The R6 devices don't seem to be discussed here nearly as much as the R4/M3. Are there any major differences between the G6 and R4? After reading a little G6 seems to be the newest one and possibly with a couple extra features.. including built in flash memory. Does anyone have the G6? Are there any issues with it? Does it require anymore work to do things (play roms, run homebrew) than the R4? I would certainly be using NES/SNES emulators on it, is this done using the same process as the R4? Any info besides listing obviously features would help Also, are updates released as regularly as R4s? Thanks
I have both devices (M3DSS and G6DSR) Yes the G6 is the newer device, it has built in fast memory so you don't have to worry about getting a fast memory card (like with the M3/R4) and like the M3 you don't need to patch games, so you just drag them onto the card. My G6 has replaced my M3 for playing games, I prefer the interface of the G6 and havn't run into any problems running games. Homebrew is not as simple on the G6 as the M3 becuase for the auto-dldi patch to work on the G6 you have to put the homebrew in the root of the card whereas the M3 can auto-patch homebrew no matter where you put it. This is an issue that could easily be fixed in a future firmware update. Although i havn't tested I would assume you can run homebrew from anywhere on the card if it does not require patching (e.g you have dldi-ed it yourself or it dosn't need it) Updates are not as regular as the M3/R4, however this is because the G6 has not had to be updated for any game incompatibilites and it has been feature rich from the start, the only main updates were to fix homebrew support on the 16G version of the card, and to improve the skinning support. The G6 team are very good at updating when the need arises though (as shown with their older slot-2 cards) The most recent example of game issues is the Worms Open Warfare 2 game requiring a ARM7 fix to work on the M3, but it works straight away on the G6, the R4 team have still not released a firmware update for this. When (or soon after) the M3 Real is released there will also be a new slot-2 expansion available that should work with the G6 to add things such as Rumble and GBA support without patching or homebrew programs (much like the EZFlash V + 3-1 combo). Bit of a long post but I hope it's given you some useful info.
Thanks for the quick reply. So you use your G6 over your M3? Have you tried running a NES or SNES emulator? (result?) Also, I havn't heard anything about an M3 Real... is there any documentation on it? Sorry I'm full of questions. Thanks a lot for the hasty reply though.
Yes, the M3 is now only used for testing games/homebrew when helping out on this forum. I havn't tried as I use my PSP for emulation, however I wouldn't expect it to be any different to using it on the M3. I happen to have a NES emulator on my computer atm (testing it on my M3 for someone the other day) so i'll give it go in a minute. I havn't seen any proper documentation on it yet, just a few pics and rumours. But it will basically run like the G6 but will use microSD cards for storage (likly to be SDHC compatible). Dunno any release dates or anything.
Just thought i'll add I have just tried NesDS (not sure what version, just a file named NesDS.nds on my desktop) on my G6 and it loaded Micro Machines and raced a few laps no problem.
what is the max capacity of the G6? i saw some 16gb, but i think thats gigabits instead of gigabytes. anybody know?
