOU ALOT.

RISKS -

So if you have scrolled down from the top here is a few risks HACKING can cause.

Obvious one - Corrupt Data (This could me you loose data on ACNL or other apps)

Loose all Data (Loose your town, villagers everything)

Break your 3DS you may just corrupt your 3ds itself. 

How can you stop this from happening? in all honestly you can’t it can be quite rare for these to happen but it’s important you know the risks and that if you dont feel comortable taking these risks then just don’t do it  hacking optional. 

And Finally if you have any questions comment below or message me and i will respond asap. 

DO NOT HATE, If you don’t agree on hacking dont bother having a huge rant about it in the comments or messagining me hate i personally do hacking to help others with dreamies or items. But hacking is totally up to the person.

Thankyou, if you want more tutorials or think this might help someone or helped you then please like and reblog :3