This is a great flashcart with the most compatibility out of any other. I have friends with other flashcards, and they come to me to help them get their game to run on their R4 or whatever, but I never needed to patch anything (besides Bowser's Inside Story) to run any game. If you download the custom firmware AKAIO, compatibility soars to 99.9 percent with patches like action replay or soft reset enabled and 99.99 percent with those disabled (Bowser's Inside Story still needs a 5 second patch) A little less intuitive than other flashcarts, but has more features. All homebrew is supported without need of DLDI patching. AKAIO allows for full native support for the slot-2 Flashcard EZ-Flash 3in1+ (used as ram expansion, rumble pack, or GBA flashcard) and other slot 2 flashcards. You can download alternate skins for the firmware. It's compatible with Micro SDHC Cards up to 32 gb in size. Micro SD/SDHC is REQUIRED FOR THIS PRODUCT and is not included. There is no Savestate/Realtime Save feature. For CHEATs/Action Replay, you can use a cheat compiler to write your own database, download a database and paste it in your CHEATS folder, or with AKAIO download it directly onto your ds via wifi connection.
Strengths: almost perfect compatibility with commercial games and perfect homebrew support. Customizable with a lot of file browsing features. AKAIO is amazing.
Weaknesses: The product doesn't include the MicroSDHC. Doesn't have savestates. Incompatible with DSi (there is Acekard2i for dsi)
4 of 5 Stars!
Review by Albert H.
Date Added: Tuesday January 19, 2010
I ordered this card after coming across a forum that suggested this card over any other. I researched it and tried it. I found that this card is updated frequently. Everything about this card is good and I have no complaints. I own 2 of these and I must say they work great. I have had them for over a month with no issues.
5 of 5 Stars!
Review by B C.
Date Added: Thursday January 14, 2010
Ordered right before Christmas so I was expecting it to take a while for shipping, only 5 business days. It is also came with a little bonus :) The DSONEi itself is awesome. I have being using it for a few weeks now and I have had no problems at all. I highly recommend this product to anyone.
Strengths: Quick set up
Real Time Saving so cool
5 of 5 Stars!
Review by Jeff M.
Date Added: Wednesday January 13, 2010
This an excellent cart for NDS Lite and the DSi running firmware v1.3 and below. Just purchased a DSi and it already had v1.4 installed. If I knew about this firmware I would have purchased a different Cart. Can you add this caveat to the description, as it looks like this cannot be updated.
Strengths: Excellent Software and functionality. RTS a bonus.
Weaknesses: Unable to Flash Firmware
3 of 5 Stars!
Review by Paul S.
Date Added: Wednesday December 30, 2009
I bought the M3iZero as a replacement for an R4SDHC cartridge since i was getting tired of the R4DS Clones and finding proper frrmware.
Unlike a previous reviewer I had no problem upgrading the firmware from a Vista 64 bit laptop.
Not all infromation is easily available on installing the appropriate Software in the Cartridge, especially how to get Sakura working, other that the Cartridge and Cheat mode functionality works flawlessly.
Weaknesses: Install instructions, Sakura Interface. Although m3adapter states it works with OMoonshell no instructions or software are supplied. Splash screen shows M3Real not M3I Zero.
4 of 5 Stars!
Review by Shafqat K.
Date Added: Tuesday December 22, 2009
Make sure your computer system is NOT 64 bit as there is presently (possibly in the future though) NO 64 Bit software (drivers) which are needed to use this backup item. This is NOT a BAD thing, just check it first, That was MY mistake.
Strengths: Made well, fits carts nice & tight
Weaknesses: No 64 BIT (Drivers) support.
3 of 5 Stars!
Review by Tyger K.
Date Added: Sunday December 06, 2009