It means you've installed the English firmware on a Chinese cart. You'll either have to install the Chinese firmware or install a patched English one.
Do a search, there's loads of threads about this already and you'll be able to find instructions in on of them.
Do a search, there's loads of threads about this already and you'll be able to find instructions in on of them.
USE THIS FIRMWARE Your problem is that the English firmware will not run on the chinese R4, the error says this, unless you patch it.
The link is for a previously patched English Firmware, from another almost identical question/thread.
The link is for a previously patched English Firmware, from another almost identical question/thread.
Thank-you for your help guys, I really appreciate it. I've been lurking for a few years now, surprised I never posted. Sorry I didn't search first, I recieved an R4 for Christmas and I guess somebody wanted to save a few bucks and bought me the Chinese version instead.
I was worried I would have to solder jumpers from the last time I read about the R4 a long time ago. Again, thanks very much for providing the convienient link to the patched firmware file. I was pleasantly surprised that the R4 acts as a passcard too, so I can keep my slot-2 supercard lite in there as well!
I was worried I would have to solder jumpers from the last time I read about the R4 a long time ago. Again, thanks very much for providing the convienient link to the patched firmware file. I was pleasantly surprised that the R4 acts as a passcard too, so I can keep my slot-2 supercard lite in there as well!
I got the same card the other week.. and i pulled my hair out looking at that Chinese message
I came across this link via a google search:
Link to English to Chinese Patch Software
Basically, grab the latest english firmware from R4DS Website and then download the langpatch.zip from the first link and run the patch on the english firmware. This patcher is working for 1.14 and maybe the newer versions also
If however you can't patch the latest english versions as they come out just install the latest chinese version, you can still see what the games are just the game info's will be in chinese.
Pinky
I came across this link via a google search:
Link to English to Chinese Patch Software
Basically, grab the latest english firmware from R4DS Website and then download the langpatch.zip from the first link and run the patch on the english firmware. This patcher is working for 1.14 and maybe the newer versions also
If however you can't patch the latest english versions as they come out just install the latest chinese version, you can still see what the games are just the game info's will be in chinese.
Pinky
Great thread guys... i had the same prob, someone gave me a chinese R4 and i put the english Kernal.....got the above problem....chinese writing... i used the above patch , and all is fine...
Got an R4 now with info saying "english version"
Got an R4 now with info saying "english version"
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yes, it will sell millions of course, but it will be very difficult for them to repeat the same numbers as games like mario kart 8 deluxe, breath of the wild and animal crossing, mind you that all of them only sold insanely well due to very specific circumstances in their favor, there are countless first party games that did not pass the 10 million mark, some not even the 5 million
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something that actually shocked me was seeing nintendo abandoning their own games shortly after releasing them, some of which almost totally relies on online content, like super mario maker 2, I didn't understand why the fuck they would update a game like super mario party years after it release to add content but not super mario maker 2+1
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then I saw the sales of both games, super mario party sold almost 3x more than super mario maker 2
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I actually expected super mario maker 2 to have sold much more, it sold twice as much as the wii u version, but still way less than you would expect for a console with the install base the switch has
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I'm saying this because there is a lot of first party games on switch in similar situation, they are far from being a failure, but for nintendo it probably wasn't good enough compared to the heavy hits that sold 20 million+
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Either way switch 2 will probably be far from a failure just a rinse and repeat like all their other consoles and games
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