DSi firmware update and a DSi flashcart news round-up

With DSiWare’s launch in Japan today, Nintendo released a required firmware update for the DSI, version 1.2J, presumably to accomodate the 10 downloadable games released on the service. According to initial reports, the update does not lock out flashcarts. Fantastic!

While we’re on the topic of flashcarts, let’s quickly go through all the slot-1 carts that have been either released or announced for the DSi.

• Acekard 2i - Available for around $22 (review)
• DSTTi - Available for around $22 (features)
• EZ5 DSi - Releasing next week
• R4i & M3i - Available for pre-order next week
• CycloDS - Still nothing announced, despite the lab setup demonstrated a month ago

Remember, kids, flashcarts are for homebrew games, not commercial ROMs! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be downloading and playing some Utsusu Made in Wario.

tags / acekard 2i / dsi / dstti / ec / ez5 dsi / firmware / flashcart / homebrew / m3i / r4i