Useage of the Nintendo DS R4 card

Ever since the release Nintendo DS the dual screen hand held gaming console by Nintendo that has swept the globe with more than 100 million units sold there have been so many hacks popping up all over the place because of the Nintendo DS’s firmware which is fully rewritable. Of the many hacks the Nintendo DS R4 card is surely worth looking at. The Nintendo DS R4 card, R4 card or simply the R4 is a standalone storage media for the Nintendo DS much like the original cart.

The Nintendo DS R4 card or the R4 card is for the slot 1 of the Nintendo DS and it enables SD storage and software usage. The main use of the Nintendo DS R4 card or the R4 card is to run homebrew games and downloadable games on the Nintendo DS. The Nintendo DS R4 card blows away all the limitations of the Nintendo DS and turns it into a multimedia and gaming machine that plays songs and downloaded commercial games and homebrew games. You can run any game stored in the SD card that is inserted in the slot of the R4 card. The R4 DS card can be simply pluged 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. Any card SD card speed is compatible with the Nintendo DS R4 card and the R4 card doesn’t produce any lag in the game play. The Nintendo DS R4i card is also compatible with all the versions of Nintendo DS including the Nintendo DS lite.