Newbie to Flash Carts

That's not a flash cart. That's a normal memory stick for the 3DS (and will also work on the PC and the Wii and anything that takes SDHC).

 

http://nds-card.com/
http://www.realhotstuff.com/
http://www.zhuzhuchina.com/store/

Those are the three I usually suggest.

 

Thanks for these links, needed a cheap flashcard.

 

It doesn't drain the battery. Actually it drains less than R4i Gold. Clicky

 

Actually one difference is that since the DS doesn't actually shut off of go to sleep when it's in "sleep" mode, the DSTwo still runs (since it needs to power it's CPU and such), so it does drain battery... in "sleep" mode.

But the DS's "sleep" mode is so shitty in the first place I've had my DSi die with legit pokemon game carts overnight, people shouldn't even use it.

 

Please do not suggest a crap clone. The only R4 clone that is acceptable is the R4i Gold (url on card: r4ids.cn) from nds-card.com GBAtemp's official sponsor

 

fixed for you

 

couldnt agree more there

the R4i-SDHC.com card are terrible
they mainly release a new card with every update so you have to keep buying new cards

but yes a MicroSD card will be needed, i would recommend at least a 4-8GB Class 10 microSD
but a Class 6 would be fine but if you want fast loading and saving go for a class 10

 

The r4i SDHC is popular because people keep recommending it despite it not being a good card. Being a popular card does not always equal a good card. The DSTT for the longest time was extremely popular, despite the fact that the team almost never updated and when they did it was stolen updates. The R4i SDHC itself is also an R4/DSTT clone with a few extra parts thrown in it and updates most likely taken from retrogamefan and YWG. Worst of all their official site links to a rom site.

Compared the R4i Gold which uses Wood R4 officially, which is one of the best kernels out there, not to mention still a cheap card.

Please refer to this list
http://gbatemp.net/threads/which-flash-cart-should-i-get.290097/