R4i Cards Open A Whole New World To Homebrew Games On The Nintendo DSi


After the sucessful arrival of the Nintendo DS & DSLite, Nintendo have followed suit with the Nintendo DSi and the R4 cards soon followed aptly named the R4i Card.

Following exactly the same possibilities as the R4 cards, the R4i enable you to download photo’s, music, use homebrew applications and games and backup/transfer all your current collection of games onto the MicroSDHC memory card that slots into the R4i card, which is great if you are going away on holiday as it means you dont need to take all the seperate cartridges with you, you simply transfer them onto the MicroSDHC card via the R4i card. Its simple using the USB Card Reader/Writer supplied with the R4i card package.

Specification of the R4i card is as follows:

The NEW R4i card is the latest advance in flash cartridge technology for the Nintendo DSi.

The R4i Card enables your DSi to accept a micro SD memory card – which in turn means on your DS you can now watch movies, play music, browse pictures, download pictures from your hard drive, read e-books and so much more! It is the complete solution with no need to purchase any additional components or any messy software and truly the easiest media enhancer you could ever imagine owning for your DSi console.

Key Features:

- Drag and drop files to the micro SDHC card and play
- Supports HC (high capacity) memory cards up to 32GB
- Supports Wi-Fi, DS rumble pack and DS browser
- Same size as an original DS / DSi game cartridge
- Supports different speeds of micro SD cards
- Standard FAT system support
- Homebrew support , IO lib available on launch
- No battery needed, back up the save file(s) directly into the micro SDHC card directory
- Upgradable Firmware (OS / Bios / Kernel)
- Boot clean dump images (downloadable from internet)
- Built-in PassMe (NO need for any boot cartridge / passcard etc.)
- Uses micro SD/SDHC memory card (TransFlash) as storage
- Supports robust skinning
- Supports touch screen
- Lower power consumption
- Plugs and plays in SLOT-1 without any passcard and supports all version of DS/DSLite

Package Contents:

- 1x R4i Card
- 1x USB micro SDHC memory card reader/writer

The R4i card with or without a microsd/microsdhc card, is now available to buy online.

The NEW R4i card is the latest advance in flash cartridge technology for the Nintendo DSi. Compatible with the 1.4 Firmware Update you will have no problem using this with your New Nintendo DSi console.

The R4i Card enables your DSi to accept a micro SD memory card – which in turn means on your DS you can now watch movies, play music, browse pictures, download pictures from your hard drive, read e-books and so much more! It is the complete solution with no need to purchase any additional components or any messy software and truly the easiest media enhancer you could ever imagine owning for your DSi console.

Key Features:

- Drag and drop files to the micro SDHC card and play
- Supports HC (high capacity) memory cards up to 32GB
- Supports Wi-Fi, DS rumble pack and DS browser
- Same size as an original DS / DSi game cartridge
- Supports different speeds of micro SD cards
- Standard FAT system support
- Homebrew support , IO lib available on launch
- No battery needed, back up the save file(s) directly into the micro SDHC card directory
- Upgradable Firmware (OS / Bios / Kernel)
- Boot clean dump images (downloadable from internet)
- Built-in PassMe (NO need for any boot cartridge / passcard etc.)
- Uses micro SD/SDHC memory card (TransFlash) as storage
- Compatible with the 1.4 firmware-13th Sept 09>
- Supports robust skinning
- Supports touch screen
- Lower power consumption
- Plugs and plays in SLOT-1 without any passcard and supports all version of DS/DSLite

Package Contents:

- 1x R4i Card
- 1x USB micro SDHC memory card reader/writer