People in 3rd world countries like games too. And here, everything is even more expensive. DS + R4 = US$ 370 and original cartridge US$ 75 (ebay-like site). And we don't even have an official Nintendo representation (at least in Brazil).
although i ended up accidentally changing my nand with no way of going back bc i didn't know you needed a gamecube controller to restore it (i have a wii minus/1.1, which doesn't have gamecube controller support)
and if i find the sd card i have my NAND backed up on, i can not only restore the NAND if i solder the right part in, but i can also put my NAND on dolphin, then i can play dolphin online, like PMEX Remix or MKWii Riibalanced