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M3i Zero review

The M3i Zero is one of the best DS/DSi flashcarts on the market. The M3i Zero is basically the same cart as the M3DS Real except with DSi support.  The M3i Zero works on the DS/DS Lite/DSi.  When the M3i Zero was released it was one of the most unique flashcart, because the firmware of it was upgradable so if Nintendo made a update to block the flashcart you could easily update it.  The M3i Zero is one of the “feature” flashcart it has lots of features which I will be explaining later in the review.  The flashcart has 2 firmwares Touchpod and Sakura.  This flashcart is also unique because it could be updated with a USB to support the new 1.4 firmware, so you don’t need another DS lite to update it if you updated your DSi by accident.                              

The M3i Zero it self has a really nice sticker.  The MicroSD slot is on the left side the cart instead of top.  When you put your M3i Zero into your DS its going to look like a real DS game.  Here is how the back looks like compared to the R4 and the Acekard 2i.  The build quility of the M3i Zero isn’t that good.  It feels really cheap and looks like its going to break apart if you drop it.  On the other side of the M3 is where you put in the USB cable to flash the M3i Zero.  You have to be really careful with the USB cable it could break really easily the end of it is really small and doesn’t have any protection to it.

The M3i Zero has 2 firmwares.  One is Sakura and the other one is Touchpod.  Touchpod is extremely slow its ugly and it takes forever to load up.  Sakura is the best firmware for the M3i Zero.  Sakura is really fast and responsive it is based of Moonshell 2 so it looks exactly like it. Since M3 Sakura is based of Moonshell it has the ability to play MP3s and DPGs straight from the menu.  When you first boot up your M3i Zero it will ask you to pick which firmware to use Touchpod or Sakura. In Sakura when you slide a game you have different options, if you slide it to the left you will go to the settings of the game so you could choose differen’t options for the game like RTS, and cheats, if you slide it to the right you just play the game.  Sakura is way faster, more stable, and looks nice.  Here I made 2 videos of me using both Touchpod, and Sakura so you could compare them.  Both firmwares do not have Global Settings, I will explain what Global Settings is later in the review.