batiferrite | journaling: i modded my 3ds! (Reply)

I've been meaning to mod it for *such* a long time, but honestly, when it was still supported I was a little scared of getting my account banned... and then I straight up forgot about it, honestly. But then I started playing various Pokemon ROM hacks and other gbc/gba games on my phone to replace mobile gaming / scrolling, and I started really craving a proper controller and one thing led to another... I used this guide and everything went completely smoothly! Unrelated, though, the rubber on my joystick completely fell to pieces after just being sticky for a while. It's so annoying how badly rubber ages, ugh. Looks like that'll have to be a project for another day...

Besides that, did a little bit of decorating!

I got a couple stickers from a friend a while ago including this Shinx that I thought fit well with this cute Luxray theme I found. Then I crocheted a little four-pointed star dangly charm-thing to look like her tail. :3

Some random ROM hack recs / etc:

Pokemon Lazarus: really beautiful, gen II-style graphics and putting a spotlight on gen II mons. clothing options. following Pokemon. Stardew Valley-style fishing. quests (including wanting you to catch all the Pokemon on each individual route. I've been sinking a lot of time into doing those, lol). really enjoying it! I'm also a big fan of their other hack, Emerald Seaglass, which is Emerald redone in the same style
Pokemon Sour Crystal: Crystal with a few quality of life updates (most importantly, the box system is more like gen III and you can catch mareep <3)
Karpe Diem: a short and sweet fishing-themed Pokemon fangame. very chill and cozy!
Taiyaki's Fabulous Museum of Fish: a nonogram-based rpg for gbc. love this, great vibes

I dunno, I've just really fallen in love with the Gameboy Color recently; there's something that's just so charming about these graphics. I downloaded various others, but decision paralysis tends to kick my ass, so I've been defaulting to these (to start with, at least). I might also get FE: Gay Awakening (lol) and finally marry Cherche as fem!Robin <3

[Also, I got sooo badly sunburned from yesterday, yowch!! ( ꩜﹏꩜; ) ]