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[Definition and Buying guide]What's 3ds flashcard or flashcart?

What's 3ds flashcard or flashcart?

Flashcard or flashcart for Nintendo 3ds are the 3ds flashcards. They may play ds games like the R4 brand or play 3ds games like the Gateway 3ds, Sky3ds and Stargate 3ds. No matter what name is it, as long as it can be used on Nintendo 3ds firmware console and is produced for running ds or 3ds rom backups, it's the product we call 3ds flashcard or flashcart.

According to Games supported by 3ds flashcard, it can be divided into 2 parts, one is r4 3ds card, the other is 3ds game flashcarts. R4 card for 3DS is the flashcard plays Nintendo ds games and homebrews on 3DS system handheld while the 3ds game flashcarts are the cartridges that playing free 3ds roms on all Nintendo 3ds variants. 

3ds flashcart or flashcard is with the same size like the original ds or 3ds game card, it should be inserted into the 3ds console slot to work, but before it, you must to download flashcard kernel or firmware to the flashcard. 3ds flashcard isn't with any memory space, but it works with microsd card to store firmware, roms and other files. In short, 3ds flashcard works on the Nintendo 3ds with a kernel software and a memory sd/sdhc card.

How does the 3ds flashcard or flashcart work?

What you need? One flashcard, one sd card and download flashcard firmware form official site.
The firmware is basically the software part of the system. It is a program that allows a flashcart to run homebrew application on the Nintendo DS/3DS console.

The flashcart is basically the hardware part of the system. It contains the Integrated circuit (IC) and various other hardware component that allows the flashcart the act as a physical adapter to interact with the Nintendo DS/3DS console.

The micro SD is the memory of the system where the firmware and homebrew appication are stored. It is basically the RAM and hard disk space of the system. The micro SD can come in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. Micro SD for 4GB and above are known as micro SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity).

Popular 3ds flashcard in 2019

 
R4i gold plus 3ds flashcard comes from r4ids.cn, it's the r4 3ds card released in 2017, it plays Nintendo ds games and ds homebrews. It's the most popular 3ds flashcard in year 2019, no matter 3ds or dsi firmware console user, they all liking it. 

R4i gold plus 3ds is using Wood kernel, without Timebomb, contains Moonshell 2.2 for playing multi-meida files, pre-flashed NTRboot to install CFW, supporting skin DIY, language change, real-time save and custom cheat codes. It receives the best feedback from worldwide users, plus it's only sold around $20 in many flashcard online shops, it's a very cheap and worthy to buy 3ds flashcard.

Sky3ds+ 3ds flashcard or flashcart:
 
Sky3ds+ flashcart, as the best 3ds flash card, it can be compatible with any 3ds console. It can support all 3ds games on the market, including the latest 3ds games, such as: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr's Journey. Very simple, plug and play, does not require any extra steps, the only drawback is that the price is a bit too high, but the quality is completely through, the game process is smooth, not stuck. Ignore the price, in general, the price of this flash card is still very high, can be used as the first choice for playing 3DS games.

Stargate 3ds flashcard or flashcart

Stargate 3ds, this is a very special 3ds flashcard, because it not only supports DS games but also 3DS games, and the price is very cheap, the average price does not exceed 60$, but the disadvantage is that there are restrictions on the game. Does not support the latest 3DS games (any DS game is not affected, can support), if you just want to play 3DS games, it is recommended to choose Sky3ds+, play all 3DS games

How many 3DS flashcard or flashcarts on the market?

It despends on which console you have, it means there are flashcards hack DS games, hack 3DS games, and hack Switch games, here we will list some DS Flashcards, 3ds flashcart, and switch flashcard.

Nintendo DS Flashcard: Support DS games on Nintendo 2DS/3DS/New 2DSXL/New3DS Xl
  • R4I SDHC 3DS RTS
  • R4I GOLD 3DS PLUS
  • R4I GOLD PRO
  • R4I DUAL CORE
Nintendo 3DS Flashcard: Support 3DS games on Nintendo 2DS/3DS/New 2DSXL/New3DS Xl
  • Sky3ds+
  • Stargate 3DS ( Special 3DS Flashcard, support DS and 3DS games)
Nintendo Switch Flashcard: Support Play Switch games
  • Xecuter SX Pro
  • Xecuter SX Gear
  • R4S Dongle
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