For the past several months I've been under the impression that the Cyclo DS is the overall best flashcard for DS. But now I'm hearing more and more about Acecard 2i and M3i. In alot of the new "which card is best" threads those 2 DSi compatible cards seem to be preferred. However, I have a DS Lite so I wouldn't really need a DSi compatible card. Taking that into account would the Cyclo be best or one of the DSi compatible cards? I just checked the newest of the usual "which card is best" threads but I don't know if Cyclo DS is being passed up for lacking DSi support or not.

I already have an M3 Real and I've been fairly happy with it but I just got a 2nd DS Lite so I wanna get the current best card for it. Thanks.

 

I'm gonna go ahead and say that ak2 is not the best way to go.....if you have a dslite get the m3real perfect bundle or if you have a dsi get the m3i zero.....m3 team is always on top of updates and you get the choice of 3 different firmwares, sakura, touchpod and itouch...sakura being the best firmware out there for any flash cart. If you want a card you can trust is going to be updated go with an m3, never had a problem with any games as long as I was running the latest firmware.

 

Yeh ive got my M3i and its great ( I dont have a Dsi ) but obv the Acekard is also meant to be the same standard (maybe higher) so it must be good.

The Cyclo is still a gr8 card to have but does cost triple wht the others cost and so is not fully worth it. If i were u i wud w8 to see some more details about the supercardtwo as this looks to be very promising

 

If your looking to get a card right now, I would go with either the M3i (or any M3 cart that best suits you) or the AK2i, I have both and havent had any problems out of either one. M3i has more features then the AK2i. I also heard that the EZ Vi was pretty good, cant really say as mine hasn't came yet. I don't really know much about the other carts as I havent tested them yet but like elixir said if you cant hold out to see how the SCDS2 is then I would go with that.

 

The CycloDS was never really the best, or worth it. Anything it has, at least one or two of the other cards can do. The Cyclo DS does abso-freaking-lutely nothing special anymore. And yet it's STILL overpriced, and overrated. For your money, Acekard or M3i Zero is the best of them. But the Supercard DSTWO might just surpass them all with SNES and GBA support

 

Cyclo DS is still among the best, good build quality and good software. Unfortunately, since it doesn't support DSi consoles - and the fact it's more expensive, doesn't make it as popular as it used to be.

 

The cable if for flashing the updates that allow it to bypass firmware updates. You will at least have to flash it once if you ever want to use it since it comes blank. M3i0 = M3DS Real with DSi support.

 

The M3i is the same as the M3 Real except for the fact that the M3i can be updated to work with the DSi's new updates and the M3 Real doesn't work with the DSi at all.

And things like global settings, real time guide, and deleting files inside the menu aren't mentioned in reviews because the M3 Team is constantly adding these new features every couple of weeks.

 

unfortunately m3 team does not release .nds file updates, so you must use the cable

there IS a rtg

m3i is a GREAT card

it has the best gui of all ds(i) flashcarts

i dont see what is so good about that batterysucking scds2

i never would bother to play a gba or snes if i have a DS

m3 team provides a dsm movie encoder, its not like you have issues playing vids on it

Get it from dealextreme.com for 21.38 or something (blue box, dont get the red box fake)

 

And I scoff at you for needing realtime save. Not every really gives a flying cow pie about RTS. Nor does everyone need it. It's just close to cheating. Just use the save feature that is IN THE GAME. Acekard and AKAIO still beat all of them. Besides, you DO KNOW that the latest R4 is by the M3 team...right? Moron.