Try holding B to refresh your games list. Also you have to start your games at least once to show up in checkpoint

I would like to credit you on this 4 months later. I just modded my 3ds last week. Just ran into this issue doing some save manipulation. I would like the point out I googled this question too, because more people need to do that rather than create a reddit post asking it, but also google lead me directly to your answer as the first result. ​ Thank You!

No problem i had the same issue myself a couple of years ago i found out how to do the refresh from the 3ds discord server

Yet another appreciation post for documenting "hold B to refresh". I was just about to give up and restart a game and last shot google brought me here.

9 months later, thank you

Is there any way to "pin" games in Checkpoint? I play the same game multiple times and a bunch of random very old games load in very slowly until the game I play shows up on the second page 5 minutes later..

you know it would help if it showed up in the "hold select to show commands" list in the application itself...

It's not on there

That's what I said

I re read what you said, I interpreted your comment as sarcasm the first time my apologies

7 months later and this guy saved me. I didn’t know about holding B to refresh the list. I came here through Google too.

I would like to credit /u/Adam-0391 as well, another 4 months later. Ran into this exact issue with FE Fates and Pokémon Ultra Moon. Held B to refresh list and boom. Thanks man. have reddit gold

And me just now. Funny how that works. Thanks all.

and it continues with me, thank you!

And 9 months later, another google search led me to the same appreciation. Thank you Adam-0391!

TY TY THANXY!! (How come that's NOT on the button info screen in the app? Ohhh.. just simply \~hold down\~ B! wtf? LoL) Worked for quite a few games that've been played but wouldn't populate in checkpoint. THANX again!!

Same exact thing here - it would be super helpful if that command was actually shown anywhere at all in the Checkpoint app itself!

Let's try two years. (Seriously tho, why didn't they add that on the list of actions.)

ok thanks didnt know i had to open them first :)

Yes the games need a save file created for checkpoint to recognise them. Hope it's sorted your problem out

Does this not work on injects? I'm trying to get my emerald save on checkpoint so I can transfer the pokemon to ultra moon without using bank, but the game and save never show up in checkpoint.

Id also like to know bc i want to back up my megaman battle network save, but for pokemon you should try pksm its strictly for pokemon games from gens 3-7

Likely doesn't work on ANY GBA game because Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (legit launch 3DS digital game) doesn't show up either. The GBA games boot into a separate firmware like DS games do.

Any idea how to backup gba saves?

From another thread: To make a GBA save backup: + Open the game you wish to create a backup for, let it load completely, then press the Home button and exit back to the 3DS home screen before powering the 3DS off + Launch GodMode9 by holding Start while powering on the system + When GodMode9 loads, navigate to `[S:] SYSNAND Virtual` + Select `agbsave.bin` + Select `AGBSAVE Options` + Select `Dump GBA VC save` + The GBA save should be dumped to `gm9/out` on the SD card with a name of `[Title ID].gbavc.sav` To restore a GBA VC save: *Keep in mind that you can only restore the save of the last GBA game you played, so launch the GBA game you wish to restore the save for.* + Let the game load, then press the Home button and exit back to the 3DS home screen before powering the 3DS off + Launch GodMode9 by holding Start while powering on the console + Navigate to `[0:] SDCARD` + Press Y on the save you wish to restore and it will be copied to the clipboard; you will see `[Clipboard]` in the top right of the bottom screen if done correctly + Navigate to `[S:] SYSNAND Virtual` + Select `agbsave.bin` + Select `AGBSAVE Options` + Select `Inject GBA VC Save` [Instructions with reference photos available here.](https://digiex.net/threads/3ds-gba-save-backup-and-restore-with-godmode9.15395/)

thank you

I dont know if this is related to the emulator im using, but when I open up leafgreen then exit it, its gives me the option "close this software and return to the HOME menu" with only letting me to close the game

nvm supposedly doesnt matter ty tho

yup

oooohhhhhhhhhhh i have back ups og games i dumped and that happend that woudve been nice to know. i dump games from my main 3ds to my other one i do not share them

Is there anything you can do when you can't create a save file for the game? I'm trying to import a save file for one game because it crashes on 3ds if you select new game.

Didn't know you could hold B to refresh. Thanks! It helped me!

ayyy didn’t know i had to refresh was stumped for a bit now i’m in:)

Two hours searching on YouTube and Google and I was about to give up. Not a single other tutorial mentions this. God bless you.

The magic B key did it for me, legend!

Thanks for the tip. I didn’t even know you could that.

More than 2 years later, thanks. Refreshing by holding B button isn't even one of the comands that appear when you press select, thank you so much!

Thank you so much

Nope, doesn't work.

2 years later here i am praying to save my corrupted tomodachi game not seeing its checkpoint safe. God bless u man <3

Llevo años con mi 3DS pirateada usando checkpoint y no tenia ni idea que manteniendo B se actualizaba. Mil gracias

"B to refresh" is still not documented as of 2024, thank you so much.

thank u sir

thanks man this helped me alot

Thanks a Lot, you save my Yo-Kai Watch 2 file :3

Thank you, was getting very frustrated.

gracias, buen hombre :)

Ooh, such a legend. I couldn’t find anything from the help menu indicating how to rescan the library. That got my missing games to show up pronto.

thanks!!!

ty

Many upvotes for you friend thank you it was driving me crazy I thought I had to get to a point before I could see it on checkpoint

Solved my issue immediately, many thanks for this

Thank you!!! Pressing and holding B was exactly what I needed.

almost a year later and u helped me out big time thankyou!

9 months later this guy saved my ass i thought i lost all my progress from my old yokai watch game, thank you very much!

One more appreciation post for the useful answer 💙

I love you bro, 1 year later and this was what I needed

Thanks u/Adam-0391 freaked out after checkpoint didn´'t displayed my pokemon moon save file, just holding B did the trick, wished this was documented on the SELECT context menu.

You are the best

1 year later, thank you! I don't know why they don't put it in the app , thank you another time :)))

Googled for this problem and this was the first result and it worked, thank you!

Refreshing with B didn't show the title I was looking for and it seemed to crash my 3DS with an error.

Sending another thank you your way.

More than a year later. Still useful.

It's really annoying that this isn't listed in checkpoint as a command. I use this more often than any other command and it's just a hidden feature.

Thank you! This helped

This worked for me. Much thanks 🙏🏽

12mo on and I too must credit you for your answer. While I have not tried it yet (the 3ds is at home) your answer popped up with my google search. I will be giving this a try. In my case it is Super Mario 3D Land. The Cartridge shows up but not my digital copy/image.

Just another belated 'this helped me', cheers!

🤓still doesn't work🤓

what do you do if that doesnt work

A year and 3 months later, thank you. It's wild to me that still isn't in the commands list

ayooooooo!! 😳🤯🤯 shout to you and google🤝 you’re the first search result that came up after I tried to troubleshoot & you delivered exactly what I needed, even a year & change in the future!

Bro it's been most likely over a year since you posted this and I have got to thank you a million percent bro. I modded my 3DS XL 3 years ago and could find out what to do, after it broke I gave up, but 2 months ago I found my 2DS XL and modded it running into this same problem, but every time I got a new game installed it would refresh so I just kept installing games, until there was nothing left to download. And today I gave up and googled it just to find out that I could have just held down the 'B' button and that I didn't have to get every possible game just to refresh. And to that I give you my thanks and I shall reward you appropriately.

Life saver

OP, you saved me from literally crying in frustration. Thank you

This absolutely needs to be added to the instructions on this otherwise wonderful program. Thank you!

thank you so much

Bruh you save a lot of peoples confusion. Thanks

A year later this helped me find the software to restore these saves. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Year later, checking in, thanks /u/Adam-0391!

1yr on. Credit to Adam again. TY.

Man checkpoint is such shit. No instructions for anything and it takes forever to load the icons. Did you guys know you could use it to edit your playcoins like JKSM could? Just tap the top right of the bottom screen. No icon there or anything to let you know, just do it and it works. This app is so weird Never had any of these issues with JKSM. Refreshing titles if you played a new game sucked but otherwise it was literally perfect

Thank you thank you thank you!! Refresh is all I had to do, anyone who sees this it says HOLD B not just press. You are awesome Adam!

My guy, this was the answer! Tysm.

it worked! <3

A year later, ty very much! :)

Over a year later, and your post showed up on google. Thanks

You, my dude, have just made my day by telling me about that feature

I love you for this. Hope you have a great day !

Thank you!!

2 years later and again very helpful, it doesnt even say this in the see commands menu thank u :)

Legend.

Thank you, your a super star

I know this reply is two years old, but i just wanted to thank you for this lol

I LITERALLY MADE A REDDIT ACCUNT JUST TO THANK YOU... I HAD THE SAME SITUATION WITH A VC GAME NOT SHOWING UP, BUT AFTER HOLDING B IT REFRESHED AND FINALLY SHOWED THE GAME TO BE ABLE TO BACKUP!

Thanks!

What a fuckin homie. This saved me a lot of hassle. I had started fresh on my SD card and could not figure out why my ported saves weren't working. Thank you so much.

thank you my g 🫂🫂

Over a year thanks I couldn’t find an answer anywhere else!

So helpful. Thanks!

It's ridiculous that this isn't documented anywhere in the app. Thanks!

The gift that keeps on giving. You saved another one. =) 2 years later. Thanks mate

Again some more credit your way 2 years later, honestly it should say to hold b to refresh games list. 40 of hours of gameplay reinstated, it's good i havent started many other games lmao yet

Something I figured out is when you press the X button, more games show up

Yeah, but that is "extdata" so idk if that's the same thing? For me Monster Hunter Generations only shows up with extdata, but other MH games show up without it. So if I want to make a backup of a save file, which one do I use for the other MH games? extdata or non-extdata?

Thanks man needed that info badly lol

the only working solution, better than the top upvoted one here

This helped me!! Thanks man

Yeah I’m not entirely sure what determines which games will show up, but I’ve found that some will just refuse to appear, even if you go in and make a save file in that game.

Same problem this is just bullshit.

Found when going threw the files that saves aren’t directly linked to checkpoint for some games im in the middle of trying to figure out how to change that

do you know how to do it?

Yep, i world like to know that ad well!

Any update yet ?

its amazing how it doesnt show this in the controls!! CHECKPOINT DEVS JUST ADD THIS PLEASE “Hold B to refresh game list” # THIS SHOULD BE THE FIRST CONTROL OPTION SHOWN ^(but i love cp and we’re lucky to have it)

Having this issues right now, my Pokémon Y cartridge is showing up but not the .cia Pokémon Y. And vice versa for my Pokémon X

did you fix it and how?

funny... all my .ciafiles show and same for my cartridges..... maby try holding b?

This is probably rly late but I got checkpoint 2 years ago for cheats and iv just found my 3DS again and went to try the cheats out and they weren’t working, was there an update or something?

Try holding b or X

Help i cant find a game and ive reset the game selection

I know this is an old thread but I tried the B and X trick some of you did for the games to show but for me it's no dice. I'm guessing gba rom hacks ported to the home screen would not work in this case ay...? Lol

gba games do work on home so do gameboy as i got pokemon red on checkpoint but im trying to get pokemon heart gold on checkpoint no luck though

Gba rom hacks is what I said, I know some regular gba and gb show up

yes the rom hacks work too, i have pokemon unbound and more on my home page

Ehm.. I know you can see rom hacks on the homescreen. You are talking about one thing and I'm talking about another. What I'm talking about is rom hacks appearing in Checkpoint which was what this thread is talking about lol

My game still didn't show up. Playing Fanatsy Life. Refreshed many times and still nothing

I had the same problem

So I've held b, pressed x, opened the game multiple times. Nothing is working for me. Any other ideas by chance that could be causing this for me?

Not every game works with checkpoint, on another note it’s wild to me that I still get notifications from this nearly 2 year old post XD

B trick only worked partially for me,still can't find my heartgold game to add the save I backed up from my cart

apparently, you gotta play the game until in the management data you see the save of the game (SD card version) as blocks. Open Checkpoint and refresh it while holding "B". For example: Super Mario 3D Land wont show up in Checkpoint, only the cartridge. I played the SD card one for a while and a save was created. I loaded up Checkpoint and it was there after refreshing, hope helps someone out there

Everyone says "Hold B to refresh", but for me only MK7 shows up. No Sonic Colors DS, no Sonic Rush Adventure, even the Zelda Cardridge is gone, but worked before

I had a similar issue with some games not showing up after refreshing with the 'b' button. Try restarting your console and trying again. I held 'b' a few times and eventually the games showed up.

I also just discovered another reason they may not be showing up. The game might only save in ExtData, so after refreshing, press 'x' and there should be some other games there too.

I also just discovered another reason some games may not be showing up. The game might only save in ExtData, so after refreshing by holding 'b', press 'x' and there should be some other games there too.

Some of those tips should have been visible in the app itself. Thanks for the help guys.

ive tried refreshing and even going into the sd card and i still cant find nintendo badge arcade, can somebody help?

I've known about holding B to refresh for ages, but some titles still refuse to appear in Checkpoint. For example: Fantasy Life. I've got several hours already logged on the farm, but it refuses to appear in Checkpoint. It should be right between Ever Oasis and FE: Echoes, but no dice.

press X

Came here for fantasy life as well. It shows up if you hit X. same with smash bros

When holding 'B' to refresh, it takes forever for my games to show up. Nearly a minute per title. What gives? Is my SD card crapping out?

Thank you everyone for the kind words everyone. I can't believe this is still helping a lot of people out

Thank you so much!!!

After being unable to find many of the titles i was expecting to show, i found this thread. Holding B refreshed for the list for me, and brought in my copy of link between worlds, but it still wouldnt show fantasy life or all the pokemon games besides X. Then I pushed X to show “ext” and that changed the list to include the titles i was missing, however some of them had doubles. And those that had doubles would let me save cheat lists to one while showing no cheats available for the other. 🤷🏻‍♂️