Supercard DSTWO hands-on preview

[KazoWAR]

I can't see how the anti-piracy thing is going to work, nothing is future proof, Nintendo will find a way.

 

[iFish]

I can't see how the anti-piracy thing is going to work, nothing is future proof, Nintendo will find a way.

You mostly just said what i said... just made it shorter it

 

[em2241992]

Very nice review, nice detail. Although it does look promising and I love the color, I will wait on buying one seeing if they improve the GBA functionality.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

I don't know Team Supercard...

"ANY" future DS anti-Piracy technology is a HUGE word to say...not fully believing it until I see proof

 

[Beige]

i remember free cheats back on my game boy color

you wont get a lot of things from a game like super mario, you might be able to get infinite jump or something by searching on different jump heights, but thats more or less it

its still pretty funny, I frequently did it for the heck of it in all kinds of games


does this work on ds/dslite too? or is it only dsi?

All features are available on all DS models. No (known) flash card can enter DSi mode on a DSi, they all run as if they were on a normal DS.

 

[Infinite Zero]

is the supercard released worldwide already? or not.....

 

[Pong20302000]

did i not see elixer or someone earlier say 18th of may for china release or something

i think i may invest in one

 

[Porygon-X]

They told me that the DSTWO CPU can emulate the original cartridge without patches, whilst others flash carts need a patch.

Found a couple of "typos" for you there shaunj!

Call me teh "grammar nazi".

 

[soulfire]

the only thing that i want to work for the gba is golden sun cuze on the psp it won't work :S and medabots
i just love medabots on gba

(the rpg version)ftw

 

[elixirdream]

Not yet. No official date but word is around mid-May.

QUOTE(Pong20302000 @ May 8 2010, 07:52 AM) did i not see elixer or someone earlier say 18th of may for china release or something

i think i may invest in one

unless something unexpected happens
that date i posted here is confirmed by the supercard officials to the chinese forum

 

[Hakoda]

12. New exclusive feature. Hardware iDS Anti Piracy. No Patch needed.

If this is true and works, I may just become an SuperCard fan. Although I'm still solid with my Acekard.

 

[Mages4ever]

The more I think bout it, the more it sounds like they got access to the DSi features :/
That or you don't need to flash your cart in the case of an update.

 

[blinkingangels]

I know its been said that their cheat system is like Cheat Engine before, but I suggest dowloading Cheat Engine, and taking the tutorial that comes with it (it's not just a bunch of text, it's an actual program that you have to "cheat" to go on to the next step). Go to at least step 6 or 7, and that should be more than enough to know how to cheat your DS games in fun and crazy ways.

 

[TM2-Megatron]

The more I think bout it, the more it sounds like they got access to the DSi features :/

I wish. But if that had been successfully hacked, we surely would've heard about it by now. You can't keep that kind of thing quiet for too long.

 

[Zane]

Didn't like how the GBa emulation sounds.. i hope it get's better. But i guess as it plays most of the GBA games i actually want to play i'm fine. Already have this pre-ordered though, so i hope i'll be happy with it.

 

[Gh0sti]

i hope that dstwo can have wifi updates, that would be sweet like the akaio,

i think once i get mine ill wait like 2 months before opening so that most of the bugs can be fixed and i wont be so frustrated with the system like gba emulation and maybe snes emulation, along with video support

 

[coattails]

I'm clueless as to why video support isn't working yet.
If the SCDS2 and the iPlayer have basically the same hardware, why can't they just implement the iPlayer video player into the EOS menu?

I could honestly care less about the GBA emulation.. people are acting as if DS lites and EZ 3-in-1's don't exist. I doubt that GBA emulation on the DSi will ever come close to the near 100% fluency of a DSL+3-in-1 combo. So if you're that intent on playing GBA games, might as well just sell your DSi and get a 100$ brand new DSL. I've already beaten the entire MMBN series, Mother 3, and all the Fire Emblems already, so I don't think I'll ever need to touch a GBA again.

However, having DivX movies and commercial games on a single flash cart is the selling point for me. I was contemplating the purchase of an iPlayer, but I realized it would be a big hassle to have to swap my AK2i and iPlayer on the road. I usually carry my DS in my pocket, and I'm pretty sure my shi**y quality ak2i would snap if I kept it in my pocket.

With those 2 features in 1 cart, I can now tell all my

owning friends to go f**k themselves...

 

[lolzed]

I'm clueless as to why video support isn't working yet.
If the SCDS2 and the iPlayer have basically the same hardware, why can't they just implement the iPlayer video player into the EOS menu?

I could honestly care less about the GBA emulation.. people are acting as if DS lites and EZ 3-in-1's don't exist. I doubt that GBA emulation on the DSi will ever come close to the near 100% fluency of a DSL+3-in-1 combo. So if you're that intent on playing GBA games, might as well just sell your DSi and get a 100$ brand new DSL. I've already beaten the entire MMBN series, Mother 3, and all the Fire Emblems already, so I don't think I'll ever need to touch a GBA again.

However, having DivX movies and commercial games on a single flash cart is the selling point for me. I was contemplating the purchase of an iPlayer, but I realized it would be a big hassle to have to swap my AK2i and iPlayer on the road. I usually carry my DS in my pocket, and I'm pretty sure my shi**y quality ak2i would snap if I kept it in my pocket.

With those 2 features in 1 cart, I can now tell all my

owning friends to go f**k themselves...

if you have DSi(following ur second sentence) using this card would be useful.This has savestates and fast forward etc unlike EZFlash 3in1. Of course it won't be 100% but it can try.That and it won't just be GBA emu anyway,theres SNES too,where DS fails at.This would be an all in one card for both DSi and DS/L users. If only they release SDK's.

 

[Mbmax]

thx for the preview
but 3 questions
1. What is the exactly speed the included CPU is clocked with?

The iPlayer is based on the TMS320DM6441. I'm pretty sure it's the same DMSoC on dstwo.

 

[Leo99999]

I feel like a massive noob asking this but is this only compatible with DSi or will it work with DS Lites as well?