R4i RTS announced

[www.flashlinker-]

Hi,

what is the source of this information ?

M3 Team directly ? - by mail ? by phone ? on their website ?

What we´ve got about our question concerning this "new" product:

Hello Rainer

There isn't any "official" site for the R4 flash card now
because the factory in China will just sell the chips , any of the
suppliers can produce their own R4 ( as it is well known name ).
Therefore there are many different "official sites" for the R4 , DSTT
...etc but they are all the same product.

Best Regards

So what is the source for this rumour ?!

 

[shanefromoz]

Why would anyone buy a r4 branded card.
99.9% of them are rip offs and no firmware upgrade are available.
Dont buy them just stick to a well named card for future updates.
Learn from the past.
There are about 15 different r4 cards on the market and are all rip offs of each other.

 

[DarkLG]

Would there firmware work on the old r4 cards??

 

[Agjsdfd]

Thats a good sign, I gues...

 

[Maz7006]

Nice,

*laughs at fools who said the r4 is dead*

*the R4 team is dead.

Nice to see someone has done something about the R4 madness. I think the M3 team is doing this to get quick cash. I mean lets face it, everything with R4 on it sells well.

 

[personager]

So as far as I see, the only (major) differences between the R4i RTS and the CycloDS Evolution is the ability to slow down gameplay and $15. Am I right?

 

[DarkLG]

Damn that sucks I really wished they made this firmware able to be used on the original R4's

 

[Schlupi]

Well, ok guys, i found the R4 series selling here at this unreliable looking site for the prices of:

R4SDHC= 8 US$
R4i=16.99 US$
& R4i RTS=19.99 US$.

I wouldn't trust this site, because I don't see any reviews on any searches I've done, but it's still nice to know an estimate of how much you're going to pay for one if you're interested...

At this point, though... who would be?

 

[DsHacker14]

Well this is pretty good news but id rather wait for the m3 zero and then compare the two to see which should be my next flashcart.

 

[tylerxian]

The R4i RTS would be a great upgrade from my DSTT.

 

[BoxShot]

*jaw drops* WTF is this crap ..... Seriously why just why would they do this because the R4 is/was popular? So sells are more important to the M3 team .... Okay that's it I'm leaning to get an Acekard 2i now. I would get that R4i RTS for shit and giggles though.

This better not be the reason the M3i Zero was delayed .... I would be so pissed off.

 

[Splych]

I think it is BoxShot. iunno if this is real or not... But looks like more and more people won't know which are clones and stuff.

This is just gonna be like the R4...

 

[Finishoff]

Whoa didn't see this coming at all. I would still rather get my hands on the M3i Zero flashcart though

Hopefully it'll be in stock at most online sites the first week of July.

 

[hyun]

if it doesnt come out first week of july....
i am gonna cancel my preorder...
cuz like wat ppl said..
m3 have too many products to upload the firmware,.

 

[stivsama]

Hmmm, I wonder if GBATemp will review these carts, they've had a pretty anti-R4-clone stance all this time, but the fact that it is the M3 team behind it all could change things up.

Yeah GBATemp, there could've been a Cyclo-esque but cheap R4 clone and tempers wouldn't have been educated about it at all.

Um... is there?

 

[AXYPB]

I really don't think that bringing back a brand that was specifically outlawed in Japan is a good idea.

 

[BoxShot]

@AXYPB Very true. Maybe they want the M3 to be banned too?

 

[Joe88]

Hmmm, I wonder if GBATemp will review these carts, they've had a pretty anti-R4-clone stance all this time, but the fact that it is the M3 team behind it all could change things up.

they still need to update the m3 real review to in include sakura

 

[DSGamer64]

I love how people think this is going to be instant fail just because the carts happen to be R4's. Look, M3 is backing these new cards most likely from a software development standpoint and someone else is producing the carts. No one here knows anything about how these new R4 cards will turn out, if M3 maintains them with firmware updates then the only other issue will be the shitty Chinese made clones, which could easily be banned.

 

[BoxShot]

M3 team or not some of us don't like the fact there are so many clone/fake R4s ..... I could care less if it was by the M3 team because that wouldn't make me happier. They have the M3(i) I don't see why they are trying to ressurect this cart. Oh and R4i RTS wow a card with a name which boasts its new function ....