New 3DS flashcart: let the Clone War begin

[Costello]

Breaking news: here comes the 3DS link! We have just been informed that a new 3DS flashcart is making the rounds. It appears to be a simple clone of the Gateway 3DS flashcart.

Update: another clone, the R4i 3DS Gold Deluxe Edition - no, that isn't a joke, it's the actual name of the product. It seems to share the same feature list as the 3DSlink, including the "Ramble pak". Yay!

The official website is only available in Chinese.

Package Includes:
1*Red card
1*Blue card
1*USB Micro SD Card Reader

Feature:
1.Support 3DS/ 3DS XL Consoles(Version v4.1 to v4.5)
2.Support latest 3D games
3.Support latest DSi and 3DS games
4.Support all kind of 3DS and DSi console
5.Support RTS (Real Time Save) for DSi games
6.Support SDHC Micro SD Card
7.Support wifi games and DS Ramble pak

Spoiler: Latest news

2013-10-29 Update - 29.10.2013
After the hard work of the last few months , the 3dslink is now available for sale

2013-10-28 – Update - 28.10.2013
Currently it is not compatible with firmware above 4.5 but we are working on making it compatible as quickly as possible with 5.x and 6.x firmwares.

It is a very hard work, we do not sure about when the 3dslink will work on the consoles(5.x and 6.x)

If some people said that the 6.x 3d card will coming soon , it must be a cheater.

But we believe that We will be the first one who can hack successfully

2013-10-27 – Update - 27.10.2013
About the red(3d) card ,it can play 3d games,but it doesn’t have user-cheat features now , So we are working on the user-cheat features.

Read more on the official site (in Chinese. The english version looks broken)
Check out the 3DSLink ShopTemp page, prices will appear here when stores sell the product

 

[Joe88]

and it begins...

whats the price though?

 

[quinterrya]

and it begins...

whats the price though?

Dude. It's from China. The price is...cheaper :-)

 

[Ryukouki]

Dude. It's from China. The price is...cheaper :-)

The Gateway is also from China...

 

[kyogre123]

I thought the mods banned this thing from the site since the first thread about it got deleted.

 

[redkeyboard]

3ds-flashcard.com had the 3ds link listed for $60, but you couldn't purchase it.

 

[chrislee2616]

why GM locked my threads?

 

[Aqua1234]

and it begins...

whats the price though?

Was looking around, there was no link for dealers. Nor was there a link for allowing us to contact them.

 

[trumpet-205]

Where is Supercard in all of this?

 

[Costello]

the ShopTemp page is available
http://shoptemp.net/products/3DSLink-p-689.html

stores selling it should list it there...

 

[chrislee2616]

Dude. It's from China. The price is...cheaper :-)

Produced in China means it can be copy by Chinese factory. It's a matter of time. and soon. Actually there is another team,which included 3 guy, are trying to hack the GW since 2 weeks ago. Just wait the GW 2.0 release.

 

[Chocolina]

"Ramble pak"?

 

[Snailface]

Those are some damned ugly stickers lol.

I approve of the Engrish though. Missed that a lot with Gateway.

"Ramble pak"?

They're big CCR fans, of course.
(bad ass jam there)

 

[tHciNc]

Just like all clones, they pretend to understand the product, when really they prob dont know shit, apart from knowing the factory they used to clone the device, they must be awesome
cue the broken english comments, direct translation basically from english to broken english from gateway site

"Currently it is not compatible with firmware above 4.5 but we are working on making it compatible as quickly as possible with 5.x and 6.x firmwares.
It is a very hard work, we do not sure about when the 3dslink will work on the consoles(5.x and 6.x)
If some people said that the 6.x 3d card will coming soon , it must be a cheater.
But we believe that We will be the first one who can hack successfully"

In other words, if gateway hacks it we will copy, trueblue all over again lol... although these guys cant spell blue

 

[mylitomutalisk]

These guys are obviously copying gateway's product but it's to early to say they don't know shiet. Can you go out reverse engineer the gateway and secure deals to start the manufacturing process? Nuh uh. It takes brains and determination to do that. Also this is a good thing for us cause competition in the 3ds flashcart market= lower prices for us.

 

[Pedeadstrian]

These guys are obviously copying gateway's product but it's to early to say they don't know shiet. Can you go out reverse engineer the gateway and secure deals to start the manufacturing process? Nuh uh. It takes brains and determination to do that. Also this is a good thing for us cause competition in the 3ds flashcart market= lower prices for us.

I smell something fishy... 3DSLink owner fishy...

 

[DinohScene]

Well, maybe this will reduce the GW price..

 

[sixcats]

I smell something fishy... 3DSLink owner fishy...

Let's be realistic. 3DSLink hasn't demonstrated enough English language skill to have posted the previous comment. If they could communicate that well, they'd start by fixing their website.

 

[the_randomizer]

Well, maybe this will reduce the GW price..

One can hope, $60 would be a good price for it

 

[Pedeadstrian]

One can hope, $60 would be a good price for it

I don't see the price going down that much, if at all. I'm guessing this new clone, assuming it ever surfaces, will have Gateway 1.0's functionality. Anyone who pays any attention would know that Gateway has been doing wonders with their flashcart, and aside from the whole "5.x will work" near the beginning of this whole episode, they have yet to disappoint. Now, if an actually competent company got together and made a flashcart with 5.x+ compatibility to suit users like the dude above me, then yes, I imagine a price drop will be in effect (assuming Gateway can't reverse engineer it).