Nintendo dsi

shymanuk

hi i have a nintendo dsi, been looking for some games for it but have noticed that a lot on ebay state that they are for the standard ds or ds lite, but not the dsi ie mario kart, or mario and sonic winter olympics is this because they are not originals or different software versions .... as ive no idea think the version i have is v1.2 but i havnt even done anything with it yet . any help would be great .. as dont wanna buy games that may not work thank you .

BillScarab

All DS games are compatible with the DSi unless they use the gameboy port, e.g. Guitar Hero on Tour (I think).

DSi games that use the extra DSi features are not comaptible with the DS or DS Lite.

If you're are enquiring about R4 type cards and copied games then I've no idea. I believe you need a different version to work with th DSi but discussing software piracy is against the forum rules anyway.

Syman

BillScarab wrote: »

DSi games that use the extra DSi features are not comaptible with the DS or DS Lite.

This is not strictly true. Some of the games with "extra" content for DSi (Word Games for example) will work on a DS Lite, only the extra content will not be available.

IIRC the DSi is region locked so imported DSi games may not work

BillScarab wrote: »

If you're are enquiring about R4 type cards and copied games then I've no idea. I believe you need a different version to work with th DSi but discussing software piracy is against the forum rules anyway.

You can however legitimately use these cards for "home brew"

shymanuk

BillScarab wrote: »

All DS games are compatible with the DSi unless they use the gameboy port, e.g. Guitar Hero on Tour (I think).

DSi games that use the extra DSi features are not comaptible with the DS or DS Lite.

If you're are enquiring about R4 type cards and copied games then I've no idea. I believe you need a different version to work with th DSi but discussing software piracy is against the forum rules anyway.

hi no not looking for copied games just wanna buy games as cheap as poss off ebay but some say wont work on dsi .and some say wont work on adsi of a later version ie 1.4 etc so how can i tell what will work and what wont ?

Syman

shymanuk wrote: »

hi no not looking for copied games just wanna buy games as cheap as poss off ebay but some say wont work on dsi .and some say wont work on adsi of a later version ie 1.4 etc so how can i tell what will work and what wont ?

original UK issued games will work on any DS lite and UK DSi. If the seller states that it will not work on DSi's with a certain firmware then i that would set alarm bells ringing. they way some counterfeit games use a hack was was closed when nintendo updated the DSi firmware from V1.3 to V1.4.

If you want to use the DSi shop for example you will have to update to the latest firmware.