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A Word About DSi
DSi is Nintendo's third console in its DS line, a video game system that allows you to experience advanced graphics and sound, and play games online with others. While it wasn't completely different from the two Nintendo DS consoles that preceded it, the DSi did offer advancements over the DS and DS Lite. For example, the DSi comes equipped with two digital cameras, an outer and an inner camera. A gamer can use the outer camera as she would use any digital camera, while the inner camera takes photos of the gamer as she is playing.
About Flash Carts
Flash cart is short for Flash cartridge. It's a type of memory card that allows you to store information from your computer. This info might be digital photos, e-books or other programs. You can run this Flash cart on your Nintendo DSi, which enables you to share your photos with other gamers online, edit documents while you take a break between games and more. Almost anything you can do on your computer you can do using your Nintendo.
Setting Up a Flash Cart
Setting up a Flash cart on DSi isn't a complicated process, but you should read the instructions carefully before you attempt it. In basic terms, you just have to connect your Flash cart to your PC or laptop, drag and drop to the Flash cart whatever programs stored on your computer you want to run on DSi, and then insert the Flash cart into your DSi. Also note that Flash carts that work for DSi will work on DS Lite, as well as NDS.
The R4 Controversay
The company R4-SDHC has put out its own Flash cart for DSi, a backup Flash cart. This cart allows gamers to store backup copies of Nintendo games and then play those backup copies on their computers. These backup versions of Nintendo games are called NDS ROMs. However, Nintendo views these kinds of Flash carts as piracy tools. The company attempted to block the R4 carts in 2008.