R4i Adapter for Nintendo DSi
**** New!! Search for and download backup games directly to your DSi R4i adapter over a wireless connection ****
(new v1.4 R4i Manufactured since Nov 2009 only)
The Nintendo DSi console was launched on Friday 3rd April 2009 as an upgraded version of the popular Nintendo DS Lite console. Handheld DS consoles makes them popular with parents who are happy to see their children occupied for hours in quiet amusement (especially on long car journeys), but the small footprint of the DS and DSi cartridges and that swapping of game cartridges can lead to the loss of expensive games through mislaying them. That is a big loss when games cost £25 on average.
Whilst the Nintendo DSi is backwards compatible with the Nintendo DS, it means that as a consequence the DSi games cartridges are identical in size with the DS cartridges and carry the same risk of losing the games cartridges.
R4 Adapter Card for the Nintendo DS
What if you could store all the games on a single Nintendo DSi Memory Adapter, eliminating the swapping? The R4 adapter for Nintendo DS is a mini electronic card of tricks which is the same size as an original DS or DSi game cartridge, but also accepts flash card memory allowing you to upload files to it, which may be MP3s, videos or other multimedia files; depending upon the size of the R4 card memory, this could be dozens (to hundreds) of backed up games eliminating the need to swap game cartridges forever and allowing you to store the original games cartridges safely ensuring that your valuable investment is protected!
It isn’t actually practical for most people to backup their games themselves, however others have already done this for most games (maybe even all of them) already and the game backup files (NDS Roms) are freely available on the Internet, Note: Whilst this means that you can easily acquire and play games even if you have not purchased them, I would expect any such activity to be illegal in most jurisdictions. Therefore, whilst it is theoretically possible to download and play virtually every DS/DSi game ever published, for free I must caution that would certainly be in breach of copyright. However, there is a new R4i version available that appears to be completely compatible with the Nintendo DSi and so far appears to have beaten the Nintendo software engineers : the R4i Adapter for Nintendo DSi. This new R4i adapter will work in exactly the same way as the original R4 adapter for the Nintendo DS, but is re-engineered to work with the new Nintendo DSi.
What can I do with an R4i Adapter for the DSi?
This R4i adapter firmware allows you to watch movies, play music, browse your pictures, read E-Books, transfer files from your computer (including the games backup roms) as well as the opportunity to run Homebrew (often free) software. Now you really can use your DSi to the fullest extent possible and with one tiny R4i memory adapter the size of an original game cartridge. that slots right into your DSi.
- Watch movies
- Play music
- Browse pictures
- Read E-Books and more…
Features:
- R4i adapter is same size as an original DSi game cartridge
- Built-in PassMe (NO need for any boot cart./passcard etc.)
- Uses microSD memory card (Trans Flash) as storage
- Boot clean dump images (downloadable from internet)
- Very simple to use: drag and drop files to the microSD card, insert into R4i adapter for DSi and play
- Standard FAT system support
- Supports different speeds of micro SD cards
- Supports HC memory cards
- Upgradable Firmware ( OS / Bios / Kernel )
- DSi Touch screen control and robust skinning support
- No battery needed, back up the save file directly into the microSD card
- Homebrew support , IO lib available on launch
- Supports up to a MASSIVE 32Gb Flash memory card. Purchase preferred card size and insert into R4i adapter
Where can I BUY The R4i Adapter for the Nintendo DSi?
Many merchants are starting to offer R4i adapter cards, however our recommendation is :
Buy the R4i Nintendo DSi Adapter
R4i.co.uk (formerly Memorybits) have supplied our memory cards and adapters in the past and continue to supply only official R4/R4i stock, backed up by excellent instructions for setting up the R4i adapter and locating the software and firmware for it.
Now that we have hold of our own R4i Adapters, we have added a review.
Read our review of the R4i Adapter for the Nintendo DSi
Note: Older R4i cards do not work on a Nintendo DSi that has been upgraded to v1.4 Firmware. We believe that it is unlikely that an R4i firmware upgrade will be possible. The good news is that the latest R4i cards now shipping from R4i.co.uk are now compatible with the upgraded Nintendo 1.4 Firmware. If you enjoy Homebrew, but previously upgraded your Nintendo, then you can buy a new R4i and re-use your existing memory card.
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Thanks for the R4i related info! However, there are lots of different R4i’s out, from the red to the gold and I have even seen some black and white ones. Exactly which is trustworthy?
As far as I am concerned, the red r4i-sdhc.com version is the one that works for me … sold via R4i.co.uk and others.
4254 Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey – not working with latest 1.12b version