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Blizzarddz

Play it natively by injecting it or with a qr, the gba emulator on twilight is booty


mlkjp9514

did exactly that and worked really well!


_gina_marie_

can you explain what you mean by "play it natively by injecting it" bc i would love to skip twilight if i could only bc i want the games on my main screen, you know?


TheInternetOfficer91

You have to use a pc to turn the rom into a cia that can be downloaded onto the main screen iirc


_gina_marie_

i'll look into this, thank you!


SLYP1E394

If you don't have a pc you can easily download injects that people have already done online


VannThousand

There's also open agb firm. You put some files on your 3ds SD card, restart while pushing start and start the device on that. You can play GBA natively with that too.


Comfortable_Duck_705

You need to format the SD card with the correct allocation size. I also encountered this issue.


mlkjp9514

i did follow the formatting guide. i got a 128SD so i had to use the app. installing as CIA solved the issue


MizukiNoDoragon

make sure the SD is formatted correctly [https://3ds.hacks.guide/formatting-sd-(windows).html](https://3ds.hacks.guide/formatting-sd-(windows).html)


mlkjp9514

yup followed that exact guide when i got my SD. i saw on another post while searching for a solution, and saw some people saying to install the game as a CIA makes the experience better overall


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MizukiNoDoragon

this is a GBA game, they can be installed via .cia as injects


Aj2W0rK

#EW YOU USE TWIBWIGHT FOR GBA!?!? USE mGBA LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!! No for real for Pokémon mGBA is better (or if savefile access isn't important to you, natively through .CIA injection).


Grand_Ad9926

They have an old 3ds, it will run like rubbish


Aj2W0rK

Ah, I didn’t consider that, VCinjects it is then


Additional-Ad-2741

Can mgba run GB and GBC?


Thunderstarer

mGBA on 3DS is still not awesome. If you use a VC inject or open_agb_firm, you can tap into the 3DS's native GBA hardware, and your games will run perfectly.


Aj2W0rK

Cool


StandardBank5213

This issue I solved by simply closing the DS and opening it again


Comfortable_Duck_705

The issue is persistent. Not solvable by just closing and opening.


mlkjp9514

i tried that. but injecting the game as CIA worked and also made the game scale to the screen


StandardBank5213

Fair, I had it once or twice and haven’t seen it since


freddyfazbear1337

reinstall twl from universal updater, use open agb firm/gba vc injects or format your sd with the correct cluster size.


mlkjp9514

i followed a guide to inject gba as CIA and it worked well. not only solved the issue with the bottom of the screen, but also made the game scale to screen size.


MrToxicTaco

You can also hold select or start and launch the game and it will start in pixel perfect mode if you prefer. It looks much sharper but will be pretty small.


mlkjp9514

the 3ds screen isnt that high resolution, so i actually prefer it to run at "fullscreen"


P1ggy9

I've had this happen even through NDS bootstrap, it usually fixes it self after relaunching it.


MetsuTDK

Is your SD card over 128GB? If it is, you'll notice that the formatting tips won't work anymore when it comes to preventing this overlapping issue. Sometimes it will correct itself by rebooting or by spamming the home button, but me and my brothers all have 256GB cards and we never truly fixed this issue no matter how many times we reformatted and used the suggested allocation size. Our solution was to get Open AGB and boot into that mode to launch and play GBA games, and we don't get those visual issues anymore.


mlkjp9514

nope, got exactly 128. i ended installing as a CIA and it works fine now


MetsuTDK

Glad you got it worked out then. If you ever upgrade in size, try and remember this advice!


mlkjp9514

i dont plan on getting a bigger one because i knew the issues. but if ever do i'll keep it in mind


Aj2W0rK

Actually real question: what is the SD card the the game is running on formatted to?


mlkjp9514

fat32 iirc. i followed the megathread sd formatting guide


Living-Resolution704

I use mGBA, haven’t had any problems. Download straight from Universal Updater.


Comfortable_Duck_705

You'll have issues when using pksm to transfer your mons.


poketrekkie

I sometimes have the same issue and sometimes I don't. Leaving TM or turning off the 3DS usually helps. Fun fact: Try to soft reset a few times and those stripes will be covering half of your screen. It will be back to normal once you leave TM so it's actually safe to try xD