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By: karmarogue

karmarogue — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:46:16 +0000

@Billie,

The one game I bought? Izuna the Unemployed Ninja – because I knew it needed the support and I love roguelikes… which is another reason I own a R4 – for the homebrew roguelikes!

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:27:41 +0000

@Karmarogue

While I agree that you are not costing Nintendo money by not buying a game (beacuse you wouldn’t have bought it anyways). Just like I would never buy a Metallica album, so downloading “Ride the Lightning” doesn’t mean that they lost a sale, cause they never had one to begin with. But seriously dude, give the 3rd parties some props and pick up the game if you enjoy it.

First party games will sell no matter what, but what about the 3rd parties that don’t really get the credit for creating fun nDS games? I mean nDS games are cheap compared to console games, I usually find them for under $20.

The Nintendo DS is one of the best systems that I have owned in a long time, has a awesome diverse library, long battery life, and unmatched gameplay. And while I agree that the R4 isn’t costing Nintendo money, if you really enjoy a game that you wouldn’t have given a chance if you didn’t have the R4, pick it up next time it’s on sale!

By: karmarogue

karmarogue — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:16:04 +0000

I would never have bought a Nintendo DS if I had not heard of the R4. In other words, thanks to the R4, Nintendo sold another DS.

I only bought one game for the DS because frankly I don’t care enough to buy DS games. Every game I download is not a lost sell. I would NEVER have bought them in the first place. If anything, they are lucky I am playing the games for FREE because otherwise I would have never heard of them.

I think it’s retarded to think that there are a bunch of people unlike myself – people that would have bought the games if it wasn’t for the R4. That is simply untrue. The R4 may be costing Nintendo money but nowhere near as much money as they think.

By: Billie

Billie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:31:56 +0000

This is crap, I have a R4, and I still have around 30 purchased titles. I use this neato cart for homebrew applications that devs are too scared to produce. Not to mention that I can backup all my nDS games and place them on one 2GB microSD. So when I go to a friend’s house I don’t have to drag a suitcase full of games. Nintendo is just finding something to cry about just like the RIAA.

By: RinkXing

RinkXing — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:38:10 +0000

I am in exactly the same boat as WolfeatingRaven.

By: Fausty

Fausty — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:37:09 +0000

Another good thing is that it lets you try games that you would never, ever play otherwise. For instance I would not be aware of the genius of Osu Tatake Ouenden if it weren’t for my supercard lite.

Also I gotta ask, why have an article about this deivce on this website? All you’ve done is birng it to the attention of a few hundred/thousand new DS gamers….

By: WolfeatingRaven

WolfeatingRaven — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:36:42 +0000

I have had an R4DS for months and let me tell you its a great piece of kit, it basically gives your DS the functionality of the PSP, playing music and video and even better is that there is a growing community that are creating there own games for the DS that you would never be able to play otherwise.

I will admit i have downloaded some DS roms.You can play any region DS roms, which means that you can play any DS game as soon as it comes out in Japan with many games automatically detecting English and working perfect, even the online works perfect from every game.

I am stuck in Europe and have to wait months for our version and We still have to pay prices that you wouldn’t believe and i can only afford to buy so many. A single new DS game costs €49.99 which at the current exchange rate is about $75US.

Nintendo has really missed the mark with this and its simply because there is no need to ever update firmware for the DS.

Now you might say oh tut tut tut thats dishonest but if you tried being stuck in an English speaking country and waiting for localisation for a region free device you would have been fed up too.

Mind you if i feel that the game is good enough after i download it and once it becomes available i do purchase it.

The single handiest thing about the R4DS is that with a 2gb micro SD card you can carry as many games with you as you want without ever changing cards, then listen to some music and watch a movie.