The market right now is flooded with all kinds of makes and models of flash cards for your NDS or DSi. I can think of twelve off the top of my head, even if you don’t count all of the fakes and clones. As with anything, some are better the others and none can top the M3i Zero. From the same team that brought you the smash hit M3DS Real and M3DS Simply, their card for DSi is now available at our shop.
When Nintendo released their v1.4 update for the DSi, all cards were blocked, and many users were left out in the cold. Quickly following the 1.4 release in August of 2009, teams developed workarounds for their cards such as the R4i SDHC. While the workarounds have proven to be successful- they trick the DSi into reading the ds flash card as a regular game, there’s no guarantee that further updates from Nintendo might not render flash cards completely nonfunctional.
What is special about the M3i Zero is that it comes with a USB adapter cable to hook up to your computer directly. While you will still use the included stylish Micro SD reader to add files onto the micro SD, the USB connection cable allows the M3i’s hardware to be completely updated by new kernel firmware from the M3i team. This insures future compatibility with any update Nintendo might release.
The Supercard DSi-One also includes a USB adapter for the physical card, but the M3 team has a long standing proven track record of quality, and their menu software loads much faster.
Along with that crucial firmware flashing ability the M3i Zero also features its own custom GUI interface with built in Moonshell media player. It’s really easy to use and doesn’t rely on separate Moonshell homebrew like you would be forced to use with other cards like the DSTT and R4i SDHC.
Faster loading, tighter integration, and the support of the best team in the business; things you won’t find with lesser R4i SDHC cards. Even if you’re still plodding along with a DS Lite and a DSTT ds flash card, the M3i Zero is fully backwards compatible with older DS systems.
M3i Zero available at our online shop: Buy M3i Zero
Below are the listed features of the M3i Zero
-Compatible with DS , DSL & DSi .
-100% game compatibility .
-supports Real Time Save function . (Save & Restore anytime, anywhere.)
-Supports Multi-Language System (English,French , Germany , Italian , Spain , Portuguese, Dutch, Korea & Thai Language .)
-Continue to update & frequency enhance software/ firmware.
-Support micro SDHC (capacity over 4GB, 8GB ,16GB & 32GB …)
-Extreme simple to use, just plug & Play .
-Super Cheat Function
Fully AR Cheat Code Compatible engine .
Support reading individual cheat code file too. (xml, cht, dht, dat-R4 format)
-Supports software rest function .
-Support slow motion feature .
-Automatically detect and generate game save file .
-Excellent homebrew support ,DLDI auto-patcher
-Robust & skinnable GUI
-Build in PassMe .
-Intergraded least Moonshell 2.0 version .
-Supports download play .
-Supports rumble pack , GBA expansion pack & DS Browser .
-Supports 4-scale-lightness adjustment .
There is a known compatibility issue with the EZFlash Vi and specific 8GB micro sd cards. If the card is made by Kingston and manufactured in Taiwan, then your EZFlash Vi will get stuck on the booting screen. Any other size card, brand, or manufacturing origin will work just fine, including 2GB and 4GB sizes available on our site. As far as we know, it is an issue with the EZFlash card firmware, not the Micro SD Card. The EZFlash Team is currently working on a fix and should have it ready for the next update to their card. As always, we will keep you updated on important updates and will have the latest software available on our website DSCardWorld.
Thank you and hold on to your cards, a fix is coming.
Looking for a fun game that’s appropriate for all ages and challenging? The sequal to Professor Layton and the Curious Village lives up to all the hype of its reviews. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box features the same wonderful art and charming characters of its predecessor. It doesn’t really break new gameplay ground, but you’re buying this game because you want and, dare I say, crave more of the same. A few puzzles will seem familiar to you but there are plenty new varieties to keep you satisfied, especially with the unlockable and downloadable content.
The story follows the death of Layton’s mentor soon after receiving a mysterious antique known as the Elysium Box. The Box carries a terrible curse that it said to kill anyone who dares open it. The game leads you through no less then 4 distinct locations with plenty to explore, a fair bit more then Curious Village game did. Ambience and music are of course sublimely done, and a big credit to the fantastic voice acting. The ending leaves much to be desired but hopefully you’ll enjoy the journey up until.
Present in Diabolical box, as with before, the player is given a few mini games to complete throughout the game. They’re both fun and add real value to the game without seeming out of place. Once you hit the train you’re able to start collecting pieces of a camera that when fixed will allow you to take pictures of specified locations and unveil additional hidden puzzles. Also on the train you pick up a chubby hamster you need to exercise back to health using hamster toys you get as puzzle rewards. I got a lot of enjoyment out of constructing obstacle courses for my hamster, and here’s a tip: If you get him fit enough, he can sniff out hint coins for you. The final mini game the Tea Set doesn’t quite delight near as much. The first few recipes are given to you, but it’s up to the player to randomly mix ingredients together to find preset recipes. I must admit I consulted a guide on those. Each resident of the final town will, at RANDOM times, indicate that they are thirsty and require a specific tea recipe. Get them all and you unlock the Tea Master’s House. It ends up being more annoying then feels worth it.
All that aside, I was driven to keep progressing through the game and loving all of the challenges along the way. Of course you’re going to run into frustrations, but there should be plenty of hint coins along the way to help you out. Don’t rush through it too quick like I did, and appreciate one of the true gems of the Nintendo DS.
When your DS starts up and freezes on a Loading Screen with the R4, or a red menu icon with a clone card, here is the fix. This common problem with the R4 DS card is nearly always caused by a mismatched firmware or no firmware installed onto the micro sd memory card. This happens because that firmware, also known as kernal software tells the DS specifically how to interact with the R4 chip. If it can’t match the versions, it can’t run.
Pay close attention to what exact model of card you own as they require different versions of software between models i.e. a R4 SDHC will require different firmware then an R4 Ultra. If you check out the great guides on R4 cards on our sponsored site R4DSRevolution they have links to all the manufacturer pages for the most popular R4ds cards. From there you can download the latest firmware direct from the manufacturer of your card. If you purchased a card from DSCardWorld then we monitor these sites ourselves and host the latest downloads right on our support page so you don’t have to go hunting for it yourself.
If you’ve installed the wrong firmware simply reformat your micro SD card by inserting it in a Micro SD USD adapter and plug it into your computer, start a reformat in FAT32, recommended a full, not a quick, reformat for first time card use. Once that’s done copy the correct firmware onto the SD card and insert that into your R4 DS card. It should load right into the R4 Screen or the Nintendo DS game screen where you select the game the R4 is showing up as.
Hopefully, this helps you out, because it would be a shame to return a perfectly functional flash card when we can quickly fix it. Best of luck and Happy Thanksgiving to those in USA.
For anyone who loves to mess around with painting, Collecting Smiles has put out this great little homebrew app for the Nintendo DS. You will of course need a compatible flash card for your DS or DSi such as the R4i SDHC, available at our shop at www.dscardworld.com. Follow along the video and you’ll be creating great colour sketches in no time.
Colors is a fairly sophisticated paint program, and it’s a lot more useful than it seems on the surface – it’s much easier for me to carry around than a pack of markets or an expensive tablet laptop. For that reason, it’s turned a DSi into a very useful portable easel.
The controls are very well thought out: the top and bottom buttons on the D-Pad are used to zoom in and out. The right button gives you an eyedropper tool to select colours, and the left D-pad allows you to move around your canvas (particularly useful if you’ve zoomed in).
Most importantly, these controls are actually mirrored in the A B X Y controls on the right – so it’s suitable for both left and right handed artists.
Holding down the L button gives you a screen that allows you to choose color, hue and lightness. The wheel, similar to that in Corel programs of the past, allows you to choose a color. The triangle in the middle controls both lightness and situation.
There are also two useful sliders on the right of this screen – one to choose brush size, and another to choose opacity. You can also choose a hard or soft edged brush to achieve different effects in your art.
Using lighter pressure on the DS or DSi creates lighter brush strokes as well which gives a fantastic pressure-sensitive effect. This will allow you to add some good depth to your artwork.
The only catch with the program is that there doesn’t seem to be an eraser tool – so a useful skill to learn is using the eyedropper tool to select colors to re-paint over a particular area.
Finally, the Playback function is unbelievably cool – you can see how you painted your artwork stroke by stroke – from blank canvas to completion!
The software is available here on the official site: Colors!
Hi there, and welcome to the DSCardWorld blog! We’re going to use this section of the website to do something a bit different – because we’re not just shopkeepers – we like to play on our DS / DSi consoles as well! We’re going to use this section of the site to give you reviews of some of the games we’ve bought, tips and tricks for your Nintendo DS or DSi, as well as any new news relating to DS or DSi cards!
And please don’t forget – under NO circumstances should you play copyrighted games on your DS or DSi that you do not already own. DS cards are used to backup games (it’s useful to take one cartridge on holiday rather than twenty!) – but users should never breach copyright. So support the industry, and go and buy the games if you like them!
We’ve launched the website with three high quality (all individually tested, unlike anywhere else!) cards for our customers:
