Okay so like those of you who read and responded to my Getting a 3DS XL For My Bday thread know, I've got an Acekard 2i. I tried to update it so that it would run on my 3DS but it didn't work for some reason. Apparently another ds is needed to update it which I won't have acess to for at least a month. I hear that some sites sell their flashcards with the most updated patches though so I wouldn't need one in that case. The fact that the Acekard hasn't been hacked to work past 4.4 also bothers me. So like the title says, is the best move here to just buy a new flashcard and if so, where can I get one that's updated for a fair price?

The two I have my eyes on at the moment are the R4i Gold 3DS and the Supercard two which seems to be double the price. I'm open to other suggestions though. Thanks.

 

I dont see a bright future for any flashcard on 3DS. I have a DSTwo, and it is a great deal, but I dont know what will happen on oncoming updates. The safe way is to get a DS Lite. You can find used ones for around $ 55 I think.

 

If your 3DS is on 4.1.0-8 and you have no plans to update to 4.4.0-10 or higher, then you could just borrow another DS that your Acekard works on and upgrade your Acekard to work with your 3DS.

If you do plan on updating your 3DS or you don't have the ability to borrow another DS, then you might as well buy an R4i Gold 3DS or a Supercard DSTWO. It doesn't really matter which one since they both receive regular updates. The DSTWO has more features, but I would just get the R4i Gold 3DS since its less money and the DSTWO doesn't have any additional features I need.

 

The DSTwo has much more than just GBA/SNES emulation, it has realtime save/load (save state stuff), realtime RAM search and cheat changing, text-vewer while a game is running, slow-motion, and more.

The DSTwo also has advantages over all the other active flash carts in that it has a secondary update ability that can sometimes update even if the DSi/3DS was updated first.

 

The SuperCard DSTwo is your best 3DS option now that Ninty knows what they're doing.

 

Thanks man. Going to order it from the first one. Only $15.99 but it comes updated and free shipping. Sounds good to me. Am I safe to update my 3DS now or should I hold off until I have the cart in hand?

 

Cool. Last question, I promise lol. This may be a dumb one but I don't want to leave anything to chance here. You don't need to pick an sd card in order for it to come updated right? Just thinking since that's where the updates are usually stored.

 

Good enough for me, thank man. Just wanted to make sure since I've got a 8gb card already. Alright going to order it now, thanks everybody.

 

So... Its like the cyclo Evolution except its compatible with 3ds.

 

Just jumping in -- I have a dslite and a acekard 2i, and now I just said screw it, I got a r4i 3ds gold - skipped the dstwo, no fan of the "it uses your battery" thing and I don't care for the extras it has... ordered from RHS got it real fast (east coast)