For sure,now you know R4DS is a the magic for the Nintendo DS gaming machine. Due to the development of the R4DS technology, the Nintendo DS has become a portable media center. The invention of the R4DS is really a revolution for the Nintendo DS. You can play games in the Nintendo DS using wi-fi technology, as well as you can watch movies on it, play the music of your choice, and see the photos. All the things can be done in a single device and is cheaper than other options such as Digital camera, PDA, Mobile Phone, etc. This is probably reason for the increasing popularity of the R4DS system.

In this post,we will show you how the R4DS card can be setup and run on the Nintendo DS console. It is a just five step process to make your R4DS system running on the Nintendo DS console.

Step1: Downloading the software:
You can download the latest version of the firmware for the R4DS from the R4DS.cn website. Save the software in your computer somewhere.
Now it is the time to format the SD card that comes with the R4DS kit. The SD card is a storage device which you can use to store the games of your choice and movies, videos and photos. You need to insert the SD card in the card reader than simply format it using the FAT32 file system.

Step2: Transferring the Data
The next step is to store the files that came from the download of the firmware software. You need to just drag and drop the files from your computer folder to the SD card folder. This will copy all the necessary files to your card and then make your card available to run on the Nintendo DS game console.

Stpe3: Running the card on the Nintendo DS
After the second step, your card is ready to run on the Nintendo DS. To insert the card into the Nintendo DS, you need to first insert the card in the R4DS cartridge and insert the cartridge to the slot 1 of the Nintendo DS game console.

Step 4: Play on the Nintendo DS
After inserting the R4DS cartridge in the slot1, turn the Nintendo DS on, for the first time, it will show a ‘loading’ message on the screen. After that, you can play the game of your choice in the Nintendo DS.

Step5: Check for the proper installation
If there is not a ‘loading’ message on the screen, or the ‘loading’ message takes a long time to be disappeared, the situation is not good. You need to check the card for the proper file transfer in the step2. If all the files are there and still there is no operation in the Nintendo DS, you must seek a help from some one who have experience in gaming with Nintendo using the R4 DS technology.

Basically,this 5 steps can be used on all flashcard,so,why not choose the one you like and start this magic journey.

To simply put it, this is a must have peripheral for any regular DS/DS lite owner. It is like having your consoles modified without the chip!”It is the key to thousands of free games.

Then how does it works?Just copy an Gameboy, Gameboy colour, Gameboy Advance, NES, SNES, Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive, Neo-Geo Pocket, Neo-Geo (arcade) or DS games to the memory card from your computer. Insert it in the R4 cartridge and place in the DS and you are ready to go! Too simple right?

But is that all?Of course not,the 3 main function of R4 DS is:

• Obtain Files – Supports roms, Multimedia files, or Homebrew games of any size.
• Copy Files – Directly Drags and drops all files into the MicroSD(TF) card from Computer.
• Run Games/Movies  – Plugs and plays in SLOT-1 without any passcard and supports all version of DS.

Sounds good?We will show you more about it.

Here is the basic features of R4 DS:

Product features:

• 2nd generation storage device (no booting tool required)
• Flush fitting slot 1 card
• Uses MicroSD card, FAT16 or 32
• Supports any MicroSD card speed with no lag in game
• Supports Clean ROM, drag and drop. Works on any OS
• Built in NoPass
• Automatically detect save type
• Save directly to MicroSD card, not to onboard chip
• Supports Moonshell and other homebrew. Open I/O interface
• User friendly skinnable interface. Touchscreen or button operation
• Supports rumble pak and memory pak
• Supports the WiFi game, DS Rumble Pak, DS Browser
• Supports changes of the background of Operation Interface
• Support Skin DIY by setting background and font colors on Main Menu and Game
• Menu manually and automatically
• Supports 4-scale-lightness adjustment ( DS Lite only )
• Supports the Soft Reset.
• Supports Action Replay cheat
• moonshell 1.6 support Software Reset function( Press START key back to the R4 menu)

Inside package:

• l X R4 Adapter
• l X USB 2.0 Thumb size Micro-SD card reader
• l X Blue color case for the adapter
• l X Hand Strap