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The NDS-Gear M3i Zero Review / Guide

Official Website: http://www.m3adapter.com

Much is written about these products on the official website and other sources - NDS-Gear are here to give a plain, short, simple review in layman's terms! Of course, the original feature list can still be found below our own review.

The M3i Zero follows the highly successful M3 DS Real and M3 DS Simply cards originally developed for the Nintendo DS and DS Lite. At first glance, the M3i Zero appears to simply be a DSi / DSi XL / DSi LL compatible version of the original, but this could not be further from the truth. It appears that a lot of work has gone into this card, along with a few new innovations, that make it a serious contender for the best DSi-compatible product NDS-Gear sells.

First of all, you will notice the package comes with an interesting little cable. Currently (as of Jan/2010) the only card to do this, the M3i Zero comes ready with a cable that plugs from your computer directly into the card itself! This will be used in the future in case any flashing of the firmware (like when Nintendo released the 1.4 firmware update for the DSi) is required. Naturally, all cards bought from NDS-Gear are already pre-flashed, so you don't need to do anything - but having the cable is nonetheless useful for M3i Zero users in case it's required in the future!

Another innovation unveiled by the M3i team is the software the card uses. Named Sakura, the M3i firmware was jointly developed by the creators of Moonshell! The code is extremely solid and well written, and even supports smooth scrolling (previously unheard of on Nintendo DS and DSi cards). For this reason, we are confident that future updates from the M3i Zero team will not only be prompt but also effective.

The M3i Zero was easily the best Nintendo DS / DSi card available at the time of its release. Its main contender is the iEDGE DS which was released in January of 2010.

The M3i Zero can accept up to 32GB Micro-SDHC cards, and is, of course, compatible with the DSi as well as the DS and DS Lite!

Official M3i Zero Technical Features List

• Compatible with DS , DSL & DSi .
• 100% game compatibility .
• Supports Real Time Save function . (Save & Restore anytime, anywhere.)
• Supports Multi-Language System (English,French , Germany , Italian , Spain , Portuguese, Dutch, Korea & Thai Language .)
• Continue to update & frequency enhance software/ firmware.
• Support micro SDHC (capacity over 4GB, 8GB ,16GB & 32GB …)
• Extreme simple to use, just plug & Play .
• Super Cheat Function
• Fully AR Cheat Code Compatible engine .
• Support reading individual cheat code file too. (xml, cht, dht, dat-R4 format)
• Supports software rest function .
• Support slow motion feature .
• Automatically detect and generate game save file .
• Excellent homebrew support ,DLDI auto-patcher
• Robust & skinnable GUI
• Build in PassMe .
• Intergraded least Moonshell 2.0 version .
• Supports download play .
• Supports rumble pack , GBA expansion pack & DS Browser .
• Supports 4-scale-lightness adjustment .