DS-Xtreme
DSLink
NinjaDS
Ultra FlashPass / Ninjapass
Acekard
MicroNinja
HARDWARE
Slot-1 only
FLASHED DS REQUIRED
Built-in Memory
How much memory?
512 Megabytes
= 4 Gigabits
= 4 Gigabits
64 Megabytes
= 512 Megabits
= 512 Megabits
Removable media
Media type
MicroSD
(up to 2 gigabytes)
(up to 2 gigabytes)
SD
(up to 4 gigabytes)
(up to 4 gigabytes)
MicroSD
(up to 2 gigabytes)
(up to 2 gigabytes)
MicroSD
(up to 2 gigabytes)
(up to 2 gigabytes)
Same size as a NDS cartridge
Twice as big
TBC
Connection to PC
USB 2
MicroSD media
SD Media
USB Linker supplied
MicroSD media
MicroSD media
Transfer speeds
~10 mbyte/s read
~5 mbyte/s write
~5 mbyte/s write
~53 kbyte/s read
~53 kbyte/s write
~53 kbyte/s write
~5.3 mbyte/s read
~4 mbyte/s write
(using a Sandisk Ultra II 1GB)
~4 mbyte/s write
(using a Sandisk Ultra II 1GB)
Depends on your microSD card
SOFTWARE
DS Compatibility
Only 1 non-working game
(fw 1.0.2)
(fw 1.0.2)
Nearly perfect
Excellent
Low
100% (tbc)
Excellent
DS Homebrew compatibility
Nearly perfect
Low
Good
Low
Very low
Good
Supports clean dumps
Updatable OS
Touch screen OS
OS Languages
English,
Language files support
Language files support
English
English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish
English
English, Chinese
English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Splash screen
~ 3 seconds
Requires PC Software
Compatible with computer OS's
All
(USB Mass storage)
(USB Mass storage)
Windows only
All
(USB Mass storage)
(USB Mass storage)
Windows only
Windows only
All
(USB Mass storage)
(USB Mass storage)
FEATURES
Passme feature
Except M3
Supposedly,
but incompatible with many slot-2 carts
but incompatible with many slot-2 carts
Skinning feature
Advanced
Basic
Basic
Basic
Multimedia
MP3, OGG
Moonshell
JPG, BMP, GIF, PCX, MP3, WAV, MOD, S3, IT, and OGG soon
Moonshell
JPG, BMP, GIF, PCX, MP3, WAV, MOD, S3, IT, and OGG soon
Frequent updates
Only one since release
?
English support
EXTRA INFORMATION
Multiplayer "Download Play"
All situations
Can only send to
flashed DS
Can only send to flashed DS
Can only send to flashed DS
Can only send to flashed DS.
Sending to unflashed DS works with a few 3rd party games.
Sending to unflashed DS works with a few 3rd party games.
?
Extra Features
LEDs
USB debugging (?)
Instant boot
USB debugging (?)
Instant boot
WiFi FTP server
Instant boot
Instant boot
Ninjame
WiFi FTP server
Instant boot
WiFi FTP server
Instant boot
Game saves
Compressed .sav format
~2 to ~8 kbyte
~2 to ~8 kbyte
Raw .sav 256 or 520 kbyte for each game
Raw .sav 256 kbyte for each game
256 kbyte onboard memory for all games
Raw .sav for each game
Raw .sav for each game
Official Pricing
$120
$56
$86
$56
$50
GBAtemp Rating