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It shouldn’t be news to anybody that there are loads of flash cards on the market of varying degrees of quality and “originality”, some with very complex relationships. There are clones of clones of copies and keeping track of their history is important to some. For usability the main thing you should be concerned with is proven history of developer reliability. Please note that while some of the cards we carry at our shop are known clones, they are well supported by professional teams of developers that are dedicated to updating their cards.

As a disclaimer, my research is based on rumor and hearsay. If you can prove that any part of the chart is incorrect, comment with a link to the relevant information and I will update accordingly. This article is not a full review of each card, but an explanation of their connections. The list is not exhaustive, and unpopular and discontinued cards were not included to save space. To get an idea of the breadth of clones produced, check out this link with a list of all the firmware available: http://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/

While most of the chart is comprised of clones a clone doesn’t necessarily mean a bad and unreliable card, but there are many deliberately confusing labels. A bad fake can mean instability or infrequent updates, but to date there has only been one card that’s been known to cause harm to your DS console. The N5 card had a flaw in the design that caused a short and a blown fuse after so many insertions of the Micro SD card.

Initial teams got started as early as the Gameboy Advanced and kept it up with crude slot 2 flash cards for the original DS console. I’ll give a nod to those teams and discontinued slot 2 cards, some of whom are still at work including the Supercard team. Since then there have been a lot of migration of developers adding to the confusion of whom was making which card.

More advanced slot-1 cards came into development soon after and the R4DS quickly rose to the top in popularity. The R4DSv2 is an upgrade mainly in the removal of the spring-clip sdhc slot. The R4 team and the M3 team are closely related, if not the same team, and the M3DS Simply was a rebranded R4v2 with new firmware, as opposed to an unlicensed clone card. The M3DS Real is a legitimate upgrade and not a clone of the M3DS Simply. The iTouch series comes from the M3 Team, designed as an entry level to their family of cards. The M3i SDHC (clone source unconfirmed as DSTTi or EZ Flash Vi) and the M3i Upgrade are fakes that are NOT from the M3 Team.

Cards from other teams were in development at the time or soon after the R4DS and they lie along the same line on the chart; the DSTT, the EZFlash V, the Acekard, the Supercard DSONE, and the CycloDS Evolution. The Supercard team claims that the CycloDS card is a clone of theirs but this claim has not been substantiated. It is generally considered that the CycloDS is superior to the Supercard DSONE, and proved so valued (if expensive) that it spawned the immensely popular Edge card as a clone.

I know this looks like a family tree for the world’s worst soap opera, but hopefully this answers a few questions you may have. Just remember, especially in the case of the R4 cards, you may need the exact firmware intended to run on your card or clone.

Don’t forget to pick up your ds flash cards from our shop at the link below!

DS Flash Cards

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 [...]]]> M3i Zero- The Most Expensive DSi Card

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 .