The Truth About Nintendo DS Lite Games RC4

The internet has been flooded with searches for information about “Nintendo DS Lite games RC4.” Such searches may be a product of some confusion, however. RC4 is a modification ship, or modchip, for the Nintendo Wii, allowing the console to play backup Wii games and backup Gamecube games. For the Nintendo DS Lite, R4 is the correct accessory. R4 is a special SD card that stores digital formats of existing Nintendo DS Lite games. The Nintendo DS Lite will be able to read these games as if they were legitimate copies of the titles they “emulate.”

Hence, whenever there are searches about “Nintendo DS Lite games RC4,” one should construe them as searches for Nintendo DS Lite games available for the R4.

At first, the R4 may seem like an exciting piece of gadgetry. Imagine having to bring just one SD card instead of many game cartridges for your Nintendo DS Lite. You won’t have to change cartridges anymore. You won’t have to go through several casings just to find the game you want to play. A 1 gigabyte R4 card can store up to 10 games, depending on the size of a title.

But the R4 card is not being used as a Nintendo DS Lite accessory to make things convenient for the player.

The R4 card is being used as a tool for piracy.

Indeed, when people conduct searches about “Nintendo DS Lite games RC4” on the internet, they are actually looking for Nintendo DS Lite games they can download and subsequently upload to their R4 cards… Nintendo DS Lite games which they don’t have to buy to enjoy.

These “Nintendo DS Lite games RC4” are ripped from actual game cartridges and peddled on the web as .nds files. The R4 card can store these .nds cards and read them as if they were real, commercial games.
The ill effects of piracy, of course, are well documented. Piracy steals profit that game developers rightfully deserve. If game developers lose money, they’ll stop making games and gamers will suffer because of it. Also, there are unconfirmed reports that proceeds from piracy are used to fund terrorist campaigns all over the world.

Not to mention that fact that piracy is an illegal activity.

The R4 card is a vehicle for piracy.

But is the R4 card illegal by itself? The answer is no. The R4 card, in fact, is a necessary tool for homebrew development and enjoyment. There are many potential applications for the Nintendo DS Lite, applications which are being explored and developed by members of the homebrew community. To make the DS Lite read these homebrew applications, an emulator like the R4 card is needed.

The R4 card is more than just a way to play pirated games that people search for by typing “Nintendo DS Lite games RC4” on search engines. If used correctly, the R4 card can be a special tool that will extend the functionality of your Nintendo DS Lite.