diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 30c1e58..5695ff5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ GAME_SUBTITLE2 := www.acekard.com
 
 include $(DEVKITARM)/ds_rules
 
-.PHONY: checkarm7 checkarm9 checkarm9_ak2 checkarm9_dsi clean
+.PHONY: checkarm7 checkarm9 checkarm9_ak2 checkarm9_dsi checkarm9_m3 checkarm9_tt clean
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # main targets
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-all: checkarm7 checkarm9 checkarm9_ak2 checkarm9_dsi checkarm9_tt $(TARGET).nds $(TARGET)_ak2.nds $(TARGET)_tt.nds $(TARGET).dsi
+all:	checkarm7 checkarm9 checkarm9_ak2 checkarm9_dsi checkarm9_m3 checkarm9_tt \
+		$(TARGET).nds $(TARGET)_ak2.nds $(TARGET)_m3.nds $(TARGET)_tt.nds $(TARGET).dsi
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 checkarm7:
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ checkarm9_ak2:
 checkarm9_dsi:
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_dsi
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+checkarm9_m3:
+	$(MAKE) -C arm9_m3
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 checkarm9_tt:
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_tt
@@ -61,6 +66,12 @@ $(TARGET)_ak2.nds : $(NITRO_FILES) arm7/$(TARGET).elf arm9_ak2/$(TARGET).elf
 	-b $(GAME_ICON) "$(GAME_TITLE);$(GAME_SUBTITLE1);$(GAME_SUBTITLE2)" \
 	$(_ADDFILES)
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(TARGET)_m3.nds : $(NITRO_FILES) arm7/$(TARGET).elf arm9_m3/$(TARGET).elf
+	ndstool	-c $@ -7 arm7/$(TARGET).elf -9 arm9_m3/$(TARGET).elf \
+	-b $(GAME_ICON) "$(GAME_TITLE);$(GAME_SUBTITLE1);$(GAME_SUBTITLE2)" \
+	$(_ADDFILES)
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 $(TARGET)_tt.nds : $(NITRO_FILES) arm7/$(TARGET).elf arm9_tt/$(TARGET).elf
 	ndstool	-c $@ -7 arm7/$(TARGET).elf -9 arm9_tt/$(TARGET).elf \
@@ -89,6 +100,10 @@ arm9_ak2/$(TARGET).elf:
 arm9_dsi/$(TARGET).elf:
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_dsi
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+arm9_m3/$(TARGET).elf:
+	$(MAKE) -C arm9_m3
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 arm9_tt/$(TARGET).elf:
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_tt
@@ -98,6 +113,7 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9 clean
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_ak2 clean
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_dsi clean
+	$(MAKE) -C arm9_m3 clean
 	$(MAKE) -C arm9_tt clean
 	$(MAKE) -C arm7 clean
 	rm -f *.nds *.dsi
diff --git a/arm9_m3/Makefile b/arm9_m3/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa9f57c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arm9_m3/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SUFFIXES:
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifeq ($(strip $(DEVKITARM)),)
+$(error "Please set DEVKITARM in your environment. export DEVKITARM=<path to>devkitARM")
+endif
+
+include $(DEVKITARM)/ds_rules
+
+SOURCE_PATH := ../arm9
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# BUILD is the directory where object files & intermediate files will be placed
+# SOURCES is a list of directories containing source code
+# INCLUDES is a list of directories containing extra header files
+# DATA is a list of directories containing binary files embedded using bin2o
+# GRAPHICS is a list of directories containing image files to be converted with grit
+# all directories are relative to this makefile
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+BUILD    := build
+SOURCES  := $(SOURCE_PATH)/source $(SOURCE_PATH)/source/ui $(SOURCE_PATH)/source/font $(SOURCE_PATH)/source/launcher $(SOURCE_PATH)/source/launcher/libfat_ext $(SOURCE_PATH)/source/saves
+INCLUDES := $(SOURCE_PATH)/include ../share $(SOURCES)
+DATA     := $(SOURCE_PATH)/data ../data
+GRAPHICS :=
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# options for code generation
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ARCH := -marm -mthumb-interwork -march=armv5te -mtune=arm946e-s
+
+CFLAGS   := -g -Wall -O3\
+            $(ARCH) $(INCLUDE) -DARM9
+
+CFLAGS   += -D_NO_BOOTSTUB_ -D__KERNEL_LAUNCHER_SUPPORT__ -D__TTLAUNCHER__ -D__TTLAUNCHER_M3__
+
+CXXFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
+ASFLAGS  := -g $(ARCH) $(INCLUDE)
+LDFLAGS   = -specs=ds_arm9.specs -g $(ARCH) -Wl,-Map,$(notdir $*.map)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# any extra libraries we wish to link with the project
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIBS := -lfat -lnds9
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# list of directories containing libraries, this must be the top level containing
+# include and lib
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+LIBDIRS := $(LIBNDS) $(PORTLIBS)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# no real need to edit anything past this point unless you need to add additional
+# rules for different file extensions
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifneq ($(BUILD),$(notdir $(CURDIR)))
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export ARM9ELF := $(CURDIR)/$(TARGET).elf
+
+export VPATH := $(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))\
+                $(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))\
+                $(foreach dir,$(GRAPHICS),$(CURDIR)/$(dir))
+
+export DEPSDIR := $(CURDIR)/$(BUILD)
+
+CFILES   := $(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.c)))
+CPPFILES := $(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.cpp)))
+SFILES   := $(foreach dir,$(SOURCES),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.s)))
+PNGFILES := $(foreach dir,$(GRAPHICS),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.png)))
+BINFILES := $(foreach dir,$(DATA),$(notdir $(wildcard $(dir)/*.*)))
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# use CXX for linking C++ projects, CC for standard C
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ifeq ($(strip $(CPPFILES)),)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  export LD := $(CC)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  export LD := $(CXX)
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export OFILES_BIN   :=	$(addsuffix .o,$(BINFILES))
+
+export OFILES_SOURCES := $(CPPFILES:.cpp=.o) $(CFILES:.c=.o) $(SFILES:.s=.o)
+
+export OFILES := $(PNGFILES:.png=.o) $(OFILES_BIN) $(OFILES_SOURCES)
+
+export HFILES := $(PNGFILES:.png=.h) $(addsuffix .h,$(subst .,_,$(BINFILES)))
+
+export INCLUDE  := $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDES),-iquote $(CURDIR)/$(dir))\
+                   $(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-I$(dir)/include)\
+                   -I$(CURDIR)/$(BUILD)
+export LIBPATHS := $(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L$(dir)/lib)
+
+.PHONY: $(BUILD) clean
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(BUILD):
+	@[ -d $@ ] || mkdir -p $@
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(BUILD) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+clean:
+	@echo clean ...
+	@rm -fr $(BUILD) $(TARGET).elf
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+else
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# main targets
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(ARM9ELF) : $(OFILES)
+	@echo linking $(notdir $@)
+	@$(LD)  $(LDFLAGS) $(OFILES) $(LIBPATHS) $(LIBS) -o $@
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%.bin.o %_bin.h : %.bin
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	@echo $(notdir $<)
+	@$(bin2o)
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This rule creates assembly source files using grit
+# grit takes an image file and a .grit describing how the file is to be processed
+# add additional rules like this for each image extension
+# you use in the graphics folders
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%.s %.h: %.png %.grit
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	grit $< -fts -o$*
+
+-include $(DEPSDIR)/*.d
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+endif
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------