3DS:Virtual Console/Creation

This page is for creating Virtual Console injects. If you're looking to make HOME Menu shortcuts via NDS Forwarder, see this page.

New Super Ultimate Injector (NSUI) is a PC tool to inject ROMs of various systems into a Virtual Console title. This allows you to launch ROMs that NSUI supports from the HOME Menu, oposed to launching them from an emulator interface.

At the moment, only Windows computers are supported. Linux (and possibly MacOS) users can attempt to install .NET using Winetricks with this guide.

What You Need

• The beta 27 build of NSUI

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

1. Power off your 3DS
2. Insert your SD Card into your computer
3. Extract the release folder from NSUI beta 27 EN.zip to somewhere on your computer

Section II - Choosing Your System

Currently supported injects are: NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Mega Drive, Game Gear and TurboGrafx-16

1. Open New Super Ultimate Injector for 3DS.exe from the release folder you extracted
2. Navigate to "File"
3. Navigate to "New"
4. Select the system of the inject you'd like to create
5. Navigate to "Project"
6. Select "Load ROM..." and load your ROM for the system you chose
   • If an "edit footer banner" prompt pops up, press okay

Section III - Optional Configuration

If you'd like to export a Virtual Console title now, skip to Section IV.

Here you can configure many different settings with your inject like custom icon image, banner, injection method and more. This section will go over some of the basic settings.

Icon & Banner Image

1. Obtain your image of choice and select "Load image from file" under the "CIA metadata" section or the "CIA banner" section
   • Loading your image into "CIA metadata" will change your icon
   • Loading your image into "CIA banner" will change your banner
2. Select your .png or .jpg image
   • You can experiment with the "Fit image by width" and "Fit image by height" options

Injection Method

The official Virtual Console injection method is what's recommended when creating injects for official titles. If you're creating an inject for a ROM hack, you may have better performance with a different injection method.

SNES injects using the official SNES Virtual Console injection method are only compatible with New 3DS models. If you'd like to create SNES injects for an Old 3DS, you must choose the Snes9x injection method.

1. Navigate to "Injection Method" under the "Content Options" Section
2. Choose your injection method of choice

Screen Settings

1. Select "Edit content options" under the "Content Options" section

Depending on the system you are creating an inject for, there are different options here. Some examples of options you can change are the resolution and various filters.

Banner

1. Navigate to the "CIA Banner" section

Here you can edit the banner that will be displayed in the HOME Menu. Some examples are a flat image, a game system (for example, an NES if you are injecting an NES ROM), and a 3D frame.

Section IV - Exporting the Inject

1. Navigate to "Project"
2. Select "Export CIA..."
3. Choose where you'd like to export the
4. Click save
5. Wait until you see a "CIA exported" pop up, then navigate to your exported .cia file
6. Copy the .cia file to the /cias/ folder on your SD Card
   • If the /cias/ folder doesn't exist, create it
7. Eject your SD Card and insert it into your 3DS

Section V - Installing your inject

1. Power on your 3DS and launch FBI
2. Select SD, then open the /cias/ folder
3. Select your .cia file, then select "Install and delete CIA"

Your inject has been succesfully installed!

Troubleshooting

Opening the VC inject gives a blank screen

The ROM you used is most likely corrupted. Ensure your ROM is working by testing it in another emulator. If your ROM is confirmed to be working, try another injection method.

White "Exception Occurred" message and stack dump only on the bottom screen upon opening

You need locale emulation if your console is of a different region than the VC inject you made.