was a free, highly popular animation application released for the Nintendo DSi (DSiWare). Because the Nintendo 3DS is not natively compatible with DSiWare .nds files, the community developed methods to convert or repackage Flipnote Studio into a .CIA file—a installable package format for the 3DS’s Virtual Console or homebrew environment. This report outlines the technical requirements, methods, and known working configurations to run Flipnote Studio on a 3DS via a .CIA file.
Here's a step-by-step overview of how Flipnote Studio on DSI CIA works: flipnote studio dsi cia work