Ds Slot 2 Flash Cart
Theearlynovembr: The only way to play on your DS is to get a slot 2 card, or to get a slot 1 + expansion slot 2 card. For GBA Player, I think the only way to do it would be to find a dummy GBA cart, and load the ROM onto that, however I have absolutely no idea how this is made possible. The EZ-Flash V is the EZTeam’s answer to the call of slot-1 flashcards. It supports simple drag & drop functionality as well as a unique hybrid system. Unified slot-1 solution; DS Homebrew Support; MicroSD support; PDA-style interface; Video/Mp3 playback; EZ-V can be used as a passme for slot-2 cards. Drag & drop clean ROM support. The main devices I will be using in this tutorial are a DS lite (you can also use an original DS) and some sort of a DS Flash Cart (R4, DS Two Plus, AceKard2i). Note: if you do not have a flash cart, you can also use the exact same tutorial method for Gen 1-2 cartridges. This will require a Retron 5.
This page is used to compare existing 3DS mode flashcarts features.
List of 3DS mode flashcarts
- MT-Card (Gateway clone)
- Bluecard 3DS (Gateway clone)
- DSTwo+ (Gateway clone)
- R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe (Gateway clone)
- 3DS Link (Same team/Product as R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe)
- Orange 3DS (Same team/Product as R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe)
- K3DS (Same product as Sky3DS)
- QQ3DS (Same product as Sky3DS)
- R5 (Same product as Sky3DS)
ALL Gateway3DS clones and Gateway3DS CAN BRICK your system!It is highly recommended to NOT USE them!
Amiibo Emulators
- N2 (Previously Amiiqo) - (Official Website)
Flashcart comparison chart
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| Gateway 3DS | R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe 3DS Link | MT-Card | Sky3DS | QQ3DS | K3DS | R5 | Sky3DS+ | DSTwo+ | EZ-Flash Redux | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | ||||||||||
| 3DS / XL | Yes (v4.1-v9.2) | Yes (v4.1-v4.5) | Yes (v4.1-v4.5) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (v4.1-v9.2 11.0 w/ CFW) | Yes (v?-v10.7) |
| 2DS | Yes (v6.0-v9.2) | No | No | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (v6.0-v9.2) | Yes (v?-v10.7) |
| N3DS | Yes (with some extra requirements) | No | No | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (all versions) | Yes (v?-v9.2) (with some extra requirements) | Yes (v?-v10.7) |
| Expandable Memory | Micro SD(XC) 128GB | Micro SD(HC) 32GB 128GB if reformatted FAT32 | Micro SD(XC) 128GB | Micro SD(XC) 128GB | Micro SD(XC) 128GB | Micro SD(XC) 128GB | Micro SD(XC) 64GB | Micro SD(XC) 128GB | Micro SD(XC) 128GB Micro SD(HC) if playing NDS ROMs | Micro SD(XC) 128GB |
| SD Slot | Top | Top | Top | Top | Top | Top | Top | Top | Top | Side |
| Spring loaded | Yes & No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | Yes | Unknown |
| USB Slot | No | No | Yes (Top) | No | No | No | No | Yes (Side) | No | No |
| LED | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| FPGA Upgradeable | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| Region free | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown |
| Contains CPU | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown |
| Software compatibility | ||||||||||
| ROM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Retail cartridge | Yes | v3.0-3.3 only | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | Unknown |
| E-shop 3DS games | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| E-shop VC games (not GBA) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| E-shop GBA VC games | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Built in CPU and emulator (TempGBA) for GBA games. | Unknown |
| NDS ROMs | With CFW (both sysnand and emunand) and linked emunand | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown |
| Image written ROM mode | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| File system ROM mode (FAT32) | Yes Split 4GB+ ROM | Yes Split 4GB+ ROM | Yes •Trim 4GB+ ROM •256 titles | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes Trim 4GB+ ROM | Yes |
| File system ROM mode (exFAT) | Yes | Yes | Yes •256 titles | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| SDK5+ ROM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
| SDK7+ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Card2-type games (ROM) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Card2-type games (Retail Cartridge) | Yes | v3.0-3.3 only | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | Unknown |
| Card2 Converted to Card1-type games (ROM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown |
| EmuNAND | Yes (up to 10.7) | Yes (up to 7.2) | Yes (up to 9.5) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes (up to 9.2) | Yes (up to 11.2) |
| EmuNAND 8+ | Yes Flashcart required | No | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yes Flashcart required | Yes |
| EmuNAND 9.6+ on New 3DS | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | v9.6 only | Yes |
| eShop | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Homebrew | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Software Features | ||||||||||
| Region free (ROM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No* | No* | No* | No* | No* | Yes | Unknown |
| Region free (Retail Cartridge) | • 2.0b2 mod by Normmatt • 2.0 Omega | No | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | Unknown |
| Update partition spoofing (ROM) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Update partition spoofing (Retail Cartridge) | No | No | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No | Unknown |
| Manual Savegame Backup | Card1 type only | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Real Time Savegame Backup | •Card2 type only •Save in the ROM | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Local Play | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Online (ROM) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
| Online (Retail Cartridge) | Yes | v3.0-3.3 only | Yes | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | Unknown |
| Dump Retail Cartridges | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cartridge Savegame backup/restore | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cartridge & ROM Savegame crossover | .3dz with the same Unique ID | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Unknown | Unknown |
| Cheatcode support | Yes | Yes | Yes •Flashcart's menu •Edit Savegame's data only •No database editor •Short game compatibility. | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| NAND Dump support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| NAND Restore support | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Downgrade support | Yes (3DS only) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown |
| Other | ||||||||||
| Is a clone or a re-brand | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 3DS 4.1-9.2 Yes | Unknown |
| 3DS 11.0+ No | ||||||||||
| DS/DSi Mode No | ||||||||||
| Possible Rip-off clones* | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Gateway 3DS | R4i Gold 3DS Deluxe 3DS Link | MT-Card | Sky3DS | QQ3DS | K3DS | R5 | Sky3DS+ | DSTwo+ | EZ-Flash Redux | |
* Rip-off clones: Whether clones of this cart exist. This line doesn't reflect if this cart is a clone of another one, but if you have chances to buy a cloned (rip-off) one instead of the expected product. For example if different manufacturers are selling a card with the same name.
Best Ds Flash Cart
* eShop access: Not working anymore since May 13th 2014 if your EmuNAND version is not updated to the latest system menu and eshop version. Online games are still working on old system menu version, but only if you don't need to download an update.
R4 Ds Flash Cart
* Cartridge support: Not possible to launch EmuNAND Classic with R4i/3DSLink/Orange3DS on latest version.
* EmuNAND: Not possible to create a new EmuNAND dump with R4i/3DSLink/Orange3DS on latest version. Existing emuNAND will still be used automatically at launch.
Ds Slot 2 Flash Cartoon
* Region Free: Possible on 2DS, 3DS, and 3DS XL with a system menu version lower than 9.4 using smealum's RegionThree, Or on N3DS/3DS/2DS on 9.2 or 9.2+ using smealum's RegionFour/HANS.