Nintendo 3DS and Acekard 2i?

While you should be worried about eye damage, many of you are asking if the Nintendo 3DS supports AceKards.

Yes it does, but you may need to flash the firmware.

http://www.acekard.com/download/ak2/ak2ifw_update_3ds_v1.zip

Does the DSi Xl work with the AceKard and R4i

We get PMs all the time asking this, so we will jst answer t.

Yes, the DSi XL works with the Acekard and R4i cards.  We suggest you visit those websites for more information.

Spanish police hold Nintendo ‘blackmailer’

Nintendo DS ‘mod chips’ ruled illegal in UK

A High Court has ruled that R4’s, M3’s etc – devices that allow gamers to play pirated video games on Nintendo’s DS/DSi handheld system, are illegal in the UK. The courts ruling says “game copiers” are illegal to import, advertise and sell in the UK.

The UK is not the first country to ban the sale of such items. In the Netherlands earlier this month, the Hague District Court ruled that 11 Dutch online retailers acted unlawfully by importing and selling “game copiers” for use with the DS. The defendants in the UK court case – Playables Limited and Wai Dat Chan – had argued that they allow gamers to play home-made games. However the ruling by Justice Floyd reads:

The mere fact that the device can be used for a non-infringing purpose is not a defence… The economic effect on Nintendo of the trade in these devices is substantial as each accused device can store and play copies of many Nintendo DS games

Nintendo also issued a statement on the UK ruling, saying it was:

…pleased that the court was not persuaded by the defendant’s arguments, claiming that game copiers are lawful, as they allow for the play of ‘homebrew’ applications. The court affirmed that game copiers first circumvent Nintendo’s security systems before any non-infringing application can be played on Nintendo’s handheld products.

Playables Limited and Wai Dat Chan were found to have imported nine different variations of the R4 mod chip etc, and HMRC and Trading Standards had already seized more than 165,000(!) of the items which were intended for the defendants.

(Source: BBC)

Major ROM Source stops DS Downloads

Romulation.net, a large supplier of ROMs for Nintendo DS testing, has taken the ROMs offline.  Their statement:

“The goal of RomUlation has always been to provide users with an opportunity to try out games in order to determine whether it is a game worth purchasing or not. We have always respected when publishers or developers felt RomUlation did more harm than good to the sales of their product.

The owner of this game contacted us with concerns that our service was doing more harm than good, so as per our goal and beliefs we have complied with their request to remove their intellectual property.

This currently covers ALL of the NDS games and is permanent, meaning they will NOT be downloadable again soon.

We understand that this may frustrate users who were looking for new games to test but we hope you also understand that this is both necessary and in accordance with our beliefs.”