We all know how the Nintendo DS Lite has sold a ridiculous amount of units in such a short span of time, easily surpassing the 150,000 mark in Japan alone on a weekly basis since its release. In fact, trying to pin down a Nintendo DS Lite can be quite hard even after being released for quite some time already. The Slot 2 on the DS Lite was originally meant to fit in Game Boy Advance cartridges, but it is also capable of accomodating the SuperCard Lite Rumble perfectly fine without leaving an ugly, cancerous growth sticking out like how ordinary GBA carts do.

Before you make use of your SuperCard Lite, it is imperative for you to flash your DS Lite beforehand. You can either send it to the store to do it, while the more adventurous types among you can always do it yourself while voiding the warranty in the process. If you don’t want to flash the DS Lite, you can always purchase other alternatives such as a PassThrough or NoPass device for example. Pop in the SuperCard Lite Rumble after that and you’re good to go

The SuperCard Lite Rumble is shaped exactly like the Slot 2 cover, so you will be pleased it completes the look of your DS Lite perfectly. Too bad it only comes in white, making it stand out if you have a DS Lite of a different color other than Polar White. Load all the homebrew ROMs onto a microSD card and slot it into the SuperCard Lite Rumble. Turn it one and you can select those programs from the menu.

The language used is pretty elementary, so you won’t have any problems trying to figure out how to navigate through the system. Of course, the SuperCard Lite Rumble has some very practical uses - you can run third party programs to play MP3s and video files without the need for a Nintendo MP3 player. In fact, those who want to preserve the state of their original DS game cards can always download the corresponding ROM and play directly off the SuperCard Lite Rumble without carrying a whole library of games wherever you go. A 1GB microSD card is capable of storing approximately 15 games or so at an average file size of 75MB each.

The temptation to just download ROMs when you don’t own the original can be there, so it depends on your conscience and how you want to use the SuperCard Lite Rumble. Throughout my months of use, I found that the SuperCard Lite Rumble functioned perfectly, without once dying on me or corrupting the data. Be warned if you purchase a NoPass or PassThrough device that fits into your Slot 1 and use the SuperCard Lite Rumble to play games, your battery life will suffer significantly, hence making it the better choice to just flash the hardware directly.

You can pick up the SuperCard Lite Rumble from Brando for $36 (microSD card not included). Now if you will excuse me, I will want to go back to my Tower Defense mod for the DS Lite.

Product Page

You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Add to Del.icio.us