If you have a hacked 3DS (Luma3DS + FBI):
From the shattered screen, a final line of text crawled up: 3ds games highly compressed
Tools like 3DS Explorer or GodMode9 can scan a .3ds file and strip away the useless padding/garbage data. This can sometimes reduce a file size by 50% or more without affecting gameplay. If you have a hacked 3DS (Luma3DS +
He launched.
| Approach | Safety | Compression Ratio | Playable on 3DS | Playable on Citra | |----------|--------|-------------------|----------------|--------------------| | Pre-compressed download (unknown source) | ❌ Risky | Varies wildly | Maybe | Maybe | | Self-compressed .CIA (trimmed) | ✅ Safe | 20-40% | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | | Self-compressed .7z archive | ✅ Safe | 60-80% | ❌ No (extract first) | ✅ Yes (after extract) | | Convert to .CCZ | ✅ Safe | 30-50% | ❌ No | ✅ Yes (best speed) | | Approach | Safety | Compression Ratio |