I'm a fu*cking nerd, and that's why I insist on having the actual game in my collection over some download. But that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the charms of an end-all cartridge that holds several games, does emulation, runs homebrew code, plays music, and much more. I can't promise that everyone rocking an R4 is doing legal things with it, but I'd like to think that plenty of gamers are.
The R4 flash cart is "big in Japan," but it may start seeing a decline in popularity after the outlawing of sales of this device. The Tokyo District Court has granted an injunction against the makers of the R4, knocking it out of retail stores forever. TechRadar says that Nintendo, Square Enix and Capcom are all backing the Japanese court's decision, calling the device a "violation" of Japanese law.
Has there been any word of this device working on Nintendo's DSi system? I'm not asking for me, of course.
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5:20 PM on 02.27.2009
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I think people are more waiting for something to flash the bios or whatnot so they can use SD cards directly on the system, no need for a flashcard or the like.
Me too.
;)
The first card that supports DSi is the Acekard2i, and there are a few more who supports the DSi without modification. I don't own a DSi though, so I don't care much about it actually...
And neither works on the DSi. You'd need an Acekard 2i (I think)
Nintendo could give some good SDK to work on. i would love it!