Hi gbatemp.
So, I'm trying to decide on an R4 from nds-card.com to go with a gift I planned.
I'm a bit unsure between all the versions they have.
I'm getting this as a gift for someone important to me, but I don't have a lot of money for this because I just I recently had to get some new audio equipment (I do amateur music, but have been dealing with shitty onboard audio issues all year and was done dealing with that this month), point being I am trying to keep the price point as low as I can.
The person I'm getting the R4.. for.. erhum, recently accidentally dropped their DS Nitro no more than 1 foot to a carpeted floor and oddly the hinge cracked on the bottom half front plate (thought those thing's were supposed to be tanks compared to Lites owO?).
The unit is really sentimental for them, so I told them to send it to me for repair. As it is, I already spent the last couple months putting a DSLite together to give them as gift, and that unit is all ready to go now. My plan originally was to give them the DSLite with an R4 all set up how I have mine set up with the wood firmware etc.
I was going to wait until next month to give them the Lite with an R4 in it, but because of this happening it would make more sense for me to mail the Lite+R4 to them when I send their nitro back, as a extra little surprise in the package. So I have less time than my original plan.
I have 2 R4s, one is either an original v1 with teh springy slot or a good clone (but I'm pretty sure it's official), regardless, since this unit has only a 2GB microSD limit and those are increasingly difficult to find these days on top of sort of being wastes of money (bigger microSD's sell for same price), and it's sentimental to me, I don't want to send this one to them.
The one I use currently is an R4i identical in every way to this one but doesn't have "RTS" printed on it (so guess it must be different someway I'm unaware of). It cost me only 12$ at a website who's address escapes me at the moment. I'd like to find a comparable unit to this one.
Basically, I see that nds-card.com has some pretty cheap options and what I really want to know is
1: is there any reason to not buy this unit?
2: It says choose a microSD, do I HAVE to select a Micro SD from them, or can I get it cheaper without buying one from them? Loading firmware isn't any trouble, but buying a microSD from them increases the price point (and there's no mention of what brand it will be), which might make me want to consider looking somewhere else to buy. My main draw to that site is that gbatemp trusts them, and they use paypal, but I'm willing to try another site.
3: Is there really any difference between this, this, and the gold one I linked in question 1 besides packaging, and shell colour?..
All that's important really is to get an R4 that works in a DS Nitro and Lite (potential DSi or 3DS support is cool and all, would be a nice bonus, but is absolutely unnecessary since I'm sure she wont try loading this thing up in a 3DS, only scenario this would occur in is if I manage to get her to like korgDS10+ enough to want to try DSi extended hardware mode, in which case I would probably just get the official cart and send to her).
Any advice appreciated, thanks =)
So, I'm trying to decide on an R4 from nds-card.com to go with a gift I planned.
I'm a bit unsure between all the versions they have.
I'm getting this as a gift for someone important to me, but I don't have a lot of money for this because I just I recently had to get some new audio equipment (I do amateur music, but have been dealing with shitty onboard audio issues all year and was done dealing with that this month), point being I am trying to keep the price point as low as I can.
The person I'm getting the R4.. for.. erhum, recently accidentally dropped their DS Nitro no more than 1 foot to a carpeted floor and oddly the hinge cracked on the bottom half front plate (thought those thing's were supposed to be tanks compared to Lites owO?).
The unit is really sentimental for them, so I told them to send it to me for repair. As it is, I already spent the last couple months putting a DSLite together to give them as gift, and that unit is all ready to go now. My plan originally was to give them the DSLite with an R4 all set up how I have mine set up with the wood firmware etc.
I was going to wait until next month to give them the Lite with an R4 in it, but because of this happening it would make more sense for me to mail the Lite+R4 to them when I send their nitro back, as a extra little surprise in the package. So I have less time than my original plan.
I have 2 R4s, one is either an original v1 with teh springy slot or a good clone (but I'm pretty sure it's official), regardless, since this unit has only a 2GB microSD limit and those are increasingly difficult to find these days on top of sort of being wastes of money (bigger microSD's sell for same price), and it's sentimental to me, I don't want to send this one to them.
The one I use currently is an R4i identical in every way to this one but doesn't have "RTS" printed on it (so guess it must be different someway I'm unaware of). It cost me only 12$ at a website who's address escapes me at the moment. I'd like to find a comparable unit to this one.
Basically, I see that nds-card.com has some pretty cheap options and what I really want to know is
1: is there any reason to not buy this unit?
2: It says choose a microSD, do I HAVE to select a Micro SD from them, or can I get it cheaper without buying one from them? Loading firmware isn't any trouble, but buying a microSD from them increases the price point (and there's no mention of what brand it will be), which might make me want to consider looking somewhere else to buy. My main draw to that site is that gbatemp trusts them, and they use paypal, but I'm willing to try another site.
3: Is there really any difference between this, this, and the gold one I linked in question 1 besides packaging, and shell colour?..
All that's important really is to get an R4 that works in a DS Nitro and Lite (potential DSi or 3DS support is cool and all, would be a nice bonus, but is absolutely unnecessary since I'm sure she wont try loading this thing up in a 3DS, only scenario this would occur in is if I manage to get her to like korgDS10+ enough to want to try DSi extended hardware mode, in which case I would probably just get the official cart and send to her).
Any advice appreciated, thanks =)
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