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Nintendo Battles Makers of the R4

Posted by kdawson on from the another-victim-of-moore's-law dept.

eldavojohn writes "A neat little device called the R4 allows for homebrew on the DS ... and as micro SD prices fall, it is becoming easier and easier to put on these cartridges binary dumps of games people don't have the right to play. Which is why Nintendo will see them in court. Note, it's not just the console maker pressing charges, it's also Capcom, Koei, Square Enix, Tecmo, Bandai Namco, and Sega. Is this truly a case of fighting piracy, or is it also an attempt to stop homebrew from stealing the market?"

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  1. Re:Well, that's an easy one to answer by Tenebrousedge · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, I don't know anything about using R4 for pirating, but I do know that with the right homebrew software, the DS is a cheap portable art tablet par excellence.

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  2. Homebrew is wonderful by PIPBoy3000 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I decided to get an R4 chip for our Nintendo DS. The kids love it, as I loaded it up with things like Colors!, which is a touch sensitive drawing program. It also nicely plays music and home videos. My kids were both mesmerized by family movies I took of them from a couple years ago.

    There is a long list of homebrew software out there. And yes, you can even get your DS running Linux.