R4i RTS announced

[Lily]

This is the stupidest news I've read all day, and it's only 7am! M3's core product is already an excellent one, and R4 is and has become the butt of all flashcart jokes. Considering that there are already tonnes of R4 clones on the market, how on Earth do they intend their 'official' R4 to stand above the rest? How do they intend to escape the wrath of Nintendo, who shut the original R4 team down in the first place?

What a dingbat move, the R4 should just die already. Unless of course M3 and R4 were always hooked together. (M3 Simply was an R4 clone after all.) There are way too many flashcart choices with too little to separate them from one another anymore.

I dunno M3 (R4?) team, I dunno.

 

[Heran Bago]

I wonder if this means firmware support to the old R4 line. Any idea?

Hell, I wonder if it means firmware support for the new ones.

Among people who aren't in the know, R4 is synonymous with DS piracy. For people that are in the know though, it's synonymous with lack of updates and YSmenu. Making three seperate cards, four with the M3i Zero, kind of seems like overkill though. Way to saturate the market.

Not like it matters, it will obviously appeal to the casual piracy audience

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[Sir-Fritz]

This looks a bit fake.... seriously why have two different cards for dsi with only difference is a feature thats only dependent on firmware...

 

[bollocks]

that site (and packaging) looks awful. like any other half-arsed R4 clone really. if this is an "official" takeover why aren't they advertising the fact? or at least trying to distinguish their "R4" from the millions of others?

 

[Chris_Skylock]

WHAT THE HELL was that? another R4 and I just told my suppliers to stop selling R4s. Now M3 is supporting and making another R4 - not one but 3 R4s?

Im getting the M3i Zero. I dont care about RTS. Maybe just a few games to have RTS

 

[Depravo]

It's too late, the name R4 has been permanently tainted by a string of unreliable and shoddily built clones. I still use my original R4 (it's the only flashcart I have) but when the time come to upgrade it certainly will not be to a cart with R4 in it's name.

 

[tj_cool]

R4i RTS.The first DSi flashcart to have RTS?
They should have named it something else.

Not true, Supercard and M3i zero have it too
Maybe they'll rename it. Its just to let us know it's R4's?

 

[Normmatt]

You all need to get your facts straight the R4 team was and always has been part of the M3 team (M3 doing the hardware and manufacturing, while R4 team did software). The R4 is a clone of the M3 Simply and the updates stopped because the M3DS Real came out (wow new flashcart people wanted to buy it because its new, more cash) and they wanted people to buy that. The R4RTS is almost an itouch clone with an r4 interface. the files definitely suggest its an itouch clone. Again more carts == more money for those selling them.

This isnt official M3 and if it is their website is broken looked at the missing page
http://www.r4rts.cn/soft/3-other-en.htm
and the hidden page stats http://s80.cnzz.com/stat.php?id=343108&amp...08&show=pic

 

[Dingler]

 

[Sao Mortel]

They are triing to hype something that in the end will be deceiving... many cart to choose from nowadays and M3 is slow in producing innovation.
I tell yo just wait til you see a review (and the price!!) to judge. I really have a hard time to see a HOT product coming out from them. M3 real firmware is a joke and sakura has not much evolved since launch with RTS still buggy....

 

[Tanas]

M3 must be insane to take on such a tarnished brand as the the R4, if the they had any sense the wouldn't even touch it with a shitty stick.

 

[Mbmax]

The M3 team is really desperate to do such a thing.
Yeah ! enjoy those new R4 on the market. Make the count now ?
Probably ~20 different R4 name ...

Choose your side. Mine is already choosen.
I stay away from everything named R4.

 

[raulpica]

This is the stupidest news I've read all day, and it's only 7am! M3's core product is already an excellent one, and R4 is and has become the butt of all flashcart jokes. Considering that there are already tonnes of R4 clones on the market, how on Earth do they intend their 'official' R4 to stand above the rest? How do they intend to escape the wrath of Nintendo, who shut the original R4 team down in the first place?

What a dingbat move, the R4 should just die already. Unless of course M3 and R4 were always hooked together. (M3 Simply was an R4 clone after all.) There are way too many flashcart choices with too little to separate them from one another anymore.

I dunno M3 (R4?) team, I dunno.

This.

If this is from Team M3, I've just lost every respect I had for them. R4 is now a real joke brand, and the idea of picking up it and delaying the M3 Zero just for that is a pityful attempt to cash on the R4 name just like those Chinese R4 bootleggers.

And here goes the good name of the M3 team

 

[elixirdream]

Faint....
another new CLONE even though is from m3 team

i wonder when will this die like m3 simply

YAWN.. lame

 

[datroubler]

Money is all for the M3 Team... no more quality. They only wants to participate in the "new R4 market" with all its clones.

they already have a low budget card (itouch) so why they release this?

 

[elixirdream]

i strongly agree
they FAILED
they don't even have confidence with their m3 and itouch!
they need the name and fame or r4 to make $$$

the team FAILED

 

[DSGamer64]

Nice to know that I will be getting my M3i Zero soon, I am getting sick of the shitty firmware releases of the EZ Flash Vi.

 

[DSGamer64]

This is the stupidest news I've read all day, and it's only 7am! M3's core product is already an excellent one, and R4 is and has become the butt of all flashcart jokes. Considering that there are already tonnes of R4 clones on the market, how on Earth do they intend their 'official' R4 to stand above the rest? How do they intend to escape the wrath of Nintendo, who shut the original R4 team down in the first place?

What a dingbat move, the R4 should just die already. Unless of course M3 and R4 were always hooked together. (M3 Simply was an R4 clone after all.) There are way too many flashcart choices with too little to separate them from one another anymore.

I dunno M3 (R4?) team, I dunno.
This.

If this is from Team M3, I've just lost every respect I had for them. R4 is now a real joke brand, and the idea of picking up it and delaying the M3 Zero just for that is a pityful attempt to cash on the R4 name just like those Chinese R4 bootleggers.

And here goes the good name of the M3 team

I find it rather ironic that it's people like you who slag the R4 yet clearly are admitting that there is a problem with the numerous clones. The only people who have ruined the R4 name are those Chinese commie bastards who are making fake knock offs and the websites that sell them in the first place, the R4 was otherwise always a good card and having M3 taking over is probably a good thing so they can try and fix the issues with the fake R4 counterfeit market by distributing the R4 products as a legitimate manufacturer.

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QUOTE(elixirdream @ Jun 26 2009, 09:07 AM)

i strongly agree
they FAILED
they don't even have confidence with their m3 and itouch!
they need the name and fame or r4 to make $$$

the team FAILED

At least their software support doesn't fucking suck like those lazy incompetent hacks who make EZ Flash firmware.

 

[stivsama]

Hmmm... I'm going to have to wait for R4i RTG mself...

maybe with slomo, multisave.. cheats... Damn uncontested cyclo, with the expensiveness!

EZ (or genuine R4), have RTG and you will have my monies

 

[OzModChips]

Some valid points

you guys have one thing wrong
you talk about the R4 name being tarnished?

tarnished to whom? to people that keep up to date with the latest flash card news?
Flash cards, to the average users, are known as R4 cards.
The number of clones there are for a product usually measure the demand for the product.
There would not be 20+ clones if they couldn't sell the fuck out of the card.

Hey, i even put a warning on the r4 page on our website, saying the acekard is a better buy - and we DONT recommend the product, but its still the highest selling flash card.

If they are supporting the software development, then its not a "FAIL" move. You can't say a team is failing when they wipe there ass with money, and you complain about the build quality of a product you bought on DX for $10. Who is failing?