captn_bananapants

Does your Action Replay have a microSD card slot on it? I'd guess so, since they stopped making those a while ago.

Here are your options:

-If you have compatible Wi-Fi (unsecured or WEP), you can use a flashcart. If you bought one, I would recommend something 3DS compatible since it sounds like you might get one in the future. Note: wifi backup and restore might be a bit unreliable based on previous posts, and I lost my DS lite, so I can't confirm

-Get a USB backup adapter plus, or another compatible backup adapter

-Get a 3ds that's on or below firmware 10.5 (10.7 if you have cubic ninja, Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time + powersaves, or whatever the latest exploit game is (Freakyforms Deluxe I think)) and use TWL save tool. If you want to backup or restore PMD: Explorers of Sky, this won't work for some reason.

These options are in order of price and ease of use. In this case, they directly correlate.

My action replay doesn't have micro sd, I planned on using my regular ds or dsi just to upload a save file to my retail cartridge then load to pokebank.

Will I just need a r4 and ez flash 3 in 1 for this hardware?

What firmware version is your original 3DS on? If you're not on 11.0, you can downgrade to 9.2, install CFW, and use TWL Save Tool. If you're on 10.5 or below you can use the browser, otherwise, you'd need another homebrew entrypoint.

My apologies! I meant I have an original ds, I haven't purchased a new 3ds yet.

I've read the "instructions" but i'm still slightly confused.

what exactly will i need to a download a save file from the internet & transfer it to a retail white 2 cartridge?woi

i have a original 3ds & dsi, action replay 3ds which is ds compatible. will i require an R4?

whats the easy/cheapest way to accomplish this?

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Recently I've lost my 3ds with all my trained competitive,bred, shiny & event pokemon.... pretty much the last 10 years of my life haha

not in a big mood to re-do everything but i want to "catch em all" in time for sun & moon!