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	Gateway 3DS	R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe	3DS Link	Orange 3DS	MT-Card
Hardware
3DS / XL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2DS	No	No	No	No	No
Expandable Memory	Micro SD(HC) 128GB	Micro SD(HC)	Micro SD(HC)	Micro SD(HC)	Micro SD(HC)
SD Slot	Top	Top	Top	Top	Top
Spring loaded	Yes & No	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	No
USB Slot	No	No	No	No	Yes (Top)
LED	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
FPGA Upgradeable	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Region free	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Software compatibility
ROM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Retail cartridge	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
E-shop games	Yes	No	No	No	No
3DSWare	No	No	No	No	No
Single ROM mode (Image)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Multi ROM mode (FAT32)	Yes Split 4GB+ ROM	No	No	No	Yes
Multi ROM mode (exFAT)	Yes	No	No	No	No
SDK5+ ROM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Card2-type games (ROM)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Card2-type games (Retail Cartridge)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EmuNAND	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
eShop	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Software Features
Region free (ROM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Region free (Retail Cartridge)	* 2.0b2 mod by Normmatt * 2.0 Omega	No	No	No	Yes
Update partition spoofing (ROM)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Update partition spoofing (Retail Cartridge)	No	No	No	No	No
Manual Savegame Backup	Only v1.0 to v2.0b2	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Real Time Savegame Backup	Yes v2.0 Omega	No	No	No	Yes
Local Play	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Online (ROM)	No	No	No	No	No
Online (Retail Cartridge)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dump Retail Cartridges	Yes	No	No	No	No
Other
Is a clone	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Possible Rip-off clones*	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Gateway 3DS	R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe	3DS Link	Orange 3DS	MT-Card