There still seems to be some uncertainty regarding the R4 series of cards. Therefore, we want to try and simplify it all for people and plan to show video and/or pictoria set up instructions to help you het the best from your DS or DSi.
Let’s just take an opportunity to make sure that people know the requirements for Nintendo DS and DSI and the correct R4 DS Adapter for their games console.
Let’s start with the
Nintendo DS/DS Lite – For these, it doesn’t matter which series of R4 card that you have. All current R4-SDHC or R4i-SDHC cards should work without a hitch. Recent issues with the DSi have come about because the DSi has upgradable firmware (via Internet) whereas the DS/DS Lite can only be upgraded at the factory. These upgrades have stopped cards working on a DSi, but Nintendo has no means to do this with other variants.
Nintendo DSi
Your choices depend upon whether you havd a Nintendo DSi upgraded to 1.4 Firmware or not – ignore the subsequent letter e.g. (U)SA, (E)urope , (J)apan
DSi at or below v1.3 Firmware – Any R4i-SDHC version will do an admirable job so long as you do not upgrade your DSi to Firmware1.4 or above. Currently firmware releases for this R4i adapter have stopped at v1.09b meaning that more recent games may not be fully supported – highly recommended that you purchase the current 1.4 flashed R4i Adapter card to have maximum compatability.
DSi at v1.4 Firmware – Your choice is currently limited to the R4i-SDHC pack starred as 1.4 compatible. None of the other R4 series of cards will work if you have upgraded or bought a new DSi with v1.4 Nintendo firmware.
Note: There is no guarantee that 1.4 starred R4i cards will work for a future Nintendo upgrade. You are advised to avoid upgrading your Nintendo DSi firmware without researching and accepting that the R4i functionality may change or even be broken completely.
