Flash Cards No Longer Work on DSi
October 31st, 2008 Posted in Nintendo DSi by Jeff Baker
If you have been a fan of homebrew on the Nintendo DS platform, you better prepare yourself for this one. With the release of the new DSi model also comes the end of homebrew development, or so it seems.
Well, the main tool of homebrew were the flash cards, shaped like a DS game, that you could load software on from your computer and then boot it up in your DS. Well, the DSi prevents these cards from working, both auto-boot and menu-bootable. If an auto-boot card is inserted, the DSi will crash, while if a menu-bootable card is inserted the DSi will crash upon sellection.
Bummer, looks like hackers and crackers everwhere better get on this, but for now? If you really want to continue using homebrew just stick to a DS lite.
Tags: homebrew