DSi incompatible with existing flash carts?

[HBK]

"I will screw you all" ? Wtf are you talking about, weiff? Of course they want to keep pirates out..

Anyhow, anyone tried with the DS-X yet? How awesome would it be if the laughing stock of the flashcart market turned out to be the rescue.. xD

Yeah, that would be awesome. xD

 

[TrolleyDave]

Were people expecting existing flashcards to work straight out of the box?

You'd be surprised how many were!

 

[BurlyEd]

I will not buy a DSi unless and until there is an EDGEi, EVOi or WHATEVERi.

and then ... just maybe.

 

[Chief_Second]

.........am i the only one who's thinking - i'll buy this regardless and just have a old ds for flash cards, and new for original games? games in the uk are so cheap now 2nd hand - just need to be selective on the ones you buy!

most people haave a hacked wii for 'stuff', and 2nd wii for wifi - i do.

 

[xJonny]

Decent games in the UK are not particularly cheap in any condition from retailers, really.

 

[imyourxpan]

Someone is going to find a hack for the sd-slot and/or a solution to using are our flashcards. I'm surprised they didn't do anything about this earlier. Does anyone know if they will be releasing firmware updates like the psp, well like the ps3, wii, and x360?

 

[iamanobody]

what happens when:
1. a DSi only game is put on the DS (nothing, error, etc.)
2. a DSi only game is dumped using a DS rom dumper (like Rudolph's)

also, many flashcarts have their bootstraps written on a flash so it can be reprogrammed even if there was never an update/program that did so

 

[Gman 101]

Wow... wake up late on a Saturday morning to see this news O___O.
As one user on hacken.cc said, the best solution is just to use your current NDSL! There's not reason to justify getting a DSi. Or just wait out for an SD card slot hack.

 

[Jayenkai]

Has anyone tried out a "It's not exactly official, but it's about as official as we can get" Datel Games'n'Music cart yet? I still got one of those, and the sucker still plays everything that's worth playing! (JNKPlat*cough*Retro Collection*cough*Stringy Things*cough*)

 

[skyman113]

The SD Slot opens up too much, and with Flashcarts being blocked, CFW's are going to be developed much Faster.

Not to mention SD Cards are cheaper than MicroSD. 16GB Class 6 $40. MicroSD 16GB class 2 $90.

 

[gizmo_gal]

Woe is us! Tragedy Hails from Japan! Darn those Nintendo Bastards to HECK for what they've tried to do to us!!!

JayenKai--thats a good ideal. I hadn't thought of that. Not that most people will care if it does work, it might give us a lead.

 

[Deleted member 67270]

Meh, I'm not surprised the DSi blocked flashcarts. Heck I'd be surprised if it didn't, considering how it's been a huge problem these days for Nintendo. I'm just hoping there's a way or a new exploit to allow backup games to be played. Only then will I get a DSi.

 

[Fat D]

.........am i the only one who's thinking - i'll buy this regardless and just have a old ds for flash cards, and new for original games? games in the uk are so cheap now 2nd hand - just need to be selective on the ones you buy!

most people haave a hacked wii for 'stuff', and 2nd wii for wifi - i do.

I do not yet see a point in depriving h4x0r3d Wii systems of internet access yet - no bannings

 

[GamerzInc]

.........am i the only one who's thinking - i'll buy this regardless and just have a old ds for flash cards, and new for original games? games in the uk are so cheap now 2nd hand - just need to be selective on the ones you buy!

most people haave a hacked wii for 'stuff', and 2nd wii for wifi - i do.

I do not yet see a point in depriving h4x0r3d Wii systems of internet access yet - no bannings

Agreed, having two wii's, one hacked and one isn't, especially to play online is pointless. Nintendo isn't doing any bannings.

 

[ENDscape]

WTH is a U2DS? New flashcarts i never seen before...

 

[Kokorazashi]

The SD Slot opens up too much, and with Flashcarts being blocked, CFW's are going to be developed much Faster.

Not to mention SD Cards are cheaper than MicroSD. 16GB Class 6 $40. MicroSD 16GB class 2 $90.

Dude, you can only use standard SD cards, not SDHC cards. So only 2GB allowed. But that isn't really a problem seeing as I can fit like 18 games on 2GB all of which are pretty good. They could possibly however, hack the firmware to read SDHC cards like what a few hackers did to the Wii (I can't remember what exactly it was called) to allow it to read SDHC cards. It was on the front page, Google it.

 

[TrolleyDave]

The SD Slot opens up too much, and with Flashcarts being blocked, CFW's are going to be developed much Faster.

Not to mention SD Cards are cheaper than MicroSD. 16GB Class 6 $40. MicroSD 16GB class 2 $90.

Dude, you can only use standard SD cards, not SDHC cards. So only 2GB allowed. But that isn't really a problem seeing as I can fit like 18 games on 2GB all of which are pretty good. They could possibly however, hack the firmware to read SDHC cards like what a few hackers did to the Wii (I can't remember what exactly it was called) to allow it to read SDHC cards. It was on the front page, Google it.

According to the manual it's SDHC. It's somewhere in this thread I think, or it could be the one in the Hardware and Utilities section.

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

*facepalm*
Somehow I just knew this would happen, when I left this topic this morning.
Please, people, just how long have you been sailing under the Black Flag?
This is how it always goes!
So Ninty took a shot at us, and they made a pretty darn good one.
It happens.
Tomorrow, our highly intelligent and skilled cohorts begin their counterattack.
Our people don't have the resources to throw into this problem that Ninty does, of course, so you won't get your solution tomorrow, nor the next day, and most likely not even the day after that.
But before long you'll see a topic around here saying something to the effect of:
"DSi working with homebrew - here's how!"
Then our comrades will figure out how to make games work. Then flashcarts and hacktools will be distributed and cloned a hundred times over.
And then we'll have a whole new batch of deckhands coming in to ask "How does I maek the R4/M3/N5/Q420 wurk in mai DSi?"

Have some patience.
It's a virtue higher than all others, I assure you.
Until then, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
You'll know quite well when it's time to get your DSi.

I deeply thank ahtin, and all the others who have made this information available to us, and I wish all those who take on the task of hacking out this problem all the luck in the world.

 

[zidane_genome]

When the G6DS Real was tested, was it tested with both autoboot and non-autoboot?

It can be turned off in the Settings menu...

 

[Luksy]

Doesn't work with dslinker, although given the fact that the firmware is updateable i doubt it'll take them long to crack it.