NDS Game Loader Comparison Chart
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This is the New Flashcart comparison chart for the Nintendo DS(lite) and DSi Systems. Please help us keeping this as up to date as possible!! Hover your mouse over the categories on the left to view a short description.
Slot 1 Flashcarts
Acekard 2i | CycloDS iEvolution | DSTTi | iEDGE | EZ Flash Vi | iPlayer | iTouch (2) | M3i Zero | R4DS/M3 Simply and Clones | R4i Gold | SuperCard DSONEi | SuperCard DSTWO | SuperCard DSTWO+ | |
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Hardware | |||||||||||||
DS / Lite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
DSi / XL | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
3DS / XL | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
2DS | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
N3DS / XL | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Expandable Memory | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD (some clones also HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(HC) | Micro SD(XC) (SDHC only for NDS ROMs) |
SD Slot | Top | Top | Top | Top | Side | Top | Top | Side | Top | Top | Top | Top | Top |
CPU | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Software | |||||||||||||
DSi Games | No | Yes | 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 | ??? | Yes (Supercard DS One)/No (DSOnei) | 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 (M3 Adaptes, M3 Adaptor) | Yes (Many) | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Updatable Bootloader (DSi) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 | SuperCard DSONEi | SuperCard DSTWO | SuperCard DSTWO+ |