And with it I bought Tetris. I must say it's quite fun. Pwning (and often being owned by) the countless Japanese players over wi-fi is addictively fun.

For all you mofos who have a DS, I'm wondering if any of you have purchased one of those loader cards which you put heaps of ROMs on to play illegally (hehe). If so, what brand of card should I get? R4, M3 and TT seem to be the options to choose from. Can anyone recommend me anything?

(also recommend games hehe!, and feel free to post ur tetris friendcode, mine is 115774811873)

kefkalives

Australia1272 Posts

September 28 2008 11:05 GMT

OH MY GOD SWAMI I HAS ONE TOO. i actually ended up buying a few games instead of pirating. plus one of my best friends ended up buying me like 4-5 games.

i need to get the little wifi thing so i can play tetris online TT.

Have not regretted the purchase one bit. so many quality titles.

GTR

51436 Posts

September 28 2008 11:41 GMT

i think there is no difference between an r4 and m3 except the software.
that said, if your on a capped plan, ugh to d/ling ROMs, orelse download like the romset as of now and put ROMs for top games as rated by gamespot or something.

i definitely recommend the world ends with you and trauma center,

kefkalives

Australia1272 Posts

September 28 2008 11:45 GMT

Ooooooh i've wanted to play the world ends with you for so long. must find a copy.

Bockit

Sydney2287 Posts

September 28 2008 11:52 GMT

Definitely get one of the cards, they enhance your enjoyment so much. Tetris DS is actually really fun to play vs friends too, even people who aren't normally into gaming get extremely competitive with it in my experience.

SnowFantasy

4173 Posts

September 28 2008 12:02 GMT

:O

Tetris is awesome.

prOxi.swAMi

Australia3091 Posts

September 28 2008 12:06 GMT

If I download all my games onto a card, am I still able to play wifi?

MooCow

1434 Posts

September 28 2008 12:18 GMT

On September 28 2008 21:06 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
If I download all my games onto a card, am I still able to play wifi?

Yes, you can I do that all the time =D

I have an R4 btw.

Scaramanga

Australia8090 Posts

September 28 2008 12:36 GMT

I recommend advanced wars dark conflict and if you like Zelda it aint that bad

Bockit

Sydney2287 Posts

September 28 2008 13:18 GMT

#10

On September 28 2008 21:06 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
If I download all my games onto a card, am I still able to play wifi?

Yeah, there seem to be no limits. You can trade pokemon from ROMs over the wifi pokemon network for example.

Jizz

Australia224 Posts

September 28 2008 13:58 GMT

#11

I remember my psp. I remember the good times spent with it. selling it mainly

ChaoSbringer

Australia1382 Posts

September 28 2008 14:00 GMT

#12

CycloDS is probably the best, it's what I use. Not sure where you live in AUS, but there is a 'official' reseller located in WA (Perth or Fremantle iirc) who does shipping aus wide.

Uraeus

France1378 Posts

September 28 2008 14:19 GMT

#13

I use a TT card (of course I only use it with ROMs of games I have actually purchased. Otherwise that would be pirating. And pirating is bad, right?

) and it works very well.
Games I like : The world ends with you, Elite Beat Agents, FF XII : Revenant Wings, Metroid Prime Hunters.
If you like Tetris likes and puzzle games, I'd recommend Meteos, Prism : light the way, and Warlords Puzzle Quest Challenge.

I don't regret buying a DS at all. I have had hours of fun with it, and it comes in handy in a train, plane, or anytime you have an appointment and have to wait for at least 1/2H.

Spenguin

Australia3316 Posts

September 28 2008 14:20 GMT

#14

where did u get an r4?

Purind

Canada3562 Posts

September 28 2008 15:17 GMT

#15

R4 and M3 are pretty much the same. I don't know anything about the others, but I reckon they're probably all the same as well

My incredibly unbias opinion will recommend Contra 4. Can't wifi that though, so that's a shame. I haven't met anyone that has Contra 4 so I've never played multiplayer.

XDawn

Canada4040 Posts

September 28 2008 15:49 GMT

#16

JUST ordered me an R4 ^________________^
Now where to download ROMs with fast speed connection.........

MrHoon

10183 Posts

September 28 2008 16:03 GMT

#17

R4 is terrible

For the same price CycloDS is where its at man
Savestates, fast firmware updates, Slowmotion, Fast foward and SDHC support (16 gb OMG)

Also there are ALOT of R4 fakes which can brick your DS
Not to mention, its the same price.

Uraeus

France1378 Posts

September 28 2008 17:15 GMT

#18

On September 29 2008 00:49 XDawn wrote:
JUST ordered me an R4 ^________________^
Now where to download ROMs with fast speed connection.........

Given you want to download DS Roms, I think the first reply of Google to the keywords "nds" and "roms" should fit.

NrG.ZaM

United States267 Posts

September 28 2008 17:52 GMT

#19

R4s are out of production IIRC. Currently, the best slot 1 option for DS homebrew is the CylcoDS, but they all do basically the same thing, so if you want, you can just get whatever cheap one you find.

blabber

United States4448 Posts

September 28 2008 19:01 GMT

#20

I used to have an M3 Simply. Worked great. Then I sold my DS Lite. Then I got another DS Lite and got CycloDS. Works great, too. I haven't heard too much commotion about fake M3's or CycloDS's, so you should probably look into one of those, rather than R4.

Games I recommend:
Phoenix Wright games and the Apollo Justice game (which is a sequel to Phoenix Wright)
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Pokemon!
Final Fantasy IV