{"id":348,"date":"2009-06-07T20:11:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/?p=348"},"modified":"2009-06-07T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2009-06-08T04:11:18","slug":"supercard-ds-onei-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/supercard-ds-onei-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercard DS ONEi Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i142.photobucket.com\/albums\/r98\/PharaohsVizier\/Supercard%20DS%20ONEi%20Review\/DSONEiReview.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DSi reviews are finally rolling out.  I&#8217;ve been waiting to try out several carts at once before actually reviewing and scoring them so that I&#8217;d get a better look at what was available, so I had to delay some of the reviews quite a bit, and actually work on these simultaneously.  Anyways, today marks the first of the DSi reviews, and over the next few days I will finish up the AceKard 2i review as well as the iTouch2 review.  So keep your eyes peeled!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=36&#038;t=1146&#038;p=8053#p8053\">Read the review.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Supercard DS ONEi is the DSi reiteration of the  Supercard DS ONE.  We\u2019ve reviewed several  versions of the Supercard DS ONE in the past, and each time there were  significant upgrades to the software.<\/p>\n<p>The Supercard team has dedicated themselves to their  products for many years now, they started out with carts for the Gameboy  Advance, and they are still selling well now.   They have been known for providing updates well beyond what is generally  required and providing more features over time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i142.photobucket.com\/albums\/r98\/PharaohsVizier\/Supercard%20DS%20ONEi%20Review\/IMG_3651.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\n<em>This is the latest installment in the Supercard series, and I&#8217;m sure there will be plenty more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So what\u2019s special about this Supercard DS ONEi?  Well asides from being perfectly compatible  with all models of the DS including the new Nintendo DSi, the Supercard DS ONEi  comes with a USB adapter, touting the ability to upgrade the bootloader of the  cart without the use of the DS.  Because  of the DSi\u2019s ability to upgrade its firmware, there is a lot of speculation  that over time, Nintendo may release firmwares that will block out flash carts  or their method of running, much like how old DS carts no longer work.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i142.photobucket.com\/albums\/r98\/PharaohsVizier\/Supercard%20DS%20ONEi%20Review\/IMG_3621.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\n  <em>It runs on the DSi.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a genuine concern for the many that want a cart that  will last, and flash cart makers such as the EZ Flash team and the AceKard team  have put in rewriteable chips where they store the firmware, so that they can  essentially rewrite the entire cart and change the way they boot.  These carts however require that you turn on  the DSi and run the file in the cart, but the Supercard team saw this as a  problem.  How would you turn on your DSi  and run the cart if it has been blocked already?  Their solution is a USB adapter that simply  powers the cart to run the update.   Because it doesn\u2019t do any actual programming, this USB adapter  supposedly runs even if you connect it to an AC adapter, and it doesn\u2019t matter  if it is connected to a MAC or PC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i142.photobucket.com\/albums\/r98\/PharaohsVizier\/Supercard%20DS%20ONEi%20Review\/IMG_3650.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><br \/>\n  <em>The Supercard DS ONEi is currently the only flash cart with a USB firmware updater, the rest of the competition either cannot run updates or do it through the cart&#8217;s menu.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DSi reviews are finally rolling out. I&#8217;ve been waiting to try out several carts at once before actually reviewing and scoring them so that I&#8217;d get a better look &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsdatabase.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}