Hacking How much space to keep free for saves?

[joshwill80]

I'm currently waiting for my M3 Real to arrive in the mail. I have read that the save games are saved to the SD card. I'm wondering how much space should be reserved on the card for game saves? I will be using a 2gb card, and I'm estimating that I can fit around 45 games on it. How much space do you typically use for game saves?

 

[lagman]

I'm currently waiting for my M3 Real to arrive in the mail. I have read that the save games are saved to the SD card. I'm wondering how much space should be reserved on the card for game saves? I will be using a 2gb card, and I'm estimating that I can fit around 45 games on it. How much space do you typically use for game saves?

Typically 512kb for each game, although some games use a little more IIRC, Nintendogs being one of those games.

 

[jtroye32]

I heard you're supposed to keep a certain amount of free space on your card at all times because if you fill it up completely there will be issues with speed or something.. is that true?

 

[Lumstar]

Nintendogs is 2mbit, or 256 kilobyte. The highest DS save type is 4mbit as of yet.

 

[lagman]

Nintendogs is 2mbit, or 256 kilobyte. The highest DS save type is 4mbit as of yet.

Yep, but the M3 Real creates 512kb save files for all the games.

 

[joshwill80]

Thanks for the info. It is possible to have 3 saves per game correct?