R4 and R4i Cards

adisonpol

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if you've never heard of the R4 DS card or the R4 revolution don't shrug it off just yet because it can completely change the Nintendo DS experience for you if you own a Nintendo DS. The R4 DS or simply the R4 is a slot-1 storage device for Nintendo DS. The R4 card is arguably the most useful and revolutionary (caused the R4 revolution) stand alone device for Nintendo DS. The R4 Nintendo DS card works without any need for messy additional components or software. The R4 revolution is the term popularly used to describe the effect caused by the release of the R4 device. The R4 card enables running homebrew games for Nintendo at real ease at an affordable price. Not only does the R4 stretch the limitations of the Nintendo DS, the R4 DS card turns the Nintendo into a media device that can play songs, movies and other multimedia files besides the homebrew games and other commercial downloaded games.

The R4 DS card can be simply plugged and played in the slot-1 of any Nintendo DS without any hassle of passcard. The R4 card works with any Micro SD card that is to be installed in the slot in the R4 DS card and without any software installation the memory of the Micro SD card can be utilized. The micro SD card enables you to save directly onto the micro SD card plugged into the back of the R4 card as opposed to saving in the onboard chip of a Nintendo. The R4 card or the R4 DS works seamlessly, running games and media without producing any lag in the gameplay or playback. The R4 revolution has enabled the running of a multitude of games that were previously limited by the memory bound-ness of the Nintendo DS. They are now limited by the micro SD memory card inserted in the R4 card which can range up to 4 Giga bytes and can be as low as 128 Mega bytes.

The R4 DS also created no trouble playing multiplayer games using the Wi-Fi in the Nintendo DS. The R4 card works on any operating system utilizing a mockingly straightforward system to load the games onto the console. All you need to do is load the games onto the Micro SD card by dragging and dropping the files in the drive, insert the memory card into the memory slot of the R4 DS card and plugging the R4 card into the slot 1 of your Nintendo DS. Then just fire up your console and enjoy the R4 revolution. The R4 card blows away all the memory limitations of the Nintendo DS. A minor issue faced was the spring loading mechanism of the memory card in the R4 card which has been solved by a new loading mechanism in the new versions of the R4 card. The R4 card also supports Rumblepack and opera browsers for Nintendo DS.
 
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