Official Website: http://www.ezflash.cn

Much is written about these products on the official website and other sources - NDS-Gear are here to give a plain, short, simple review in layman's terms! Of course, the original feature list can still be found below our own review.

The EZFlash Vi is the card that new DSi owners everywhere have were waiting for at the time of the card's release. Ever since the DSi was first released, the wait for cards that were compatible with it began. Original reports of an R4i card only working with the Japanese DSi were true, until a second version was released that also worked with the American version. At a similar time, the AceKard2i came out, which also worked on the Japanese and American versions. Now, the EZFlash Vi also works with the Nintendo 3DS console, enabling gamers to play backed up versions of DS / DSi games on the 3DS.

The EZFlash Vi was the solution to cards having problems with the DSi and 3DS upon release. With fewer problems than either of the aforementioned cards as well as flawless play on more newer games, it was the natural choice. It is also completely backwards compatible with the DSi, DS Lite and original DS, without having to change any software!

Five stars, hands down. And makes using the 3DS / DSi a treat!

The EZFlash Vi's default screen

The EZFlash Vi can accept up to 32GB Micro-SDHC cards, and is, of course, compatible with the DSi and 3DS as well as the DS and DS Lite.

"A wise man learns from the mistakes of others." This is a phrase that rings especially true for the EZFlash Vi Nintendo DSi card. The architecture and design of the the card is well thought out and has incorporated improvements from past failed DS cards. For example, the original R4 card had a spring mechanism which has been removed in the EZFlash Vi to reduce the number of mechanical parts inside the card. This has increased the card's physical reliability. Another improvement is to place the Micro-SD card slot on the side of the card rather than on the top, unlike most mainstream cards including the R4, M3 and Acekard. This helps to prevent the Micro-SD card from getting lost or slipping out of the console during play.

Dimensional control is excellent with the EZFlash Vi, with variation in size negligible and usually less than 0.1mm. This is important because variation in the size of the DS card can sometimes cause the card not to fit properly in the Nintendo console. A small difference causes the pins on the back of the card and the connector strips in the Slot-2 of the DS to not align properly and thus data is unable to be read off of the card. Good dimensional control during the manufacturing process minimises the percentage of cards that don't fit in the end user's consoles.

Firmware updates are occasionally a problem for the end users purchasing their card from an old store. Unlike the R4 and R4i cards, the EZFlash Vi card cannot be updated on a Nintendo DSi console that has already been upgraded to the 1.4 firmware. The firmware updates can only be performed on a regular Nintendo DS / DS Lite console or a Nintendo Dsi that has not yet been upgraded. However, this is not a problem with NDS-Gear as we pre-flash all our cards

The EZFlash Vi has a long established team working on software updates and compatibility issues with the card on a daily basis. New updates are released on average almost every other month (accurate as of 2011). The development team have been in existence since the year 2000 and appear to be very responsive to fix software issues with the card. An example of this was the speed at which a fix was released after the Nintendo 1.4 firmware patch came out for the DSi console. It took the EZFlash team only a week to come out with a firmware update which allowed existing users of the EZFlash Vi on the Nintendo DSi to continue using their cards as normal. The EZFlash Vi team were the first Nintendo DSi card manufacturer to successfully create a patch for the firmware. The patch also allows the card to work naturally with the 3DS console.

The EZFlash Vi team also interact with their customers which may explain the speed in customer service. They have a dedicated forum on the Sosuke website which has the latest information about the team's developments as well as upcoming projects in the pipeline. Because of the forum, the team also has a large database containing a wealth of information on any sort of troubleshooting issues.

To summarise, the design and quality of the EZFlash Vi is nothing short of exceptional, and with a team who are not only dedicated but interact and listen to their customers, makes the EZFlash Vi a prime contender for the number one supported Nintendo DSi card in the world.

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Official EZFlash Vi Technical Features List

• Supports MicroSDHC cards up to 32GB
• Slot1 design
• Cleanrom support
• Cheat function
• Softreset function
• Realtime save function
• Realtime guide function
• Video playback
• MP3 music playback
• Textbook reading
• Homebrew support