Nintendo's biggest threat: R4

[rest0re]

Original games rules. I think best thing about getting a new game is opening plastic wrapper and putting game into ds. Original, working game that I can use to play over internets. I only used r4 to do silly things like i played some gb games with lameboy that I own and used Animanatee. Then I put Animal Paradise to ds for my sister to play. She didn't like it so I deleted it...

 

[Psyfira]

I wrote a long post last night about "prove the game is worth the money" demos, game prices, game stores charging high prices because the competition from online stores doesn't affect them much (people like to look at the back of the box to find what it's about, I have no idea why online stores don't include it), and 3rd party developers being hit harder than Nintendo but I felt like I was just repeating myself and countless others.

Nintendo need to wake up and listen; people are happy to pay for games that are affordable, titles they know they will like and are worth the money. If they stopped publishing crap then people won't be worried about getting stung (I know they're targetting parents and kids but if your kid only plays a game for a few hours before getting bored and throwing it in a corner that's going to put the parent off of buying more), and if people can try a game first they'll feel more informed before laying down cash for it.

Look at Puzzle Quest; normally a game like that would've gone straight into a bargain bin. The PC demo pulled it into the spotlight, it sold by the bucketload and recruited a load of non-DS owners while it was at it. I have 3 friends who brought DS's just for that game. It proved itself and the move paid off.

£25 is a lot of money to some of us. I'd like to know exactly what I'm getting for it beforehand.

 

[adgloride]

Having to wait months for certain big releases is another reason people will buy an R4 (Or any other device capable of playing roms). Believe it or not some people are still too n00b to know were to download the roms and how to get the firmware and put them on the R4.

 

[rest0re]

yea bring major games earlier to europe!

 

[Lumstar]

Yes, but an R4 does you no good if the game is undumped.

 

[warbird]

Original games rules. I think best thing about getting a new game is opening plastic wrapper and putting game into ds. Original, working game that I can use to play over internets. I only used r4 to do silly things like i played some gb games with lameboy that I own and used Animanatee. Then I put Animal Paradise to ds for my sister to play. She didn't like it so I deleted it...

The first thing I do when I buy a new game, is to dump it, so I can play it on my M3simply. Its just a pain in the ass to drag 10 carts around, when you can have 1 inserted all the time.

 

[shinji257]

Wow. I have an R4 but I actually legally most of the games that I play. I did download almost all of them first but I did go out and buy them. Mostly to support the developers. One game I went and bought first then did a dump of it actually lags on my 2GB microsd card though so I have been playing it on the original cart instead. The game is FF12: Revanent Wings. Good game.

P.S. - I create most of my own backups on an unmodified DS.

 

[Nero]

Everyone... It seems like Nintendo's only going after the R4 as it's main enemy.

If they kill all the R4's, we can move on to another Flashcart.

(Not to mention if you own one already)

~Nero

 

[shinji257]

Original games rules. I think best thing about getting a new game is opening plastic wrapper and putting game into ds. Original, working game that I can use to play over internets. I only used r4 to do silly things like i played some gb games with lameboy that I own and used Animanatee. Then I put Animal Paradise to ds for my sister to play. She didn't like it so I deleted it...

Ummm... almost all of the dumped games that can play over wfc can do so with a flashcart as well. None of the other ds units can tell the difference. The issue comes with download play where it is a local game. Sometimes the game will crash when you try to do the single cart method.

 

[jesterscourt]

ScummVM, Colors, etc. etc. There are uses for the flashcarts other than for what they are talking about. Speaking of Scumm, did anyone see the new Iphone version? Looks pretty rad

 

[fenthwick]

I wouldn't have bought a ds if it wasn't for the R4 and I think others are like me so in a way they do get money for the DS.

Same goes for the PC games. I would never buy any of the ones I download. I buy the ones I want.

 

[Deleted User]

you seriously think 8 yr olds are gonna go "Mommy will you buy me an R4 so I can play DS games for free?"

seriously though, the R4 is going to cause the falling of the DS Homebrew scene, it has publicized software piracy way to much...

 

[Ace Gunman]

Well well, seems like Nintendo is taking the threat of flashcarts seriously.