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"Real" / "Fake" Cards Explained

Technically at least, many cards have been branded "fakes" or "copies" and this label is somewhat inaccurate, although not entirely untrue. For example, The R4v3 and the R4 SDHC (two different cards) are both made by companies that are spin-offs from the original R4v2 card. Therefore, they are technically copies of the R4v2 but modified to accept 4GB (32Gb), 8GB (64Gb) and beyond Micro-SDHC cards. These are "100%" legitimate and "real" products, even though they are "copies" of the original R4v2. As you can now see, the whole concept of "real" and "fake" cards is beginning to seem somewhat irrelevant.

Therefore, any website that claims to sell "real" cards and not copy cards, but still sells cards such as the R4v3/R4 SDHC, or even the N5 card and numerous other cards, are quite simply lying through their teeth - almost every card that is not an R4v2 / M3 / DSTT is a copy of the original idea, but made differently.

With the above said, however, since every card you can buy on NDS-Gear is individually tested prior to sending, there is no worry regardless of which card you buy - simply compare your options and decide what you'd like! :-)

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All the best,
The NDS-Gear Team