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Flashcart's comparison chart

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Gateway 3DS R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe 3DS Link Orange 3DS MT-Card Sky3DS
Hardware
3DS / XL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2DS No No No No No Yes
Expandable Memory Micro SD(XC)
128GB
Micro SD(HC)
32GB
Micro SD(HC)
32GB
Micro SD(HC) Micro SD(XC)
128GB
SD Slot Top Top Top Top Top Top
Spring loaded Yes & No Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown
USB Slot No No No No Yes (Top) No
LED Yes No No No Yes Yes
FPGA Upgradeable Yes No No No Yes Unknown
Region free Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Software compatibility
ROM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Retail cartridge Yes v3.0-3.3 only v3.0-3.3 only v3.0-3.3 only Yes No
E-shop 3DS games Yes No No No Yes No
E-shop VC games (not GBA) Yes No No No Yes No
E-shop GBA VC games No No No No No No
Single ROM mode (Image) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 10 games
Multi ROM mode (FAT32) Yes
Split 4GB+ ROM
Yes
Split 4GB+ ROM
Yes
Split 4GB+ ROM
No Yes
•Trim 4GB ROM
•256 titles
No
Multi ROM mode (exFAT) Yes Yes Yes No Yes
•256 titles
No
SDK5+ ROM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SDK7+ Yes No No No No Yes
Card2-type games (ROM) Yes No No No Yes Yes
Card2-type games (Retail Cartridge) Yes v3.0-3.3 only v3.0-3.3 only v3.0-3.3 only Yes N/A
Card2 Converted to Card1-type games (ROM) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown
EmuNAND Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
EmuNAND 8+ Yes
Flashcart required
No No No No N/A
eShop Yes No No No No* Yes
Homebrew Very limited No No No Yes No
Software Features
Region free (ROM) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Region free (Retail Cartridge) 2.0b2 mod
by Normmatt
• 2.0 Omega
No No No Yes N/A
Update partition spoofing (ROM) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Update partition spoofing
(Retail Cartridge)
No No No No No N/A
Manual Savegame Backup Card1 type only Yes Yes Yes No Unknown
Real Time Savegame Backup •Card2 type only
•Save in the ROM
No No No Yes Unknown
Local Play Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown
Online (ROM) Yes No No No Yes Unknown
Online (Retail Cartridge) Yes v3.0-3.3 only v3.0-3.3 only v3.0-3.3 only Yes N/A
Dump Retail Cartridges Yes No No No No No
Cartridge Savegame backup/restore Yes No No No No No
Cartridge & ROM Savegame crossover .3dz with the
same Unique ID
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cheatcode support No No No No Yes
•Flashcart's menu
•Edit Savegame's data only
•No database editor
•Short game compatibility.
No
Other
Is a clone No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Possible Rip-off clones* Yes No No No Yes No
Gateway 3DS R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe 3DS Link Orange 3DS MT-Card Sky3DS

* Rip-off clones: Whether clones of this cart exist. This line doesn't reflect if this cart is a clone of another one, but if you have chances to buy a cloned (rip-off) one instead of the expected product. For example if different manufacturers are selling a card with the same name.

* eShop access: Not working anymore since May 13th 2014. A new System menu version 7.2.0-17 has been released by Nintendo and the eShop, System Settings and NNID Settings are now using the NCCH encryption introduced in v7.0.0-13. That new encryption is not compatible with actual flashcart's firmware. Online games are still working, but only if you don't need to download an update.

* Cartridge support: Not possible to launch EmuNAND Classic with R4i/3DSLink/Orange3DS on latest version.

* EmuNAND: Not possible to create a new EmuNAND dump with R4i/3DSLink/Orange3DS on latest version. Existing emuNAND will still be used automatically at launch.