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The Compatibility of R4i-SDHC With NDS

The Nintendo DS is a versatile hand-held video game console that has the ability to play game cartridges and, depending on the model, take photographs and connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi. The R4i-SDHC is a storage device for various Nintendo DS models that can allow the consoles to be used for playing games and other media. The R4i-SDHC is an NDS game cartridge with a slot for a microSD card that users can insert into a card reader on their computer to transfer games and music and video files to their Nintendo DS.

The R4i-SDHC and Nintendo DS Models
- The R4i-SDHC card was released to be compatible with the technological developments of the Nintendo Dsi. Therefore, the R4i-SDHC is compatible with the Nintendo DSi, DS Lite and DS XL. The release of the Nintendo 3DS, a version of the DS with 3D capabilities, prompted the release of the R4i-SDHC 3DS card, which the maker claims to be compatible with the 3DS.
Games
- The maker of the R4i-SDHC card claims that it has 100 percent compatibility with Nintendo DS games. That means that any game files which are saved as NDS files can be played on the Nintendo DSi, DS Lite or DS XL when they are stored on the R4i-SDHC card.
Video
- There have been many independently created homebrew media players that facilitate the playback of video files. Once these programs have been transferred to the R4i-SDHC card, the Nintendo DS console has the capability to play DPG files, which is an NDS-MPEG format. There are websites and programs that can convert other video formats to DPG files.
Music
- Homebrew media players for the R4i-SDHC such as MoonShell make the DS capable of playing audio files. As of 2011, the R4i-SDHC can play MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, WAV, WMA and FLAC audio files. Providing that there is enough space on the microSD card that stores the files, users can play anything from a music file to a podcast to an audiobook.

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