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R4 DS

The very popular R4 DS is back in stock at PS2Cover.com

For our visitors who don't know, the R4DS is exactly the same as the M3 DS Simply. Same size, same features, even the same menu system and prompts are present in both units. Going beyond that is that fact that both the R4DS and the M3 DS Simply are manufactured in the same factory, by the same people. Which means that all of the internal parts and components are exactly the same.

The difference being that the R4 DS quite often has updates to their firmware / OS a few days before the M3 DS Simply. This could be because it has a bigger following perhaps in Asia, or simply that this is just how the two different "brands" have decided to go at it.

In taking a close look at both the R4 DS menu screens and the M3 DS Simply menus Screens, you can clearly see that all of the same features and options are present, and exactly the same, in both unit. With the expecption of some different graphics, and of course the R4 DS logo instead of the M3 DS Logo on the screen of your Nintendo DS console.

You can find out more about the R4 DS and it's product features by going to our R4 DS Products page:

http://www.ps2cover.com/r4-ds-slot-1.shtml

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As is always the case with new console systems, the mainboard (PC Board) of any game machine goes through numerous revisions before the manufacturers will settle on one that both the best as far as cost goes, and one that adds extra security or new features.

There is wide speculation that Nintendo have released a new main board in Japan for the Nintendo Wii in an effort to thwart the installation of Nintendo Wii mod chips into their console. You can see on the picture to you the left that 3 vital pins on the chip inside the Nintendo Wii have been severed / disconnected at the manufacturing level, to perhaps make it impossible to install a Nintendo Wii Mod chip.

It's important to point out that this system is ONLY on store shelves in Japan, and European as well as North American Wii Systems have not at all been affected by this... but then, neither have Japanese game players. The manufacturers of both the Wiikey and the CycloWiz Wii mod chips have both come up with a work around, and a new way to install their chips into these systems. It seems that such "fixes" by manufacturers don't necessarily mean to thwart the installation of mod chips. Our guess is that it's simply a revision of the board, much like any electronics item on the market today. Manufacturers are always looking for cheaper and better ways to manufacture their units.

We'll keep you posted as we know more.

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Some months ago I wrote the first article about the release of 3 different Nintendo Wii Mod Chips. Being a homebrew fan myself, it was hard to hide my enthusiasm when it came to these Wii mod chips simply because I have been a fan of homebrew games - and more importantly import games, since the days of the good old Nintendo Entertainment system. While it took only a little bit of cutting with an exacto knife back then to play the latest Japanese games on my North American Nintendo Entertainment system, I've pretty much done whatever I needed to do to be able to play those games. Including installing a mod chip in virtually every game system that needed one since then.

In the next few days, I'll be covering some of the newest Nintendo Wii Mod chips that have just come out to market. Including on chip, the WiiXT, which claims to also offer DVD playback on your Nintendo Wii.

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