This is a pretty damn biased review. I have had both cards and for what you pay the SC is much better.
Our reviews aren't biased in any way. Our partner is a reseller/shop, not the M3 maker. They don't make more money with the M3 or with the Supercard.
the SC is your best buy to hold you over until the really awesome devices come out.
You sound like a SC fanboy, do you know that? You should actually read the whole review.
I just want to add something to this. In the "save" section Costello says he couldn't work out the SC save method. Ok so that's his problem isn't it? You save in the game and it makes a .sav file. That's all there is to it.
I'm talking about the multi-save system. See this:
I don't really get how the SC save system works. I've tried with Super Mario 64x4; I can't seem to use more than 1 save per game
It seems the SC can't handle multiple savegames (only 1 save per game?) or if you know how it works, just let me know because I haven't been able to find it out by myself (tried different ways, none worked, and I couldn't find it in any FAQ/help even on supercard.cn).
[edit: and the mere fact that I couldn't find it out by myself proves that the SC save system isn't worth the M3 one.]
Then he says the SC produces "pure" save files which is a good thing. Great. But then the M3 which has a much much worse saving system, much more confusing and also messes with your .sav files so you can't use them with trainers and other flash devices, but yet somehow the M3 still gets a .5 higher score. Why?!
Oh yes you can use them with other devices. It takes you like 15 seconds to make them compatible, using an hex editor. If you don't know what I'm talking about then I should definitely make a converter (M3 saves to NDS .sav files).
And the +.5 is due to the fact that the M3 handles multiple saves per game. Read what I wrote above.
Also, you know when you see game reviews and at the end the total score says next to it "Not an average"? You know why this is? Because not all aspects of a game hold the same weight.
Why do you think the rom compatibility is ranked out of 20, and the customization thing out of 3 ?
So instead they give an overall score based on the most important elements of the game. Instead you guys have just added up all the numbers. Why is being able to customize the GUI skin of the same importance as the save function?
You don't seem to understand our rating system. The save function is ranked out of 8. The customization thing is rated out of 3. FYI I wanted to have the customization thing out of 1 but shaun told me it was nonsense.
Same goes for the packaging. Who cares? I unpacked my SC and threw the box away. Sure it's good info to include in the info, but it holds no bearing on which flash cart is better. They could have shipped it to me in a dirty sock for all I care.
That's your own problem. We're only being objective. We're reviewing the whole thing. The packaging is part of the whole thing. We DO care if there's a CD included. We DO care if there's a manual supplied with. It is highly important for all those who have never used such a tool before.
I think your review content is very good, you've covered everything very thoroughly, but I think your judgement is quite obviously biased toward the M3
This is absolutely false. We tried to find out as many criteria as possible, so as to be as objective as possible. The M3 was better on almost all criteria. And if we had to give our global opinion instead of an objective ranking, I'd still say the M3 is much better than the SC.
Now, I'm really eager to know what makes you prefer the Supercard
. There's only one major thing I can see: the price. But you said you own both M3 and Supercard so the price shouldn't be a problem for you.
supposed to come make me dinner lol