Nintendo DS and DSi Flashcard compared

M3i Zero vs Acekard 2i vs Acekard 2.1 vs EDGE DS vs iTouch DS vs iTouch2 vs DSTT vs DSTTi vs R4-III vs R4i Gold vs NCard

	M3i Zero	Acekard 2i	Acekard 2.1	EDGE DS	iTouch DS	iTouch2	DSTT	DSTTi	R4-III	Gold R4i	NCard
Console compatibility	DS DS Lite DSi (1.0-1.4)***	DS DS Lite DSi (1.0-1.4)**	DS DS Lite	DS DS Lite	DS DS Lite	DS DS Lite DSi (1.0 - 1.3)*	DS DS Lite	DS DS Lite DSi (1.0-1.4)**	DS DS Lite	DS DS Lite DSi (1.0-1.4)***	DS DS Lite
Boot normaly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Memory speed	Fast	Very fast	Very fast	Very fast	Fast	Fast	Fast	Fast	Fast	Very fast	Extremly fast
Game Patching required	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Some rare
Memory	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC	microSD microSDHC (max 4GB)	microSD microSDHC	Internal NAND 1GB or 2GB
Skinnable	Yes, built-in skins	Yes, built-in skins	Yes, built-in skins	Yes, built-in skins	Manually edit some .bmp files	Manually edit some .bmp files	Manually rename folder	Manually rename folder	Yes, built-in skins	Manually edit some .bmp files	Manually edit some .bmp files
Spring-loaded	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
Real Time Save	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Slow-motion mode	Yes, 7 levels	No	No	Yes	Yes, 5 levels doesn't work with every game	Yes, 5 levels doesn't work with every game	No	No	No	No	No
Multimedia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Manage files	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Favorites	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Compatibility	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Very good	Very good	Very good	Very good	good
Downloadplay	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes not all games	Yes not all games	Yes not all games
WIFI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accessories included	microSD Reader Case USB Power cable	microSD Reader	microSD Reader	microSD Reader	microSD Reader	microSD Reader	microSD Reader	microSD Reader	microSD Reader Case	USB Adapter USB Cable	microSD Reader Case
Action Replay Cheats Codes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Firmware Updates	Very Often	Very Often	Very Often	Often	Often	Often	Often	Often	Often	Often	Rare
Built-in Langage	English French Spanish Other	English French Spanish Other	English French Spanish Other	English Spanish Other	English French Spanish Other	English French Spanish Other	Single langage: English French Spanish Other	Single langage: English French Spanish Other	Single langage: English French Spanish Other	Single langage: English French Spanish Other	English
Computer compatibility	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows Mac Linux	Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

*Works with Nintendo DSi system version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 (not yet with 1.4)
**Works with Nintendo DSi system version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 (Needs an update to work with version 1.4!)
***Works with Nintendo DSi system version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4
To determine which version you have go to System Setting, the version is shown at the bottom of the top screen.

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