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This is the comparison chart for methods of running DS games on your Nintendo DS, DSi, or 3DS. Most of the options here are flashcarts, however TWiLight Menu++ is a homebrew app that can be run on DSi or 3DS consoles using a soft-mod or as an alternative interface for any flashcart. Despite its reliance on a flashcard on DS/DS Lite, it has been included in the comparison as it makes a good alternative to buying a flashcart on DSi and 3DS.

Hover your mouse over the categories on the left to view a short description.

Current

Ace3DS+[fn 1] SuperCard DSONE SDHC[fn 1] r4isdhc.com[fn 1][fn 2] TWiLight Menu++
Hardware
DS Yes Yes Yes With flashcart
DSi Yes No Yes Yes
3DS Yes No Yes Yes
Expandable Memory SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] N/A[fn 4]
SD Slot Top Top Top N/A
CPU No No No N/A
Software
DSi Games No No No Yes[fn 5]
DSiWare Games No No No Yes[fn 6]
Alternative Firmware No DSTT Firmware, YSMenu, Evolution OS YSMenu Varies[fn 7]
Cheats Usrcheat.dat Usrcheat.dat Usrcheat.dat
Autoboot (DS\Lite) No Yes No N/A
Auto AAP Yes[fn 8] Yes Yes Yes
Slow Motion No No No No
Real Time Save No No No No
Real Time Guide No No No Yes
Wii Connectivity Yes Yes No No
Other
Clone Yes Yes Yes N/A
Updatable Bootloader (DSi) No No No N/A
ntrboot Compatible Not clones[fn 9] No Yes N/A
Battery Life for DSLite + Flashcart + Commercial ROM ? ? ? ?
Ace3DS+ SuperCard DSONE SDHC r4isdhc.com TWiLight Menu++

Historical

Slot-1 flashcarts
Acekard 2i CycloDS iEvolution DSTTi iEDGE EZ Flash Vi iPlayer iTouch (2) M3i Zero R4DS/M3 Simply and Clones R4i Gold 3DS Plus SuperCard DSONEi SuperCard DSTWO SuperCard DSTWO+
Hardware
DS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DSi v1.4.3/1.4.4[fn 10] v1.4.2?  ?? v1.4.2?[1] v1.4.4[2] v1.4[3] v1.4[4] Yes[5] No Yes Yes[6] Yes Yes
3DS v2.1.0/v4.3.0[fn 10]  ??  ??  ?? v4.0.0[2]  ??  ?? v4.5.0[7] No Yes v4.4.0[6] Yes Yes
Expandable Memory SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDSC[fn 11] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDHC[fn 3] SDXC[fn 3][fn 12]
SD Slot Top Top Top Top Side Top Top Side Top Top Top Top Top
CPU No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes
Software
DSi Games No Yes[fn 5] No No No No No No No No No No No
DSiWare Games No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Alternative Firmware AKAIO None YSMenu None EZ Flash 2.0 Firmware None None Sakura YSMenu, R4li, Wood R4 Wood R4 DSTT Firmware, YSMenu, Evolution OS YSMenu YSMenu, Moonshell, bagplug, iMenu
Skinning Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cheats Cheat.dat, Cheat.xml, Usrcheat.dat user.EVOcheats Usrcheat.dat Usrcheat.dat Cheat.dat Cheat.dat, EZARcode.dat None Cheat.db, cheat.xml Cheat.dat, Usrcheat.dat Usrcheat.dat Cheat.xml, Usrcheat.dat(EOS) Usrcheat.dat Usrcheat.dat
Autoboot (DS\Lite) No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes  ??? Varies[fn 13] No  ???
Auto AAP No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Slow Motion No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Real Time Save No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No With Wood R4 Yes Yes Yes
Real Time Guide No Yes No No Yes No No Yes  ??? No Yes Yes Yes
Wii Connectivity With AKAIO Yes No No No No No No With Wood R4 With Wood R4 Yes Yes Yes
Other
Clones Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes[fn 14] Yes (Many) Yes DSONE SDHC only No Yes
Updatable Bootloader (DSi) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
ntrboot Compatible Yes No Varies[fn 15][8] No No No No No No Internal switch No No No
Battery Life for DSLite + Flashcart + Commercial ROM 7hrs 13min ? ? ? ? ? ? 3hrs 44min 4hrs 15min ? ? 6hrs 04min ?
Acekard 2i CycloDS iEvolution DSTTi iEDGE EZ Flash Vi iPlayer iTouch 2 M3i Zero R4DS/M3 Simply and Clones R4i Gold 3DS Plus SuperCard DSONEi SuperCard DSTWO SuperCard DSTWO+

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Only clone cards are commonly available.
  2. ^ As of 2022, any card from r4isdhc.com from 2014 and later. Not to be confused with r4isdhc.hk or r4isdhc.com.cn, which are both Ace3DS+ clones.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o SDXC cards are supported if reformatted to FAT-32
  4. ^ On DSi and 3DS, the console's internal SD(HC) card. On flashcard subject to the restrictions of the flashcard it's running on.
  5. ^ a b Only on Nintendo DSi and 3DS consoles, not DS Phat or DS Lite.
  6. ^ Only a small number of DSiWare are compatible with DS Phat and DS Lite, most/all are compatible with DSi and 3DS.
  7. ^ On Nintendo DSi and 3DS, TWiLight Menu++ can only be used with nds-bootstrap. When running from a flashcart, TWiLight Menu++ sometimes supports other kernels as well.
  8. ^ Missing patches for some of the last releases, such as 5th generation Pokémon. Those games must be manually patched.
  9. ^ Original Ace3DS+ cards can be flashed for ntrboot, however the modern clones cannot.
  10. ^ a b HWID 44 supported until DSi v1.4.3/3DS v2.1.0, HWID 81 supported until DSi v1.4.4/3DS v4.3.0 via bootloader update.
  11. ^ Only cards up to 2 GB can be used. Some clones are SDHC.
  12. ^ SDHC only for NDS mode.
  13. ^ Only the SuperCard DSONE and DSONE SDHC autoboot, DSONEi does not.
  14. ^ M3 Adaptes, M3 Adaptor
  15. ^ Only some flash chips are compatible

References

  1. ^ iEDGE Bootstrap updater v4 released
  2. ^ a b DOWNLOAD - EZ-FLASH
  3. ^ DS iPlayer - iPlayer OS v1.1 & firmware v1.0
  4. ^ iTouchds Home
  5. ^ M3i Zero Core
  6. ^ a b Unlimited Upgrade for DSONEi only_SuperCard Official Site
  7. ^ M3i Zero Core
  8. ^ flashcart_core DSTT supported chips

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