Yeah, R4s may be the cheapest, but the AK2i is the best value. And not much more expensive.

 

$34 is not what i call "extra"

people should stop buying R4,Wood is for those who already have it,learn it people

 

youre not doing your homework
acekard will be always better than the R4. Why? Because wood is from the akaio firmware(or the acekard stuff)
if people cannot afford to buy other than the r4, its acceptable, but thinking that it's better to actually go purchase it because of Wood IS STUPID

 

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

AKAIO is based on AKBBS, which was for the Acekard RPG. It's authors were "bliss/Normmatt/Smiths/Moogle/Gelu/kzat" and presumably also yellow.wood.goblin.

Wood RPG is based on Gelu's firmware.

 

Acekard is NOT the card with the extra features like cyclods, m3i zero, sc ds 2 that has real time save, real time walkthrough, and more features.

AK is the budget card thatlets you play games what you want without all the extra features. Akaio is only best with the game compatibility. not the over all

 

Look, the real problem with telling people that "the R4 is ok" is that they simply won't hear your qualifier of "if you get a clone of the original". I mean, think of all the stupid users out there who just go and buy whatever they are told is the best.

Noob: "Hey is the R4 ok?"
Experienced member: "Sure, if you can find the original and don't mind the SD limitations"
Noob: "Sweet!"
...
Noob: "Hey, can I get an R4?"
Seller: "Sure, latest and greatest R4iLLLLLis3D King! Just $50!"
Noob: "That's what I need, Experienced Member tole me so! I'll take it!"
...
Noob: "Hey guys why I can't play Pokemon Blck and Whit on my R4 plzplzplzplzplz hlp!"
Us: "Ugh."

 

Wait, I don't understand your reasoning as to why the AK2i is better, a budget card without all the special features is pretty much the R4 philosophy. The AK2i does have extra hardware features compared to the R4 which are DSi and SDHC compatibility however like people have said if you don't care about that there is little difference. Also for some people the cost is a major factor and why should you buy a £20 card (or whatever typical price) when you can buy a £5 card which does all the same things that you need. AKAIO is probably the better firmware with more features but the R4 has faster load times which may be appealing for some people and honestly not everyone cares about either of these factors. So I think Miser is right in saying that "If you don't need SDHC or DSi support, get an R4. Otherwise get an AK2i"

 

If YWG drops Wood R4 there is YSMenu to fall back on which has perfect compatibility but is a little fiddly to set up. If the AKAIO team drops AKAIO then the only thing that really made the AK2i special is gone and you will have to revert back to the apparently slow, ancient official firmware, so again the only real difference will be DSi and SDHC compatibility

 

At least they're alive,they update before AKAIO was made,and people bought it