Nintendo Ds Thread - Only Talk About Ds Here

[Guest srenity]

reposting because questions are popping up again:

****R4/M3 FAQ****

WHAT is this R4/M3 that these people in the thread speak of?

it is a cartridge that goes into your slot-1 on your DS.

similiar to a modified/mod-chipped playstation, you can download and play the games

WHERE can i buy it online?

amazon.com i got mine here from bf's sister

modchipstore.com Kazen88

realhotstuff.com chyea_dann

echostore.com MUGETSU

dealextreme.com

divineo.cn Range

bamboogaming.com ongi3000

WHERE do i d/l the games?

frozen roms

nds roms

http://ds.rom-new.org

http://www.1rom.net

http://www.romulation.net

i want to download a LOT of them at once, how should i go about this?

and if you prefer batch/torrent downloading you can

-go to the M3 DS Simply Compatibility List

-search for the games you want (ctrl+f)

-keep the compatible game #s in mind

-go to your favorite torrent downloads place (isohunt, meganova, etc)

-search under the name of game with or without "NDS" (the games are in .nds format)

-select what you want to download of the batches (if you have utorrent, you can check off the ones you want to d/l instead of waiting an hour downloading everything ^^;;; )

it's a long to-do list, but it's pretty simple =D

ok, i got it, but HOW does this drag-drop thing work?

here's my tutorial from the older R4 (but should work the same)

^take your transflash card out of its adapter and plug it into the card reader (that comes with your R4) and follow these instructions:

the game files should be .nds

<DIR> is the directory/folder.

if R4s are universal, then press select until you can see games on your screen.

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what you should have in your mini sd card:

_system_ [folder], _DS_MENU [DAT], [at least one game]

say i want to play lunar: dragon song.

i put it in the mini in its sd card and load up the ds. after you select the game button (with the pac man) you might get a buncha files

from that top screen, all the files are shown. there are 26. i dont have 26 games btw, i have the save files in there too .

in the windows screen in my first screenshot, the moonshl and the _system_ files were folders remember? the folders have a <dir> filename. in the tutorial you might've seen, the user probably had the games under a folder. (F:\lunar - dragon song\lunar - dragon song.nds maybe?) i'm not a computer pro, but that's what i can assume.

the games will be in nds.

press SELECT until the type of files that are shown are all games

then just scroll down your game and play.

it'll ask you to make a sav file before playing. say YES.

the R4 has other capabilities such as playing music and videos. how does moonshell work?

tutorial: mod.dev.homebrew forums (batchdpg for converting videos)

I want to play GBA games too!!

The CycloDS Evolution was $54 plus shipping. It also has DLDI driver so the homebrews work just fine.

Another thing I like is that the games that don't have working download play can and have been fixed them with firmware upgrades. Also, I love that SD/SDHC (forward/backward) compatibility.

i must note: from going 50+ pages back, i keep seeing aaandy bringing up the cycloDS everytime someone complains their local-game networking doesnt work . most games for the R4/M3 do not work for local multiplayer mode

for more info:

M3 wiki

M3 support forum

if there's anything else i should add, please PM me so i can edit my post! =]

[Clix]

Lunar Dragon Song has got to be the worst RPG I've ever played. What RPG seriously makes you lose health for running? I don't feel like snailing everywhere.

[SlashRain]

might be old...but awesome. Anyone who has played Ouendan has to watch this...

Ouendan Live Action dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-qYmvZiuH4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72Co7FkO4E...feature=related (same as above, but closer view)

[Guest srenity]

Lunar Dragon Song has got to be the worst RPG I've ever played. What RPG seriously makes you lose health for running? I don't feel like snailing everywhere.

bold'd for truth

i put it down after 30 mins of playing it.

i should've used a better game as an example.

[Guest x`aNNiie.]

i got my pink NDS today :D

and i borrowed super mario and animal crossing off my little cousin while i wait for the R4.

does anyone know how many games you can fit onto a 2GB card thing?

[Guest HeartOfRose]

^ Maybe 40?

Because I think the 1GB can hold 20 games~

Congrats on your pink DS! I got one too and I'm going to be playing animal crossing soon!

I'm waiting for a micro SD so can't play anything at the moment.

[Guest Amethist]

how does your thumb hurt from playing phantom hourglass? you use the stylus the entire time besides using the subweapons. maybe you're playing weird. or maybe you're holding the ds weird? i dunno. i played it all the way through and i felt fine.

yeah I dunno what it was really, all I know is that I feel fine playing phantom hourglass now, I think my thumb just had to get used to it or something ..

But I gotta say that Phantom Hourglass is extremely addicting ..

I also got a phantom hourglass metal case for christmas, I like it , though my friends have smaller cases, it's kinda big but ohwell.. My twinsister and I also got the Rayman DS game and my twin the Super Monkey Ball DS game (yeah my twinsister borrows my DS).. Anyway, the Super Monkey Ball game is really hard, just frustrating hard .. Anyone tried that game before?

[bawkchoi]

Hey has anyone bought the Top Toy DSTT card thing...supposedly it works just as good as the r4 plus its cheaper...i'm thinking about buying it but there's no instructions anywhere on how to use it! @__@

[Guest -Theory-]

does r4 support tales of innocence yet? the cyclods sure havent , why does everyone want a r4? :x it doesn't support sdhc and the gui is ugly :x, the m3 ds real(new) is great + supports sdhc + comes with a rumble pack:p, tho i got a cyclo ds , which cost twice as much as a r4 :0, it looks great and all but the quality is horrible ahaha theres more defectives then r4s . anyone else got a cyclo ds? :x

[Guest x`aNNiie.]

^ Maybe 40?

Because I think the 1GB can hold 20 games~

Congrats on your pink DS! I got one too and I'm going to be playing animal crossing soon!

I'm waiting for a micro SD so can't play anything at the moment.

lol animal crossing is sorta...ehh to me. i dnt know what to do and it started to annoy me.

i ordered my R4 last night from dealextreme and i have a feeling it might take awhile to get to me...

[Guest CarolBB]

Okay , i hav Cooking Mama 2 on my R4 and ive been playing for a while and when ever i make sumthing and like i finish the first step its all blankLIKE IT frezes .. can anybody tell me y or tell how to fix this problem.. and i dun wanna like redownload cuz i got up to like the icecream and theres like more and i dun wanna start all over again >.< help me please!!

Also can anybody reconmend me some games..? please? =]

some of my games are boring..=]

[Guest -Theory-]

^ it could be you don't have enough memory on ur card, or a bad memory card , may i ask what card do you have

[Guest srenity]

^ ^ maybe it (R4 software) needs to be upgraded? or maybe you did d/l a bad file =[

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i finished luminous arc.

the ending was disappointing, but love love the character designs and sexy women with their seductive giggles

what to play next....

[Guest CarolBB]

^ it could be you don't have enough memory on ur card, or a bad memory card , may i ask what card do you have

Hmmmmmmummmm its an R4.

Kingston 1gb micro i dun think its bad thought cuz all of my other games work =/

i dun think the file was bad ethier cuz i download my other games on the site and every game i download works and my bro download cooking mam 2 and he download it on that same file and hes is fine.. =/ how do i upgrade it tho..???

[Guest ★ rain-a-sky ★]

another website that sells R4s:

www.ebuyrealm.com

free shipping

[Guest Jasmine<3]

my uncle got me my ds lite from china and bought the r4 card with it. he already downloaded the software for it also. but now when i want to update the software it wont work, i tried using the language patcher but it still says it cannot find the _DS_Menu.dat.

Another problem is that cooking mama 2 wont work. it just pops up and says "DAta could not be accessed, reinsert the game card and try again" does anyone else have the same problems??

neeed MAJOR help

[Guest TygrrLilly]

I just got a DS and the only game I have for it so far is Elite Beat Agents and I'm TOTALLY addicted to it. It's such goofy fun.

[Guest Despoina]

I got a pink nintendo ds lite but I have no clue what games to buy for it; though I really like the feature of linking with a friend to play a game anyone got any good game ideas?

[Guest ahndee]

Does any body have FIFA 08 for DS?

I plan on getting that for myself.

[Guest <3 Kim]

Just wondering

Is it really worth going on the internet on the nintendo DS Lite?

i was thinking of buying that thing for nintendo ds lite that lets you browse the net

but want to know if its really worth it before spending my money ><

thanks!