You have recently bought a R4 card or want to buy one, but can’t understand where to begin? Ok, here follows a discussion on R4 card. It will help you buy as well as useR4 Card.

At first you should know what is R4 Card. In a word, R4 Card is a cartridge that will allow you play Nintendo games on your Nintendo DS. Apart from this you will also be able to play MP3s, watch movies, access IM, browse internet, look at pictures, read E-Books and much more by R4 Card. R4's are known as the most robust, stable and reliable of the Nintendo DS Flash Cartridges.

Place to buy

Your daughter may have heard about R4 card in her school and now wants one from you. But you are confused about the right place to buy R4 card. Plenty of people are selling this item but you can never be sure who is selling the real deal when shopping online. Unfortunately there is no cut and dried solution to this problem. All you will have to do is to search the online shops very minutely and also read the customers reviews. But if you still don’t feel comfortable then go to the R4 shops. But a good R4 shop vendor will offer you free shopping and also will keep you updated through e-mail.

How to play

Ok, finally you have bought an R4 card .Now you want to know how to play your R4 card? It is an amazing device to play games. But you should keep in mind that the R4 doesn't have internal ram, it uses Micro SD cards. It an adapter, where you have to plug a Micro-SD memory card into the back of it. Therefore, you need a Micro-SD card in order to use an R4 card with your Nintendo DS.

Actually you will store your games/MP3s/other applications in the Micro-SD card and R4 is the medium through which you will play them on your Nintendo DS.

With what is called drag and drop method you will be able to easily play games with R4 card. An R4 is cartridge exactly like a regular DS cart and the Micro SD can slide into the R4, to put game on the R4 and now all you need to do is drag and drop the files you want.

Now obviously the question rises whether you would have to buy a micro SD memory card or any sort of memory card for your R4 card. The answer is yes. As I have already pointed out R4 is nothing but an adapter, where you will have to plug a micro –SD memory card into the back of it. So, you will have to buy a Micro- SD card in order use an R4 card with your Nintendo DS.

Now apart from playing games you would like to play music or watch movies on your R4 card? You can easily do it. All you have to do is to copy the music or MP3 folder or files and paste them to your Micro SD chip. And then you can play your favorite songs on your R4 card.

Thus, an R4 card is the most current DS SLOT-1 flash cart, which will allow you not only play games but also enjoy music, watch movies and access to the internet.